Next, I threw together a few items to create a homemade iced mocha coffee drink with Starbucks VIA. Guess what? My concoction did not taste like chicken!I quickly and easily rinsed the clear plastic 2-cup bowl and put it aside for the night.
Or so I thought, because it turns out my tween boys had plans for this new appliance. Within a few minutes, my 11-year-old had gathered the goods for guacamole and we mixed up a batch of that. With what seemed like minimal pulsing, just a handful of one-touch pushes to activate the double set of blades, our avocado and tomatoes were finely chopped and well blended.
And minutes after the guacamole was on the table, I found myself whipping up mashed potatoes with the Ninja. Again, just a few pulses and I was done. The potatoes required a bit more clean-up. I washed the unit by hand, but the blades, bowl and pitcher are dishwasher safe. In addition, the bowl and pitcher are said to be free of PBA.
Both the bowl and the pitcher come with lids, so it's easy to store them in the fridge right in those containers. Take that, immersion blender!
I'm a big fan of my immersion blender (also called hand or stick blenders). The Ninja will likely replace it for many of my blending and chopping needs, though. Safety is one of the reasons.
My immersion blender has an exposed blade on the business end. I don't trust my boys with it. The Ninja Blender, however, has its power in the bladeless "master pod" or motor head. The Master pod fits onto a safety cover that drives the blades. See the Ninja in action here.
This means that as the long as my kids don't touch the blades when they place food into the mixing cup/blender or when they take it out, the Ninja has minimal risks. It seems very safe for children to operate the one-touch pulse, though I'd still recommend adult supervision.
The covered mixing cup also means they won't be splashing bits of smoothie all over the kitchen as they (okay, I) have been known to do on occasion.
The Ninja dices, it chops, it blends, it cleans your kitchen floor! No wait, those are the other Euro-pro products I'll be writing about. Still, the Ninja is a multifunctional product that may well live up to its infomercial hype.
The Ninja Master Prep retails for under $50 and is available at a range of retailers.
Photo courtesy of @NinjaKitchen
Last month I was invited to join the folks from Euro-Pro (Shark and Ninja lines) in New York City to learn about the company's newest products. At the conclusion of the event, I was offered the chance to receive those products for review; the Ninja Master Blender arrived last week.
This was written by Kim, who's creating a buzz with her latest article on working with mombloggers and occasionally writes about food at Scrambled CAKE.
