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I absolutely LOVE my Ninja Foodi. I’ve got the OL750UK 15-in-1 and I have used it several times a day, just about every single day since I bought it! I love to make Ninja air fryer recipes covering breakfast, lunch, dinner, side dishes and even desserts.
I’ve already got a ton of great air fryer recipes for beginners but every recipe featured here is one that I have made in my Ninja air fryer. This includes recipes for frozen foods I love, delicious recipes that are ready in just minutes and a whole host of super simple recipes.
You can make any of these recipes in a different air fryer, but I’ve tested them all in my 9-in-1 or 15-in-1 Ninja Foodi models, with air fryer/air crisp features. There seems to be no difference between the two, just the names.
I love to make easy air fryer recipes for my family, and I have shared my own air fryer tips in the past, as well as great pros and cons too. Be sure to check out my favourite Ninja Foodi accessories while you’re here too!
Whether you have one of the models with two lids, such as the 9-in-1, or one of the models with a single lid, you are able to set the Ninja to the air fryer / air crisp mode, load up the air fryer basket and get cooking right away.

Ninja air fryer recipes
We LOVE to buy the little packets of ready to roll pain au chocolat and croissants. They are perfect for breakfast and with a little egg wash they turn out beautifully golden brown in the air fryer.
My daughters love pop tarts, in all sorts of flavours. I'm not such a fan! Thankfully they only take a couple of minutes in the air fryer, so I don't have to make my toaster all sweet tasting!
When you want something simple, and are short on time, this toast is delightful. Super simple, crispy, and perfect if you don't want to keep a toaster on your worktop - especially if you've got a small kitchen and want to make way for the Ninja Foodi!
These cheese crumpets are the perfect hearty breakfast, a twist on the classic crumpets, while being packed full of protein and absolutlely delicious too!
Air fryer English muffins are quick, simple and delicious. Great to make up a breakfast sandwich with turkey bacon, eggs and sausage patties.
We absolutely love this grilled cheese recipe. It is delicious alone, as a breakfast or lunch, or perfect served with a creamy tomato soup.
I absolutely love this grilled ham and cheese. It is packed full of flavour, simple to make, and goes super crispy too.
We love paninis in our house. They're great to prepare in advance and leave in the fridge ready to cook up for a tasty hot lunch.
I love to make bread from scratch. It fills my home with a lovely smell, is cheap and best of all you can whip these up in next to no time!
These diced potatoes are super simple to make, cheap, and a delicious more crispy alternatively to roast potatoes.
When I'm entertaining, and want something a little more special to serve, I love to make these hasselback potatoes. They are easy to prepare but look absolutely stunning! Perfect with garlic butter drizzled throughout too.
If you're on a budget, or perhaps low on time, canned or tinned potatoes work really well for this crispy potato recipe.
When I want to make a tasty breakfast, or serve a different side dish, these frozen hash browns are great. Super cheap and simple to just pour into the air fryer straight from the bag!
If you've got a little time on your hands you may want to make your own hash browns from scratch.
With little ones running around I don't always want to have pans of hot water on the stove, and so I love to make these mashed potatoes in my Ninja. They are creamy and delicious as I run the potatoes through my Masha.
Leftover mashed potatoes turn into these crispy and fluffy mashed potato balls that take just minutes to prepare.
These potato skins are surprisingly easy to make, packed full of flavour and great if you're wanting to make something takeaway style but you're on a budget.
On those nights when you're short on effort why not cook up some frozen potato wedges? They go so crispy in the air fryer and are perfect for dipping in to tomato ketchup!
If you've got a bit more time then making wedges yourself is so simple and they're miles healthier than the shop bought ones that are coated in oil and flours etc.
These jacket potatoes are the perfect hot lunch on a cold day. I love to prepare batches of them in advance, freeze them, and just pop one in the fridge the night before I want to cook it.
These sweet potato fries are absolutely delicious. A great alternatively to potato fries, although they don't go quite as crispy!
The original and best air fryer recipe - the one that almost everyone tries when they first buy themselves an air fryer! These homemade chips are super simple, absolutely delicious and cost just pennies per portion too!
These cheesy chips are so delicious. A batch of frozen chips, cooked to perfection, topped with delicious gooey cheese for that lovely cheese pull!
I absolutely love loaded fries. You can decide on your own favourite toppings but I love mince, peppers and onions and cheese sauce too.
Another variation on the cheesy chips are these tasty cheese fries. They are so simple to prepare and perfect for those nights when you want a greasy takeaway - but don't want to spend the money on one!
These delicious bagel chips are crispy, delicious and packed full of flavour. This is a great way to make a healthy, tasty, fun snack for little ones.
These homemade tortilla chips are frugal, simple and ready in just minutes.
Cheese biscuits, or cheese scones as we call them here in the UK, are super simple, delicious and very cheap to make too.
Making flatbread pizzas for the air fryer is the perfect way to occupy little ones and for a low price too!
Sometimes a nice pizza is what you're really crazing isn't it! I love to make one in my NInja air fryer. It is the perfect size for one person, or enjoying with tasty sides too.
These mini tortilla pizzas are perfect to make for little ones. They are quick, cheap and simple. Best of all if you've got little ones at home they'll have great fun making one of these and will only have to wait a few minutes for it to cook in the air fryer.
Another fun recipe that my little girl loves to make are these pizza bagels. They are frugal, fun and ready in just minutes. Perfect for a hot lunch or even packing in a lunch box for a treat at school!
We love snacks and side dishes that we can make together. My daughters love getting involved with baking and these pizza rolls are great fun. Packed full of hidden veggies in my homemade pizza sauce and topped with our favourite pizza toppings. Best served with pizza sauce or even just tomato sauce!
We absolutely love pasta bake in our home and this air fryer version takes just 20 minutes!
Did you know that you can make mac and cheese in the Ninja air fryer? It's so tasty; packed full of flavour, hearty, and great as part of a main meal.
Creamy dishes cook to perfection in the air fryer and this cauliflower cheese is no exception. It is rich, hearty, filling and ready in just 20 minutes from start to finish!
When you've got guests, and want to put on a little spread, but don't have lots of time, just re-heat a delicious quiche in your air fryer!
How to reheat a delicious pukka pie in the air fryer.
I love to make both homemade garlic bread and just re-heat a shop bought one for those easier dinners.
Leftover stale bread is delicious turned into tasty croutons. These keep for days and are perfect with soups and salads.
When I want to feed my family in a hurry, on a budget, I love to cook up a packet of brats. I will serve alongside fries, onion rings and a choice of dips too. I also love to make grilled style onions in the air fryer too - then let everyone serve themselves!
Whether it is to enjoy with Christmas dinner, or just with a party platter, I love to make a tray of pigs in blankets up.
Sausages go so nice in the air fryer. Because they don't sit in their own fat you can serve them up, alongside your favourite mash and veggies, with tasty onion gravy, and they won't be swimming in fat!
Whether I want to make a simple breakfast wrap, or I want to batch some meal prep, I love to use these sausage patties. They're absolutely delicious and packed full of flavour too.
These cute sausage rolls are super simple to make, taking just a few minutes to prepare, and this is another great baking activity with little ones too.
Homemade meatballs are so tasty, packed full of flavour and fairly cheap to make too. These sausage meatballs are a real hit with my little ones - we've even enjoyed them with breakfast before.
If you're more of a traditional meatballs fan then you'll love this recipe!
Making homembade burgers is super simple and they are super delicious when cooked in the Ninja air fryer.
Bacon goes SO crispy in the air fryer and this post has all the tips you need to make the perfect bacon; whether it is for a bacon sandwich or to enjoy as part of a hearty full English breakfast.
Roasting a chicken in the Ninja Foodi using the air fryer setting is fast, delicious and super simple too.
I love anything that makes life a little easier, especially on busy weeknights, and so this Nando's Bag and Bake kit helps to bring lots of flavour and requires very minimal effort too.
Chicken nachos is such a simple dinner. I love to make chicken in advance, and keep it in the fridge, then I can prepare this tasty dinner in just a few minutes.
Hunters chicken, the pub classic, is a succulent chicken breast, wrapped in bacon, with bbq sauce and melted cheese on the top. This works so well in the air fryer!
These breaded chicken breasts are super simple to prepare, frugal and absolutely delicious too.
I love to make flavoured chicken breasts in the air fryer and this chicken tikka is succulent, packed full of flavour and super simple.
Chicken fries are a real winner in our home. Crispy, delicious, and packed full of tender chicken. These are great for dipping into sauce and serving alongside other goodies for a party food tea.
This peri peri chicken is packed full of flavour. You can use your own homemade seasoning or just buy the Nandos one if you want to save time and effort.
Cajun chicken has to be one of my favourite flavoured chicken dishes of all time. I love to make this into a wrap or cook into a cajun chicken pasta dish.
This rosemary chicken breast is quite a classic recipe, but it is packed full of flavour.
Did you know that you can make fajitas in the air fryer? You'll want to add the veggies part way through cooking but this post has all the tips you'll need to make the perfect tasty chicken fajitas!
I love to make this Nando's chicken in my Ninja Foodi OL750UK. It's super simple to prepare, packed full of flavour and a real family favourite for a Fakeaway night.
I love to make this jerk chicken recipe when I'm feeding a hungry crowd but want to do so on a budget.
This BBQ chicken breast is one of the simplest flavoured chicken dishes I have on this website, but it is a classic. We all love it in my family and it is a real crowd pleaser. I love to make a batch in advance and keep it in the fridge for use in wraps, sandwiches or even just with pasta or rice.
These chicken wings are tender, succulent and absolutely packed full of flavour!
These chicken kebabs are tender, succulent and packed full of flavour.
When I want to make something healthy, but am in a rush, I love to cook this frozen salmon up. It is delicious and perfect with a tasty side salad.
If you want to enjoy a slightly less greasy version of the takeaway classic this air fryer prawn toast is so full of flavour!
On those nights when we want a takeaway, but don't want to spend the frankly astronomical amounts of money they can cost now we love to make these fish burgers. They are SO packed full of flavour, crispy on the outside and flaky and delicious on the inside.
My daughters absolutely love fish fingers and these take just 12 minutes - which is perfect for those meal times when you just want something quick and easy to serve up with mash and peas!
These are some of the tastiest chicken burgers I've ever made in my Ninja air fryer! Packed full of flavour, tender, succulent and so simple to make too.
Keeping a bag of frozen chips in the freezer is a great way to start a quick dinner for my family - ideal when in a hurry.
These crinkle cut chips are fun, delicious and great for dipping into sauce too.
Who doesn't love chicken nuggets right? Perfect served with tomato ketchup, chips or even beans. A real hit with my little ones and tasty in a tortilla wrap too!
When I want something a little different I love to cook up half a bag of frozen sweet potato fries!
Whether it is to serve with a party platter, or top a nice beef burger with, you just can't beat frozen onion rings for convenience.
While I love to make french fries from scratch I don't always have fresh potatoes to hand, or even the time and energy required to prep them, and so I love to keep frozen french fries in - perfect to cook in the Ninja air fryer in just 12 minutes.
Halloumi fries are a real hit in my family, and I love to dip them in tomato ketchup too. They crisp up beautifully, and have that soft inner centre of cheese sticks.
Whether I am making the base of a tomato soup, a pizza sauce, a pasta sauce or just want a nice side dish, I love to make these roasted tomatoes.
This tomato soup is a real hit with my family. Served with crusty bread, or even croutons, it is a real hearty lunch or a great starter for a three course meal with loved ones.
When I'm looking for an alternative vegetable to serve I love to make these carrot fries for my little ones. They are a real hit and perfect with dips.
These green beans are super simple and packed full of flavour. The perfect super simple, and cheap, vegetable side dish.
These onions are perfect for topping Brats, hot dogs or even burgers. We love to make a batch of these up when we're having a barbeque too!
We love a tasty roast dinner in our family and these honey glazed parsnips work perfectly with a chicken or beef roast dinner.
These corn on the cobs are simple, tasty and take just seconds to get cooking!
I love to cook broccoli, it has to be one of my favourite vegetables. It is so different when roasted in the Ninja air fryer, and you can add so much flavour with minimal effort.
These apple chips are tasty, fun and healthy too. My daughters absolutely love these and they make a super frugal snack!
This apple crumble is super simple, packed full of flavour and perfect for serving up after a tasty roast dinner.
We love cookies in our home, and whether you want to make your own cookie dough, or use shop bought, these air fryer cookies are so simple - and absolutely delicious too!
Churros are often perfect for serving up when you've got people with allergies visiting. These frozen churros take just a few minutes to air fry and are packed full of flavour too.
When my daughter wants to bake, but I'm low on ingredients, I always have the 3 ingredients on hand for these tasty and fun cookies.
These fruit scones are delicious, frugal and super simple to prepare in a hurry. They are perfect for making when you're having last minute guests visiting!
This fun dessert pizza is a great crowd pleaser. You can let people decorate their own once cooked too!
Leftover cookie dough is delicious turned into this air fryer pizookie. A pizza cookie - yum!
If you’re looking to get the most from your air fryer these these are some of my favourite air fryer accessories and cookbooks:
Something to note about air fryer recipes is that all air fryers have different sizes, depths and as such the cooking times can vary. All air fryer recipes on this website are intended as a guide, and not a guarantee that the timings will be perfect. Enjoy!
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