How air fryers can shave up to 260 calories off your favourite dinners

Experts say air fryers leave more nutrients in food, with traditional methods causing more to leach out This is because they require less fat — such as oil and butter — to cook food compared to traditional methods Using an air fryer, a must-have kitchen gadget, shaves hundreds of calories from meals compared to an oven They are the must-have kitchen gadget, hailed as an essential for quick and healthy bites. This is solely because air fryers, which can cost up to £400, require less fat, such as oil and butter, to cook food — giving them the crisp and crunch of a deep fat fryer without the unnecessary grease. As the cost-of-living crisis takes hold, sales of air fryers, which use less energy than both a conventional oven and a microwave oven, have soared as families try and trim the fat in the kitchen. SUNDAY DISH: A FULL ROAST AND RHUBARB CRUMBLE COOKING TIME: One hour, 15 minutes The air fryer's basket is roomy enough for a medium sized chicken and while the skin looked a little bronzed after 60 minutes at 200 degrees, it was moist on the inside The roast potatoes, herbs and other veg were put in with 30 minutes' cooking time left.and looked well done by the time the timer beeped to say the cooking had finished Easy peasy: A rhubarb crumble took just 15 minutes to cook and looked perfectly browned - with the seasonal dish proving a hit Forget easing in gently to the world of air frying, this novice decided to go for a full Sunday roast - bar the gravy - as the first meal cooked in our fancy new appliance.