How to Make Boiled Eggs in the Instant Pot

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Here's a little background: We've had our Instant Pot since July 12, 2016. I used it for the first time just a few weeks ago (October 2017). It was ordered from Amazon (here) and it lived in three houses with us (our old house, our temporary house, and our new house) without ever making an appearance out of the box. For some reason, I was scared and just never took the time to learn how to use it. To be honest, Scott actually did the test and made our first dish in it! Since then we've made chicken (two different ways), rice, eggs, and oats.

We have the 6 quart Instant Pot (it has over 22,000 customer reviews on Amazon with 4.5 stars!

We will be sharing a lot more recipes but since I batch make eggs twice a week, I thought I would start with my favorite food, the hard boiled egg. ;-)

How to Make Boiled Eggs in the Instant Pot

1. Place stainless steel steam rack in the pot (it came with mine!) and add eggs (I do 16 at a time because I eat four each day).
2. Add 1 cup of water and close the lid.
3. Press the manual button and enter a time of 5 minutes. Once the Instant Pot comes to pressure (usually takes about 5-10 minutes), it will cook for 5 minutes.
4. After the timer has gone off switch from sealing to venting and set your own timer for 5 minutes.
5. Once your time has gone off, open the pot. Place eggs in cold water and peel. I find that it is easier to peel the eggs while they are still warm.

This is similar to the way I make my boiled eggs in the oven. It's a little bit quicker (about 5 minutes), they are a little easier to peel, and don't seem to smell as bad!

Since I'm always asked, here is a link to the egg holder that I always share!

the 100 workout

It has been awhile since we've released a fun, random workout. :) This one is tough but see how many you can make it through and then have your goal be to complete it all the way through as you progress. If you can do this whole circuit, start timing yourself and try to beat your over time each time you do it!

For things like the high knees (90), mountain climbers (70), and butt kicks (30) just count to the number listed (or have a timer to go off after 90 seconds, etc).

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the 100 workout

100 jumping jacks
90 high knees
80 star sit-ups
70 mountain climbers
60 froggers
50 squats
40 jump lunges
30 butt kicks
20 burpees
10 push-ups

Fat Burn Tabata Workout + Iron-Tek Review

This is a sponsored post written by me on behalf of Iron-Tek for IZEA. All opinions are 100% mine.

Let me start off this by saying that before I could even get a picture of the Iron-Tek Beet Energizer (pre-workout), Scott had already used it all and tossed the container (even after I asked him not to!). He loved it because:

1. He’s obsessed with beets
2. It gave him great energy without making him jittery
3. He didn’t crash after drinking it
4. It contains no preservatives, artificial colors, flavors, or sweeteners

I loved it for all of the above reasons as well, minus #1 because I don’t love beets, but it didn’t taste overly like beets either.

It’s very, very difficult to find a pre-workout (or really any supplement for that matter) that doesn’t have a ton of junk (including food coloring for no reason). Fitness and nutrition should not be difficult and Iron-Tek agrees. They went back to the basics and crafted a system of workout supplements to help.

The Beet Energizer we mentioned is a food blend of beet, coffeeberry, guayusa, coconut water with electrolytes. It is a pre-workout that you take 30-90 minutes before your workout to give you the energy you need to perform your best.

Another product that we love is the Hydro Recovery. We aim to drink this within 30 minutes of our workout. We use it after gym sessions and after our hiking adventures. The hydro recovery is a 4 in 1 blend of tart cherry, BCAAs, electrolytes and coconut water. It is very refreshing after a sweating workout session and helps to reduce recovery time and replenish electrolyte minerals lost.

 

If all of this talk about working out has you ready to get sweaty, I made a new workout just for you. Try it out and don’t forget to hydrate pre-and post workout with Iron-Tek’s Beet Energizer and Hydro Recovery.

This workout is a tabata style work and is 16-minutes long (as listed) but can be repeated twice for a 32-minute workout. There are four circuits that you will repeat four times, working for 20 seconds and taking a 10 second rest in between each.

Below are a few more reasons why we love Iron-Tek:

• No artificial flavors or sweeteners
• Non-GMO ingredients
• Gluten-free
• All of the non-dairy products do not contain crustacean shellfish, fish, egg, soybean, wheat, or peanuts
• All products are purity tested
• Protein is made with milk from rBGH and rBST-free cows
• All packaging is recyclable
• Iron-Tek’s manufacturing supports wind power

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