We have two Instant Pots© and a Ninja Air Fryer at home and we wanted to travel in our van and park apartment with both appliances; so we decided to try this Ninja Foodie combo. The 5-quart is just perfect for traveling. So far. have used both the air fryer function and the pressure cooker, and both have worked well. It comes with two covers; an air fryer cover that stays attached, and a pressure cooker cover; so be aware you need to store that Pressure Cooker cover. I sewed a little fabric bag for mine.

After watching the demos for the new Ninja Duo blender system at International Food Blogger’s conference this year, I was pretty excited to find out that I had won the drawing to receive one of these bad-boys for myself! My old blender has seen better days, so the timing couldn’t be better. I have a slew of recipes I want to try out, and the unit came with a beautiful little cookbook, but I’d promised my daughter that the first thing I’d make would be our traditional blackberry-banana smoothies, which we make from the berries we pick here on our little farm. While probably not the fanciest thing I’ll make in the new Ninja, it’s a treat we make often here, and would be a make-or-break recipe for any blender in the Perkins’ house. Needless to say, the Ninja Duo passed the test with flying colors. It’s triple blades and Auto-IQ blending made short work of my smoothie ingredients, finishing up in about half the time that the food-processor took on the same dish. The frozen berries, which sometimes bogged down the Cuisinart, pureed with no noticeable effect on the Ninja. Another thing I love about this machine is that it comes with the Nutri Ninja feature, a separate single serve cup attachment with it’s own blade. I think this would be an ideal set up for families who have food-allergy issues, as they could use the the smaller Nutri Ninja blender cup solely for non-allergen foods, helping to reduce the risk of cross contamination when the larger unit is used for foods that some members of the family may need to avoid. Oh, speaking of the larger blender unit, another awesome thing about the Ninja is that it’s capacity is great enough to make enough smoothies (or anything else) for the whole family. Here's the recipe:[...] Chef Perry joinmykitchen.com PS - For those who have been asking, the height of the unit from counter to lid is 17 inches, regardless of which of the attchements you're using.