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If you are following my grocery fast, you probably know that I am more than a month in to spending $25 a week on groceries in an effort to empty my cupboards, freezers, and refrigerators. As we became empty nesters, I just kept buying and buying if things were on sale, in case the kids stopped by, etc., without really having designated purposes for everything. (When you have a family of nine, you eventually use everything up–not so when you become empty nesters…my house was bulging with food!)
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But pecans. And not just any pecans, but roasted, salted pecans. And do you know how much roasted, salted pecans can take out of a $25 grocery budget for the week (one that includes toiletries, groceries, and cleaning products)? Yeah…they can be upwards to $20 a pound! (Like these amazing, dry roasted with pink Himalayan salt ones.)Â Super yummy but I can’t spend the entire week’s grocery budget on a snack!
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I didn’t want to wait until my grocery fast ended to get me some more salted, roasted pecans because I have learned that I feel much better and don’t overeat as much during my eating window if I open my window with something low carb and even a bit high in fat. (New to Daily Intermittent Fasting? Check out all of my teaching on this here!)
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So with air fryer in hand and determination in my heart, I purchased these pecans at Costcos and learned how to make my own roasted pecans with pink Himalayan salt in my amazing air fryer!
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And it was super fast and simple! And they tasted even better than store bought as they were more tender (and were all halves, not pieces). I think you’ll love them!
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The proportions in the recipe are great for any nut–or a combination of nuts. I want to try making my own mixed nut combination with my favorites—almond, cashews, and pecans! I’ll keep you posted on that.
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In the meantime, I am enjoying my newly-opened eating window right at this moment with these amazing nuts after fasting for twenty-one hours. What a way to break the fast!
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- 2 cups pecan halves
- 1 TBSP butter, ghee, or oil
- 1-2 tsp of ground pink Himalayan salt
- ) Preheat air fryer to 200 degrees for five minutes or so.
- ) Melt butter/ghee/oil and stir in salt.
- ) Toss pecan halves into the butter and stir until fully coated.
- ) Place in air fryer and fry for 4 to 6 minutes at 200 degrees until toasty and yummy, tossing every 2 minutes or so.

Is the 200 degrees celsius (ca. 400 deg. F), or Fahrenheit?
Fahrenheit. Good luck!
I make this all the time only I make them on the stove in a cast iron pan. I was gifted an air fryer for Christmas, I am definitely going to have to try this.
Is it F or C?
How do you keep the butter/Ghee from getting all over the Air Fryer? Do you put the nuts in a bowl?
…a metal bowl inside the Air Fryer “basket”