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Why air fry?

Still on the fence about air frying? Asking yourself...” Should I get an air fryer? If you’ve held out on the whole air fryer craze, this might change your mind. There are many reasons NOT to buy an air fryer. 1. It’s weird to have an ugly robot humming like a vacuum cleaner and taking up counter space. 2. Yes, air fryers aren’t really pretty and they are loud. 3. Despite what people tell you, not ALL food can be air fried.

You can cook many things in your air fryer but it’s not a complete cooking solution. You will still need your stove and conventional oven as well as microwace, so it’s also not necessarily a space saver but it can be a handy addition to your kitchen gadgets.

It’s not that straightforward.

Let’s be honest - with a little bit of research and a lot of cherry picking, you can pretty much motivate for or against anything. This is why we won’t be telling you which decision to make. Rather let the hundred of online discussions help you make up your mind. We’ll simply be giving you a bit of a breakdown on what an air fryer can do, and how it could make your life easier if you end up getting one and what responsible ownership entails.

• It’s quick. • It’s fat free (Depending on what you are putting into it - air fryer bacon is less fatty than pan fried bacon... But it is still bacon. The health benefits come from the fact that the cooking method does not require any additional fat or oil to be added.)

Is it safe?

Well...Yes. But only if you follow the basic rules about safe appliance use. Air fryers are electrical appliances that heat up, so there will always be the risk of an unattended air fryer falling prey to an electrical fault and causing a fire. Don’t let this put you off though! The same can be said for any of your electrical appliances from toasters to hair straighteners. The best way to ensure this doesn’t happen to you is simply really - if you are not using it, plug it out. There can’t be an electrical fault if there isn’t electricity!

Keep it clean...

It sounds obvious, but shockingly, many people ignore this part of the process. Your air fryer is NOT self-cleaning. It’s up to you to keep it clean and free from food debris. Let the machine cool down, remove the basket and tray to wash in the conventional way and wipe out any other spills with a paper towel or soapy cloth. Keeping it clean will also significantly cut down on the potential of an accidental grease an grime fire. We suggest you do your own research about load, capacity and what your system can deal with. Read more online about: electricity consumption.

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How To Use AI As Your Very Own Interior Designer The Future Becomes Our Reality

If you haven’t heard about AI everyday for the past year and all it’s capabilities and uses, and are reading this now wondering wat AI is, then congrats, you have finally escaped from under the rock and are in for a treat.

ChatGPT The Game Changer

Artificial Intelligence, the digital brain. It is a concept which has received much attention in Sci-Fi films for decades. For the longest time, that’s all it was, fiction. Something we collectively categorized with flying cars and replacing all our meals with a couple of capsules. This all changed when ChatGPT was launched in November 2022. Despite not being the first chatbot created, it was certainly the first to receive broad media coverage and such wide adoption by the public. AI suddenly went from being a rarely thought of concept by most people, to being one of the hottest topics of conversation.

How To Use In Your Home

Use AI as your very own interior designer. This may sound too good to be true, but combinine the multitude of AI models available with the correct human input can achieve some incredible results. Let’s get in to nitty gritty of how to approach this.

The Basics

When thinking of decorating, a few core factors come to mind. One of these is the colour scheme. At least,

it should be. Previously, your interior designer would come to you with a selection of colour palettes. You would then go through these options and generally, settle, as they were quite limited. Now, with AI, you can make use of an array of colour palette generators. You can input any specific colour or set of colours, and AI will generate endless options. Feeling spontaneous? Leave all the work to your new artificial assistant, it will generate random combinations for you until you’re happy. Maybe you would like to know which fabrics are best suited for which purpose, what they cost, where to get them or even which look best in a certain colour. Asking one of the chat models available will provide you with all this information within seconds. Perhaps you’re trying to achieve a certain look, let’s say, mid-century modern? Well, having a discussion with your chatbot about how to get that look will surely help. It can tell you the core elements, why that style came about, what to do and what not to do. It can even tell you how to combine styles. Sure, you could go search for all off this information yourself, but it will take you a significantly more time. Read more online about: AI Tools To Use.

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