Authors: Healthy Living
Electric Pressure Cooker: Perfect Recipes To Get Meals On The Table In No Time (Clean Eating, Paleo, AIP, Gluten Free, Vegan, Healthy Diets, Nourishing, Cookbook) (31 page)
Risotto
Yield:
4
servings
Preparation Time:
15 minutes
Cooking Time:
30 minutes
Ingredients:
3 tablespoons olive oil, divided
1 pound mushrooms, sliced
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
½ cup parmesan cheese, grated and divided
1 medium onion, chopped
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 cup pearl barley
2 tablespoons fresh thyme, chopped
3 cups chicken broth
2 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped
Method:
1.
Select the sauté mode
for an electric pressure cooker.
2.
In the pot of
pressure cooker, heat 2 tablespoons of oil.
3.
Add onion and sauté
for about 5 minutes.
4.
Add garlic and sauté
for about 1 minute.
5.
Add barley, thyme and
broth and stir to combine.
6.
Close the cooker by
locking the lid.
7.
Set the pressure
cooker to high setting. Cook for about 25 minutes.
8.
Unplug the pressure cooker and by using
the quick release method, release the pressure.
9.
Carefully, uncover
the pressure cooker after valve drops completely.
10.
In
a skillet, heat 1 tablespoon of oil on medium heat.
11.
Add
mushrooms and sprinkle with salt and black pepper.
12.
Cook
for about 8-10 minutes.
13.
Now,
select the sauté mode and cook, stirring occasionally for about 2-3 minutes.
14.
Add
cheese, stirring continuously till it is melted completely.
15.
Stir
in cooked mushrooms, salt and black pepper.
16.
Serve
immediately with the garnishing of cilantro.
Nutritional Information per
Serving:
Calories:
380
Fat:
15.5g
Sat Fat:
3.9g
Carbohydrates:
47.7g
Fiber:
10.1g
Sugar:
4.1g
Protein:
17.1g
Yield:
8
servings
Preparation Time:
15 minutes
Cooking Time:
17 minutes
Ingredients:
2 tablespoons butter
½ cup onion, chopped
1 cup chicken broth
Salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
6 medium potatoes, peeled and cut into 1/8-inch thick slices
1 cup cheddar cheese, shredded
½ cup sour cream
1 cup panko breadcrumbs
3 tablespoons butter, melted
Method:
1.
Select the sauté mode
for an electric pressure cooker.
2.
In the pot of
pressure cooker, melt the butter.
3.
Add onion and sauté
for about 5 minutes.
4.
Add broth, salt and
black pepper and stir to combine.
5.
Arrange the steamer
trivet in the pot of pressure cooker.
6.
Place potato slices
in steamer trivet.
7.
Close the cooker by
locking the lid.
8.
Set the pressure
cooker to high setting. Cook for about 5 minutes.
9.
Preheat the broiler.
Grease a 13x9-inch baking dish.
10.
Unplug the pressure cooker and by using
the quick release method, release the pressure.
11.
Carefully,
uncover the pressure cooker after valve drops completely.
12.
In
a small bowl, mix together breadcrumbs and butter.
13.
Transfer
the potato slices in prepared baking dish.
14.
Transfer
the cooking liquid into a bowl. Add cheese and cream and stir to combine.
15.
Place
cheese mixture over potatoes evenly.
16.
Top
with breadcrumbs mixture evenly.
17.
Broil
for about 5-7 minutes.
Nutritional Information per
Serving:
Calories:
304
Fat:
15.5g
Sat Fat:
9.5g
Carbohydrates:
34.2g
Fiber:
5g
Sugar:
2.6g
Protein:
8.4g
I
hope your enjoyed the all the recipes provided in this book. Cheers, to your
electric pressure cooking success!
A Guide
To
Create Content That
Rocks, Build Traffic, And Turn Your Blogging Passion Into Profit (Blog
Mastermind Booklets)
Contents
CHAPTER ONE: GETTING STARTED WITH BLOGGING
..
60
WHAT SHOULD YOU
WRITE ABOUT?
.
64
CHAPTER TWO: CREATING CONTENT THAT ROCKS
.
66
TIPS TO WRITING A
GREAT BLOG POST
.
68
CHAPTER THREE: KEEPING IT CLEAN – PLAIN AND SIMPLE
.
71
CHAPTER FOUR: BUILDING TRAFFIC
.
76
CHAPTER FIVE: HONEY, WHERE IS THE MONEY?
.
83
CHAPTER SIX: STAYING ORGANIZED AND AIMING FOR THE PERFECT
WORK LIFE INTEGRATION
..
87
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Introduction
I want to thank you and congratulate you for downloading the
book,
“How to Start
A
Profitable Blog: A Guide To Create Content That Rocks,
Build Traffic, And Turn Your Blogging Passion Into Profit (Blog Mastermind
Booklets)
.
This book contains valuable information on how to kick start
your income stream with a blog. After reading this book, you should have the
understandings of what a blog is, and how to fully optimize your blog online.
Keep in mind, when creating your blog, to focus on creating value, instead of just
trying to make money. Creating value is important, because in order for you to
get what you want, you have to first give others what they want. And know, that
when your passive income exceeds your expenses, that is when you’ll be
financially free to replace your day job for life.
The phrase financial freedom includes the word financial, but it
also includes the word freedom: Freedom to explore the blessings that surround
us. Freedom to help ourselves so that we can help others. Freedom to live the
life we choose to lead, instead of having to live the life that was chosen for
us.
Thanks again for downloading this book, I hope it inspires you
to create, and to follow your dreams.
CHAPTER ONE: GETTING STARTED WITH
BLOGGING
“
Self expression
has become the new entertainment”
– Arianna Huffington
Almost everybody is a blogger
these days – irrespective of the fact whether they realize it or not.
Have you ever written
something on Facebook and received a few likes and may be some comments as
well?
Awesome!
You are a blogger.
Did you ever tweet a short
sentence on Twitter?
Congratulations!
You are a micro blogger!
How about uploading a YouTube
video where you can obtain a few subscribers and prompt a few comments?
Well –
you have begun videoblogging too!
Blogging leads to an outburst
of expression and creativity, which in turn opens up digital doors for an
expert who has till now been invisible.
And the best part – you do not
have to wait for
twenty five
long years in order to be
declared as an expert in a particular field.
Just declare yourself and publish
.
Isn’t it easy?
Let us first try and
understand the whole concept –
what is a
blog and why so much hype around blogging
?
A blog is short for Web log.
In layman terms, it is just a website with entries listed in a reverse
chronological order. The original idea behind the creation of a blog was to
create an online diary or journal that could be updated every day.
During the past few years, a
number of software companies have developed platforms that have made the
process of blogging extremely simple – you write your story, click ‘submit,’
and voila – it shows on your blog for the world to take notice of you and your
brand.
But I
am not a techie?
No problem. You don’t worry on
that front since most bloggers do not understand any programming language and
the companies that have developed these platforms acknowledge that.
Starting a blog can be one of
the simplest processes to start a website. It is quick to set up and sometimes
completely free.
Even if there are steps to
follow, they are extremely simple and then, there are plenty of resources to
help you along the way.
Here are some interesting
facts about blogs:
§
Every
half a second – a new blog is created somewhere in the world.
§
This
signifies an addition of 172,800 blogs to the internet every day.
§
As on
date, there are 152 million blogs on the internet.
Still
thinking about the process?
Well, if there are so many blog, the
process just cannot be difficult.
THE COSTS INVOLVED
A number of services are
available in order to empower you to start your blog – and that too for free.
If you are simply going to be experimenting with the entire process of
blogging, I would recommend a free service in order to first understand the process.
Once you get your feet wet and
decide to stick with it and eventually make money with your blog, you can
upgrade yourself to a self-hosted blog.
Getting a self-hosted blog is
inexpensive – the domain name costs around $10 per year and webhosting is
approximately a few bucks every month.
Well, if you are looking at
creating a great blog and generating some passive income from it too, then I
would suggest that you do not waste time with
Blogger.com
or
WordPress.com
. You will eventually want to change it – the sooner you do, the
better it is for your blog.
I personally
recommend being self-hosted on
WordPress.org
- this is more or less the industry standard today. You would
need to pay a few dollars a month for hosting, but the income that you will
generate eventually makes up for the expenses. Try and pick up a .com name that
matches your site name.
Once you set up
your blog on WordPress, you begin the process of content creation. This is in
fact the most critical part of your blog. Remember, people will come for killer
content – they definitely may get impressed by the pretty design or layout,
however, that is not something that will get them back – only killer content
can get them back and even generate some referrals.
The next thing
that you need is an amazing layout and design. I recommend that you hire
someone to help you with this process (unless, of course you are a graphic
designer yourself). An experienced designer can help you create a layout that
becomes a visual representation of your content, your feelings, your
personality, and yourself!
Well, the best
thing to begin with is to create amazing, compelling content – content that
brings your readers back to your blog. This implies that your blog has to be
truly awesome. The key here is to discover what ‘awesome’ means to you.
Everyone has a passion – something that they are too good at, something that
they can share and that their readers can learn from. Discover your true
passion and decide on a topic. Remember, everything that you publish should be
meaningful – there has to be a definite intention behind whatever you decide to
publish. The content has to be amazing and should add value to the readers.
Here are some
questions that you can ask yourself before deciding on the subject for your
blog:
§
What is it that you love to do most?
§
What are the things that you are really passionate about?
§
What are the topics that people ask you for advice?
§
What are the subjects that you are naturally drawn towards?
§
What subjects do you love to read most?
§
What gets you so fired up that you can’t stop talking about?
You must also have
a clear plan on what you want to write about. This will include a main topic,
then a few sub topics and then a few categories beneath each subtopic.
Let us take an
example here – If your main topic is ‘Living well on a budget,’ your sub-topics
could be ‘Using coupons to your advantage,’ ‘DIY recipes’, ‘Tips to declutter
your home,’ ‘Ideas to save money during the holiday season,’ etc. Now, here the
main theme is pretty broad and includes a couple of sub themes – however, it does
not include everything. Therefore, the readers of the blog are aware of what to
expect when they visit the blog.
Now, imagine this
blog owner starting with movie reviews and then reviews of latest makeup and
gadgets and then reviews of various restaurants in the town. This will only
confuse the reader and they will think that the blog owner does not understand
their content too well.
Therefore,
it is important to have a clear structure
and plan in place
.
Readers always crave authenticity
– don’t hold things back, be authentic and give everything that
you have got. Just focus on making your blog awesome.
Go through the
blogs that you love but never try and BE those blogs.
Be your own voice – be authentic – be passionate – focus on your
individual strengths that can make your readers life awesome
.
So, let us review
the action items from this chapter:
§
Spend some time with yourself, trying to discover your passion
which will translate into your blog’s main theme, sub theme and sub topics.
§
Pick up a great blog name and set up a self-hosted blog on
WordPress.org
§
If you are not a graphic designer, get professional help with the
layout and design.
§
Create compelling content that is truly awesome and adds value to
your readers.
