Nowadays the home chef is faced with an ever-increasing array of choices when it comes to choosing a cooking oil when preparing fried foods. But to the healthy eating advocate, which types of oil are the most healthy — or at a minimum, which ones should we avoid?
7 Top Food Bloggers that are going to help you Lose 20 lbs
What?? You’ve given up on your New Year’s resolution to lose weight already?!?! It’s only mid-February — you’ve still got 10 months left to go!!
Everybody needs a gentle nudge every now and then to stay motivated. But it’s a lot easier to stay motivated if you’ve got some half-decent eats that won’t leave you reaching for the Pringles an hour later. (Sorry Pringles – we still love you).
Today I’m going to introduce you to 7 of the top food bloggers that will keep you inspired and give you some meal ideas to stick to your plan.
Bangkok Chicken Stirfry
The wonderful thing about stir-frys is that they are so flexible. Throw any combination of meat and vegetables into your air fryer, add a bit of Asian sauce for flavor, cook for 15 minutes, and serve over rice — and you’re done! Following is one of my favorite stirfry variants. I call it Bangkok Chicken Stirfry because of the copious amounts of oyster sauce I use, which is a staple in Thai cooking. Serves four.
Air Fryer Thai Larb
Thai Larb is a wonderful dish from Thailand that utilizes a great blend of ground beef, vegetables, and spices for a refreshing dish. This is the companion write-up to the video demonstration below made by Chef Ming Tsai using a T-fal Actifry air fryer. Serves four.
What type of oil is best for an air fryer?
We often get the question as to what type of oil is best to use in an air fryer. There are many different types of oil readily available to consumers now. Everything ranging from regular ol’ canola or vegetable oils, varying qualities of olive oil, and the more premium oils such as avocado and coconut— and that’s just scratching the surface! While we all have our favorite oils for added flavor and health benefits, you must also consider which type of oil is best for the high temperatures of your air fryer.
T-fal Actifry Review (FZ7002)
The T-fal Actifry lineup of machines are extremely attractive, widely available and have an almost cult-like following when it comes to the air fryer community. This review is specifically written about my experience with the FZ7002 model, which is the entry level machine and is by far the most popular.
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Top 5 tips for Cooking with an Air Fryer
Air Fryers are incredibly easy to use, hence their surging popularity. That said, there are a few things to keep in mind to help your meals turn out great! That’s not to say that not following these tips would ruin an otherwise great meal, but it never hurts to take advice when available!
Homemade Sweet Potato Fries
Breakaway from traditional french fries — try these delicious sweet potato fries. Sweet potatoes are super tasty vegetables with tons of nutritional value. And the best part about this? Sweet Potatoes make wonderful french fries in the air fryer.
Hot & Spicy Chicken Wings
Get ready for game time with this super easy to make a recipe for Hot & Spicy Chicken Wings in your Air Fryer. These wings will have that deep-fried taste without the calories. Serves four.
What is an Air Fryer?
For many years now we have known about the negative health effects of eating fried food. Eating a regular diet of fast food or anything deep fried in oil can have severely detrimental effects on your body such as heart disease, obesity, high cholesterol and a whole slew of other issues. Why then do we do it? Because it tastes good! And even worse, our bodies are hardwired to crave fatty foods.
Homemade Air Fried French Fries
The most famous of all fried foods just became more healthy. Check out this recipe for homemade crispy golden French Fries. This is a quick and simple dish that can easily be made in any standard air fryer. Serves 2.