Recently I bought a new kitchen toy! An air fryer. Took me a while to decide if I really would use it and then I had to research to see which one was the best bang for my buck! Do you research before you buy something new?
Like anyone, I do get tired making the same staples to feed the masses in my house.I try really hard to mix it up and try new recipes on a regular basis. I don’t fry often , just a few times a year but the amount of oil that I use could be enough to fill a few cars in their oil tanks! Does not matter which oil it is, it is still alot of oil. Who doesn’t like fried food even if you only eat in once in a while. But fried food as we all know if extremely high in saturated fat and calories and eaten on a regular basis is a definite artery blocker and will lead to heart disease. Deep frying also destroys all the nutrients in the food even though it tastes good but then again almost anything deep fried tastes good. When certain oils are heated high to be fried they are actually contain carcinagens.
So for all these reasons I decided to invest ( I say invest as I always tell my husband any purchase I make is a good investment!)the air fryer came via amazon over night! ( love that Prime shipping,)and I got to work. I made chicken fingers, sweet potato fries, potato wedges, zucchini chips and even falafel! Yes , you could say I am a little obsessed with my fryer! All I ever use is either two teaspoons of oil or a few sprays of oil spray. That is it!!!
The chicken fingers the masses ate gave it a thumbs up and deemed them delicious and there was no oily mess on my countertop or draining oily nuggets on paper towel!
So for a change up in my weekly meal plan, I will be including some air fryer meals. It is easy to use, dishwasher friendly and just makes for variety during the week as we all tend to get stuck in a rut when it comes to weekly meals. I bought the Yedi air fryer as it one was of the larger ones out there. It came with a great recipe book and lots of attachments which I am not even sure I will end up using. You can even bake a cake in your air fryer!
Would love to hear what you make in your air fryer!!
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