Gift ideas for time pressed, health conscious home cooks & holiday entertainers

As holiday cooking and gifting season approaches, Cathy Yoder—affectionately known as the “Queen of Air Fryers”—is helping us make festive meals easier, healthier and even more fun with an assortment of affordable air fryer finds under $25. Yoder, a mother of eight who built a social media empire around her dislike for cooking, which she parlayed into air-frying expertise, went from simply experimenting with recipes to amassing nearly 730,000 followers across socials and over a million monthly visitors to her platforms. Each day, Yoder empowers throngs of home cooks to dust off their air fryers and turn quick, tasty meals into a daily routine.

To help home chefs elevate their air fryer, or gifting, game without breaking the bank, Yoder offers a curated selection of budget-friendly tools and resources through her online store, Pine & Pepper—the eComm arm of her Empowered Cooks multimedia platform that provides an array of video instruction and other resources specific to the joy of air fryer cooking.

To ease and expedite your holiday gift shopping and entertaining, here are a few standout items from the line under $25—some as low as 99 cents—suited for those who appreciate low budget items with a high-caliber lifestyle impact:

Instant Read Food Thermometer
Price $19.95

For those who like precision, the Instant Read Food Thermometer is ideal for checking the internal temperature of meats and other delicate dishes. This little gadget ensures food is cooked perfectly, adding both safety and satisfaction to your meals.

Mistifi 6oz Oil Spray Bottle
Price $17.99

Achieve a perfect, light coat of oil without drowning your food in calories with the Mistifi Oil Spray Bottle. This compact sprayer helps evenly distribute oil on foods, making it essential for getting crispy results without excess oil. Plus, it’s easy to refill and looks sleek on any kitchen counter.

Premium Air Fryer Liners
Price $14.99

Say goodbye to stuck-on messes! These premium air fryer liners keep food from sticking and make cleanup a breeze. They’re especially useful for messier recipes and ensure that your air fryer basket stays in pristine condition. A quick solution to save time, hassle, and scrubbing.

Magnetic Air Fryer Cheat Sheet Set
Price $12.95

This handy magnetic cheat sheet is a must-have for any air fryer owner. With cooking times and temperatures for over 85 foods, it takes the guesswork out of air frying, helping to ensure perfectly cooked meals every time. No more overcooked chicken or undercooked veggies—just simple guidance you can glance at whenever you need it.

Air Fryer Recipes Cookbook
Price $24.95

 The paperback book “Easy Air Fryer Recipe Book: Best Air Fryer Cookbook Recipes for Beginners to Advanced” provides readers find more than 150 easy and delicious recipes complete with gorgeous photos. This includes delicious, healthy and effortless meals conveniently organized into six sections: Breakfast, Main Dishes (grouped by protein), Veggies & Sides, Snack & Sandwiches, and Desserts. At the end of the book, you’ll find additional quick tips, cheat sheets, conversion charts, and other resources. Overall, this book is written to transform your air fryer into your all-time favorite kitchen appliance, and teach you how to use your air fryer to create recipes everyone will love.  Yummy Air Fryer Recipes isn’t full of complicated recipes or crazy ingredients. Each recipe is simple enough for anyone to make, and includes pictures. Plus, the index is arranged to help you quickly find recipes in different categories and ingredients so that you can easily use items you already have on hand in your fridge or your pantry.

Affordable Digital Recipe Books

Yoder’s recipe books are a treasure trove for air fryer fans of all tastes and dietary needs. Each book is available for under $8 (with one at just .99 cents) and offers specialized options like diabetic-friendly, vegetarian, dairy-free, and even pizza-specific recipes. There’s something for everyone, making it easy to expand your culinary horizons without blowing your budget.

30 of THE BEST Air Fryer Chicken Recipes eBook
price $0.99

DIGITAL: 10 EASY Dinners for TWO
Price $7.95

DIGITAL: 10 Air Fryer Chicken Recipes
Price $7.95

DIGITAL: 10 Air Fryer Fish Recipes
Price $7.95

DIGITAL: 10 Gluten Free Air Fryer Faves
Price $7.95

DIGITAL: 10+ Air Fryer Bites For Kids
Price $7.95

DIGITAL: 10 Perfect Air Fryer Pasta Recipes
Price $7.95

DIGITAL: 10 Spud-Tacular Air Fryer Recipes
Price $7.95

DIGITAL: 10 Air Fried Sandwiches
Price $7.95

DIGITAL: 10 Air Fryer Vegetarian Recipes
Price $7.95

DIGITAL: 10 Keto Air Fryer Recipes
Price $7.95

DIGITAL: 10 Air Fryer Desserts
Price $7.95

DIGITAL: 10 Air Fryer Protein Recipes
Price $7.95

DIGITAL: 10 Deliciously Diabetic Air Fryer Recipes
Price $7.95

DIGITAL: 10 Air Fryer Recipes for College Students
Price $7.95

DIGITAL: 10 Pizza Pleasers – Best Air Fryer Pizza Recipes
Price $7.95

DIGITAL: 10 Simple Air Fryer Sides
Price $7.95

DIGITAL: 10 Dairy-Free Favorites
Price $7.95

DIGITAL: Air Fryer Recipes Cookbook
Price $19.95

When asked about her cooking journey, Yoder shared, “I don’t like to cook. But, as a busy mom, I needed a way to put food on the table fast—several times a day.” Enter the air fryer. Yoder began documenting her experiments with the appliance, discovering that she could make simple, delicious and mostly nutritious meals in minutes. Her relatable videos struck a chord with viewers during the pandemic and, since then, she’s continued to share countless recipes, tips and helpful tools for using an air fryer to its fullest.

Whether you’re new to air frying or a seasoned pro, Cathy Yoder’s affordable tools and resources will help make your holiday meals tastier, faster and easier. With everything from recipe books to cooking gadgets, you can give the gift of hassle-free cooking to friends, family, or even yourself this season.

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