Sharing a roundup of the best nontoxic air fryers. 

Hi friends! Happy Monday and happy St. Patrick’s Day! What do you have going on? P has spring break, the girls have their usual activities, and we’re headed to San Diego later this week. I.can’t.wait.

For today’s post, I wanted to chat a bit about nontoxic air fryers and share the one I’ve been using and loving for the past few months. Before I share some options, I wanted to tell you about our original air fryer that I got a few years ago.

When I first got an air fryer, I was PUMPED. I knew it would be like the Instant Pot; something that intimidated me, but that I’d end up using every day.

Before using it for the first time, I read online that it was important to wash it with soap and water and let it run for a few hours to get rid of the chemical smell. That should have been a red flag, but I did it. I washed it well, and let it run for a few hours while we were home. Our house was immediately infused with a plastic smell, and I had to open the back door to air out our house. After a few hours, I made a sausage, potato, bell pepper, and onion situation. Everything cooked beautifully — it was crispy on the outside and soft on the inside.

We ate most of our meals, called it a night… and the girls and I were violently ill all night. I haven’t been that sick since I was a kid… it was BAD. We thought it was the food, but looking back, it was definitely the air fryer.

Since we thought it was just a bad night of food, I used it again a few weeks later, and everything was fine. I probably used it hundreds of times after that.

(Rest in power)

Every time I took it out, it crossed my mind that the nonstick coating probably wasn’t the healthiest, but as someone who has to get food on the table quickly (like all moms), I was just like whatever. When I went through my big health journey, I made more changes around the house, and getting a new air fryer was one of the last things on the list.

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