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Air fryer

jhunter4431
jhunter4431 Posts: 6 Member
edited November 2024 in Food and Nutrition
Anyone have any thoughts on these? Anyone have any healthy recipes to share that they like using one?

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  • BubbandBatspud
    BubbandBatspud Posts: 4 Member
    Just got one for Christmas, but haven’t tried yet. Planning on testing it out this weekend.
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  • watts6151
    watts6151 Posts: 983 Member
    I use it daily for cooking my chicken,
    It also makes the best chips
  • asweigart
    asweigart Posts: 7 Member
    We enjoy ours. We bread zucchini sticks with panko and they taste great, dip into yogurt or sour cream. I've heard you can also try doing a low calorie mozzarella stick with some kind of breading, although I've not tried that yet.
  • jhunter4431
    jhunter4431 Posts: 6 Member
    Yea i just got one for christmas that “fries”, dehydrates, bakes, etc- looking for some things to try that are good healthy go to’s
  • JennJ323
    JennJ323 Posts: 646 Member
    I also got one for Christmas, we tried it out last night, just on frozen french fries. It was simple and they turned out good! I searched on Pinterest and found lots of recipes, I'm excited to try them out.
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    What's the difference in calories for say, french fries? I can't imagine it's massive. You have to use SOME oil right?
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  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    But what's the calorie difference? You don't drink all the oil you deep fried in.
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  • squeeeyk
    squeeeyk Posts: 165 Member
    We have one and have made all kinds of things in it. We've found it best to really season your batters well as the lack of oil removes a lot of flavor. We sometimes also lightly spritz some oil on the food before it goes in so it isn't drenched but adds a nice crunch without drying the food out.
  • Sharon_C
    Sharon_C Posts: 2,132 Member
    I've been debating getting one. I don't have a convection oven (I wish!) but after reading this thread I probably won't get an air fryer
  • fatguy_fitness
    fatguy_fitness Posts: 195 Member
    Mine came with a little pan and I can make a frittata in 8 minutes. It's pretty handy for a quick breakfast.
  • tammycolbert
    tammycolbert Posts: 236 Member
    I love mine. I don't use oil at all. I make zucchini chips in it, they are so good. I have also put in chicken and pork chops. They come out so good.
  • MelanieCN77
    MelanieCN77 Posts: 4,047 Member
    moosmum1972 wrote: »
    MelanieCN77 wrote: »
    But what's the calorie difference? You don't drink all the oil you deep fried in.

    Why don't you look it up?

    Touche.
  • WeighInn
    WeighInn Posts: 9 Member
    jhunter4431 wrote: »
    Anyone have any thoughts on these? Anyone have any healthy recipes to share that they like using one?

    I loved mine. I killed it after placing it on the back burner while using the others. It melted. The Farberware $80 Model is a very good. I used it so much that I upgraded to a Philips digital model.

    I also just ordered an Instant Pot. Heard lots of good things about that too.
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