A shameless plug

...for the Ninja Foodi Digital Air Fry Oven

I bought this unit probably a year or more ago and only used it for occasionally making toast :rolleyes2:

For some reason I couldn't "get into it"---but now with more time on my hands I decided to give it a good try----and while this is early on in that project, I am favorably impressed.

The first thing that I made was french fries---why not :hatoff:

I should note that I don't have a deep fat fryer so french fries were not something that I ever made at home.

I didn't use frozen pre-cut fries, I cut Russets into 3/8" X 3/8" strips and left the skin on. I tossed them in one tbsp of olive oil and one tbsp of potato starch. I then put them on the fry basket (one layer with space between) and set the oven to 400 F for 22 minutes--no preheating.

At about 12 minutes I took them out and since they were nicely browning on the top I turned them over and put them back in the oven.

I checked them at 20 min and all seemed good to go for 2 more.

They turned out excellent:cool:

So far I have done fish, shrimp, and roasted veggies----and yes even a frozen pizza. Normally I would not even consider a frozen pizza---but yesterday I did the semi-weekly grocery shopping and I had seen Red Baron frozen pizza on sale for $3.99 :AHHH: ---so I got one since I had seen pizza done in one of the Youtube videos that I had watched. By the time I got home and everything was put away a frozen pizza in the Ninja seemed like an excellent choice---and so it was :cool: Time, 19 min at 400 F---the crust was crunchy and the entire pie was a reasonable rendition of a pizza.---I'm liking my Ninja:clap::clap:

My tenant gave me an air fryer (an obvious ploy to gain favor if she's ever late with the rent which so far she isn't), and I have yet to use it...She's also a food nazi knowing that I'm not supposed to eat taters because of the carbohydrates, so when I do try it I'll need a good story, or a good air freshener to mask the telltale smell...:stir:...Ben

Pizza is what I usually cook in it.

Update:

I can't say enough good things about the Ninja Foodi Digital Air Fryer:bowdown:

My only regret is that it took me so long to use it :frown1:

I now use it at most every meal---for a long range of things--last night was roasted broccoli and salmon. One of the great things is visibility.
It is counter height and has a light in it and if you want to open it up and pull the shelf out it is that simple:smokin:

It is so much faster than other methods that timing of multiple dishes becomes less of an issue. Most things I have done at 400 F, but roasting veggies seems better at 350 F to more evenly cook (re: Cooks Illustrated this month). The salmon would have taken about 8 minutes in a 400 F conventional oven--it was more like 5 in the Ninja.

This is not a toy that will quickly be forgotten---this is a keeper:march:

Now I need to go back to my instant pot and see if I can become equally impressed with that----the initial encounters relegated that to a place in the back of the cabinet :down: