Will an air fryer change my life?

I always sauted onions etc using sear function in ninja speedi. Just discovered recently that you can do the onions mushrooms etc by putting them on the crisper tray and using speedi meals.

I've always cooked Bolognese on the hob...I wouldn't use my air fryer. I do have an electric pressure cooker that has a saute function though which is brilliant for stews soups and wet stuff like Bolognese! Air fryer is an oven essentially, I think people do cook stuff like that in an air fryer though. Mine is for potato dishes, like cottage pie in a dish, sausages bacon pastry chips crisping microwaved baked potatoes etc

"Latest discovery - I put spaghetti, water, tomato purée, herbs in the bottom. Chopped up onions mushrooms bacon peppers on crisper tray. Set it to speedi meals for 10 mins. Mixed it all together in the bottom. Set to steam for 10 mins. Best spaghetti bolognaise ever."

you can't possibly make a decent spag blog like that and certainly not in 10 mins!

It doesn’t change your life but it does make it easier. There’s just me and I have a ninja speedi and a ninja dual drawer. I don’t use the hob or oven for anything. Speedi meals are so easy and it takes all the stress out of making dinner.

Latest discovery - I put spaghetti, water, tomato purée, herbs in the bottom. Chopped up onions mushrooms bacon peppers on crisper tray. Set it to speedi meals for 10 mins. Mixed it all together in the bottom. Set to steam for 10 mins. Best spaghetti bolognaise ever.

Ninjas are fairly invincible. They regularly win 'Which Best Buys'
Get the biggest one you can afford. Like many have said. I have 2 Bosch ovens that are rarely used. Day to day for the kids, Simple small things are cooked easily. Even managed a small chicken in mine.

I think that’s another reason why we don’t have one. We don’t use the oven every day. Any savings would be minimal.

I personally use my ninja speedi more than my air fryer as it does that plus steam and slow cook, however I also have a ninja air fryer with the 2 drawers and it's also great

We have two. One ninja 6 in 1 Speedi and a Tefal two drawer. Saves a fortune compared to using the oven every day.

I have a multi functional one that does slow cooking, pressure cooking, baking and some other things as well - use it every day, hardly ever use the oven now.

Only thing I use the oven for is for pizzas

They're a lot smaller, shiny and come in pretty colours or shapes, art deco etc etc

Its what has put me off for ages as I find them really ugly. Great hulking thing. The only way Ive tolerated what we have is that it sits on the hob.

I've loved having one. Find it far easier than the oven in many cases.

You can't really do a 'whole meal' in it (for 5) but its great for a good portion of it.

We had Meatballs, tomato pasta and mushrooms/courgettes last night. Meatballs in one drawer, mushrooms and courgettes in the other, timer used so they were finished at the same time. Just a basic tomato pasta to make on the hob, it didn't even really feel like cooking. Far easier than if the Meatballs and veg had to go in the oven on trays at different temperatures/different times and whatnot.

Before biuying our little oven (which does have other functions) I spent a long time watching air fryer videos on youtube and people very much do all that in the trays, fry off the onions, fry off the mince and any other veg, mix in tomatoes, cook that down, then cook pasta in water in a tray. I wouldnt do it myself but its interesting what people managed to do

Perfect analogy

I make enough for two meals. One I eat on the day and the other one I put in a tuppaware type box and put in the fridge. I treat it like a ready meal and eat the other half within a week. Last week I made a mixed bean and veg chilli. Had the first half with rice. The other half I added half a pack of passata and 200ml of veg stock and made a thick and filling soup with it.

Its says air frying, baking, rotiserrie, roasting (same thing as baking surely?) and more. Not sure what the more is

Like fabric conditioner!!!!

Safer for my disabled teen with a restricted diet to use himself than the cooker. Gives him independence. I have stopped using it for healthier fare. Whilst you can of course clean the drawer I am concerned the rest of the interior is uncleanable and presumably now coated in saturated and trans fats from his beige diet, and I assume some of this recirculates on use onto other food stuffs? Could be purely coincidental, but I never had raised cholesterol until owning an air fryer.

Oh no @JC03745

Thoughts and prayers

I'm getting one to use in the summer when I turn the aga off. No idea what class that makes me 😆

I don’t think a simple kettle is comparable to the hideous “busy working families who watch ITV” of an air fryer.
But you know - enjoy your nuggets

Well who knew I was common by the choice of my kitchen gadgets?????

Because kettles, toasters, microwaves, blenders etc are so beautiful in comparison....

Yes. It’s all a bit naff isn’t it? That bloody hideous looking thing in your kitchen.

Oh I think it is, @Comedycook
You just need to read some of the posts on this thread.