100+ Healthy Instant Pot Recipes for Every Meal | The Nourished Life (2024)

Let’s face it: the Instant Pot just makes healthy cooking easier. And I’m all about easy, automatic changes. So here is a collection of my favorite healthy Instant Pot recipes, from breakfast to side dishes to dessert and more.

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  • Breakfast
  • Soup
  • Chicken
  • Beef
  • Pork
  • Other Main Dishes
  • Vegetarian
  • Fruit
  • Dessert

Instant Pot Breakfast Recipes

Did you know you can make breakfast in your pressure cooker? The Instant Pot really helps streamline the morning routine. So whether you prefer eggs or muffins for breakfast, there’s a great recipe for you to try below:

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1.Pressure Cooker Scotch Eggs

2.Chocolate Zucchini Muffin Bites

3.Homemade Yogurt

4.Coconut Yogurt

5. Yogurt with Fruit

6. Instant Pot Hard Boiled Eggs

7. Breakfast Apple Cranberry Steel Cut Oats

8. Buckwheat Porridge

9. Pressure Cooker Vanilla Latte Steel Cut Oats

10. Breakfast Quinoa

11. Pressure Cooker Paleo Banana Bread

Instant Pot Soup Recipes

Healthy soup used to take hours of careful oversight. But these simple Instant Pot soups make clean eating easy! Several of the recipes below are approved for Paleo, Whole 30, and gluten-free eating plans.

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12. Instant Pot Bone Broth

13. Instant Pot Vegetable Broth

14. Lasagna Soup

15. Butternut Squash and Apple Soup (whole30)

16. Instant Pot Cream of Asparagus Soup

17. Minestrone Soup (gluten free)

18. Paleo Egg Roll Soup

19. Lemony Garden Vegetable Chicken Soup

20. Sausage Kale Sweet Potato Soup

21. Paleo Chicken Vegetable Soup

22. Instant Pot Paleo Thai Carrot Soup

23. Texas Red Chili

Instant Pot Chicken Recipes

Hearty chicken recipes take a fraction of the time in your Instant Pot. By combining the saute function with the pressure cooker setting, you can make most of these recipes in one pot – it saves on time and it saves you on dishwashing, too!

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24. Instant Pot Whole Roast Chicken

25. Instant Pot Curried Lemon Coconut Chicken

26. Buffalo Chicken with Sweet Potatoes

27. Butter Chicken

28. BBQ Chicken Drumsticks

29. Easiest Paleo Italian Chicken

30. Easy Salsa Shredded Chicken

31. Paleo Sweet & Sour Mango Chicken Thighs

32. Gluten Free Sweet and Sour Chicken

33. Instant Pot Thai Chicken

34. Buffalo Chicken Meatballs

35. Paleo Green Coconut Curry with Cilantro Mint Herb Pate

36. Cranberry Apple Chicken with Cabbage

37. Slow Cooker Cacciatore

38. Instant Pot Chicken Marsala with Spaghetti Squash

39. Shredded Mexican Chicken

40. Pressure Cooker Honey Sesame Chicken

41. Moroccan Sticky Chicken

42. Paleo Pina Colada Chicken

Instant Pot Beef Recipes

Here are some fast and easy beef recipes for your pressure cooker. Forget about slow-cooking your beef to tenderness – the Instant Pot will produce melt-in-your-mouth recipes so much faster than you ever could before.

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43. Slow Cooker Beef Burgandy

44. Instant Pot Beef Curry

45. Paleo Italian Beef

46. Corned Beef Recipe

47. Instant Pot Ground Beef (how to unfreeze quickly)

48. Instant Pot Korean Beef

49. Paleo Swedish Meatballs with Mushroom Gravy

50. Slow Cooker Beef Brisket with Tomatoes and Onions

51. Spiced Cranberry Pot Roast

52. Paleo Mexi-Meatloaf

53. Pressure Cooker Skinny Sloppy Joes

Instant Pot Pork Recipes

Pork is another meat that can be tricky to cook to the point of perfect tenderness. The Instant Pot saves the day again! Plus, the pressure cooking method actually infuses the pork with all the delicious flavors in these recipes, which makes them even more mouth-watering.

54. Pressure Cooker Pork Roast with Mushroom Gravy

55. Pork Carnitas

56. Pork Roast with Mushroom Gravy

57. BBQ Pulled Pork

58. Pressure Cooker Kalua Pig

59. Pressure Cooker Ribs

60. Bone in Ham with Maple-Honey Glaze

Other Instant Pot Main Dishes

Here are a few bonus meat dishes you can try in your pressure cooker:

61. Moist and Tender Turkey Breast

62. Pressure Cooker Lamb Shanks

63. Instant Pot Ground Lamb Curry

64. Shrimp Scampi Paella

Instant Pot Vegetarian/Vegetable Recipes

Looking for healthy vegetarian recipes? The Instant Pot is the master of all things vegetarian, too. Try one of these healthy recipes below:

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65. Instant Pot Dal Makhani

66. Butternut Squash in an Instant Pot

67. Instant Pot Cauli-Rice

68. Brussels Sprouts in an Instant Pot

69. Sweet and Orangey Brussels Sprouts

70. Easy Baked Potatoes

71. Garlic Rosemary Instant Pot Mashed Potatoes

72. Pressure Cooker Mashed Potatoes

73. Instant Pot Green Beans, Bacon, and Mushrooms

74. Pressure Cooker Asparagus

75. How to Cook Artichokes in a Pressure Cooker

76. Pressure Cooker Mashed Sweet Potatoes

77. Corn Cob Recipe

78. Instant Pot Refried Beans

79. Instant Pot Smothered Cajun Greens

Instant Pot Fruit Recipes

Yep, fruit belongs in the Instant Pot, too! These easy recipes use fruit to make delicious, healthy dishes your whole family will love to eat.

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80. Instant Pot Stuffed Peaches

81. Instant Pot Blueberry Jam

82. Applesauce in 3 Minutes

83. Naturally Sweetened Cranberry Sauce

84. Instant Pot Baked Apples

85. Pressure Cooker Berry Compote

86. Spiced Pumpkin Apple Butter

87. Easy Orange Marmalade Recipe

88. Pressure Cooker Raspberry Curd

89. Crockpot Cinnamon Apples Recipe

Healthy Dessert Recipes in Your Instant Pot

This collection wouldn’t be complete without a few healthy desserts. Did you know you can make low-carb cheesecake in your Instant Pot? Life isn’t complete until you’ve tried it. 😉

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90. Pressure Cooker (Low Carb) Cheesecake

91. Instant Pot Cake Brownies

92. Paleo Chocolate Cake

93. Instant Pot Apple Crisp

94. Orange Dark Chocolate Cheesecake

95. Tapioca Pudding

96. Gluten Free Chocolate Cheesecake

97. Molten Chocolate Mini Lava Cake

98. Borlotti Bean Brownie Cake

99. Pumpkin Cutie Pies

100. Pina Colada Rice Pudding

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