Yes, it does say this in the post: “I loved the slightly-chewy kale in this slow cooker stew, but if you’re not a fan of kale you can use other greens like spinach, Swiss chard, or collards. Softer greens will not need quite so much cooking time.”

Spinach is the softest type of greens, so I might cook a bit longer than 2 1/2 hours before you add the greens, and then quite a bit shorter time after the spinach added. I hope you enjoy it!

Unfortunately it is impossible to please everyone. A few years ago I surveyed my readers about this and they overwhelmingly wanted print pages that were shorter without a photo. And so far the recipe carb plug-in I use doesn’t have the feature that lets people choose to have a photo or not.

So glad you enjoyed it; I love this recipe.

So glad you liked it. Thanks for sharing how you did it so others can try it in the Instant Pot.

I make this recipe as is, and a variation with smoked sausage and smoked paprika instead of the fennel, regularly and just tried it for the first time in my Instantpot. Since I used smoked sausage, I didn’t saute, and just put all the ingredients in the Instantpot on the “soup” setting (30 minutes). When it was done I did a manual release, added the kale, and put it back to pressure for 1 minute, followed by another manual release. It turned out great! If I hadn’t used smoked sausage I would have either sauteed the Italian sausage in the Instantpot before adding the other ingredients, or used the “meat/stew” setting (35 minutes).

Glad you have enjoyed it. I'm afraid I'm not experienced enough with the Instant Pot yet to know how to do it that way without trying it, sorry!