Tuesday Giveaway: T-Fal Actifry & Crispy Potato Salad with Wings
I will admit, I was a tad skeptical when I received a T-Fal Actifry machine in the mail in December. I am not a fan of deep frying, especially since I am now concentrating on losing the baby weight. However, the claim of the Actifry was intriguing. Could this machine really make ALL the dishes in the book while using minimal amounts of oil to keep them on the healthy side? Why was Oprah telling the world that that machine changed her life when she is not a paid spokesperson? I always thought machines like this were strictly for making donuts and french fries – delicious, but most unhealthy. Curious, I put the machine to the test last weekend.
The first dish we chose to make was a hearty salad reminiscent of my favorite Big Fat French Salad by Cowgirl Chef. I was skeptical that the machine could produce crispy potatoes with bacon. Don’t fried potatoes usually get crispy by being dunked in bubbling fats? However, within minutes we happily discovered they indeed could be produced without the massive oil-fest. To compliment the hearty salad my husband insisted on making Buffalo chicken wings. I am not a huge wings eater, but he had a vision of crispy wings made with half the fat, served with a side of blue cheese dressing. I happily obliged and he was thrilled with the results. The wings cooked through and the skin crisped up beautifully. Best of all they weren’t dripping with excess oil and, as my husband pointed out, “they don’t have that deep fryer taste.”
While I am not usually a huge proponent of appliances that have only one use I think the T-Fal Actifry might be just the machine for whipping up crispy, healthy dishes. The variety of meals and desserts it can make is impressive and it truly is easy to use. I’ve already marked five more dinners to make for us over the next few weeks. I can’t believe how many options there are for different cuisines and dishes we like. Don’t believe me, flip through the cookbook!
Here are the recipes we have tried and enjoyed so far:
Crispy Potatoes with Bacon & Paprika served on a bed of greens
To enter to win your own T-Fal Actifry today:
1) Leave a comment sharing your favorite fried food you would eat more of if there was a healthier preparation. (Me: French fries)
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3) Subscribe to The Naptime Chef newsletter on the upper right hand side.
4) Contest runs from February 19th at 7:00am through February 26th at 7:00am ET. Winner will be announced in the March 1st newsletter!
Thank you to T-Fal Actifry for providing the machine for the contest. I was also sent a T-Fal Actifry machine and the opinions expressed here are entirely my own.
I agree with you on french fries!
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Fried chicken. As it is now, I already indulge in the deliciousness of fried poultry, but there’s always that lingering aftertaste…tastes like guilt.
I already am a fan of yours on Facebook plus I read your weekly column in my local paper The Somers Record. My favorite fried food I would make more often if I could do it quicker and healthier would be, onion rings. 🙂
Definitely french fries!
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I would eat many more fried korean dumplings and eggrolls!
Hot wings. Definitely hot wings! I also subscribe to your emails and enjoy your Facebook posts. Thanks for the excellent give a way!
I already follow you faithfully on FB. I would eat more fried chicken if it was healthier.
Fried fish – I love it, but way too greasy most of the time.
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Oh, we’d love to eat more Scotch eggs! They’re hard-boiled eggs wrapped is sausage meat and fried until yummy! Love you on Facebook!
Fried Chicken! I am already a friend on facebook and your newsletter!
Love fried chicken…would love to prepare it in a healthier way…
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Deep fried mushrooms…I love them!
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Yes, I have to go with French Fries, which I love but rarely eat b/c of the fat.
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Fries are my weakness as well!
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Sweet potato fries!!
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Fried chicken!
Love corndogs and homemade onion rings!
My favorite fried food is french fries!
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I subscribe to your newsletter, your Facebook page AND I need to lose weight while enjoying my southern food. I am really trying to eat healthier!
Will it do tempura??…that would be yummy. And sweet potato fries. Onion rings…the list goes on.
mmm… so many yummy thing to try! We’d probably eat more fries, too! But I really like the tempura idea, too 🙂
I really want one of these!!!! My family is eating healthier and I could get a lot of use out of these. I am already thinking of things to cook.
French Fries – I would love to eat more
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Apple fritters!
Egg rolls!
Chicken Wings, my husband loves them but once you fry them the fat content is off-of-the-charts!
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Chicken Katsu (korean fried chicken)
I would be interested in making fried chicken, chicken wings, french fries, maybe a blooming onion, too! 🙂 I can think of so many things that I would make, that I haven’t made in such a long time because of all of the oil!
I would SO start with a big batch of chicken fingers, and smother them in buffalo sauce!
I would love to be able to make tonkatsu without all the mess and stink! Yum!
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I love a good fried chicken! 🙂
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I would probably have to say that I’d love to be able to make sweet potato fries, and am getting tired of having just “salady things” when my husband eats All American goodies. I’m a big fan of those with blue cheese dip or a sweet chilli sauce type of homemade condiment called “Devil’s Pickle” in Finnish. Both a FB fan and subscriber.
Oh man, definitely potatoes. I tend to serve rice more but I can see how the ActiFry would make potatoes appear on the menu much more often!
I am on your newsletter list, and follow you on Facebook. If I had an Actifry, I would totally make French fries with it.
Definitely french fries!
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I think it would be crab wontons. I love it, but they are definitely dripping in oil when I eat them!
Fried chicken!
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Sweet potato fries and chicken and maybe the kids would eat it too! Fried bananas and apples also sound delicious.
I’d eat more sweet potato fries! Yum!
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I would definitely eat more chicken wings if they were healthier!!!
sweet potato fries!
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I would eat more chicken drumsticks and wrings!
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It would be a tie between fried chicken and french fries.
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I would eat french fries every day of the week if I could!
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I would eat french fries every day if they were healthier!
Blooming onion if I could!
Fried chicken, for sure!!!
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Fried fish
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fried chicken!
my favorite fried food has to be potatoes, sweet and regular!
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fried chicken!
Fried pickles!!
fried chicken and fried potatoes
French Fries, without a doubt! I follow on FB and receive the newsletter already.
Fried chicken without a doubt 🙂 especially made with buttermilk…hard to bake!
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favorite, fried chicken. Yum
Definitely fries
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Fried chicken
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Fish and chips (fries).
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Fish and chips.
French Fries!
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Fried Chicken!!
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You should review the Philips Airfryer. It does not need oil to fry!
french fries!! yum!
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Fried Chicken. I love it
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Oh boy, that is easy: fritters of all kinds! Cauliflower, spinach, zucchini, sweet potato…. so for once, the frying oil does not overwhelm and outpace the health content of the veggies! (I’m on your mailing list and fbook, by the way.)
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