Figuring out what to make for lunch each day can sometimes feel like quite the chore, especially when it comes to finding a recipe that doesn’t take too long to prepare and will leave you full for the rest of the day.

BBC Good Food have shared a recipe for an air fryer frittata, made using a few leftover ingredients found lying in the fridge. While their recipe called for feta, sweet potato and onion, you can experiment and add your own combination of ingredients, with popular variations using mushrooms, spinach or ricotta, and even bacon if you prefer meat.

A great way to get essential protein in your diet, frittatas are a quick lunchtime meal that you can also pack full of tasty ingredients. Using an air fryer means you can also prepare and cook your lunch in as little as 20 minutes, and swap out ingredients as you feel, making it a versatile dish that quickly becomes a staple.

In the caption for the video shared on TikTok, they described the air fryer as “a total game-changer when it comes to quick and easy lunches".

Before getting started, gather the ingredients you want to use in your frittata, sticking to around two or three fillings so as not to overcrowd the frittata and disturb the flavour. The recipe posted by BBC Good Food recommends roasting any leftover veggies that you have lying around beforehand.

Once you have your fillings prepped, it will only take 12 minutes in the air fryer, making it a quick lunch that can be easily prepared ahead of time, or on the day. Thrown into one dish, it will come out gorgeous and golden using an air fryer.

Air fryer veggie frittata recipe

Ingredients

Six large eggs

100g crumbled feta

Two sweet potatoes, cooked and cut into chunks

One red onion cut into wedges

Handful of dill and parsley (or your herbs of choice)

Method

Put your roasted veggies into a heatproof dish which fits inside your air fryer. If you have two drawers, split the veggies between them, and leave to roast. This should taken around 10 minutes but keep an eye on it so as not to overcook them.

Whisk the eggs and herbs, adding some salt and pepper. Once the veggies are done, remove the dish and crumble half the feta over them.

Pour half the egg mixture into the dish and add the rest of the feta. Place the dish back in the air fryer and top up with the remaining egg mixture.

Cook for 12 minutes at 180C, checking it’s cooked through by inserting a knife to the centre. If any raw egg appears, return it to the air fryer for another few minutes.

Let it cool before serving and enjoy immediately.