T-fal Actifry Fryer

[petery]

Can any one tell me if the T-fal actify fryer is good for diabetics (type2) as it uses very little or no oil?

 

[Clivethedrive]

Can any one tell me if the T-fal actify fryer is good for diabetics (type2) as it uses very little or no oil?

Er what would you be frying.....as potatoes spike most t2's

 

[CarbsRok]

Can any one tell me if the T-fal actify fryer is good for diabetics (type2) as it uses very little or no oil?

You would be better off buying a halogen oven as you can cook/bake/roast grill/fry in those.

 

[Robbity]

As a diabetic it's more about what you actually fry that you should be thinking about rather than what you use to do the frying in. Oil is fine to use as it doesn't raise your glucose levels like carbohydrates will do. So use suitable oil, any standard frying pan, and whatever you do, don't go overboard on the potato chips.

Robbity

 

[SunnyExpat]

It depends on your diet.
Actifry's are good, if you are not eating a very high fat diet.

I don't own one, but I like food cooked in them.
You need to ensure the type of food cooked doesn't spike your BG though.

 

[AndBreathe]

Can any one tell me if the T-fal actify fryer is good for diabetics (type2) as it uses very little or no oil?

To be honest, if you are newly diagnosed, I wouldn't go buying any new gadgets until you get a bit of a handle on what you're going to be eating. That'll then help you understand anything you might want to buy.

We've all got gadgets that never come into use much.

 

[Brunneria]

We had one about 5-7 years ago.
I loved it.
Was eating low carb back then, so I think I only ever cooked chips in it once, when we had visitors.
It was probably used 3x a week or more, for over 2 years, then it died of a broken lid.
Didn't replace it because I wanted to use the space for a slow cooker.

The real question is how much cooking do you do, and how good are you are adapting existing recipes?

I used it to make/cook curries, spag bol sauce, sausages, chicken wings, small lamb chops, stir fries, prep the veg for soups...

One memorable day I did an entire chicken roast dinner in it, by chopping things up and lobbing them in on a schedule (onion, cook for 5 mins, add sausages, cook for 5 mins, add diced chicken, cook for 10, add diced carrots, cook for 5, add green beans, cook for 5, add fresh sage, cook for 2) It looked like a stir fry, ate like a low carb roast dinner.

The actifry also had its faults. The capacity was really limiting. All the 'fry' recipes were annoyingly tempting, cos it seemed like the entire recipe book was stuffed with carbs. It wasn't totally waterproof (they may have changed the design to improve this by now) so I couldn't make soups in it.

So, how good are you at adapting recipes?

 

[SunnyExpat]

Soup in an actifry?
Interesting.
Possibly trying to fry everything is a bridge too far?