I am a working Mom, and I have a desire to get healthy home cooked meals on the table everyday. If I do not food prep on the weekends, this desire fails and we end up getting takeout. I have always been a lover of my crock pot, but it is not a fast solution!

I recently bough myself a gift, a Ninja Foodi – Air Fryer, Instapot, Slow cooker and Dehydrator. I can now get an entire dinner on the table in 30 minutes, even starting from frozen meat. I also discovered that I can make fried food, which who doesn’t love fried food, that is not greasy and bad for you. Truth be told though, it is not as good as the greasy fried stuff, but it is still a good substitute.

Not only is an instapot and air fryer quick, they also make for easy clean up. I can cook everything in the pot and not use additional cooking vessels.

Which one should you buy?

There are many types out there at different price points. I read a ton of reviews and decided to splurge on the Foodi, but I would say to do your research and find what works for you:

• Read Reviews

• Decide the functions that you want – You can get just an instapot, just an air fryer, you can get an instapot with grill. There are so many options

• Research the size you want – for a family of three, I needed at least an 8.5 qt

Check a couple of my fun recipes below:

BBQ Meatloaf

1 Bell Pepper chopped

1 Medium Onion chopped

1 lb of Ground beef

1/2 Cup of BBQ Sauce

Generous amount of Garlic Powder

Generous amount of your favorite BBQ seasoning

1 Cup of Shredded Cheese

8-10 Saltines – May need more or less depending on how moist the meat is

1Egg

Combine all of the ingredients and form the meatloaf

Put a cup of water in the bottom of the instapot

Put the fry basket in the pot and spray it with cooking spray

Lay the meatloaf in the basket

Cook on the instapot setting for 20 minutes

Let the pressure out

Top with more BBQ sauce and a sprinkle of breadcrumbs

Fry in the air fryer for 10 minutes

Turnip Fries

1-2 Turnips sliced into fries

Put in the air fryer

Season with Season Salt, Cumin and Paprika

Fry for 20 minutes