Beans and cornbread are easy, and quick in a pressure cooker

Pressure cookers are for daily cooking too, not just for canning!

I mix and bake some cornbread ( I like the sweetened johnny cake style) while the beans cook.

I find that the foil lining allows a good brown crust, without burning.

Here is a good example of a 2 hour Meal in a pressure cooker. Place dried beans in a pressure cooker, I use an 8 quart that works on an inductive cook top. Electric pressure cookers work well too.

I used 2 pounds (one kilogram) of dried beans, in this case a mix of 15 different kinds; in 6 quarts of water. I add one chopped onion, and six chicken bullion cubes; in place of salt. My pressure cooker runs at 248 degrees Farenheight, so that's where I set my inductive cooktop.

In Two hours under pressure, the beans are prefect!

After they are cooked, add a stick if butter to smooth the mix, and salt to taste; you will need a little, even with the bullion.

My Sisters stopped by to visit, and stayed for dinner, LOL! It smelled wonderful....

There wasn't much of this left:

I usually make enough to have leftovers the next day, but with company, we ate it all!

A side note is that in a SHTF scenario, using a pressure cooker will reduce the cooking time, and most importantly the smell. If cooked normally in a crock pot, this would take 18 to 24 hours, and the smell is not contained like in the pressure cooker.

I will be running mine on solar power. The inductive cooktop uses 1200 watts, and the crock pot uses about 1000 (depending on the type). 1200 watts for 2 hours is 2.4 kilowatt hours; while 1000 watts for 18 hours, is 18 kilowatt hours. This is a savings of 7.5 times the power, which helps long term survival by unloading your solar system.

Obviously, chicken stock is a good substitute for the bullion; but it requires more salt. I have added turkey bacon too, for extea flavor; but it doesn't need it....

We eat a variation of this recipe every week, on request; by just changing the beans. I also like red and white beans cooked together!

Pressure cookers are also good for meat dinners. Think of them as a crock pot combined with a microwave speed. Most crock pot recipes will work in a pressure cooker, you should try it!

Be blessed, and keep on prepping!