Air Fryer

[heidikat72 935]

it's my understanding from seeing some advertisements and looking into them that the basic operating principle is very much like a convection oven. and it isn't just for cooking breaded food. In fact I saw a demo where a turkey breast was roasted in one and also a steak was cooked.

I know QVC also sells them and has a cookbook of recipes using an air fryer.

[genn 460]

I use mine for everything including non breaded foods I love it. They are not cheap but i saved money bc of how much oil I would use in the dryer every month. Now I have my husband eating non fried foods which I thought would never happen!!!

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[Cocoon2Butterfly 64]

I have a Paula Dean air fryer and had it months before my sleeve. It's wonderful and it makes everything taste wonderful and very crispy with just a very few sprays of a good olive or coconut oil. The problem is is that you are frying foods that are BREADED so that fact alone may be enough to keep you from investing in one knowing that you'd be eating breaded foods, so I wouldn't necessarily recommend this right away but maybe down the road as a treat to occasionally air fry some appetizers or corndogs or chicken nuggets etc. in the healthiest way that's possible to prepare a fried food. It's a fun toy but not a cheap toy and probably shouldn't be a priority for anybody working on losing weight . ????

Do you have to have breading on a boneless skinless chicken breast?

Cocoon to Butterfly

[Jamie228 15]

I just bought myself an Air Fryer. Now I am in need of good healthy food ideas to cook in it. I am having my sleeve surgery 01-04-17. Thank you in advance.

Keep up all your good healthy choices.

Cocoon to Butterfly

I really like chick peas in the air fryer with garlic powder and onion powder!

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[NotOnMyWatch 54]

I can't even imagine wanting to eat anything fried, or being successful long-term even going down that road. Sounds like a recipe for disaster.

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[genn 460]

I can't even imagine wanting to eat anything fried, or being successful long-term even going down that road. Sounds like a recipe for disaster.

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i can cook not fried foods in it. Skinless boneless chicken. chicken wings. Veggie burger. It's basically like a bunch wave convection oven type cooker.

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Basically like a new wave*

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[pel923 4]

Well girls, I stand corrected! My sister found our little recipe book for our air fryer and you definitely can bake AND grill and it doesn't have to be just breaded air fried items. I will definitely try a chicken breast in there and see how that looks and tastes and I just learned something new! I do still stand on my opinion though that it may not be a wise investment if you just want the use of it to be to fry already breaded foods (i.e. corn dogs, french fries, chicken nuggets, breaded fish, etc). Those things DO taste fabulous but (at least for me) if I didn't already own this fryer, I would probably hold back on the purchase unless I was pretty certain that I could keep a hold of my self control.

[Noneyo 171]

I think I need one!

[andreainfresno 11]

Good luck on your surgery.

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Edited January 1, 2017 by andreainfresno