Instant Pot Mini Cookbook: 200+ Easy and Delicious Mouthwatering Recipes for all Mini Instant Pot 3 Quart Models (Mini Instant Pot Recipes) Paperback – September 22, 2018

The reviews hooked me in. And the many interesting recipes do make it worth the modest price. However, these self-published books are becoming disappointing in the quality of the writing. This, as with a couple of others I have purchased, appear to not even been carefully proof-read. This is the reason for my three stars. The many people giving five stars were very generous--and somewhat misleading.

I'm returning this cookbook - the recipes are not well written, some are not fleshed out. Like "Tasty Tomato Soup" - one of the ingredients is listed as "4 tablespoon cashew" does that mean whole cashews? Other recipes seem like they were just lifted from other recipe books. It's just not well thought out. also no pictures, just text.

First, the ingredients are NOT listed in the order as used. They are scattered, yes, scattered in what looks like a random order. Onions, carrots, celery which are stated go together in a soup, have the carrots in the left column, with the onions and celery in the right column, and not in the order as used...very messy.The directions do NOT apply to my version of the Ultra mini...but then, neither does the book which came with the ultra mini...the one with a dial in the middle! Oh, and at least one recipe said to add something which was NOT in the list of ingredients!!!Company tells me to go to their website for recommended cookbooks. "BUT," I said, "what about a book for this version of the ultra mini with the dial?" "We don't have it yet," was the answer. "Is it in process?" I asked. "Not yet." Geze.Too late to return the pot, but this cookbook only ADDS to the irksome, frustrating pot. I've been cooking a looong time and though I managed to make 2 chicken recipes which were OK, I got no joy from the rice which was fine on top, but mushy on the bottom.Another "be ware" should be the capacity of the pot which one is using. Mine is a 3 qt., and apparently the original version is a 6 qt. The recipe book which came with the pot is for 6 qts....which if I had followed, instead of making a mental image of volume and thus adjusting quantities, might have led to catastrophe.

Being brand new to Instant Pot, I found this cook book very lacking in direction. e.g. Saute setting - the book gives no hint that the pot has to reach HOT before it's ready to open lid and add ingredients. It also does not hint at the fact that you have to cancel Saute setting in order for manual setting to work. As a result, I added two cups of milk way before the pot was ready to saute; watch while milk very slowly came to a boil; proceeded as directed to cook; wound up staying on Saute the whole time. Needless to say, the milk scorched the bottom of the pot. After 30 minutes of scrubbing the pot clean to proceed with the rest of the meal, I was ready to pack up the pot and send it back with tears in my eyes. I had to read the manual that came with the pot and the recipe at the same time. I can't possibly memorize the manual although I read it through and through before starting. No where in this recipe does it say "cancel" Saute then proceed. Almost no direction on the use of the pot to create the recipe.

I hope to return this book because of the errors in it. Many of the nutrient counts are really off. Hard Boiled Eggs (6 of them) have about 480 calories (this is correct) but 39 G of protein (not 13 like book lists) and 36 g of fat, not 13 like listed. Worst-- book says almost 82 g carbs, which should be 6 g. Also no indication of whether the nutrition info is for the 3-egg serving or all 6 eggs. Either way, most of it is wrong.I've used pressure cookers most of my very long life and even some of the times seem really off (too long). I'm afraid to use the recipes, don't want to waste food.And not one picture, not even one. I do not need a pic of every dish but a couple might have been good.And this won't let me give it NO STARS.

I don't know about plagiarized recipes, but I agree that green BEEN, instead of green BEAN is sloppy.

Don’t bother with this cookbook. It is poorly written and compiled, lacking a good proofreader as others have said. It is not really written for the Instant Pot as it says to press the natural release setting. There is no such thing on the Instant Pot. I also found one recipe in the book twice on facing pages (steel cut oats with dry fruit and oats with dried fruit).

This cookbook is obviously constructed by the same author as Instant Mini Pot Cookbook: 300 Easy and Foolproof Recipes for Your 3 Qt. Model although the last name is different. The 200 recipes are identical to 200 of the recipes in the Easy and Foolproof. While I reviewed the contents of each book, I didn't take note (and should have) of how many names were identical. After starting the process of returning the book, it's not worth returning since I need to pay half of the book cost in shipping fees. I'll just give it to someone else. Caveat Emptor!