Cheap air fryer meals for large families

[ChristmasCrumpet]

We've just got a Ninja Dual air fryer. Late to the party I know, but we've used it every day for the last two weeks and love it.

We've crisped up croissants, done the bacon for BLT, salt and pepper chips, and some chicken thighs which came out fab.

Now we've got the novelty of trying stuff out of the way, I'd really like some cost effective full meals we can make in it. It would ideally be for 2 adults and a teen, with sometimes 2 toddlers (toddlers usually eat earlier, but would be nice to be able to portion off some for them and use for their dinner the next day.)

Again, we've got the 2 drawer model, and would love to hear of any recipes/ideas from the more experienced air fryers among us, additionally, if they could be cost effective that would be great.

Oh.

You can cook anything you'd normally cook in an oven in an air fryer. And you can also cook veg in it too. You don't need "special" recipes.

But it's a third of the size...

Was wondering how those with larger families make big enough meals using it.

There are lots of videos on TikTok with recipes to be meal prepped. I think they would suit a larger family.

I can cook a whole chicken, and roast veg in mine (carrots and small potatoes usually ) while I steam some extra veg on the hob for a weekday roast dinner.

I also do homemade donner kebab with roast red peppers/ aubergine and red onions , put with salad and sauce on flatbreads . Lots of air-fryer donner recipes online.

Roast veg and salmon or chicken breasts always works well with any marinade and served on rice or with pasta/ noodles- teriyaki/ harissa/ Mexican style etc

We Love Fajitas in ours - chicken, onions, Halloumi and peppers in one drawer, wrap the wraps in foil and put those in the other drawer to warm through