What cooking “fad” do you fall for?

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Anonymous wrote:I use my air fryer allll the time. Instant Pot, not so much. That was purchased during the spring of 2020 as something fun to experiment with during the pandemic...hasn't seen the outside of a cabinet since the Biden inauguration.

How is air fryer different than an oven?

An air fryer is just a smaller, countertop oven that heats up very quickly. So it's good for small meals, or single servings of things you might not want to heat your oven up for. Similar to a toaster oven, but perhaps better at the oven part, and not so good at the toasting part.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I use my air fryer allll the time. Instant Pot, not so much. That was purchased during the spring of 2020 as something fun to experiment with during the pandemic...hasn't seen the outside of a cabinet since the Biden inauguration.

How is air fryer different than an oven?

An air fryer is just a smaller, countertop oven that heats up very quickly. So it's good for small meals, or single servings of things you might not want to heat your oven up for. Similar to a toaster oven, but perhaps better at the oven part, and not so good at the toasting part.

Thanks.

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the sous vide thing, takes too long

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Anonymous wrote:I got an Instant Pot. As it turns out, for a reluctant cook, I use it a LOT. I also use my very very old rice cooker a lot. As a COVID treat, I got a waffle iron, and I’ve used it much more than I expected for waffles, chaffles, and Ghirardelli’s brownie mix. I also use my stick mixer much more than I expected, and my regular mixer and blender much less.
I briefly had an ice cream maker, and I imagine Earl Grey ice cream and jasmine tea sorbet. I think I used it maybe twice.

What do you do w brownie mix in waffle maker?

yes explain, can i make brownies in a waffle maker?

Yeah, what is this. Sounds incredible! Maybe with some ice cream on top?!

I let the kids use the Dash waffle iron for “will it waffle” projects. It’s hilarious. (They cannot use the cuisinart double Belgian one for this)

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I got an Instant Pot. As it turns out, for a reluctant cook, I use it a LOT. I also use my very very old rice cooker a lot. As a COVID treat, I got a waffle iron, and I’ve used it much more than I expected for waffles, chaffles, and Ghirardelli’s brownie mix. I also use my stick mixer much more than I expected, and my regular mixer and blender much less.
I briefly had an ice cream maker, and I imagine Earl Grey ice cream and jasmine tea sorbet. I think I used it maybe twice.

What do you do w brownie mix in waffle maker?

yes explain, can i make brownies in a waffle maker?

I figured out how much brownie mix would work with one egg. I added a bit of melted butter, and sometimes a tiny bit of milk, and vanilla. The texture is like a waffle, but the flavor is like a brownie. I’ve eaten them as-is, and with vanilla ice cream, although I bet they would be good with strawberries and whipped cream or with a bit of almond butter.

What’s nice is that I can make 1-2 servings at a time - instead of a whole pan of brownies. They also cook pretty quickly.

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I use my instant pot and air fryer constantly. Even my little handheld spiralizer gets used a lot.

The electric juicer, almost never!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Use a cookbook. Try new cuisines. Do NOT buy any additional kitchen gadgets or equipment.

+1

What the hell was $200 to make French fries? You had a knife and a big pot, right?

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Anonymous wrote:Dang the haters on that tiktok pasta!

The one with the feta and cherry tomatoes and olive oil is one of my staple dishes haha.

I don't have tiktok, so I'm probably missing out on the new fad dishes.

We moved on to chopped Italian subs and Big Mac tacos.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Use a cookbook. Try new cuisines. Do NOT buy any additional kitchen gadgets or equipment.

+1
You could have just used a knife to cut the fries and a big pot and thermometer to deep fry the fries.

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Anonymous wrote:Zoodles. That spiralizer is in the back of the closet now.

+ 1. I should put mine on buy nothing….

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I use my instant pot a lot all year round. Hard boiled eggs, rice or other grains, potatoes for mashing, soups and chilis in the winter. A lot of people think it's not worth it because you don't get a whole meal out of every recipe, but making the components without using the stove is worth it to me, especially since it has the keep warm option so I don't always have to babysit the food in the kitchen.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Dang the haters on that tiktok pasta!

The one with the feta and cherry tomatoes and olive oil is one of my staple dishes haha.

I don't have tiktok, so I'm probably missing out on the new fad dishes.

We moved on to chopped Italian subs and Big Mac tacos.

What is a big mac taco? I'm not on tic toc but will try any recipe.

[Anonymous]

air fryer used it once and never used it again. Do not understand why people use it.

[Anonymous]

Baking bread, air fryer, zucchini noodles, making ice cream, you name it, I’ve probably delved in and dumped it. I love cooking and playing with new concepts. Currently I’m into smoking salts and roasting tomatoes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: air fryer used it once and never used it again. Do not understand why people use it.

I use it b/c I only have 1 oven and it lets me cook 2 things at the same time at 2 different temperatures. I roast my veggies in the air fryer and cook the main dish in the oven.