The Ninja Foodi Blender & Soup Maker is perfect for all seasons, making both hot and cold creations. It’s available direct from Ninja or on sites like AO.com, currently on sale.
I was particularly interested in the soup aspect of the appliance as it can be tricky to make from scratch.
It holds up to 1.7L of cold liquid and 1.4L of hot and comes with a splash-free lid which features a built-in measuring cup to easily add ingredients, while safety features ensure blending stops if the lid is removed.
The appliance blends and cooks at the same time, offering both chunky soup and smooth soup options, suitable for everyone’s taste.
It also comes with a small booklet of recommended recipes, and I decided to try out the tomato and basil one.
Ingredients:
One small onion, peeled, cut into quarters
Two tins (400g) whole peeled tomatoes
250ml of chicken stock
Half a teaspoon of dried basil
80ml double cream
Method:
I simply began the tomato soup by peeling and chopping the onion into quarters before placing it into the appliance.
I then pressed the chop button which cut the onion into small chunks before selecting the saute option which took around five minutes to cook the onions down.
After this time, I added in the rest of the ingredients, pressed cook on the high button, and let it work its magic for 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes, I came back to a hot mixture, which then needed to be blended for one minute to create a smooth, creamy soup.
I couldn’t believe how quick and easy this was, with the onions chopping and cooking in the device as well as blending the soup.
The soup was absolutely delicious and tasted better than a restaurant one. What’s more, this worked out at around 40p per portion, and it made more than four portions, perfect for batch cooking and freezing.
If you want a slightly chunkier soup, you don’t have to blend it for as long or there is an option to create the perfect chunky soup, if you were using vegetables like celery and carrots.
It’s more than just a soup maker too, and can be used to easily blend cold ingredients to make smoothies, fresh sauces, homemade jams, milkshakes and desserts.
It also has a self-cleaning option, which involves placing water and washing up liquid into the appliance, setting it off to clean, which takes around six minutes and coming back to a squeaky clean jug.
However, this setting only works if you pre-rinse the jug as bits were still left on the side which was slightly annoying.
It is a slightly more expensive soup maker on the market compared to other brands, but Ninja never fails to amaze me with how versatile they make their appliances.
I’d say for £149.99, you really do get your money’s worth, and you can use it all year round rather than a soup maker which only gets used in the winter.
If you’re in the market for this appliance, it is currently on offer for £129 on the Ninja website, and it comes with a two-year guarantee.
There are lots of other appliances on the market if you’re looking for just a soup maker including the Lakeland Touchscreen Soup Maker currently on sale for £94.99, the Daewoo Soup Maker for £37.99 at Robert Dyas, and the Morphy Richards Soup Maker for £66 at AO.com which has an abundance of appliances still on sale.
