The Ninja blender cooks and blends ingredients. (Image: Amazon)
While devices are extremely popular with UK households, there’s one device which shoppers have discovered has saved them time and creates minimal washing up.
The is available to buy on Amazon for £118.98 reduced from £149.99, and while it may look like a blender, it has unique built-in features that offer a lot more.
can chop, saute and cook, so if you were making a soup for example, you could add the raw ingredients and the blender would fulfil all the steps to creating a soup from scratch. The heating element also means that the food is produced to a temperature that’s ready to eat without having to use any separate dishes or pans.
When not using the heating element, you can also use to make cold creations, like sorbets, smoothies and desserts, and it has a ‘self-cleaning’ feature which rinses it out at the touch of a button.
With over 3,000 reviews on Amazon, shoppers are raving about , with one saying: ”Makes soups, ice creams, chilled drinks and sauces [and] because everything goes into the machine and that washes itself, [it] saves time washing up big pans. Easy to use, makes enough soup for four people. Literally has saved me hours in the kitchen. [When] I bought it I was sceptical about how much better it would be. But absolutely wouldn’t be without it. Fantastic machine! Compared to a blender it’s bigger and reasonably heavy so you will need a space to put in.”[SIC]
Another commented: ”So easy to make a batch of soup. Chop the veg, put it in the soup maker, push the button and then ignore it! Half an hour later it’s done. Makes four decent portions, which is almost a week’s worth of work lunches. Saves a fortune and all home made. Recipe book it comes with is limited.”
While a third added: ”This is the best soup maker ever. No having to ram the blade in-between your ingredients. Just absolutely brilliant. Pricey but well worth. I mean it even cleans itself. I found it no noisier then any other soup maker. Just love it. Well worth the money. Well done [Ninja]. [SIC]
However, one shopper warned about the weight of , saying: ”Superb piece of equipment, heavy to move about but with perseverance will get there.”
Alternative blender deals
Another blender with a heated element is the which currently costs £127 at Argos.
Or, if you’re looking for more of a standard blender to make cold drinks and smoothies, the is reduced to £34.99.