Below is a collection of my favorite slow cooker, Instant Pot & air fryer holiday recipes. Using an appliance for your holiday cooking will help take the fuss and stress out of the holiday season.
Why Use Slow Cooker, Instant Pot, or Air Fryer?
There are a few benefits of using a slow cooker, electric pressure cooker (Instant Pot), or air fryer for the holiday season cooking.
- Free up your oven! I know some people have more than one oven in their house, but I only have one. When I’m cooking a holiday dinner, this can be troublesome because I like my guests to eat hot (ok warm) food.
- Save time! The cook time for my Instant Pot Baked Apples recipe is 5 minutes (it will take approximately 15 minutes to pressurize) but in the oven it would take almost 30 minutes.
- Convert every recipe! I can’t think of a recipe that one would normally make for Thanksgiving that can’t be made in either a slow cooker, Instant Pot, or air fryer.
Which Brands To Buy?
Below are affiliate links to my favorite brands of air fryers, slow cookers, and electric pressure cookers (Instant Pot). These days, I’m down to 1 air fryer. I use it almost daily and the basket hasn’t started to peel on my yet. It’s a tad on the expensive side but it’s worth it in my opinion. I only have one-size of electric pressure cookers and that’s a 6-quart. All my recipes are written for a 6-quart pressure cooker. When it comes to slow cooker….I have a lot. Pretty much every single size. What you see listed here are the ones I personally use.
Air Fryer
Electric Pressure Cooker
- Instant Pot 6-Quart Lux 6-in-1 Electric Pressure Cooker
- Instant Pot 6-Quart DUO Plus 9-in-1 Multi-Use Programmable Pressure
- Elechomes 6-Quart 9-in-1 Crock Pot Multi-use Programmable Electric Pressure Cooker
Slow Cooker
- Hamilton Beach 6-Quart Set & Forget Digital Programmable Slow Cooker With Temperature Probe
- Crock-Pot 6-Quart Countdown Programmable Oval Slow Cooker with Stove-Top Browning
- Hamilton Beach 6-Quart Set & Forget Digital Programmable Slow Cooker With Temperature Probe
- Crock-Pot 6-Quart Countdown Programmable Oval Slow Cooker with Stove-Top Browning
- Cuisinart 3-1/2-Quart Programmable Slow Cooker
- Crock-Pot 3.5-Quart Casserole Crock Manual Slow Cooker
- Crockpot 2.5-Quart Mini Casserole
- Crock-Pot 2-Quart Manual Slow Cooker
Do you use an appliance for the holidays? If so, let me know in the comments!
Beverages
Appetizers
Air Fryer or Baked Potato Skins
Cranberry BBQ Cocktail Sausages
Soup Starters
Side Dishes – Carbs
Sides – Veggies
Green Bean Casserole w/Cauliflower Sauce
Cranberry Sauce w/Pears & Ginger
Main Dishes
Slow Cooker/Instant Pot Brisket (Low-Carb, Paleo, Whole30)
Desserts
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