Ivy Manning

Ivy Manning
Business: Ivy Manning
Expertise: Savory baking, Italian cuisine, Appliance-led cooking
  • Authored Instant Pot Miracle 6 Ingredients or Less and 9 other cookbooks
  • 20+ years of experience teaching cooking classes and writing food articles
  • Featured in Bon Appetit, Cooking Light, Better Homes and Gardens, Simply Recipes, and more

Experience

Ivy Manning is the author of 10 cookbooks, including the bestseller Instant Pot Miracle 6 Ingredients or Less. She has two decades of experience teaching cooking classes and writing articles for magazines and online outlets including Bon Appetit, Cooking Light, Better Homes and Gardens, Simply Recipes, and many others. When she's not cooking, she's looking after her rescue Whippets and battling the slugs in her verdant Pacific Northwest garden. 

Favorite meal: "My favorite solo meal is a bowl of mashed potatoes with really good gravy."

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Read More from Ivy Manning

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The $3.99 Trader Joe’s Summer Staple I Can’t Live Without
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Julia Child’s Easy Salad Upgrade Is a Game Changer
Plate of ground beef larb with sliced herbs, garnished with fried onions, surrounded by small bowls of lettuce and lime wedges
The 10-Minute Dinner I Make When I’m Too Tired to Cook
2 Tuna Niçoise Melts on a sheet pan
The 15-Minute Mediterranean-Inspired Meal I Make Once a Week
Spiral sliced glazed ham stuffed with orange slices and herbs
My 3-Ingredient Glaze Makes Ham 100 Times Better
portrait of Nigella Lawson and a close-up of Corn Pudding
I've Been Making This Nigella Lawson Corn Recipe for 23 Years—It's So Good
large bowl of Spring Carbonara with serving spoon and fork
The 20-Minute Dinner I’m Making All Spring Long
20 mins
Side view closeup of a large serving plate with garlic & herb sautéed artichokes, with a spoon on the plate
The Easiest Way to Make Artichokes Takes Just 15 Minutes
Overhead view of a bowl of italian-style tuna salad on a plate with lemon slices and lettuce
For the Best Tuna Salad, Make It Italian-Style
A white casserole dish with Irish baked mashed potatoes, with part of the dish scooped out, on a white marble counter
This Irish Potato Casserole Is the Ultimate Comfort Food
80 mins