As I grew up my mother used pressure cookers and pressure canners almost everyday for something.  In the past few years I am always looking for time saving things for the kitchen.  There are many foods that my family and I like that require a lot of cooking time.  The pressure cooker has been great for cooking dried beans, fresh green beans, vegetables like carrots, beets, etc. for making bisque, the list goes on.  This cooker has made the weekdays easier for me. I'm gone from 6:15am to 4:15pm every weekday not leaving a lot of time for preparing meals.