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August 26, 2024

Mouthwatering Delectable Recipes Make the Most of your Air Fryer

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Last Updated on September 12, 2024

The kitchen gadget of the year for 2024, the Air Fryer works on so many levels. Of course it’s perfect for quickly heating up frozen chips, chicken nuggets and sausages. But, did you know that it’s also ideal for baking small batches of things like scones that are best served warm and fresh. How about griddling fish in your air fryer – it’s a healthy, quick way to make supper. You can even make ‘sun dried tomatoes’ – how about that for using up a seasonal glut! Scroll through for some more easy air fryer hacks

Sea bream cooked in the air fryer

Fiona Maclean for The Frugal Flexitarian

Cooking a whole fish like sea bream in the air fryer is a doddle – just season the cavity and add a good pat of herb butter of your choice, then cut through the skin and put more herb butter in. Top the fish with slices of lemon or lime and cook! Check The Frugal Flexitarian for how to cook whole sea bream

Air Fryer Sun Dried Tomatoes

Air Fryer Sun Dried Tomatoes
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Air Fryer Sun Dried Tomatoes are delicious partly dried tomatoes sometimes known as sun blush tomatoes. You can store them in olive oil or freeze to use later. It’s so easy to make these tomatoes in your air fryer and a great way to preserve a summer abundance of tomatoes.

In this recipe the air fryer replicates the gentle warmth of the summer breeze to create soft semi-dried tomatoes. These sun dried or sun blush tomatoes have a sweet concentrated flavour and are ideal as an ingredient in recipes or as part of a charcuterie board. Click through for the recipe for Air Fryer Sun Dried Tomatoes

Spicy Salmon Air Fryer Bake

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Salmon is delicious and healthy, but can easily become dry. By using a quick marinade of yoghurt and spices, you can add flavour and make sure the fish itself is perfectly moist and tender. Make this recipe with Za’atar for a wonderful taste of the Mediterranean and enjoy this quick and simple Air Fryer dish that will have you coming back for more.

Get the recipe for Spicy Air Fryer Salmon

Air Fryer Cheese Scones

Image Credit: FarmersGirl Kitchen

Air Fryer Cheese Scones is a quick and easy recipe for four delicious light and fluffy savoury scones packed full of cheese and baked in your air fryer. Cheese Scones are a delicious quick bread and ideal for a savoury snack. And making cheese scones in your air fryer is really convenient and ideal for small quantities. Scones bake best in high heat and the circulating heat in the air fryer helps to ensure they bake evenly all over. They make a great snack or serve them as an alternative to bread with soups, stews and salads. Get the recipe for Air Fryer Cheese Scones

Mediterranean Chicken Tray Bake

Fiona Maclean for The Frugal Flexitarian

With all the hype about the Mediterranean diet, don’t you think it’s worth trying a tray bake in your air fryer. This Mediterranean Chicken Tray Bake has all the flavours of summer and is ready in just half an hour if you cook it in your air fryer. Theres no hassle and you’ll only have one pan to wash up. Get the recipe for Mediterranean Chicken Tray Bake here

Air Fryer Creamy Courgette Bake

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Air Fryer Creamy Courgette Bake is an incredibly delicious way to serve courgettes (zucchini). It’s a rich and indulgent side dish with a cheesy topping that is simple to make in an air fryer.

It’s a really versatile side dish that makes a perfect accompaniment to baked ham as the salty ham contrasts with the creamy bake.  It’s good with all kinds of roasted or grilled and barbequed meat chicken, steak, lamb or pork chops. You can even serve it as part of a breakfast or brunch spread. Check how to make Air Fryer Creamy Courgette Bake

Homemade Chips in the Air Fryer with a twist

Truffled Oven Chips in the Air Frier
Fiona Maclean for The Frugal Flexitarian

For the ultimate Cheesy Chips in the Air Fryer try this recipe for Truffled Parmesan Chips. They are utterly delicious and, topped with freshly grated Parmesan, really quite special. Using truffle oil may not be authentic but it does add a touch of luxury to your humble spud. Go on, try for yourself – we know you won’t regret it once you taste our posh Homemade Air Fryer Chips

Filed Under: Slideshows Tagged With: air fryer, airfryer, chicken, fish, potato, tomato

About Fiona Maclean

Home cook, recipe writer, food and wine lover and traveller, Fiona Maclean is trying to move to a flexitarian diet where she eats less meat and more plant-based foods. Sharing her journey on The Frugal Flexitarian, she offers dishes inspired by her childhood and travels

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