Tag: air fryer cooking

Filippo Berio Olive Oil Sprays

camping, Family Life, Food & Drink

Disclaimer – We have received this item for free or on a loan basis for the purpose of this review/feature but all words and opinions are our own.

We are all familiar with olive oil for cooking nowadays, but with the advent of air fryers, the Filippo Berio Olive Oil sprays have come into their own.  There’s the Mild & Light Olive Oil Spray specifically for air fryers and Extra Virgin Olive Oil Spray for dressings and flavour.

I started with the Extra Virgin Olive Oil spray (green bottle) when frying bacon.  I usually pour the olive oil into the frying pan but this time I sprayed it. The spray is fan-shaped so you can spray it across a pan easily rather than a round, radial spray that’s really direct. It sprays really nicely with not too much olive oil and very evenly.  It was easy to get the olive oil up to temperature and then add more to the pan whenever I needed to. Surprisingly, it was easy to clean as well because the spray is so light, it doesn’t coat the surrounding surfaces as much as poured fat, and it came away from the frying pan easily after the bacon had cooked.

I then used the Mild & Light In Colour Filippo Berio Olive Oil Spray in the air fryer. If you’ve never used an air fryer before, you just add food to the tray and some oil to help cook and colour it, but pouring oil is useless unless you really need to coat the food. The light olive spray is all that’s needed for air fryer cooking and has more uses.  I often make sweet potato crisps where you have to coat each side of each crisp before it goes in the oven and I hate coating them with a brush dipped in olive oil! There’s so much waste then too. The olive oil sprays allow you to use a tiny amount, or build up a layer depending on what you’re cooking.

I really enjoyed trying out different food and cooking techniques using the Filippo Berio Olive Oil Sprays and I don’t think I’ve ever used them before, but will look out for them now, especially when I’m cooking in the air fryer.

Available in supermarkets and online from £4.99 at: 

https://www.filippoberio.co.uk/olive-oil/spray/

Lamb Weston Chips

Food & Drink, Gluten Free, snacks, Vegan

Disclaimer: we received this product free of charge for the purpose of this review and all thoughts and opinions are our own.

When I was a child, both Mum and Grandma used to make proper chips in an old-fashioned chip pan, and they were always golden, crispy, and unbelievably tasty. As much as I love chips, I’ve never been a fan of the frozen ones as they always seem to come out of the oven soggy and a bit disappointing. But everything changed when I got an air fryer, suddenly frozen chips were back on the menu! The air fryer manages to make them a lot crispier, and while they’ll never quite match up to the real deal, they’re not a bad option for a quick midweek snack or sneaky late night nibble.

Lamb Weston chips are a new brand that’s been making waves in the freezer aisle so when we got the chance to try some we didn’t need asking twice!

Frozen chips might not have the nostalgia of Mum’s fried ones, but they’re certainly more convenient and a lot healthier than fried chips. Lamb Weston have catered for all tastes with eight different varieties to choose from. So far, we’ve tried the Twister Fries, Grill Fries, and Potato Dippers, and they’ve all passed The Review Studio’s taste tests with flying colours.

The Twister Fries have a brilliant spiral shape that gets even crispier in the air fryer. Each fry is cut from a whole potato, so you get unique curly shapes that are golden and crunchy on the outside but soft and fluffy on the inside. They’re dangerously moreish and taste even better dipped in a bit of BBQ sauce!  

The Grill Fries Salt & Pepper are thick, steakhouse-style chips with rugged ridges that hold loads of flavour. Every bite is a perfect mix of crunchy outside and fluffy inside, with just the right hit of salt and pepper. We ate them with fish and mushy peas but they would work just as well with a burger.

But the real stars of the show this week have been the Potato Dippers. No two are the same and the skin has been left on for a bit more flavour and less waste. They’ve got a deliciously crispy skin and soft, fluffy inside, making them perfect for scooping up dips without falling apart. Pair them with a bit of garlic mayo or spicy ketchup, and you’re in chip heaven.

While Lamb Weston’s chips can be cooked in both the oven and air fryer, we found they’re definitely at their crispiest when air fried. With this kind of crunch and flavour, I might just need a bigger freezer!