Will an air fryer change my life?

[Mlanket]

Pondering whether I should buy an air fryer, will I use it or will it take up space on the counter?

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

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.

Perfect analogy

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

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.

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.

Only thing I use the oven for is for pizzas

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.

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 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

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.

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.

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.

"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!

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

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.

Dh bought one on a whim a couple of months ago. Used it once and then it sat in the utility room and has now been passed on 😂
As far as I could tell it was just for heating convenience food up for one or two people quickly or for people who don’t cook properly (sorry!!!), we just didn’t see how it would be any use for our family of 5, often 6,
He was stupid to buy it but is always quick to waste money!

See above. It was 20 mins total. 10 mins crisps up the onions bacon etc. on speedi meals setting whilst also cooking the spaghetti. then steam the lot for 10 mins. I really enjoyed it and minimum hassle. Everyone is different though.

It's just a small oven but it's so bloody useful. It's smaller so quicker and uses less energy.

I roast a big pile of veg with a very tiny amount of oil in a paper tray insert, just tossing occasionally. I find a big pile gets less burnt and is then also slightly steamed. Much quicker than an oven. Have done tofu in it too, no oil.

A latest recipe is eggs in avocados with a little bit of smoked salmon - scoop out the stone and a little more avocado, put a sliver of salmon in and the egg on top. Bake for about 10 mins or to how you want your eggs

I now do all meat in ours - salmon, chicken and even a roast beef. Ninja duo (two drawers are really handy) but also has the meat thermometer which I thought would be useless but makes the best roasts ever.

If doing chicken thighs, turn skin down for half of it.

Refresh baguettes and similar loaves in a few mins.

Generally use the paper trays for most things now just for ease.

I'm also going to look at an omelette at some point as egg poured into a paper tray once and cooked really nicely, without sticking. (It's basically baking parchment)

You can get silicone inserts too

Mine was only used when Dd was home as she did quite a few things in it so when she went to university I gave it to her she uses it most days I don’t miss it.I tend to use my slow cooker more than my oven.
My mum on the other hand also uses hers most days and cooks all sorts in it and rarely uses her oven

How do you cook a whole pizza in one?

How do you fit a baguette in? Do you have to chop it up into small pieces?
Why gold skin down on chicken please?

You can do everything in them you do in an oven
I eat healthy.
Educate yourself.

I agree. Such a silly comment.