hello internet pals! i am posting in the hopes that folks have some good lazy (but perhaps still somewhat healthy?) air fryer or microwave meal / snack recipes to share because i’ve fallen into a bit of a cooking rut lately and easy new recipes would definitely help inspire me.
“Healthy” in big quotations marks. Healthier maybe considering you’re reducing the fat content quite a bit…
Anyway. If you microwave sliced salami ob some paper towels you get crispy salami chips.
If you make a bunch of then you should rotate between several plates. Otherwise theyll get unbearably hot.
Crispy chickpeas are my go to air fryer snack. Especially lazy since I don’t even bother to preheat the fryer…
- 1/2 can chickpeas, drained and rinsed
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1/8 tsp garlic powder
- 1/8 tsp onion powder
- 1/4 tsp paprika
- 1/8 tsp cayene
- pinch salt
- Drain and rinse chickpeas (no need to dry). Toss with olive oil and spices and dump into fryer basket.
- Put the basket in your non-preheated fryer. Turn it on, set to around 390°F (200°C), and cook for about 14 minutes total, shaking a couple of times.
- Remove and add additional salt and pepper to taste.
For a lazy snack, especially in summer when we have fresh tomatoes, my go to recipe is greek salad or as they call it horiatiki.
You can google that for tips, but I can have one done in under 10 min and it can be summed up like this: cut cucumber, tomatoes and bell pepper in big chunks, onions into thin strips, put some olives (I like kalamata) in there, make a dressing for which I use a GOOD extra virgin olive oil (where I can taste the olives!), a vinegar of your choice (i like wine ones) and maybe some lemon juice and/or oregano, and mix it all up. Salt and pepper to taste. In the end, put a big chunk of feta on top (you can cut it put I prefer to just do that as I eat so it doesn‘t disintegrate).
I eat all that with some sort of bread, I like baguette or ciabatta, but anything works really.
- Put brussels sprouts, star zucchini (both cut in half) and julienne baby carrots on a tupper with a lid, coat in olive oil, salt and pepper, and shake.
- Put contents in oven dish and air fry for 10-12 minutes at 250-300°F.
- While that’s going on, cut a red onion in thin slices, some mushrooms, put in the tupper, coat in olive oil, salt and pepper, and shake.
- Mix in oven dish with the sprouts and zucchini, keep air frying for another 10 minutes.
- Next up is asparagus, coated in olive oil, etc. mix with everything else, do another 10-12 minutes.
(on this last stage, sometimes I’ll mix in some butter for the asparagus stage)
