Ninja® Air Fryer Cookbook for Beginners: 75+ Recipes for Faster, Healthier & Crispier Fried Favorites

by Linda Larsen

Make mealtime magic with the Ninja Max XL and this official companion cookbook

Ninja has perfected air frying with the new Max XL, making it simple for beginners to prepare delectable air-fried foods. This officially licensed air fryer cookbook shows you everything you need to get the most out of your Ninja. You'll also discover easy, irresistible recipes for entrees, snacks, and beyond.

What sets this air fryer recipes cookbook

Ninja stamp of approval—This official companion to the Ninja Max XL helps make air frying even easier with information on the new features, instructions for how to use each function, and a handy FAQ section with conversion charts for other Ninja devices.Meal improv lessons—Learn the secrets to air frying and make 7 classic dishes without a recipe and only a few ingredients on hand.Beginner-friendly meal plan—Discover a complete 1-week meal plan and shopping lists that make getting started with the Ninja Max XL simple.Master your Max XL and make mouthwatering meals in a flash with this must-have air fryer cookbook.

Genres: Cooking, Cookbooks

282 pages, Kindle Edition

Published January 14, 2025

Reviews

[Erin Cataldi · Rating 4 out of 5]

This cookbook has some of the easiest and tastiest recipes that can be used with your Ninja Air Fryer and Air Fryer Max XL! I mean, you really have to try to screw some of these up. If you've already had your air fryer for awhile and feel like you've mastered most recipes, maybe this isn't the cookbook for you. This is for novices and honestly would be a great companion gift to go with the actual air fryer. It even comes with the approval, authorization, and stamp of approval from Ninja so you know it's good. There are nearly 100 recipes in this book ranging from chicken fajitas to brussel sprouts to apple chips to cheesecake. You can make anything in this bad boy! There are easy step by steps and trouble shooting tips that are indispensable as well. As a vegetarian I skipped over a few chapters, but I still found that there was plenty of plant based dishes to keep me occupied. A truly easy, wonderful, great cookbook to give to the air fry obsessed cook in your life (and if it's a treat to yourself, even better!).

[Kathleen Kelly · Rating 4 out of 5]

The Ninja Air Fryer Cookbook for Beginners by Linda Larsen is a cookbook authorized by Ninja and has 75 recipes for faster, healthier and crispier fried favorites. The recipes look relatively easy to make. What I liked among other things was the fact that there is a section about getting your kitchen air fryer ready. It tells you what accessories you may need, staples, spices. Even if you don't have a recipe, there is a chart on some things to cook and how. Also tips and tricks to make your meals successful.
The recipes include breakfast, snacks, and appetizers, vegetables and sides, fish and seafood, poultry mains, beef, pork and lamb and to round them up is a section on desserts.
I have a Power Air Fryer XL and by looking at each recipe, I can definitely use these recipes in my air fryer. The only thing I have to look for is a crisper tray. Also the difference in settings but it looks like it would be no problem figuring them out and adapting to it.
Some of the recipes that I like are the crab cakes, Easy General Tso's Chicken, Chicken legs and Baked Apples. I have made quite a few things in my air fryer since I have had it. The recipes in this cookbook will make me bring the fryer back into my kitchen.
You may ask why would I get a cookbook for a product I don't have. Well, I like different recipes and learning how to adapt them to my fryer.
I think that this cookbook will be very handy and hubby and I will love the recipes!

[Becka · Rating 5 out of 5]

Thanks go to NetGalley and the publisher for the opportunity to read an advance copy of this book in exchange for my honest review.

Having recently jumped on the air fryer bandwagon, I was excited to discover theNinja Air Fryer Cookbook for Beginners. I had looked at other air fryer cookbooks, but many were filled with recipes that didn’t seem like the things a typical family of four would eat on a regular basis. Not only does this cookbook contain recipes for family favorites, like barbecued ribs, it also contains recipes for things my family enjoys, but I hadn’t thought about being able to prepare in an air fryer, such as taco pizza and General Tso’s chicken.
I also really appreciated the unique extras contained in the book, such as the dehydrate charts and the 1-week meal plan and shopping list. Highly recommend!

[Charity · Rating 4 out of 5]

I’m new to the air fryer thing, but there are some great recipes in this book. As a newbie, I appreciate the breakdown of the function buttons- I apparently was gifted an air fryer that can launch the space shuttle-as it is a tad confusing. Everything I’ve made has been good. I’ve marked several to try soon. Free on KU.

[Vince Pillig · Rating 4 out of 5]

Some really nice recipes.

Tried a couple of these recipes and they aren't good. My only problem is I like recipes that are very simple some of these have way too many ingredients. Good book enjoyed it.

[Carol Austin · Rating 5 out of 5]

Air Fryer Ideas

This book provided me some really good ideas to prepare for my family’s dinners. It covered from appetizers to main meal to desserts.

[Online Eccentric Librarian · Rating 5 out of 5]

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This is an add on book to help those who have just bought the product Ninja Air Fryer Max XL 101. It includes everything a person would need to understand their new purchase and also some great recipes. In reviewing this, I do not own the product and was instead interested in using my brand of air fryer to test the recipes. I found the book useful, the items tasty and as promised, and everything very easy - from preparation to cooking.

The book breaks down as follows: Ninja Air Fryer Max XL 101; Start Crisping!; Breakfast, Snacks and Appetizers; Vegetables and Sides; Fish and Seafood; Poultry Mains; Beef, Pork, and Lamb; Dessert; Air Fry Cooking Chart for the AF100 Series Nina; Dehydration Chart for the AF100 series Ninja; Air Fry Cooking Chart for the AF 160 series Ninja; Max Crisp Cooking Chart for the AF 160 Series Ninja; Dehydration Chart for the AF160 Series Ninja; Bonus Ninja Air Fryer 1-Week Meal Plan and Shopping List; Measurement Conversions.

The section on "Start Crisping!" is very good, with information on: 1) get your kitchen ready, 2) step by step frying tips, 3) how to ad-hoc meals when you have loose ingredients but no recipe, 4)
7 tips for the perfect crisp.

The recipes were designed to be very easy for beginners and to take less than 30 minutes, start-to-finish. Each recipe is nicely laid out in 3 colors: a blue title, a red call-out box with prep time/cook time/serving size/temperature/type of cooking. There is an italicized introduction that tells you a bit about what you are making. Then in red italics are dietary considerations (nut free, vege, etc.). The ingredients are listed separately in bold font, and then the steps are short and numbered. At the bottom are variation tips and then break downs of calories, carbs, protein, fiber, sodium, etc.

The layout is crisp and every third recipe or so has a photograph. The meal plan at the back is a nice addition for getting the most from the fryer. The tips for the various Ninja fryer models are useful if you own one of those machines.

In all, a really nice cookbook especially useful for those who own the Ninja Air Fryer products. But you don't have to own a Ninja to get use from the recipes or many of the tips here. Reviewed from an advance reader copy provided by the publisher.

[Denice Langley · Rating 5 out of 5]

The title may say for beginner's but it's really for anyone who is looking to get the most use of their Ninja air fryer. I've had one for awhile but never tried anything past the typical, obvious recipes that you see prepared on cooking shows or in magazines. Linda Larsen has obviously given her machine a much better work out than mine has had. Not only have I now added many new recipes to my standard fare, I've picked up enough knowledge to tweak some of my old recipes to utilize my air fryer. A great book for beginners and someone just looking to expand their recipe box.

[Sercalunna Pautasso · Rating 5 out of 5]

A useful and well written book. I just bought an air fryer and wanted to learn how to use and some recipes.
This book helped and I learned something new.
I strongly recommend it.
I received this book from the publisher via Netgalley in Exchange of a honest review.

[Nerdy Housewifey · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book is perfect. It’s laid out beautifully and fixes a big problem I have whenever I get a new kitchen gadget ‘what now?’ I always find that after the initial push when I get a new gadget I run out of things to do. This gave me so many great ideas!

[Ro Scott · Rating 5 out of 5]

I have the Ninja air fryer and had no idea I could make so many easy delicious recipes. The recipes have pictures which I love, but I also learned so many air fryer tips to make the food come out perfectly. So glad I found this book.

[TayReadsAndReels · Rating 4 out of 5]

Always looking for new recipes for my air fryer and this did not disappoint. I didn't even realize you can make such a variety of things in it. I can't wait to try so many of these recipes.