Goodbye Mortar and Pestle, Hello Ninja Kitchen!

My sweetheart got me a Ninja food chopper for my birthday Like this one this year and after about 3 months of using it I have no idea how I lived without it.


I used to crush garlic by hand -not that crushing garlic is that hard- but it leaves a mess to clean up out of your Mortar and Pestle plus if you're using a wooden one like I was, it leaves it smelling like garlic. I don't have that problem with my ninja and it only takes about 1 1/2 seconds for it to annihilate a few cloves of garlic. It has a nice lid that makes it double as a storage container and protects the part of the unit that contains the motor from food, therefore making it a fast and easy clean up.


I also received a Ninja system Like this one that I have a deep love for. This comes with a dough paddle - which to be honest I don't use too much because I have the bread machine and that requires less attention, but it also comes with a cookie dough paddle for the FASTEST batch of cookies you have ever seen. The 2 smaller containers are so quick and simple with whip up shakes in, everything about this thing is LOVE LOVE LOVE.


ok ok there's this one thing that does get on my nerves a bit - washing the main canister on the "Kitchen System Pulse" (Not the chopper) can be a pain. Its actually fine until you get to the lid - dough sticks in there so badly. But if that's all I have to worry about I'm doing good. I absolutely love the 4 blades though. I had a black and decker food processor before this and I liked it very much, the only reason I still keep it around though is because it will slice and grate. I can't really do that with my Ninja but it is still, hands down the BEST food processor/food chopper/ cookie dough mixer/shake maker I have ever had.