Jimmy Dean Simple Scrambles for breakfast – 4 year update

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4 years later

I’m still buying, preparing, and eating these for the occasional breakfast at least 4 years after discovering and trying them for the first time.. I’ve settled on the Meat Lover’s Variety as my favorite and pick up 2 or 3 at a time when I’ve got none at home and I’m grocery shopping.

On other days I might enjoy a pastry or cereal bar but this is a way to mix things up and keep the variety in diet that I need. I still have the powdered eggs as part of my long storage food supply and if I haven’t written a review on them should post one soon.

Using a Gluck Air Fryer to cook crab cakes

I love crab cakes, I really do. Of course I wanted to see how they would turn out if I prepared them in my Gluck Air Fryer.

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So I bought these at the grocery store and brought them home to cook.

Gordon's Crab Cakes
Gordon’s Crab Cakes

I read the instructions and then placed the 2 crab cakes on a wire rack inside my Gluck AIr Fryer and let it do it’s thing.

Crab cakes cooked in my air fryer
Crab cakes cooked in my air fryer

I must say while they don’t look as good as the photo on the box, they were quite delicious and moist inside while having a nice crust outside. If you like crab cakes too I can recommend preparing them this way.

Making Hash Browns with my Gluck Air Fryer

Making Hash Browns with my Gluck Air Fryer
Making Hash Browns with my Gluck Air Fryer

I bought some of these Resers’ Seasoned Hash Browns from the grocery store because I wanted to try out making Hash Browns with my Gluck Air Fryer. They were refrigerated and not frozen.

When I opened the bag I could smell the onions that were part of the shredded mix inside. I grabbed some in my hand and then dropped them onto a wire screen.

Hash Browns cooked with my Gluck Air Fryer
Hash Browns cooked with my Gluck Air Fryer

After this first attempt I learned to grab more and make bigger, thicker piles. These were too thin and got extra crispy around the edges but still tasted pretty good. In my attempts to make hash browns since then I have done much better.

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Cooking Tater Tots using a Gluck Air Fryer rotisserie basket

When I was choosing which air fryer to buy I valued having a rotisserie pretty high and the Gluck 20 QT Airfryer Toaster Oven was my choice. This is an affiliate link that might pay me a commision if you buy something on Amazon. Amazon did not pay me for this review and I paid for this item.

This is my third time using it and the first time I have used the rotating basket.

Ore-Ida Extra Crispy Tater Tots
Ore-Ida Extra Crispy Tater Tots

I bought some frozen Ore-Ida Extra Crispy Tater Tots to try since this is my favorite brand and I really like tater tots. In the past I have always cooked them in the oven and it’s a challenge to get the outside crunchy while the inside is still moist and delicious.

Placing tater tots in the wire basket
Placing tater tots in the wire basket

I filled the wire basket up less than half full with frozen tater tots. I set the Gluck 20 QT Airfryer Toaster Oven on 400 degrees for 14 minutes and turned on the rotisserie.

Tater Tots cooking in a Gluck Air Fryer basket
Tater Tots cooking in a Gluck Air Fryer basket

That video at the top of this post shows it in action for 15 seconds. It’s not very loud or difficult to setup.

Ready to serve tater tots from Gluck Air Fryer
Ready to serve tater tots from Gluck Air Fryer

After cooking and cooling I dumped the basket of cooked tater tots out onto the paper plate for serving. They were crunchy outside and still soft and moist on the inside. I think I’m going to add a little time next time to see if I can up the crunchy factor just a little bit more but I’m still very happy with the results from this first time using the basket and cooking tater tots in my Gluck Air Fryer.

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