Food: Seven Easy Dishes You Didn't Know You Could Make In An Air Fryer

As the cost-of-living crisis bites, you might be looking for ways to save money in the kitchen - and using an air fryer could be the key.

Food: Seven Easy Dishes You Didn't Know You Could Make In An Air Fryer

New research from Which? (which.co.uk) suggests air fryers are up to three times cheaper to run than traditional ovens.

Food: Seven Easy Dishes You Didn't Know You Could Make In An Air Fryer

If you've never used an air fryer, you could be forgiven for thinking it just fries food, but in a healthier way.

Food: Seven Easy Dishes You Didn't Know You Could Make In An Air Fryer

But the truth is, you can fry, bake or roast most things with these gadgets - from roasting a whole chicken to baking a cake.

Food: Seven Easy Dishes You Didn't Know You Could Make In An Air Fryer

It costs 10p to cook two portions of chips in an air fryer, compared with 29p in the oven, and baking a cake costs 8p in an air fryer, compared with 24p using an oven, says Which?.

Food: Seven Easy Dishes You Didn't Know You Could Make In An Air Fryer

Air fryers generally circulate air at a temperature of between 150-200 C, and either need a little oil sprayed on food, or none at all.

Food: Seven Easy Dishes You Didn't Know You Could Make In An Air Fryer

Ocado's (ocado.com) in-house food expert Laura Rowe says air fryers are "incredibly versatile - depending on the model, you can reheat, roast, bake, grill and even dehydrate - and often you need far less oil or fat than other cooking methods".

Food: Seven Easy Dishes You Didn't Know You Could Make In An Air Fryer

Rowe suggests coating sliced bread in a custard mixture of beaten egg, milk, vanilla extract and cinnamon, then shaking off any excess liquid before placing the slices in your air fryer and cooking them for around three minutes on each side.

1. French Toast

Lightly spray the balls with oil and place in batches in the air fryer. Cook at 180 C for two minutes, turn and cook for another two minutes until golden, then serve on top of the tomato sauce.

2. Cheese Croquettes

Rowe suggests thinly slicing fruit and veg like apple, parsnip, sweet potato and beetroot, seasoning them with salt and pepper - or maybe even cinnamon and nutmeg for something sweeter - and cooking them in a single layer for four to five minutes, or until crisp.

3. Fruit And Veg Crisps

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