Groovy Cajun Shrimp & Sausage

    How about an easy to cook and healthy Cajun Shrimp, sausage and veggie meal! About ten minutes to prep and another ten to cook in the air fryer and you have a great meal!

   Ingredients: About 8 ounces of 1/4 inch sliced half moon zucchini, 8 ounces also 1/4 inch sliced half moon yellow squash, One Red Bell Pepper (green can be used but I choose red for the colorful display slice the pepper in thin 1' slices, About a tablespoon of cajun seasoning, 24 cleaned and peeld jumbo shrimp about a pound, 8 ounces of sliced chicken sausage or kielbasa, 2 tablespoons of olive oil and some cooking spray

    Put the shrimp and cajun seasoning in a bowl and toss, add the veggies and olive oil and continue to toss finally mixing in the sausage.

    Spray the air fryer with the cooking oil and preheat to 400 degrees about 3 minutes. Add the mixture and cook for 8 to 10 minutes. The time difference would depend on the air fryer size, a smaller fryer will cause the meal to be deeper and need more time and a mix about half way through. Larger air fryers will be good at 8 minutes

 Groovy Gooey Chocolate Chip Cookies

     How about some delicious chocolate chip cookies without heating the house up! I have the recipe for you and it involves our friend, the Hot Air Fryer!

     Ingredients: 1 cup softened butter, 3/4 cup sugar, 3/4 cup dark brown sugar, 1 tablespoon vanilla extract, 2 large eggs, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon baking powder, 2-1/3 cups all purpose flour, 2 cups chocolate chips and cooking spray.

     In a mixing bowl place the butter and add the two sugars and beat until fluffy, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the vanilla, eggs, salt, baking soda and slowly mix, then start adding the flour, slowly until it is all combined. Then add the chocolate chips and stir by hand till mixed in.

     Next place foil or parchment paper on the bottom of the air fryer basket and if using foil spray with cooking oil. Pre-heat the fryer to 350 degrees (about 2 minutes). Place scoops, (about 2 tablespoons) of the mixture in the fryer, pressing down slightly to flatten a bit, keep about an inch apart and place back in fryer at 350 degrees for 5 minutes. Repeat until mixture is used up or enjoy a few cookies and refrigerate or freeze the dough and cook when ever the urge strikes

Makes about 30 cookies total!

   

              

 Groovy grilled steak without the grill!

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    Sometimes you want the taste of grilled steak but that's not always possible. For some it's too cold or icy in the winter and others it is too hot to go out and grill in the summer and for others they may be in an apartment and no place for a grill. 

    Hot Air Fryer to the rescue! If you check the Cuts Of Meat section you'll see examples of the cuts of meat you can get from the short loin, any of those will work here but for this recipe we'll be discussing the boneless strip steak. You can buy them or cut them from the bone as I show in the Cuts Of Meat section; and before anyone tries to tell me "there is more flavor in the cut with the bone", that is false, unless your name is Rover, Fido, Spot, Bailey or Gizmo! The extra flavor comes from the fat and gristle close to the bone, not the bone itself!

     You have several prep options and these are to taste: first you can simply cook the steak as is, or you might wish to season it first. I personally like black peppercorns, but other options include garlic powder, onion powder, cajun seasoning etc. Some folk like their steak marinated, if that's you marinate overnight in your favorite marinade (bbq sauce, hot sauce, teriyaki etc) in the refrigerator but be sure to bring to room temp before cooking.

     Spray the basket for the air fryer with cooking spray and set to 400 degrees for 2 minutes place the steak in the basket and cook at 400 for 6 minutes (this is for an approximate 1" thick steak, adjust time for thickness). After 6 minutes flip steak and cook another six minutes. At the same time you flip the steak you can also add a vegetable like broccoli etc.

     You can also prepare some rice, fries or other steamed veggie to go with your steak or simply enjoy as is. In the picture I threw some baked waffle fries in the oven to go with my steak that tastes just like it was cooked on a grill.

  

     

Quick and Groovy Pork & Broccoli

 

    This recipe is for an air fryer so you can have a delicious and healthy meal in just a Groovily small amount of time and I'm talking about 15 to maybe 20 minutes tops!

 Ingredients:

2 - 6 to 8 ounce center cut pork chops

Non stick cooking spray (preferably olive oil style)

1- tsp paprika

1- tsp onion powder

1- tsp garlic powder

2- cups broccoli florets

2- tsp minced garlic

 Preheat air fryer to 350 degrees and spray basket with cooking spray. Mix paprika, onion powder and garlic powder, then spray both sides of the pork chops with cooking spray and then sprinkle the seasoning mix on both sides. When the air fryer is heated (only a few minutes) add the pork chops in put in to cook for 6 minutes.

While they are cooking, spray the broccoli florets with cooking spray and toss them in a bowl or bag with the minced garlic. When the six minutes are up open the fryer flip the pork chops and add the broccoli put them back in and cook another 6 minutes.

Remove and enjoy a very healthy, quick, easy and Grrroovy meal!