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    Air Fryer

    Quick and crispy Southern-style air fryer recipes with time-saving tips—some use store-bought shortcuts, others just clever kitchen know-how.

    • Close up of bacon wrapped meatballs piled onto a plate.
      Bacon Wrapped Meatballs
    • Baked Potatoes in Ninja Air Fryer
    • Close up of a smores mini pies in graham cracker crusts.
      Mini S'mores Pies
    • Two small meat loaves on a wooden cutting board with red sauce on top
      Best Air Fryer Meatloaf with Tangy Sauce
    • breaded tilapia on blue and white plate with broccoli and lemon
      Easy Air Fryer Tilapia
    • Honey being poured from a clear tiny pitcher onto chicken nuggets and mini waffles.
      Easy Mini Chicken and Waffles (with Hot Honey)
    • Wooden bowl of pecan halves with stack of wooden bowls above it.
      Roasted Pecans in Air Fryer
    • Cooked Brussels sprouts with bacon on a white plate.
      Air Fryer Brussels Sprouts with Sorghum Molasses & Bacon
    • Close up hand holding apple pie filled donut with stack in the background.
      Easy Air Fryer Apple Pie Bombs
    • Mini twice baked potatoes on a parchment-lined baking sheet
      Mini Twice Baked Potatoes (Air Fryer and Oven)
    • Close-up of pecan-crusted salmon fillets topped with golden brown nuts and herbs on a wooden serving board
      Pecan Crusted Salmon with Cranberries 
    • Shishito Peppers roasted in air fryer on blue platter with lemon aioli dipping sauce with stack of white plates in background.
      Air Fryer Shishito Peppers
    • Roasted whole chicken by an air fryer.
      Air Fryer Whole Chicken Recipe
    • Air fried butternut squash halves on a white plate, garnished with herbs
      Air Fryer Butternut Squash Halves
    • Spicy Sweet Potato Fries in parchment paper cooked in air fryer.
      Air Fryer Spicy Sweet Potato Fries
    • Honey roasted carrot sticks next to an air fryer.
      Honey Roasted Carrots (Air Fryer)
    • Three crab cakes on a green platter with lemon wedges.
      Pan Fried Crab Cakes
    • Close up of platter of bbq wings with bowl of Ranch dressing in the background
      Air Fryer BBQ Chicken Wings
    • Candied Roasted Sweet Potatoes
    • Air fryer turkey breast roast on wood platter with fresh rosemary and sage.
      Air Fryer Turkey Breast with Gravy
    • Three thin sliced Southern fried green tomatoes with cornmeal on brown paper with green tomatoes in background.
      Best Fried Green Tomatoes (Perfect Every Time)
    • Collage of four air fryer recipes with text overlay.
      Easy Ninja Air Fryer Recipes
    • Bacon wrapped venison roast on cutting board. slice cut. steak knife
      Bacon-Wrapped Venison Backstrap Roast
    • Bowl of roasted butternut squash on fall colored cloth with wooden spoon next to it.
      Air Fryer Butternut Squash
    • Hasselback Sweet Potatoes (Maple Syrup and Pecans)
    • Stacked candied bacon in 4 ounce canning jar on red and black checked fabric
      Easy Air Fryer Candied Bacon
    • air fryer fried oreos with stack of cookies
      Fried Oreos in Air Fryer with Crescent Rolls
    • glass bowl of fried okra
      Oven-Fried Okra (with Air Fryer Option)
    • bacon wrapped tater tots in red bowl with pom poms on a stick in background
      Bacon-Wrapped Cheesy Tater Tots
    • roasted purple cauliflower florets in a white bowl on a wooden surface
      Roasted Purple Cauliflower
    • Baked potato stuffed with meat covered in sauce on a white plate. A clear tiny pitcher of bbq sauce in background
      Air Fryer Baked Potatoes with BBQ Pulled Pork
    • Close up Bacon Wrapped Dove Jalapeno poppers on a white platter Thanksgiving
      Bacon-Wrapped Dove Jalapeno Poppers

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      Easy Pecan Recipes
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    Hi y'all! I’m Kathleen. I share Southern shortcut recipes! I’m a food stylist, cookbook author, and former test kitchen director in Alabama. I take traditional Southern recipes you know and love (and a few new ones) and make them with shortcuts so you can enjoy them faster.

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