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Hi there, I’m Susan and I share ideas & recipes that help busy home cooks find some calm in the kitchen, with help from my Instant Pot & gadget friends. I post here and on my YouTube channel and I hope I can help you find some simple ways to still eat well in this frantic world 🧑‍🍳+🤖=☺️

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Susan Kelly 25/01/2023 Susan Kelly 25/01/2023

Instant Pot Test: Trying out my Whole Chicken and Potato One-Pot in the Ultimate

I'll be giving the Ultimate a really good test before sharing my full thoughts on it, but one of the first things I wanted to try was making a whole chicken, so I cooked up my One Pot Whole Chicken, Roast Potatoes and Gravy Sauce. It was a little fiddly as this new Instant Pot is much shallower and wider but I'm not deterred.