Ninja Blender

About a month ago, while we were flipping channels we came across an infomerical for the Ninja Kitchen System 1100. At first, I thought it was the infomerical for the $500 blender, the Vitamix which I've seen demonstrations before at Costco. But Justin noticed it was a different because the price was way cheaper! While this is not the infomerical we saw, here is a short clip about the Ninja.

We do have a working blender, but it's not the best nor top of the line. But I still couldn't justify spending money on a new one. I was sold when I saw the food processor attachment, because we had been just talking about investing in a food processor to help reduce chopping time. I didn't instantly jump on the phone and order one though. We debated for a few days, and I was determined to find a promo code to get a discount. After several tries I finally found a coupon code good for almost $24 dollars off. So I bought ours for $135 instead of the $159 price!

Shortly after I placed the order, I received a confirmation email. I didn't even realize the company that makes the Ninja Kitchen System. It is made by Euro-Pro. Not ringing a bell? They make Shark products! Remember my love for my Shark mop? (found here)

Today I organized our tiny pantry shelves to make room for our Ninja Kitchen System.

So far we've tried a few things in the blender. We've made a smoothie, some salad dressing and fruit salad. Unfortunately we haven't tried the food processor attachment yet, but when we do I'll definitely let y'all know how it works. I bet it will make the guacamole process a breeze! There is also an attachment to make dough. This part may require some extra work to find a good GF recipe for bread.

The system even came with a cookbook. The first recipe we tried was the apple, cranberry, and gorgonzola salad. Of course I couldn't throw a whole apple into the blender, so I had to cut  up the apple and cucumber a little first.

It finely chopped/minced the apple and cucumber.

Then I added some dried fruit mix of cranberries, blueberries, cherries, and prunes. It also calls for walnuts, but we decided not to use any.

I rinsed the blender and made the dressing mix. It was composed of 1/2 cup gorgonzola cheese crumbles, 1/2 cup of sour cream, 1/4 cream cheese,  2 tablespoons of milk, and a pinch of salt and pepper.

The apple mixture gets served in a cucumber thinly sliced the long way. A dollop of the gorgonzola dressing tops it off! Doesn't my presentation look superb? It only took me the whole cucumber to cut two good slices for our meal. We served this as a side with some tilapia. 

The recipe says it serves four but it seemed like it made way more than that! We ate up the left overs, but just served them in a bowl.