Turn the tables on complex meals that take hours to prepare with these three recipes.

Making meals in the air fryer saves time and effort and using Eskort’s new convenient air-fryer-ready range of products makes it even easier to provide your family with tasty meals or lunchbox additions that are simple and quick to prepare.

Here are three tasty meals for different occasions to make that will have your family licking their plates and asking for more.

Find more air fryer recipes here.

For Friday night meals

Piquanté Pepper Pork Sausage Pies

Serves 4

Ingredients

• 375g Eskort Peppadew® Peppers and Feta Pork Sausage, removed from the casings
• 1 red onion, finely chopped
• 15 ml (1 Tbsp) sage, chopped
• 1 clove garlic, chopped
• 5 ml (1 tsp) white pepper
• 125 ml (½ cup) feta cheese
• 125 ml (½ cup) Peppadew® Peppers, chopped
• 1 sheet puff pastry
• 1 egg

Method

Preheat oven to 200°C. For the filling, combine sausage meat, onion, sage, garlic, white pepper, feta and peppers in a large mixing bowl.  Grease small pie dishes (we use repurposed tuna tins) and fill them with the pie filling. Cut pastry into circles slightly bigger than the pie dishes and place on top of the pies.  Pinch down the edges and brush pastry with egg wash.  Bake for 20 minutes or until pastry tops are golden and flaky.

Serve with a summer salad.

For mid-week meals

Pork Teriyaki Schnitzels

Serves 6

Ingredients

• 4 Eskort Crumbed Schnitzels
• 4 Tbsp teriyaki sauce
• 2 Tbsp Eskort Chillinaise
• 500g cooked basmati rice
• 2 spring onions, thinly sliced
• 2 avocados, thinly sliced
• Sesame seeds for serving

Method

Preheat the air fryer to 180C. Add the schnitzels. Cook in the air fryer for 10-15 minutes until golden and crispy. While the schnitzel is cooking, warm the rice and serve directly onto plates or in individual bowls. Slice cooked schnitzels, plate with avocado, teriyaki sauce, sliced spring onions and sesame seeds.

Lunchbox specials

Easy Egg Muffins

Makes 10–12

Ingredients

• 1 Tbsp (15ml) oil
• ½ small onion, finely chopped
• 1 small green pepper, chopped
• 6 slices Eskort streaky bacon, chopped
• 8 button mushrooms, thinly sliced
• ½ tsp (2.5ml) dried mixed herbs
• Salt and pepper, to taste
• 8 eggs
• ¼ cup grated cheese

Method

Grease a jumbo or regular muffin tin well with cooking oil. Heat the oil in a medium non-stick frying pan over high heat. Add the onion, green pepper, and bacon. Fry for 4–5 mins until softened. Add the mushrooms and fry for a further 5-6 minutes. Add the mixed herbs and season with salt and pepper. In a large bowl, crack the eggs and whisk well and add the grated cheese. Add the cooked vegetable and bacon mixture to the eggs and whisk well. Using a ladle, divide the egg mixture between the muffin tin and pop into a preheated 200°C oven for 12–15 mins.  Remove from the oven once puffed and golden, enjoy warm or cold, packed into a lunchbox, along with fruit and cheese wedges!