Meatloaf in a Pressure Cooker

A delicious and healthy meal that cooks up quickly? It's hard to top this delicious meatloaf recipe. The best meatloaf recipe that also has nutritional value comes from your pressure cooker. If you're looking for an easy healthy recipe for you to make, then try this Meatloaf in a Pressure Cooker. Your pressure cooker is about to be your favorite kitchen appliance once you try this healthy recipe. You'll even start to wonder to yourself if there's any other way to make meatloaf!

Serves4

Ingredients

1 pound lean ground beef on lean ground turkey
1 1/2 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
2 egg, slightly beaten
2 slices toasted whole wheat bread, soaked in water (not too moist)
1 small onion, chopped fine
1 stalk celery, chopped fine
2 tablespoons light oil
4 or 5 medium potatoes, peeled and quartered
4 or 5 carrots, cut crosswise
1 cup water

Instructions

At least 30 minutes before cooking, combine beef with salt, pepper, egg, bread, onion and celery. Mix well and form 2 small loaves. Wrap loaves in wax paper to keep them firm.
Heat cooker; add oil and brown loaves on all sides. Place carrots and potatoes around meat. Add water. Cover and bring to pressure. Cook for 15 minutes.

History of the Pressure Cooker

You may enjoy pressure cooked meals like this meatloaf recipe, but have you ever wondered about the invention of the pressure cooker itself? If you aren’t familiar with how a pressure cooker works, it’s a method of cooking food using water trapped within a sealed pot. As the steam tries to escape, it creates heat inside the cooker, which allows for food to be cooked much more quickly. This is a handy discovery made by Denis Papin in France in 1679. As a physicist, Papin was known for his studies on steam and was invited to join the Royal Society of London for his invention. Following Papin were several other inventors who made their own versions of pressure cookers in Germany, Spain, and the U.S. In fact, the American inventor Alfred Vischer presented his Flex-Seal Speed Cooker at the 1939 New York World’s Fair. I’ll bet you never knew how much of an impact your little pressure cooker had on the world’s history!