PIN the Instant Pot Teriyaki Chicken recipe to try it later!

Instant Pot Teriyaki Chicken is a recipe that was inspired by some cooking experiences from my past! Years ago I learned to make Teriyaki Chicken from a friend who had lived in Hawaii and gotten the recipe there. And that Teriyaki Chicken recipe was delicious (but loaded with sugar) so in the early days of the blog I adapted it into a version of Baked Teriyaki Chicken that was Sugar-Free, replacing the sugar with a low-carb Sweetener.

Kara and I looked at recipes around the web when we decided to try making this favorite chicken dish in the Instant Pot. But it was the perfect easy 5-ingredient sugar-free sauce from that earlier recipe that mostly inspired the Instant Pot Teriyaki Chicken we came up with!

This flavorful chicken only needs four minutes under pressure; then we removed the strips of chicken and broke it apart into chunks while we simmered the sauce. We did thicken the sauce with a teeny-tiny bit of cornstarch, but this is still very low in carbs! If you like Teriyaki flavors, I hope you try it soon.

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PIN the Cottage Cheese Taco Bowl to try it later!

This Cottage Cheese Taco Bowl is my version of  a viral recipe that had sweet potatoes and hot honey, and I knew those ingredients wouldn’t be a hit with many of my readers. So I experimented with Kara to make a cottage cheese bowl with taco ingredients that was low in carbs!

And we loved the bowl meal we came up with that has perfectly-seasoned taco meat, cottage cheese, diced avocado, and diced cherry tomatoes! Kara and I both liked this plain, but it kicked up the flavor even more when we drizzled it with some kind of sauce that goes well with tacos. So in this post I’m recommending a few options for sauce, and all of them only add a few carbs if you use a moderate amount.

And whether you drizzle with sauce or eat it as you see it in the photos, this cottage cheese bowl meal is low in carbs, high in protein, and gluten-free. And you can make the meat for Weekend Food Prep and then enjoy this bowl meal a few times during the week! I hope you try it soon.

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PIN the Greek Chicken Bowls to try them later!

Instant Pot Greek Chicken Bowls are one of my favorite Slow Cooker Recipes converted into an Instant Pot version! And it’s no surprise that I love this recipe that combines Greek Chicken and Greek Salad into a bowl meal with Greek flavors.!

First, the chicken cooks quickly in the Instant Pot in a mixture of lemon juice and zest, chicken stock, Greek Seasoning, olive oil, Greek Oregano, and a little black pepper. Then it’s shredded apart and returned to the liquid to absorb those flavors while you’re making the Greek Salsa and the tasty cauliflower rice. And it’s all combined into a delicious Greek chicken bowl!

I love this with extra Feta cheese; take your choice on that! And this is a recipe I’ve enjoyed many times, so I’m featuring it for Friday Favorites this week.

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PIN the Green Chile Pork bowl to make it later.

This tasty Green Chile Pork Taco Bowl is a perfect dish to make in the Instant Pot, or use instructions from Slow Cooker Pulled Pork and make it in a slow cooker if you prefer! But please make these taco bowls if you like the sound of slightly-spicy green chile pork served over cauliflower rice for a tasty low-carb meal!

We used the inexpensive pork sirloin roasts from Costco, and that worked worked perfectly. And yes, you can make the green chile pork bowl with frozen cauliflower rice! One thing that bumped up the flavor for this recipe was adding finely diced Poblano chile pepper to my Easy Cauliflower Rice, but if you don’t have that, the recipe will still be great.

And this perfect Cinco de Mayo dinner is a meal where every family member can assemble the taco bowl the way they prefer. Or some people can eat the green chile pork inside tortillas as a taco. I hope you will try this for dinner soon!

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PIN Green Chile Beef Cabbage Bowl to make it later!

This Green Chile Beef Cabbage Bowl is a tasty dinner idea that I’d enjoy any time of year. But March is the month when cabbage goes on sale, so it seems like the perfect time to make a tasty cabbage bowl meal. And if you look in the Cabbage Archives on Kalyn’s Kitchen, it’s not hard to see that I’m a huge cabbage fan!

I first made the green chile beef for this recipe in the slow cooker. But now the recipe has instructions for the Instant Pot. And your family will love this slightly-spicy beef with green chiles no matter which way you make it!

I really loved the cabbage bowls with slightly-spicy beef flavored with green chiles, cabbage slaw, and a tasty avocado topping! The salsa could be optional if you want fewer carbs, but I would never skip it myself.  For me the tasty avocado salsa makes this cabbage bowl with green chile beef  an absolute wow! I hope you try it soon.

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PIN the Spaghetti Squash Taco Bowls to try it later!

Spaghetti Squash Taco Bowls might be the recipe that gets you to try spaghetti squash if you haven’t discovered how delicious it can be. I’m definitely a fan of this interesting winter squash when it’s used in a creative recipe, and I’m reminding you about this fun way to use spaghetti squash for my Friday Favorites pick this week!

I know some people think of spaghetti squash as just a low-carb substitute for pasta, but personally I put it in a class all its own, and I’ve enjoyed it in lasagna casserole, sauteed with vegetables, in a gratin with chard, and in a twice-baked casserole with pesto, to name just a few.

And this taco bowl meal with a base of spaghetti squash is one of my favorite spaghetti squash recipes on the blog. I hope you’ll pick up some spaghetti squash and give it this recipe a try!

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PIN the Beef Taco Bowls to try the recipe later!

Slow Cooker Beef Taco Bowls use just one cup of uncooked rice with lots of low-carb ingredients to make six taco bowls. And the finished bowls are relatively low in net carbs and high in protein, so this might work for some readers who normally avoid rice.

The recipe cooks in just over two hours in the slow cooker, and leftovers are great to freeze and pull out later. I adapted the beef taco bowls from an earlier recipe that used ground turkey. And I experimented a bit to use less rice and add more low-carb ingredients to make it lower in carbs. I also switched out the tomato-avocado salsa for Cotija Cheese, for another way to reduce carbs!

If you like the idea of a tasty taco bowl that cooks in the slow cooker while you do something else, I hope you give this a try!

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PIN Cherry Tomato Pasta Sauce to make it later!

Cherry Tomato Pasta Sauce is a recipe I started making when the Spiralizer first came out, and I was experimenting with Zucchini Noodles. And this amazing fresh-tasting sauce made with cherry tomatoes, olive oil, sausage, garlic, and fresh herbs ended up being a recipe I make over and over.

Now years later, this is still a favorite pasta sauce recipe for me, especially when I have fresh summer herbs that need to be used! So today I’m reminding you about this amazing pasta sauce made with cherry tomatoes for my Friday Favorites pick. And if zucchini noodles aren’t really your jam, you’ll love this fresh-tasting sauce over any type of pasta!

Use your best olive oil, plenty of fresh chopped garlic, and generous amounts of chopped fresh basil, oregano, and parsley for this easy pasta sauce recipe made with cherry tomatoes. When I tested the recipe with my niece Kara, the entire time we were eating it we both kept saying over and over how good it was, and Kara reported that the leftovers were just as good when she reheated them.

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PIN Ground Turkey Taco Bowls to try them later!

These easy and tasty Ground Turkey Taco Bowls were adapted from another Cabbage Bowl recipe that’s been one of my favorites! And this recipe takes the basic idea of a bowl meal with Mexican Slaw and adds spicy ground turkey and avocado salsa!

These taco bowls also feature finely diced fresh Poblano chile pepper in the cabbage slaw and the salsa, making it extra flavorful. I think this recipe is a perfect way to use ground turkey, which can sometimes be a bit boring.

And cabbage is a vegetable with lots of health benefits, and this recipe might become a favorite new way to get more cabbage into your diet!

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PIN Sriracha Beef Cabbage Bowl to make it later!

I love it when I get a good cooking idea from one of my favorite people, and my friend Jeanne was the brains behind this Sriracha Beef Cabbage Bowl recipe,. And this it’s something I’ve loved for an easy dinner, and it’s been popular on the blog ever since Jeanne had the idea.

Jeanne came up with it when I made two of my favorite recipes for her one day when she came to visit. She had the brilliant idea to pile the meat from Sriracha Beef Lettuce Wraps on top of Spicy Mexican Slaw, and this amazing new low-carb recipe was born. The creamy coolness of the cabbage slaw is the perfect partner to the spicy Sriracha beef in this recipe; hope you enjoy!

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