Air Fry Genius by Meredith Laurence

Air Fry Genius by Meredith Laurence

The Blue Jean Chef turns her culinary genius onto the latest hot cooking appliance trend--Air Frying

Brand new to Air-frying or already loving your Air Fryer? Air Fry Genius is your ultimate guide to mastering Air-Frying and becoming a genius in your kitchen. Create healthier, delicious meals quickly with less guilt and easy clean up.

Including 100+ recipes--from wholesome breakfasts to decadent desserts, and each paired with color photos--Air Fry Genius also includes Meredith Laurence's signature tips and tricks for getting the most out of your air fryer using frying, roasting, and baking techniques to create healthier, faster, and less messy meals to impress your family and friends.

Those new to air frying will love Air Fry Genius's Easy recipes for beginners, along with tips on how to convert traditional recipes to air fryer recipes, air fry cooking time charts, and primers throughout the book on various air-frying techniques. Experienced cooks looking to enhance their culinary skills will also love this book, with recipes and ways to take their air-frying skills to the next level. Vegetarian, vegan, and gluten-free recipes are abundant, as well as tips for planning ahead. All recipes includes nutrition information so you can be well-informed about what you're eating.

• Snacks & Appetizers: Avocado Fries with Quick Salsa Fresca, Dill Fried Pickles, Veggie Chips, Cauliflower Tater Tots, Fried Mozzarella en Carrozza with Putanesca Sauce
• Breads & Breakfast: Hush Puffins, Peppered Maple Bacon Knots, French Toast & Turkey Sausage Roll-ups, Cheesy Olive & Roasted Red Pepper Bread
• Beef: Meatloaf with Tangy Tomato Glaze, Vietnamese Beef Lettuce Wraps, T-Bone Steak with Roasted Tomato, Corn & Asparagus Salsa
• Pork & Lamb: Blackberry BBQ Glazed Country-Style Ribs, Lollipop Lamb Chops with Mint Pesto, Crispy Pork Medallions with Endive & Radicchio Salad
• Chicken & Poultry: Nashville Hot Chicken, Thai Turkey and Zucchini Meatballs, Maple Bacon Wrapped Chicken Breasts, Sesame Orange Chicken
• Fish & Seafood: Lobster Tails with Lemon Garlic Butter, Shrimp Sliders with Avocado, Quick Shrimp Scampi, Crab Stuffed Salmon Roast
• Vegetarian Main Dishes: Corn and Pepper Jack Chile Rellenos with Roasted Tomato Sauce, Quinoa Burgers with Feta and Dill, Spaghetti Squash and Kale Fritters, General Tso's Cauliflower
• Vegetable Side Dishes: Fried Green Tomatoes with Sriracha Mayo, Jerk Rubbed Corn on the Cob, Roasted Heirloom Carrots with Orange and Thyme, Parmesan Asparagus
• Desserts: Air-Fried Beignets, Hasselback Apple Crisp, Black and Blue Clafoutis, S'mores Pockets

Meredith Laurence, the Blue Jean Chef, has worked in the food industry in a variety of positions and situations. She originally polished her abilities in two Michelin-rated restaurants in Les-Baux-de-Provence, France, after graduating from the New England Culinary School. When Meredith returned to Vermont to teach at the New England Culinary School, she took a different culinary path, training professional culinary students during the day and home cooks in the evenings. She returned to San Francisco to teach and manage at two HomeChef(R) cooking schools (now Viking Culinary Arts Centers), having discovered her true calling in training home cooks.

Meredith also worked as a food and product consultant at the Center for Culinary Development, where she gained experience in developing and testing recipes. She's been the Blue Jean Chef(R) on live television for the past thirteen years, providing on-air culinary demonstrations and advising QVC consumers on cooking and kitchen equipment. Meredith is the bestselling author of six cookbooks according to USA Today. Blue Jean Chef: Comfortable in the Kitchen, the first book, earned wonderful reviews and assisted home chefs in expanding their repertoire and become more versatile in the kitchen using a range of cooking techniques.

Meredith offers easy-to-read directions for pressure-cooking and provides a wide selection of recipes for the pressure cooker, along with clear instructions and advice, in her Blue Jean Chef series follow-up books, Comfortable Under Pressure, Tasty Under Pressure, and Quick Favorites Under Pressure. Meredith makes the Air Fryer a must-have tool in her latest collection, Air Fry Everything and Air Fry Genius, by producing even more delectable, quick, and unexpected recipes. Meredith, the Blue Jean Chef, believes that being at ease in the kitchen is essential to successful and pleasurable cooking. What is your level of comfort?