Hello, this is Monica Reinagle and you're listening to the Nutrition Diva

podcast. Welcome.

Air friars are a hot new appliance.

Maybe you're considering getting one,

or perhaps you like me already have one,

but haven't quite figured out what to do with it.

Well, joining me this week on the nutrition

diva podcast to share the mysteries of air frying is Liz Shaw. Liz is a

registered dietician nutritionist, also a certified personal trainer.

She's also an adjunct professor of nutrition

at Bastier University, but more importantly,

she has just written the Air Fryer cookbook

for Dummies, which is actually a follow-up to the wildly popular book that she wrote,

Instant Pot Cookbook for Dummies. So welcome to the podcast, Liz.

Thank you so much for having me, Monica.

Airfriars have grown a lot in popularity,

but I think a lot of people aren't quite sure what they are.

So to start out, can you just explain what an airfrier is and how it works?

Absolutely. So the best analogy I can use are thinking of those money machines.

So I'm sure many of your listeners have either seen those in person or seen them on TV.

And just like when someone steps in that cylinder of a money machine and the air circulates around,

the money starts flying, that's exactly what's happening inside the air fryer. So when you put

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