#Air Fryer Sweet Potatoes Time

[anielskaaniela]

How Long to Air Fry Japanese Sweet Potato: The Guide

In this post , you will learn how long to air fry Japanese sweet potato. . Check out my japanese products [here]. Japanese sweet potatoes, with their rich flavor and smooth, creamy texture, have become a popular ingredient in air fryer recipes, thanks to platforms like TikTok and Instagram . Whether you’re making sweet potato fries, crispy cubes, or a simple side dish, this guide will show you…

[kimyoonmiauthor]

Triple Black Korean Fried Chicken and Waffles

On the back of Eugene Yang's (Of the Try Guys) failure to make fried chicken and waffles, I, as a fellow Korean, thought I would help a bit. by:

Making it super black

Improve the flavor

Make it Korean spicy

For reference how Eugene failed are in these categories:

He failed to realize that Silkie Chicken is more lean, thus he needs to marinade it and cook it for a shorter cooking time.

He used the wrong dipping method. Dry dip, then wet, then that's it.

He could have used rice to make it crispier

He could have made it more evil by making it completely black

He should have made the dipping sauce sweet and spicy.

To be clear he did a pretty good job. He used honey, and used Soy sauce in the place of salt. But I'd have considered a bulgogi marinade at that point for it.

Fried Chicken:

Ingredients

3 tbsp of honey

3 cloves of garlic

1 thumb of ginger

6 tbsp soy sauce

6 tbsp sesame seed oil

1 tbsp kochukaru, fine

1 tbsp ground white pepper

4 tbsp Black sesame seeds

2 tsp of charcoal powder

2 tbsp Corn starch

1/3 cup ground Black rice, made into a black flour

4 cup AP Flour

6 tbsp soju

2 eggs beaten

1 lb Silkie Chicken thighs and wings

kochujang

scallion

1 quart of canola oil for frying

Method:

Make Bulgogi Sauce

1 tbsp of honey

3 cloves of garlic

1 thumb of ginger

6 tbsp soy sauce

6 tbsp sesame seed oil

Mix the marinade. Put the chicken into a bowl. pour marinade over the chicken.

If you want an extra umami kick, then use guk kanjang, but keep in mind it's super umami and also super salty, so you might want to cut down the amount by a tbsp and add a little water.

Normally I would put in sesame seeds and green onions, but both will burn.

The food science reasoning on this is: A marinade makes the chicken more tender. And the oil should slow down and even out how the Black Chicken is cooked. Black chicken also cooks faster, being leaner meat, so this may help even out the cooking process.

The Breading:

Dry Ingredients

1 tbsp kochukaru, fine

1 tbsp ground white pepper

4 tbsp Black sesame seeds

2 tsp of charcoal powder

2 tbsp Corn starch

1/3 cup ground Black rice, made into a black flour

4 cup AP Flour

Wet ingredients

6 tbsp soju

2 egg beaten

1 cup buttermilk

Gochu dipping sauce

1 tbsp gochujang

3 tbsp soy sauce

1 clove garlic

1/2 thumb of ginger, peeled and ground.

1 scallion, diced

1 tbsp black sesame seeds

1 tbsp honey

Combine the wet ingredients separately from the dry ingredients

You're going to take the mairnated chicken and dredge it in the buttermilk mixture first, and then dredge it in the dry ingredients second.

Use an air fryer/fryer to cook the chicken until crispy. Again, be careful to not overcook the chicken. Silkie is leaner and takes less time.

Black Ink Noodle salad

As a side, black ink noodles in a sesame dipping sauce.

Try to undercook the noodle a tiny bit since the noodles will absorb the sauce.

Sesame dipping sauce:

1 tbsp Honey

3 tbsps soy sauce

1/4 cup rice vinegar (If you're being "more Eugene" you can use balsamic [black] or pomegranate vinegar [deep red] for the color effect for the same amount)

1 tbsp black sesame seeds

3tbsps sesame seed oil

Cook the noodles, and then mix together the dipping sauce. Put the dipping sauce to the side, serve it like soba.

Waffles

The idea is to up the whole "red waffle" is evil idea by making red fish with black spots that bleed red in the middle. Cue evil Eugene laugh.

1 sweet potato, medium, baked prior, and mashed into a paste. (Red fleshed would be better)

1 tbsp soju

1/2 cup rice flour (Not sweet rice flour. Don't mix them up).

1/2 cup AP Flour

1/4 cup Black Sesame seeds

1 tsp baking powder

3/4 tsp cinnamon

1/4 tsp salt

1/4 tsp nutmeg

5 tbsp red beet powder

1/2 cup buttermilk

2 eggs

Black sesame seeds (optional and to taste)

1 fish waffle maker

Sweet Adzuki paste (You can buy online or make it yourself fairly easily).

Combine well until there are no lumps the buttermilk and the beet root powder first. Beet root powder has a tendency to clump so make sure it dissolves.

Combine the dry ingredients first: The rice flour, the cinnamon, the baking powder, the AP flour, the rice flour, the sesame seeds, the salt, the nutmeg.

Then combine the wet ingredients, the buttermilk with the beet root powder, the eggs, and the buttermilk. Add the sweet potato in last.

Heat up your waffle maker. (Better if a fish waffle maker)

Slowly combine 1/3 of the dry ingredients to the wet ingredients. Combine together slowly. Then combine another 1/3 and then the last 1/3rd. When just combined, spray your waffle maker, and do a test waffle. Often the first one is a dud. Let that be.

Add half the amount of the waffle, let cook halfway, add adzuki paste, cook the other half of the waffle, let cook together.

Serve the waffles hot and crispy.

The theory is that when you serve this recipe, it should be crispy, but still have contrasting flavors, yet have colors that aren't neceearily recognizable. Does it break the majority of the Korean rules? Yes. I suppose if you want to make it more colorful you can add a mango salsa, but look... it looks like a dish Eugene would serve.

[airfryerburrito]

Review of "You Gotta Eat"

I recently read Margaret Eby's "You Gotta Eat." As the blurb says:

A trained chef teaches you how to keep yourself fed--and maybe even enjoy it!--in the face of stress, burnout, and exhaustion.

Eby makes a great point about cooking: "the best food is the food that you'll eat." I forget that a lot when planning what to cook for the week. I want to make fancy, gourmet, health-conscious meals that feel special. But when it's actually time to make lunch or dinner, I have the energy to...microwave something. Or boil water. Maybe even stick something in the toaster oven / air fryer.

The book is organized by that kind of energy level, with chapters like "Open something" and "Microwave something." You can open a can of soup and maybe add a few things to level it up. Or make microwave eggs, rice, cakes, etc.

There are some things in the book I already make, although my versions are even lazier, like nachos, ramen, and boxed mac 'n' cheese. But it's interesting to see and learn from Eby's variations and additions. Since reading it I topped a microwaved potato with leftover chicken, butter chicken sauce from a jar, and microwaved peas, and called it dinner. It was low effort delicious.

For dinner this week I tried Eby's sheet pan formula: cut up a bunch of veggies (or buy them pre-cut!), add a protein, add oil and salt and pepper and spices, and bake until cooked and browned. That last part made me nervous -- what if the protein isn't cooked through? So I decided to stick to my usual 35 minutes at 425 F for boneless skinless chicken thighs, then 1-2 minutes under the broiler. I also used parchment paper, whereas Eby recommends placing everything directly on the pan. It's just a pain to scrub off.

I also made Eby's "sheet pan sauce": 2 tablespoons tahini, 2 tablespoons hoisin sauce, and 2 tablespoons water. It sounds weird but it's sweet and nutty. I put some on the chicken before baking and drizzled it on afterwards.

Overall, the book is more of a mindset than a set of recipes. I'm looking forward to trying out more of the concepts and combinations.

[milkys-food-blog]

Dinners I've made this week

Homemade spaghetti and meatballs. I use beef mince meat, mixed with a few seasonings and breadcrumbs. My pasta sauce is some finely chopped tomatoes, some orange and red peppers, sweet potato, garlic, onion and a few seasonings.

This steak sandwich was sooooo good! I did do some homemade fries but they weren't ready when I took the photo. Me and my boyfriend have recently tried pesto, so I made a pesto sauce to go with the steak and it really enhanced the flavour. I also used some crispy onions and grilled peppers to add an extra crunch.

And finally this was tonight's dinner, a chicken pasta bake. I used to make a pasta bake for my mum all the time when I was younger then just suddenly forgot about it, so it was really nice to come back to it again. Again I made my own pasta sauce just like before and seasoned the chicken with some chicken seasoning that's meant for the air fryer. There was a mix of cheddar cheese and mozzarella.

[ghastlybirdie]

Thinking about having the men in the 141 over to enjoy Dominican food cause Hispanic food is food to be SHARED with the masses

When it’s winter and the air is too cold? Time to make sancocho, a big big BIG pot of meat like chicken, beef, and pork, as well as roots like potatoes, carrots, yuca, malanga, platanos, with a bowl of rice to boat the flavors on; so filling, so rich that Price would have to break up with his mother’s roast for something that keeps his belly both FULL and WARM. The man would be comatose for how good it is, I promise

And in the morning, when Johnny finally has a day in a proper home and can eat a filling meal? Mangu. Fried eggs, fried cheese (yes, cheese, it’s really yummy), Dominican salami, and mashed platanos with butter and topped with red pickled onions?? UGH it’s so filling, it keeps him full until it’s almost dinner time, he swears! He can barely have seconds

Is it summer yet? Cause morir sonando is so sweet and delicious and cold. It’s a simple drink, orange juice and milk with splashes of vanilla and it;s just deeeelicious. Kyle is itching for it cause it’s so hot outside and he needs just a sweet drink and woah that’s so good and tangy, can he have more? Oh, you have pastelitos? What’s that, you ask? Meat of whatever you want (or if you want dessert, guava paste and cream cheese, price likes that one too) in a thin dough thats been fried to be a crispy half circle meal you can hold in your hand..!! Super delicious, Kyle bodies a half dozen in a single sitting at the cookout

Speaking of cookouts- Simon is at all of them, corona in hand and helping babysit the grill and fryer and just listen to chatter. It’s not that he doesnt want to engage, it’s just he’s waiting for the meats cause they smell delicious and heart stopping cause the burgers are great and the rice and beans are to die for- also someone had him try a chicharron with some lime and now he’s ready to dog every piece of food coming his way cause no tia or abuela would let any of these grown men go hungry for even a millisecond…

Just eat your meats first before one of the guys takes it from you

[whentherewerebicycles]

hello dear Jes, I am all out of good meal ideas!! I’m always in awe of your drive to cook and the great-looking meals you create. Any good recs for yummy and relatively easy / quick recipes? thank u 🙏

hello!! yes here are some very easy, low effort low prep recipes i love. the bolded ones are the ones i find myself making most often when i am like wow i do NOT want to cook but if i must do so, i wish to make the easiest thing ever.

shakshuka (all recipes are basically the same! i make it with canned tomatoes to cut down on prep, add a sliced jalapeno to make it spicier, and top it with feta and cilantro. if you are not crazy about eggs my sister often makes it with chickpeas and no eggs!)

thai peanut noodles (you can make as-is but i often add roasted broccoli and air fryer tofu if i have time!)

ricotta pasta with roasted broccoli and chickpeas (i roast the broccoli rather than broiling it as i am afraid of broiling lol but it's very easy and delish)

creamy corn pasta (my beloved)

spaghetti with onion-"bacon", corn, and basil

roasted sweet potato tacos (roast sweet potatoes, warm black beans on the stove with spices, and make easy quick-pickled onions if i have time - then you can add avocado, sour cream, cilantro, and any other toppings you like!)

potato egg and cheese breakfast tacos (i roast or air-fry small-cubed potatoes, scramble eggs, melt cheese into the eggs, and top with the salsa of your choice!)

migas breakfast tacos

tortellini with pesto and roasted veggies

caprese toasts (toast bread of your choice, then add pesto, sliced mozzarella, sliced cherry tomatoes, basil if you have it, and balsamic glaze... my all-time fave easy/no-cook meal)

pesto pasta with frozen peas (another super easy one i make when i want to barely cook at all - you boil the frozen peas in the pasta pot for the last three minutes of the pasta's cook time. then add pesto, grated parmesan, a squeeze of lemon, and halved cherry tomatoes if you have them)

easy asparagus soup (thinly slice a leek and cut 1-2 bunches of asparagus into half inch pieces. melt 3 TBS of butter in your pot, then saute the leek plus 5-6 cloves of garlic for 8 min. add asparagus pieces and 4-6 cups of veggie stock, bring to a boil, salt and pepper, and simmer for 30 min. transfer it all to a blender and blend, then add 1/4th cup grated parmesan and the juice of half a lemon. serve with crusty croutons and sliced chives)

roasted sweet potato & figs dish (you can also make with dried dates if you can't find figs!)

easy chana masala

nectarine, arugula, and feta salad (best in the summer when it's nectarine season but delish all year round... you can also use peaches. i usually serve it on a bed of quinoa so it's more filling/more of a main dish. the basil dressing is to die for i could eat it with a spoon)

avocado & egg sandwich (you can make this on a bagel, english muffin, or bread... just toast your bread, mash avocado onto the bread & sprinkle with red pepper flakes, and then scramble or fry eggs to your liking and put on top)

[britt-kageryuu]

I remembered an easy recipe, and this is how I chose to share it.

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Mikey is hosting a cook stream again. His model dressed in a paint splattered chef's outfit, moving about the kitchen with lots of energy. River is holding up a board that shows the instructions for those who can't keep up with Mikeys talking.

"Okay everyone. Now I will show you a pretty simple recipe for Pizza Tots, or Pizza Fries if you prefer. It's a very simple 3+ ingredients. Which ever kinds of Fried Potatoes you want, Tots, Fries, Wedges, maybe not Hashbrowns. You're choice of Sause, marinara, sweet, spicy, tangy. Cheese also of your own preference. Then whatever standard or non standard Pizza Toppings you want!"

As Mikey rambles off the ingredients, they pop up on the screen looking like cartoon stickers.

Mikey goes to grab the Air Fryer, and plugs it in. "Okay. Now today, we're making the fries. So just follow the instructions for how you plan to make them. For time I'm using my Air Fryer." As he talks, Mikey is preheating and filling said Air Fryer with fries. "I'm also going to use the baking feature for later. Now while those heat up let's go over the other stuff."

He moves the Air Fryer to the side, and moves over a tray.

"Now I already mentioned that really everything about this is for you to choose. You could add your favorite cheese blend, or experiment a bit. And the Pizza Toppings are just a chaotic decision, that's started all out fights in our home. And not just about Pineapple either."

As Mikey says this he brings out a Pineapple and places it just to the side. He then checks the fries, and grabs some foil.

"Now the next parts once the fries are done is grab something safe to an oven or air fryer. I'm going to make a boat out of foil to put the fries in. But it's good to make sure it's also what you plan to serve or eat out of." Mikey pauses as he spots some asking why. "Well it's just less things to clean up. Plus sometimes I just want to make enough for just me!"

The air fryer goes off, and dumps the fries into the foil boat Mikey made while talking.

"Now, just pour your sause over the fries, add the cheese, and your choice of toppings." Mikey says all of this while he pours the sause from a jar onto the fries. Then grabbing the cheese and other toppings. "Then put it in the oven or fryer on bake, to melt the cheese, and heat the toppings, or add the toppings after."

After a couple minutes or so Mikey grabs a couple of tongs and removes the finished product from the machine. He grabs a fork and speared some of the food, and tried it.

"Still pretty good. Though still could have alterations make if you think you're up to it. Now I'm gonna eat this before it gets to cold, just ask me questions and I'll try to answer them in between bite."

This goes on for a bit, then from there Mikey went on to show off some of the Ice Cream experiments that his family did resently.

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Masterpost

I realize that I mainly use Mikey as a way to pass along recipes.

I remembered how easy it is to make Pizza Fries, and made some. Here's a picture:

[cozza-frenzy]

Cat Food Prep Part 2

Clarification: We do not raw feed, nor do we endorse raw feeding. This is a work-in-progress post of a fully cooked, nutritionally balanced pet diet that's safe for consumption when prepared correctly. Okay! One trip to HEB later, and we have our fresh ingredients. Whole pork loin was significantly cheaper than loin chops, so I bought one that weighed around 7lbs, and 3.5lbs of Sweet Potatoes. 7lbs turned out to be just right for the pork loin - trimming the fat brought it down to around 5 point something - but as for the sweet potatoes? Well, you'll see.

First step is getting the potatoes in the oven - so here they are on a rack, these are gonna bake for about an hour at 375 F with Convection/Air Fryer Mode on.

Next up is prepping this massive pork loin - we need to remove all that fat, because we're looking for something nutritionally similar to chicken or turkey breast.

We're experienced home cooks so this is something we've done before, and enjoy doing, but for most folks following this recipe I'd recommend just getting the pork chops. Or even better - if you have an in-store or local butcher, see if they can grind some for you, because we're going to be grinding our pork in the food processor.

Those two piles up top aren't going to waste either; the left is mostly fat, the right is bits left over from trimming - meat that's streaked with fat, so it's no good for what we need. But they'll make some fatty ground pork that'll work well for gyoza (mixed with chicken) or nikuman (steamed pork buns).

No idea what we're going to do with the pork fat, but we'll figure something out, because nothing's getting wasted today. These two are going in the freezer - but now it's time to grind, and our small but mighty food processor is gonna earn its keep!

The meat here is ground a lot finer that I normally would for human food - it's more like a paste - but Canela's an elderly cat and we're going for maximum digestibility here. The more broken down, the better. And speaking of breaking things down - our sweet potatoes are done!

They're very soft, and the skins are good and loose. Now we just have to scoop them out, weigh the result and... well, shit.

I've got the scale set to grams for accuracy's sake, but the recipe needs 1088g. It probably would have been barely enough if we'd kept the skins on, but those aren't nutritious. We live we learn, though - I'll bake one more small sweet potato tomorrow, and next time I'll buy a full 4lbs, make sure our bases are covered.

And for a bonus - here's a quick pan of cornbread we made with This Recipe, taking advantage of the big oven being on. The mashed sweet potato will need to cool down before we use it, so we'll come back to this tomorrow!

[sidewalkchemistry]

advice for letting go of addiction to junk food? /:

I find that attachment to junk food is often due in part to not really ever falling in love with nourishing whole food ingredients. You're only gonna ever find joy in turning away from junk food when you're just as, or more, attracted to the whole food alternatives you're giving yourself. It shouldn't be about punishment or self-denial. It's about satisfaction, excitement, and self-love. Don't beat yourself up about your current situation. Simply, step forward into this new journey with patience & self-compassion.

💚So, first things first is really developing a longgg list of whole foods that you enjoy. Different fruits, vegetables, grains, beans, seaweeds, foraged plants, seeds, nuts, herbs & spices, and so on. I recommend mostly purchasing what's in season (the taste, texture, and price points tend to be way better!), and visiting farmer's markets when possible (in my state, they take food stamps and have tons of discounts, to make the produce more accessible to all. I hope it's similar where you are). You may have to do some learning about how to identify fresh & ripe produce, determine how to identify good quality, comparing the tastes depending on food preparation methods (boiled vs roasted vs fresh vs pickled), and little things like that. Don't be afraid to try new things. You will likely find that you grow to like things you would've formerly disliked.

💚Next is to get into finding alternatives for your previous favorites. Especially snacks or quick meals. So, let's say that you are super into potato chips and instant noodles...swap that for homemade chips or wedges (you can make them in the microwave, air fryer, or oven - with little to no oil) & a simple noodle soup (packed with herbs, some miso and/or seaweed, a few veggies of your choice, and anything else you might like).

💚It's critical as well to really develop a rolling menu of recipes to make yourself. Your meals don't have to be complex or take ages (something like a taco bowl is great). Focus on simple but flavor-filled meals by highlighting the fresh flavors and spices, and by creating a well-rounded flavor profile in your dishes (for savory dishes: umami/salty + sour + sweet + optionally herby, spicy, and/or bitter). An accent flavor (or something to make the dish pop) is also great, such as citrus zest, liquid aminos, coconut, paprika, sesame seeds, green onion. Have ideas for breakfast, brunch, lunch, dinner, desserts, sauces & dressings, drinks, and snacks & dips.

💚Notice keenly how much better you feel when you reduce the junk food. Choose that good feeling over some really short-lived gratification. Notice, too, how poorly junk food can leave you feeling.

💚Learn to journal or tap into a hobby when your emotions get high and you want something unhealthy to "drown out your feelings." It's not about the fact that those foods aren't great for you. It's about paying attention to your feelings instead of stuffing them away.

💚Eliminate the misconception that it's cheaper eating junk food. You're less likely to feel the natural satiation point when you're eating low nourishment foods, so overeating is quite normal when you eat lots of processed foods. Also, the processing of such foods often is less kind on the earth compared to whole plant foods. So, it's expensive in that larger scale too. And you just aren't your best self - less energy, motivation, and stuff are likely when junk food is your primary fuel. The most affordable foods worldwide are typically satiating whole plant foods (grains, legumes, potatoes, etc).

💚Don't keep junk food around all the time. It turns into an 'out of sight, out of mind' thing.

💚Change the way you grocery shop. Spend time in the produce section especially. Always leave with things like greens, seasonal fruit, frozen fruit/veg, root veggies, etc. Discover which stores have the best options and actually stock quality produce. Wholesalers/big box stores & ethnic markets tend to do pretty good.

💚Create new habits. When you get home from work, you might be used to eating a certain snack. Interrupt that habit with a new one.

💚Stay hydrated. Water-rich produce (like cucumbers, oranges, leafy greens, berries) and drinking water can both help. Sometimes, we seek food when we're actually thirsty.

💚Start your days on a good note with fresh flavors. I recommend fruit for the sweetness and energy. And make sure your meals are satisfying and nutrient-dense, so you aren't starving and looking for energy drinks or anything an hour later.

💚Don't be all-or-nothing in your approach. This helps you to avoid that punishment mindset. It's just about choosing the food that really makes you feel good and happy and content.

💚Try out flavors from around the world. Get into ingredients and flavor profiles you've been missing out on. For example, rosewater, tomatillos, various mushrooms, berbere spice, different curries, dragonfruit, pandan. I just love traveling via my plates. It's an easy way to romanticize your life.

💚Learn to make a good, hearty, interesting salad. Smoothie bowls are a good thing to learn too. These are low-effort meals that are great when the weather is hot, you're busy, and/or your energy is low.

💚Get into making your own condiments. These can add an extra kick of flavor and interest for your dishes. For example, herb infused vinegars and oils, hot sauce, pickled veggies, rich sauces, etc.

💚Avoid food waste. Often when people are trying to eat better, the produce they purchase often goes bad before they can incorporate it into meals. Store items properly to extend their shelf life. Buy some fruit somewhat underripe (if they're a kind that ripens off the tree). Freeze things before they can go bad. Make soup broths, pickles, kimchi, jams, sauces, etc. Make meals around what is ready to be used. Also, don't be overly adventurous and buy too many unfamiliar ingredients at once.

💚And I'll end on an unexpected one. Spend more time outside in nature. You are typically become appreciative all those colors and scents and intrigue in simple/slow food meals when you do.

I wish you the best & I apologize for taking a while to respond.

Lili

[littlebitrecipes]

Air Fryer Sweet Potatoes Looking for the best way to make baked sweet potatoes? Using an air fryer produces the perfect sweet and fluffy inside every time.

Recipe => https://littlebitrecipes.com/air-fryer-sweet-potatoes/

[kin-eats]

howdy, hope you're doin well 👍 can i get recipes for a vegetarian werewolf? i prefer crunchy and crispy textures, but im trying to eat healthier so things with vegetables that dont dissolve into slime would be greatly appreciated 🫰🫰🫰 tyyyy

I'll do the best I can!

Fried Green Tomatoes

Pan-Fried Asparagus

Air Fryer Sweet Potato Fries

Roasted Chickpeas

Grilled Cauliflower Steaks

Maple-Glazed Grilled Carrots

Also some general advice: Do not boil your veggies if you want them to stay crisp, crunchy and flavorful. Some veggies will also lose their crunch with other cooking methods or if cooked for the wrong amount of time, but boiling is like... the worst way to cook veggies.

[airfryerburrito]

Mix 'n' Match Meal Prep

I've been trying a different "mix and match" method of prepping food for the week. You cook a few components like proteins, vegetables, and sauces, and then reheat and rearrange them to create different meals. Here's my method, inspired by the Downshiftology approach:

Pick 2-3 proteins, a few vegetables, and at least one sauce to prepare. I also like to bake a snack.

On Sunday, do your cooking.

During the week, eat one protein, some vegetables, and some sauce with a starch. Change up the starches and proteins to create variety.

Meal plans so far:

Week 1

Cooked: Greek sheet pan chicken with roasted potatoes and vegetables (sheet pans are the ultimate meal prep hack), salmon bites, crispy air fryer chickpeas, tzatziki sauce, chocolate chip cookies.

Dinners: chicken and potatoes, salmon and fries, chicken and pasta, salmon rice bowls, chicken and rice.

Lunch: chickpeas with salad and focaccia.

Week 2

Cooked: Instant pot ground turkey, sheet pan vegetables, cubed sweet potatoes, morning glory muffins.

Dinners: Ground turkey and pasta, ground turkey and mashed potatoes, ground turkey and nachos, tinned fish and pasta, burgers from the freezer.

Lunch: Black bean and sweet potato rice bowls and burritos.

This week I made balsamic chicken (pictured) and vegetables, plus marinated tofu to air fry another day, and blueberry muffins. I really appreciate how flexible this approach is. A protein / pantry staple like black beans doesn't need cooking -- just opening a can. I can also switch to a store-bought sauce when I have less time. There's less waste, and it's a relief not to worry about what's for dinner.

[watsername]

I don’t think I have a comfort food really but the closest thing is probably mashed potatoes they are a pain to make but always worth it in the end and I’ve tried to make instant ones when we were out of potatoes and it went so bad I somehow did it all wrong and they were watery and grainy and just horrid

Pork chops are the easiest meat to make I just toss seasonings on and throw them in my air fryer and boom easy peasy! I usually do cinnamon and vanilla extract idk why I can’t remember when I started it I just think it’s good and my dad thinks so as well so 🤷🏻‍♀️ the only time I don’t really is when we’re running low on them then I’ll switch to the basic salt,pepper and garlic powder

Oranges are also nice, I can’t eat sweets besides suckers, gum or a few bites of ice cream without getting nauseous but oranges help curb the nausea so I just pick up a thing of cuties (the tiny oranges are called that here) and every now and then when I want ice cream or some other type of dessert I’ll eat an orange with it to help lessen the nausea and I mean they’re just good regardless but it’s nice to have them help with my nausea from dessert

I love Mac n cheese but I’m very bad at making it I somehow always get the noodles wrong I don’t know how like it’s okay it’s usually edible but it’s just I don’t know not that good but also they say a chef is their own worst critic so maybe that’s why?

Anyways yea those are probably as close to comfort foods as I get cause I usually lean for thise when I don’t know what to fix they’re fairly simple and taste good usually or at least okay for the macaroni

see i get i im not a fan of instant mashed potatoes either i love buttery mashed potatoes they’re so good and pork is one of my favourite meats !! i get pork belly a lot me or my bf keep it in the freezer for whenever bc it means we can make whatever with it but i haven’t tired vanilla and cinnamon maybe that’s something to experiment with

girl i need to know what’s wrong w the noodles what’s ficked up about them

[borathae]

Could we have a small update on how the shutter sounds cuties are doing? Any life changes or even little new things? I miss taehyung so much and shutter sounds taehyung comforts me like real BTS taehyung ❤️

Gosh, I miss them too :( they are doing very well hehe. They're really happy and are having a great time with each other! They recently purchased an air fryer and are trying out new recipes in the kitchen. It's been going well so far and their fave are sweet potato fries 🥺💜

[whentherewerebicycles]

jes can you talk about like what kinds of things you make in your air fryer? i know a lot of people who love theirs but whenever i ask what they use it for, it seems to be a lot of meat, which is not helpful for me to imagine integrating into my own kitchen!

steph I resisted the air fryer for so long because I was like why would I need it? I have an oven and a toaster oven I can make anything I need to make that way. but oh my god I was WRONG and I am quickly becoming obsessed with this little guy (my only regret now is that I didn’t buy a slightly larger one). the number one thing I use it for is making perfect flawless crispy tofu in 10-12 min with virtually no mess and tbh it would be worth it for that use alone—I now eat tofu multiple times a week whereas before I ate it like maybe every other month because it was such a pain and so messy to bake it in the oven (which is the only tofu texture I really like). I have recently started branching out to try roasting other things in there, like some excellent roasted sweet potato cubes that were ready in under 15 min (which would’ve taken 30+ min in my oven). I think you can make really elaborate meals in there… I got this vegan air fryer cookbook from the library and I’m like what what?? how??? as I flip through the pages. but for me honestly it’s sooooo useful just for quick roasting + perfect tofu. I have been fully converted and I think you would love it too.

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As a fellow neurodivergent person who used to hate most veggies unless smothered under a river of cheese sauce, I have come to preach the gospel of Roasting Your Veg. I went from not being able to stand steamed broccoli to ravenously devouring a half-sheet pan of it by myself, the first time I tried it roasted. Also, one of my favorite side dishes to make for holiday meals now is a mixture of various root veggies (potatoes, sweet potatoes, rutabaga, parsnip, and sometimes butternut squash (even though that's a gourd; it's still a Fall Vegetable)), diced up and tossed with olive oil and garam masala.

And roasted veggies are pretty much the easiest possible thing to make, though it does require a bit of time and patience. Just pick a veggie or several, wash em and chop em up into whatever size pieces seem eatable to you (or use frozen or pre-prepped veg to save you some time & spoons), toss with oil and herbs/spices, and chuck em in an oven preheated to about 400°F/205°C for 20-ish minutes (depending on volume) or until they look nicely caramelized. Check on em and stir em around a time or two if you want, but not too often or the oven won't stay hot enough to roast them properly. This also works in the air fryer.

Also, please give Brussels sprouts a chance. They have been selectively bred for the past few decades to eliminate most of the bitterness-causing compounds that made them supremely unpalatable in your parents' childhoods and maybe even yours, so they genuinely do taste decent now. And they taste even better when roasted or sautéed until caramelized, js. If you wanna get really fancy with it, shred them up instead of just cutting them in half; this increases the surface-area-to-volume ratio which means more surface for tasty caramelization.

Go forth and eat your vitamin-rich vegetables, y'all! 💖

i mean this in the gentlest way possible: you need to eat vegetables. you need to become comfortable with doing so. i do not care if you are a picky eater because of autism (hi, i used to be this person!), you need to find at least some vegetables you can eat. find a different way to prepare them. chances are you would like a vegetable you hate if you prepared it in a stew or roasted it with seasoning or included it as an ingredient in a recipe. just. please start eating better. potatoes and corn are not sufficient vegetables for a healthy diet.