Roughly two years ago… I was sitting on my futon… In my old bachelorette pad… Wrapped in my snuggie… Clicking through the channels on my TV guide… When I saw something out of the ordinary.
HEALTHY FRYING.
Hold the REMOTE?! Am I in some sort of alternate universe? Am I going to see another channel listing that states:
DONUTS… THE NEW HEALTH FOOD.
Hmm… Now, if I learned correctly… And since I have been studying nutrition for 17 years at this point, I know I am right in thinking…
Frying… And fried food in general… Yeah, the word “healthy” should never be in the same sentence as the word FRY in any of its tenses… Unless the sentence reads:
“Fried food is NOT healthy.”
Which means… Donuts are NOT healthy either. Sorry to burst your bubble channel 786. Donuts, not the new health food!
Channel 786 wasn’t actually promoting donuts as health foods though (so I didn’t throw my TV out of the window in extreme rage)… Although the channel listing did read “DONUTTING”… And you can be the judge as to what THAT show was all about (I was surfing the channels after 10 pm after all…).
Anywho… Channel 486, the channel trying to convince me that HEALTHY FRYING is a thing… Actually really caught my eye (and thank god it wasn’t about ANYTHING ELSE when I clicked on the channel) because… I love a crispy piece of SALMON more than anyone else on the face of the planet, and if this channel was going to show me how to make the crispest salmon known to man… I NEEDED to tune in and take notes (for all of YOU of course).
When the channel loaded. All I heard was:
WHAT IF YOU COULD EAT ALL THE FRIED FOODS YOU LOVED… WITH LITTLE TO NO OIL WITHOUT THE GUILT AND WITHOUT THE EXTRA CALORIES…
As an infomercial model takes a bite of some fried chicken – with a fork? – and nods her head, winking… Yikes, this could turn into channel 786 after all…
IMAGINE EATING MOUNTAINS OF PIPING HOT FRENCH FRIES… CRISP SNAP APART ONION RINGS… GOLDEN FRIED CHICKEN WINGS… GUILT FREE!
And then… The REAL STAR of the show was revealed.
I wish I had a picture of my awe-struck face as my eyes suctioned to the TV screen completely transfixed by the fact that this form of frying truly is a healthy means of cooking.
When an advertisement for the… Advertisement – ha – came on, I finally snapped out of it, grabbed my laptop and TO MY AMAZON WEDDING REGISTRY I WENT…
ONE AIR FRYER… ON THE LIST!
At the time, I had no idea what brand was decent… So I added the one with the best reviews on the registry: GoWiseUSA.
Little did my overly excited, NOW INFOMERCIAL LOVING self realize that my mouth’s food journey (and Landon’s too) would be forever changed the second my FAVORITE WEDDING GUEST (yes, favorite because she went ahead and ordered this kitchen contraption for me) purchased this countertop magic maker for Landon and me.
And let’s just say… These last two years have been the tastiest years of my life all thanks to 2016 infomercial, Snuggie-wearing GiGi who was just trying to find a new episode of HOW IT’S MADE.
But hey… I guess I sort of did find an episode of that show… Because, I learned HOW TO MAKE healthy fried foods!
Now that air fryers have been around for quite some time though… So many other brands have popped up on the market trying to reach the level of AWESOME that my GoWiseUSA is on.
That being said, Mr. GoWise (yes, I have named him)… Insisted (yes, he speaks to me too) I try another brand because he is just so confident in himself… So I listened to my main squeeze… And in the latest GiGi Eats… You get to see if… The COMPETITION gets FRIED OR NOT!
SO TELL ME…
- I’ve asked before and I will ask again… DID YOU BUY AN AIR FRYER YET?!
- If you have an air fryer, what brand do you have and how do you like it?
- What’s your favorite thing to cook in your air fryer?
- What’s stopping you from getting an air fryer if you don’t already have one? My guy Tony is the one to ask what’s the best air fryer.
- Favorite fried food… Go!
- Do you have a favorite kitchen appliance? If so, what is it, and does it have a nickname?
LINKS TO SOME RECIPES I’VE MADE WITH MY GOWISEUSA:
- Naked Chicken Chips
- Chocolate & Vanilla Layered Cake
- Cinnamon Crumb Cake Nachos
- Cauliflower Popcorn
- Chicken Teriyaki Copycat
- Brisket Nacho
AND GET YOUR VERY OWN AIR FRYER… RIGHT HERE!!!!! <– CLICK THE HYPERLINK FOR THE DEETS!
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