Ingredients

• Two 13.5 oz cans of coconut milk, plus half a can of water to rinse them out
• One heaping tablespoon of Mae Ploy Thai Green Curry Paste... the heapinger the better
• One freakishly enormous carrot, the kind you can get in an Asian grocery store in the US (or any farmer's market in Kyrgyzstan), sliced into diagonals cuz we're fancy
• A pound or two of frozen broccoli flowerets
• 3 small red bell peppers (or two medium ones), cut into one-inch chunks

Method

1. You will not use the crisper tray for this recipe.
2. Pour coconut milk, water, curry paste, and carrots into the pot.  Set to "sear/saute" at Hi5 with the pot covered for 10 minutes.
3. Pour in enough brocolli flowerets to fill the pot.  Continue at same heat uncovered for 10 minutes.
4. Check to see whether the brocolli is tooth-ready, per your preferences, but I think it's best to leave the broccoli with just a bit of crunch.
5. Toss raw bell peppers with everything else.  Yup, we want those in there raw.

Notes: 

You can serve it over rice, just like any other unimaginative chef, or better yet in a bowl as a soup, or, since we want to explore other grains, serve it over boiled wheat berries (for digestive health) or boiled millet or even quinoa, but if you use the latter make sure you look up how to pronounce.  For years I said "quinn-OH-uh."  Pretty damn embarrasing.

This is one of those recipes that really prove that simple cooking can be excellent.

Adapted from:  www.vkusnyblog.com

Ingredients

• 1.5 cups of dry red wheat berries
• 1 or 2 cubes of vegetable bouillion
• Olive oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped coursely
• 1 pound of fresh mushrooms
• 1/2 tsp of salt
• 1/2 tsp of pepper
• 3 cloves of garlic, minced
• 2/3 of a cup of half and half or heavy cream
• 10 tbsp of coarsely chopped parsley

Method

1. You will not use the crisper tray for this recipe.
2. Pour 4.5 cups of water in the pot along with a cube or two of your favorite bouillion.  Add dry wheat berries.  Steam for 30 minutes, but check them at 20. If you like their texture already, dump into strainer and rinse with cold water to stop the cooking.
3. Slice the mushrooms in 2-4 pieces, depending on how big they are.
4. Pour in enough olive oil to barely cover the bottom of the pot.  Add the onions and mushrooms.  Saute/sear on Hi5, stirring every 3-5 minutes until the onions are almost translucent and then add the mushrooms and continue with the lid down until the mushrooms are soft.  
5. Add salt, pepper and garlic.  Cook for about a minute so that the garlic becomes fragrant.
6. Add boiled wheatberries and parsley to the pot, mixing occasionally until they are heated through.
7. Pour in cream and mix.
8. Serve promptly.

Notes

• The wheat berry and water quantities will vary depending on the type of wheat berries you use.  Read the box instructions to get it right, or try my timing first with wheat berries from the bulk bins at Sprouts.  You can also find wheat berries in some Middle Eastern stores and probably among Bob's Red Mill products as well, but I bet they are pricier.
• If you are salt/spice sensitive, reduce the salt and pepper to 1/4 tsp each.
• If you think the pilaf will be in the fridge for more than a day, I might skip the cream.  Milk products go bad faster than milkless grain dishes.  That said, I've had a batch in the fridge for two days, and I see no sign of spoilage.

Next variation

• Next time around I would like to get some additional mushroom flavor, so I might steam the wheat with some type of dried mushroom... maybe ground dried mushrooms.
• I think I'll add a cup of shredded carrots to the onions and mushrooms as they are cooking, as well as a cup of thinly sliced celery.

Ingredients

• 1/2 medium-size head of cabbage, chopped coursely
• 2 tbsp of olive oil for braising
• about 1/2 cup of water, optional
• 1/2 tsp salt, or more to taste
• 1/2 pepper, or more to taste
• juice of one medium-size lemon

Method

1. Remove the crisper tray from the Speedi. This recipe is made just using the pot.
2. Set the Speedi to Saute/Sear on level Hi5, and sauté the cabbage in olive oil until soft. Stir every 3-5 minutes so that the cabbage softens evenly and doesn't brown.
3. If it is taking longer than you like, heat the optional water in the microwave to nearly boiling and add the water to the pot. Put the Speedi's lid down so it steams. Of course, keep on stirring every three to five minutes.
4. When the cabbage is soft, add the salt and pepper. Stir and cook for a minute.
5. Taste the cabbage. Add more salt and pepper if it suits your taste buds.
6. Add lemon juice and serve.

Note:

I'm single, so this recipe only produces about two servings for a man of my appetite, but the recipe should double, triple, or quadruple easily.

Ingredients

• 1 box (17.1 oz) of Krusteaz chocolate chunk muffin mix
• 1/2 cup of water
• 1/2 cup of vegetable oil
• 3 eggs

Method

1. Prepare batter per the instructions on the box.
2. Pour the batter into 12-13 silicone muffin molds. You don't need to oil them. Fill each mold only 2/3 of the way up.
3. Pour two cups of water in the Speedi pot. Put molds onto the tray in the lower position.
4. Steam/bake for 12 minutes at 315°F.
5. Cool for 20 minutes and then remove from molds.
6. Give some to your neighbors.

Ingredients

Cake

• 1 box (15.25 oz) of Pillsbury Funfetti strawberry cake and cupcake mix with candy bits
• 1 cup of water
• 1/4 cup of vegetable oil
• 4 eggs

Vanilla glaze

• 1 cup of confectioners sugar
• 1 and 1/4 tbsp of water
• 1/4 tsp of vanilla extract

Method

1. Prepare batter per the instructions on the box.
2. Coat the bottom of two 6'' x 3.75” x 2” aluminum foil loaf pans with spray cooking oil or butter. On this occasion I actually used a mini Bundt pan (7" at its widest), which results in two cakes that must be cooked sequentially.
3. Pour two cups of water in the Speedi pot. Put tins or Bundt pan onto tray in lower position.
4. Steam/bake for 17 minutes at 315°F.
5. Remove and cool.
6. In a small bowl combine all the glaze ingredients and mix until smooth with a fork. Drizzle the glaze on the Bundt cake.
7. Give a cake to your neighbors.
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Ingredients

• 1 box (17oz) of Krusteaz almond poppy-seed muffin mix
• 1 cup of water
• 1/4 cup of vegetable oil
• 1 egg

Method

1. Prepare batter per the instructions on the box.
2. Coat the bottom of two 6'' x 3.75” x 2” aluminum foil loaf pans with spray cooking oil or butter. Transfer batter to the loaf pans.
3. Pour two cups of water in the Speedi pot. Put tins onto tray in lower position.
4. Steam/bake for 28 minutes.  At this stage the top will be done, but the bottom won't so...
5. Open the lid, and switch to the Sear/Saute setting on Hi5 for 12 minutes.  Leave the lid open/up for this step.
6. Remove, cool, and give the loaves to your neighborS.

Cut sausage into coins.  Place tray in upper position.  Put coins on tray in a single layer.  Cook at 400°F on the Broil setting.

Ingredients

• 4 Russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1” chunks
• Frozen broccoli florets, enough to cover the bottom of the pot
• 1 tbsp Mae Ploy green curry paste, which should be available in the Asian section of huge gringo grocery stores or the Thai section of Asian grocery stores
• 4 Russet potatoes, peeled and cut into 1” chunks
• Frozen broccoli florets, enough to cover the bottom of the pot
• 1 tbsp Mae Ploy green curry paste, which should be available in the Asian section of huge gringo grocery stores or the Thai section of Asian grocery stores
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• Spices:
  Garlic powder
  Onion powder
  Pepper
  Chives
  Parsley
  Salt
• 4-6 cups of water

Method

1. Remove tray. Pour 2 cups of water in the pot. Add green curry paste. Whisk until the paste is dissolved in the water.
2. Pour broccoli into pot. Add enough water so that it comes half-way up the broccoli.
3. In a separate bowl toss the potatoes with the olive oil.
4. Sprinkle the spices all over the potatoes and toss the potatoes so that they are all coated.
5. Put tray in upper position. Place potatoes on tray in a single layer.
6. Set the Speedi to Speedi meals at 400°F for 11 minutes.

Ingredients

• 1 cup dry green lentils
• 1 yellow onion, chopped 8.5 oz
• 1 can of coconut milk, about 13-14 oz.
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 small banana, 4 oz, sliced into coins
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• 2.5 cups of water
• 1 tbsp hot curry powder
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 fresh apple, chopped roughly

Method

1. Remove the crispr tray.  For this recipe we will cook directly in the pot.
2. Set the Speedi to sear/saute Hi5.  This portion of the recipe we will be working with the lid up, not down.
3. Olive oil and onions into the pot.  Cook until translucent.
4. Add the curry powder and minced garlic and mix a bit.  Cook for a minute or two.  If the garlic becomes fragrant, that's enough time, but with the curry smell you might not be able to notice that.
5. Add coconut milk, water, banana, and salt.  Stir occasionally until the liquid starts to simmer.
6. Add lentils.  Stir occasionally until the mix starts to simmer again.
7. Turn off the Speedi.  Close the lid.  Set to steam for 25 minutes.  Check for doneness.  If the lentils are still too hard (unlikely), then give them another 5 minutes on steam.
8. Once cooking is done, mix chopped apple in with lentils and serve.

This approach comes from Sirkristof's suggestion in a Reddit discussion of making rice in the Speedi/Foodi ( source and discussion of variations ), although, truth to tell, it's exactly the same way my mother always used to cook rice on the stovetop.

• Remove tray from Speedi
• Pour 1 cup of long-grain enriched rice in pot
• Pour 2 cups of water in pot
• Put Speedi on steam setting for ten minutes

Obvious variations:

• Add a quarter teaspoon of salt at cooking time; or
• use broth or bouillion instead of water.

And the other obvious stuff:

• If you use a different type of rice, the time and water content may need to be adjusted.
• You may also have to adjust time or water content according to elevation.  I'm cooking at about 1200 feet above sea level.