Progress not Perfection

Sun_Addict

milann said:

Wow that looks good. Do you have them out all the time on worktops? I wouldn’t have enough space.

Yes I do have them out all the time. I have a big kitchen with lots of work surfaces fortunately. 

SuzeQStan

We only have a very basic air fryer - we use it all the time and OH is absolutely convinced it saves us a fortune.  

But I have to admit when we did proper roast dinner all the trimmings in the real oven because we were hosting for 14 last weekend the difference was appreciable. It was just better. I know it saves money though - just miss oven cooked meals.

joeyjimbles

I have the 14 in one - so without the probe essentially - and I do like it, but controversially we do NOT like the airfried version of roast chicken, the texture is off somehow. I've tried over a dozen different versions and concluded it's not for us. Happily make delicious stews, bolognaises, soups and myriad different things.

dawnybabes

I have the 15 in 1 (so probe) and a dual drawer tower air fryer.  I use my real oven about once every 2 months, it’s good to store pans in 🤣🤣🤣. I wanted the ninja dual fryer but could not get one anywhere so went with the tower eventually, it’s got all the same buttons / features, love the sync cook function on it. 

milann

I’ve got the Costco £42 air fryer. It’s great for some things but tonight I wanted to do a couple of different chicken thigh tray bakes so it made more sense to switch the proper oven on and whilst it was on I cooked a Bakewell Tart to make full use of it. I’m sure it would have cost more to do 3 separate lots in the air fryer, and I wouldn’t have been able to batch cook for another day in mine. 

RelievedSheff

We have had a basic air fryer for years. Love it and it gets used most days. It's about 5 years old now and starting to show its age and it doesn't clean as well as it did anymore.

It will get replaced at some point soon.

Still use the oven though as well.

Sun_Addict

I would probably use my oven a bit more if it wasn’t so rubbish. It came with the new kitchen and I regret not upgrading at the time. The plan originally was to replace it but I haven’t really missed it. I don’t bake or make large quantities of food so it was rarely full. If you can make use of an oven to cook lots at the same time it would be more economical that way. 

Sun_Addict

Happy Sunday 🙂

The new oven gadget is being delivered today. Looking forward to testing it out. 

Not sure what we’re doing today but it will involve taking the dog out. I was hoping to go the the big park further away as it has a garden centre and I want to look for a couple of perennials for an area of the garden I’m replanting. Since we had the big trees removed everything is growing much better. The park across the road is very handy but I get a bit bored of it sometimes. I’m mindful of the delivery but if we get back before DD goes to work we should be ok. Am@zon generally deliver later in the day around here. 

Tonight’s dinner is mustard glazed salmon with lentils a WW recipe I’ve made several times before. It’s really tasty. I also need to make a batch of soup for work lunches, will see what needs using up.

 https://www.weightwatchers.com/uk/recipe/mustard-glazed-salmon-lentils/5c068b420dcc39002699e3d0

Exercise will be dog walking, wherever we end up going, and maybe some gardening. I always intend to do a yoga session on Sunday afternoon but I often forget. 

I need to do a meal plan for the coming week, clean the bathroom and generally vacuum/dust/mop elsewhere ready for a full week at work (boo). 

Just got to get through 3 full working weeks 😭then on week 4 I have a day off for my birthday and break up for Zante 2 days later. I can do this, yes I can 💪

pennywisepoundstupid

SA with all your talk of air fryers and umming and arring for several months, i have finally caved and bought my first ninja.
I have bought this one,hope i like it as it is a lot of money but i also thought it was a good price for the make
Ninja Foodi Dual Zone Air Fryer - AF300UK - Ninja UK (ninjakitchen.co.uk)

Sun_Addict

@pennywisepoundstupid, I have that one. It’s brilliant I love it. It’s my favourite Ninja 🙂 That’s a very good price indeed.