All hail the Veggie Queen- dietitian Jill Nussinow, MS RD. She has been educating those interesting in eating more vegetables for two decades. I've reviewed her book and recommend it - great recipes and ideas.
Jill spreads the word not only about veggies, but about pressure cooking. While most of us haven't used one, and all we know about them is that they blow up on occasion, they can actually be a busy chef's best friend. A pressure cooker can reduce the time it takes to make soups, stews and to cook thing like beans in remarkably little time. Cooking dried beans in 10 minutes?! Check out Jill's tips on this video.
Oh, and the new pressure cookers don't blow up like they used to...