Bariatric air fryer recipes answer one specific question. How do you cook a portion the size of an egg without drying it out? And how do you do it without the oil that a new stomach cannot handle? The air fryer turns out to be good at exactly that. So these recipes come sized and timed for the stages after surgery, from soft food onward.

Start with the bariatric air fryer overview, because it explains the method once. For the soft food stage there are fish with the right texture, turkey meatballs and egg bites. Then, once you are back on regular food, the everyday dishes take over. The high-protein breakfasts and the chicken recipes are the ones most readers cook every week.

Snacks matter more after surgery, because meals are so small. So there is a guide to air fryer snacks and a recipe for avocado fries. Most of what you eat will also be a leftover. For that reason, the article on reheating bariatric meals in the air fryer may be the most useful one here. It tells you which foods survive a second heating and which ones turn to leather. Because the basket is small, it also suits a single portion better than an oven does.

Every recipe in this archive names the stage it suits and the portion it makes. The Bariatric Air Fryer Cookbook is the full set, with recipes by stage and portions marked. It also uses the same timings as these bariatric air fryer recipes. If you cook from the book, the articles work as its companion notes.