[Capt. Tom]

...snip..When I was a kid in college, I cooked a lot like you do now. All I had was a hotpot and an electric fry pan. Microwaves were allowed but I didn’t have money for one. ..snip

And I would bet at one time you thought about getting a Pressure Cooker.

During WW2 , my widowed mother made most of our evening meals with a Pressure Cooker.
I shied away from that choice because I felt like cooking with a Pressure Cooker was like cooking with a bomb. LOL. -Tom

[FamiliarFace]

Actually, I never have wanted a pressure cooker, ever. Same reason as you! ;-)

[leaning conservative]

My mother used to use a pressure cooker. Scared her & completely creeps me out. You said it: it’s a bomb waiting to go off. My mother in law gave us an insta pot 2 summers ago. I need to unpack it & figure out how to use it.

They make already cooked rice in all different variations. You could add that to your skillet for a true one pan meal. There are so many great cooks on this thread who will have an answer to almost any question.

[lizma2]

“And I would bet at one time you thought about getting a Pressure Cooker.”

LOL! In college I lived on pinto beans cooked in a pressure cooker! Every couple years I still use it.