Advice on how to cook food more healthily in the oven

Pollycat

I've made my own burgers for years.
I've have a Tupperware burger press for almost 50 years, but you don't really need one.

I've never used breadcrumbs or egg to bind. I squeeze the mince really hard and it shapes well (may be because I then use the burger press).
I use lamb, beef & pork mince and add herbs/spices as I fancy.
I might put a dollop of horseradish sauce or Dijon Mustard, you could add apple sauce to pork.

I do my own wedges but unlike joedenise, I don't parboil.
I use small new potatoes and quarter (halve if very small). You then get the goodness from the skin.
You can then use the oil spray but I use olive oil.
Sometimes I put herbs or a crack of sea salt.
I cook them 'on their backs' and don't turn.
190 fan for 30 minutes.

maman

I don't have a burger press so I shape my burgers with a pastry cutter. I often add chopped onions or capers or cornichons for flavour and to stretch the mince 

bargainbetty

Another suggestion would be to use a separate tray for the smaller veg/chips. The meat could go on a raised tray to let the fat drip off and the veg/chips can cook without being swamped. 

Apintplease

Of course there is the really obvious choice - use a grill

On the rare occasion we have a burger, they go under the grill and any fat drips down into the grill tray.

Pollycat

Apintplease said:

Of course there is the really obvious choice - use a grill

On the rare occasion we have a burger, they go under the grill and any fat drips down into the grill tray.

We either grill our burgers or do them in the griddle pan, the ridges hold most of any fat.

bouicca21

For potato or sweet potato wedges I use any size, just cut them into chip sized pieces, drizzle with olive oil and whatever herbs/spices I fancy and shove them in the oven at whatever temperature the other stuff in there needs and adjust the time accordingly.

i have wondered about an air fryer but never having had one, have no idea what they would taste like.

-taff

Forgot to post a link to what I was trying to suggest, a sheet pan meatloaf

https://www.tfrecipes.com/sheet-pan-meatloaf-ree-drummond/