Kitchen

Hot oven in summer? No thank you. These 8 air fryer recipes keep the kitchen cool, cook faster than the oven, and are the ones my four children ask for most during the school holidays.

I own both. Here’s the honest answer about which one a busy family of five should buy first — and which one earns daily use versus sitting in the cupboard.

The Cosori 6.8-Qt costs about £20 more than the Pro II but adds a larger basket and more functions. I tested it for six weeks alongside the Pro II to find out whether the upgrade is worth it for a family of five.

Every Sunday I spend 90 minutes using my air fryer to prep five weeknight dinners. This is the exact routine — what I cook, in what order, and how it cuts weeknight cooking to 10 minutes or less.

You don’t need to spend £90+ for a good air fryer. These 5 budget models all produce genuinely good results — here’s which one is right for you.

The Tower T17021 Vortx is a £50 UK air fryer that competes directly with Ninja and Cosori. I tested it for six weeks cooking family dinners. Here’s whether the savings are worth the trade-offs.

These are the 10 air fryer chicken recipes I make most often for a family of five — tested repeatedly, times accurate, and written for the kind of weeknight when you have 25 minutes and limited patience.

I’ve bought a lot of air fryer accessories. Most are pointless. These 8 are the ones I actually still use — and the 3 I regret buying.

Every Sunday I spend 90 minutes using my air fryer to prep five weeknight dinners. This is the exact routine — what I cook, in what order, and how it cuts weeknight cooking to 10 minutes or less.

The Ninja Foodi combines pressure cooking and air frying in one machine. I tested it for eight weeks against my separate air fryer and Instant Pot. Here’s whether the combination is actually better than two separate appliances.