See what your air fryer can really do with these 16 recipes for everyday meals

Air fryers will change the way you think about cooking. This relatively new kitchen appliance has become extremely popular for a reason. Despite its name, there’s no actual ‘frying’ in an air fryer’s cooking process. Instead, it works like a mini-convection oven, with a fan that circulates heat around your food. And it takes less oil than deep-frying and less time than a traditional oven.

There are plenty of things you can make in an air fryer. It’s a great tool to heat up frozen foods like chicken tenders or mozzarella sticks, but you can also cook juicy, tender meat or fish, roast vegetables and make crispy appetizers from scratch. If you have an air fryer and aren’t sure how to move past cooking frozen french fries, we have 16 easy, delicious recipes for hassle-free air fryer meals.