Ninja Master Prep: A Mini Review

[isilzha]

I've become easy prey for infomercials lately. I've been staying up late, waking up early, and most of the time infomercials are the other thing on TV even vaguely worth watching and the food related infomercials are always the best. For the past month or two I've seen the infomercial for the Ninja Master Prep. Like everything in the infomercial it looks great. It makes salsa and guacamole with ease, easily slices and dices, and does everything you could ask for in the kitchen. The thing that interested me the most was the ability to make icy drinks with the machine. My reluctance towards the product was based mostly on two factors. The price, $60ish, which isn't much for a household item but it is for me. And also we were once the proud owners of the MagicBullet.

In a moment of weakness however I bought the Ninja from QVC a few weekends ago. I got a half-way decent deal, although I've since heard a better one on the infomercial. The machine came in the mail Friday, and I was able to try it out yesterday and today. I don't have any need at the moment for salsa or any regular food prep, but I did feel like a snow cone, and figured crushing the ice would be a good enough test of its abilities. I put a cup full of ice into the machine and blasted it into snow. It looked pretty good, and it didn't burn out doing it like the magic bullet did. The consistency of the snow was very nice, perfect for a snow cone. The flavoring I made from a recipe that came with the machine, its a simple syrup combined with Koolaid mix.

Its not much of a test of the capabilities of the machine so far, but it has already out done the Magic Bullet and successfully made one of the things that I bought it for.

[cyberdoc]

Easy prey for infomecials eh? Do we need to get an old priest and a young priest?

[Apache726]

Originally Posted by cyberdoc

Easy prey for infomecials eh? Do we need to get an old priest and a young priest?

Then send 'em to my house too. I'm not so much easy prey as I am intrigued by just watching the ones for any product related to food. I've never bought any, but I do like watching them for some reason! I always like how they say "You can have ______ in SECONDS". Yeah, I guess I could if I had little bowls of ingredients already sitting out in kitchen all the time!

We do own one of those sandwich maker/grill type things that Cathy Mitchell is always hawking but we got it as a gift. And I will openly admit that the thing is awesome! Nothing sticks to it & it makes great egg, bacon & cheese sammiches using biscuits. Come to think of it, that's all I've ever made in it.

[cyberdoc]

Originally Posted by Apache726

Then send 'em to my house too. I'm not so much easy prey as I am intrigued by just watching the ones for any product related to food. I've never bought any, but I do like watching them for some reason! I always like how they say "You can have ______ in SECONDS". Yeah, I guess I could if I had little bowls of ingredients already sitting out in kitchen all the time!

We do own one of those sandwich maker/grill type things that Cathy Mitchell is always hawking but we got it as a gift. And I will openly admit that the thing is awesome! Nothing sticks to it & it makes great egg, bacon & cheese sammiches using biscuits. Come to think of it, that's all I've ever made in it.

Ok, I guess you get to keep your halo.

[Food Network Fan]

I am glad it was an improvement over the Magic Bullet.

[Pluff Mudder]

I've been sorely tempted by that "Perfect Brownie Baking Pan" that they show on TV all the time. I like the edges of brownies, so this item would be right up my alley... but, so far I have resisted.