45 Healthy Instant Pot Recipes You’ll Want to Cook Over and Over Again

People are pretty devoted to their Instant Pots—rightfully so, considering one will cook almost anything beautifully. And because of its popularity, there’s a plethora of healthy Instant Pot recipes out there just begging to be made—from creamy soups to flavorful veggie sides to fall-off-the-bone tender meat. 

The Instant Pot can function as a pressure cooker or a slow cooker, and it also lets you sauté, steam, and quickly cook just about everything from pork ribs to artichoke hearts. (It’s also a rice cooker and yogurt maker, because why not do all the things?) Home chefs, including yours truly, love this little appliance because it drastically reduces the cooking time of meals that typically have to simmer for a long time—like beef stew, bolognese sauce, and chicken stock. 

Another thing that’s great about these healthy Instant Pot recipes? Most of them can be made in just the one pot—no extra pots or pans required. That means you get to shave time off the clean-up too. (Personally, that’s the part I dread most about cooking.)

With the 45 healthy Instant Pot recipes below, you can spend less time in the kitchen, while still getting a delicious and nutritious main, side, appetizer, or entire meal. Sounds like a fantasy, but trust me, it’s definitely a real thing.

A note about the word healthy here: We know that healthy is a complicated concept. Not only can it mean different things to different people, it’s a word that’s pretty loaded (and sometimes fraught), thanks to the diet industry’s influence on the way we think about food. At SELF, when we talk about food being healthy, we’re primarily talking about foods that are nutritious, filling, and satisfying. But it also depends on your preferences, your culture, what’s accessible to you, and so much more. We selected these recipes with those basic criteria in mind while also trying to appeal to a wide variety of nutritional needs and taste buds.