Cooking with Bruce and Mark

Did you know you can make pretty fine baked goods in an Instant Pot pressure cooker? No, they're not the same as the ones out of an oven. But if a cake or bread can handle a little steam, even get a little better crumb from that steam, then the Instant Pot does a great (and fast) job!

Everyone knows the Instant Pot can book beans, roasts, ribs, and soups in minutes. But we're going to show you how to bake in our favorite kitchen appliance.

We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, veteran cookbook authors of over three dozen (!) cookbooks, including THE INSTANT POT BIBLE, with every recipe sized out for every size of Instant Pot. (You can find it here.)

Our recipe for banana bread in an Instant Pot is so simple. You'll just toss all the ingredients in the food processor, then pour the batter into a baking dish and set it in the IP.

Listen in and let's have fun cooking together!

Almost every dish we cook uses fat of some sort, even the natural fats in proteins. (Or the boatloads of the stuff in bacon.)

But there are ways to get away from tasteless oils. Let's face it: 1 tablespoon of liquid fat has about 120 calories, no matter if it's a tasteless oil or a flavorful one. So why not always go with flavor?

We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks, including one called REAL FOOD HAS CURVES that's a step-by-step plan to get the processed food out of your life. (You can find the e-book here.)

We've got tips and tricks to up your fat game so that you're adding more flavor to your meals and getting more satisfaction out of every bite.

New Year's resolutions often fail. People set unrealistic goals.

Join us, Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, veteran food writers and at one time the longest-serving columnists on weightwatchers.com. We've got tips and tricks to making resolutions that stick and work.

Don't overpromise. Make your goals something you can achieve. And make your goals out of the things you want most. 

Latkes: crisp potato pancakes, often associated with Hanukkah, although we don't know why we shouldn't love them for the rest of the year, too. Except for all that fat. And those calories.

No worries: an air fryer to the rescue!

We're veteran cookbook authors Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough. We've written over three dozen cookbooks, including several on air-frying, like THE ESSENTIAL AIR FRYER COOKBOOK (which you can find here).

We're in the kitchen, offering you the tips and tricks to making the best air-fried latkes. Then all you have to do is add the toppings. Applesauce? Plus sour cream? Bruce prefers ketchup. His kosher grandmother would be appalled.

The holidays can be stressful. Especially in the kitchen. And adding a crowd in your world never helps. Everyone's got food issues. Tempers can flare.

But we've got a plan. We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, veteran cookbook authors with over three dozen titles to our names. We've been Contributing Editors to the likes of Eating Well and Cooking Light--and we were once the longest-serving columnists on weightwatchers.

We're here to help you survive holiday cooking. We've got five steps to make sure you can get everything done without losing your mind or your family. 

Chicken fried steak: it's Texas gift to the United States. If you don't know, it's a pounded cut of beef, dipped in batter, and fried as you might fry chicken. Irresistible!

We're Bruce Weinstein & Mark Scarbrough, veteran cookbook authors with over three dozen (!) titles to our names, not counting the ones ghost-written for celebrities.

We know the secrets of chicken fried steak in an air fryer. We've written several air fryer books, including THE ESSENTIAL AIR FRYER COOKBOOK (here) and THE LOOK AND COOK AIR FRYER BIBLE (here).

Join us as we air-fry steak without pots of oil and all those calories. We'll tell you the secrets to a crisp crust every time.