I tried making 3 easy family dinners in my air fryer. Some of the recipes will be joining our regular meal rotation.
A home cook tests the versatility of an air fryer by preparing various family dinners, including pasta and meat dishes. The review concludes that while the appliance is excellent for certain tasks, it has limitations when cooking complex meals like rice or pasta.
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I tried making a few family dinners in my air fryer, and found the results were pretty mixed. Terri Peters I tried making spaghetti and meatballs, mac and cheese, nuggets, and tacos in my air fryer. The macaroni and cheese was a bit of a hassle, but my kids loved it, so I'll be making it again. It was easy to make taco meat and meatballs in the appliance, but it's not ideal for rice or pasta. My family uses our air fryer for almost everything, since turning on the oven can quickly heat up our house, and we live in Florida. Luckily, I'm convinced that my two-basket Ninja Foodi air fryer can do it all. I decided to test its limits by using it to make three of my family's favorite weeknight dinners .
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