Ninja - Professional Plus Kitchen System with Auto-iQ

Anything Ninja might start to walk out of the "cheap" category, but I recently bought this: https://www.sharkninja.com/ninja-professional-plus-kitchen-system-with-auto-iq/BN801.html I had a cheaper food processor before that was good, but a piece that turned the "safety" off, so the blades would spin, broke. So, I had to stick a butter knife in it to use it. I did for a long time but when my blender and cheap single serve blender went out, I bought the combo from Ninja. Having one base is nice, and it works better than any of the individual, cheaper products I had before.

I think it really depends on how often you cook & what you are making, it definitely helps with eating healthier because you can prepare vegetables better for salads or soups and the clean up is pretty easy. I previously had a MagiMix years ago but if I was going to buy another one I'd go more towards the Ninja BN800UK or the newer TB401UK, they come with the food processor, blender & smoothie cup as well. Plus the good thing with Ninja is you get a 2 year warranty & if you sign up for the newsletter you get 10% off so you get a £200 item for £135.

I have a ninja blender food processor with the smoothie cup and dough mixer and I really like it

The food processor itself makes a big difference too, I had a small one for years and never used it because it just made everything into mush. Patting everything dry after washing and making sure not to crowd your pan also make a big difference. My older 8 cup ninja is a workhorse. As an example I made a very vegetable heavy cottage pie on Tuesday. While the meat was browning I prepped multiple pounds of vegetables in under 10 minutes. A pound of carrots took about 20 seconds to fice into mostly uniform 1/4 inch chunks. A pound of celery Celery takes about the same. I cut both the roots off of both then make roughly 3 inch pieces and slice the fattest carrot parts lengthwise, especially if they are very fresh. Onion takes about 6 seconds in the FP. My total hands on time for multiple onions can be 2 minutes. I just cut the roots off, peel and quarter. A pound of baby bella mushrooms takes 3 seconds. Sweet peppers/green peppers take 3 minutes total to stem, seed, cut in half and drop in the FP. Filling for deviled eggs takes 30 seconds once the eggs are peeled. An entire block of cheese takes 30 seconds to grat They aren't beautiful square dices but I'm not doing fine dining and I can make a vegetable heavy dinner on a weeknight with 20 minutes of prep instead of an hour or more.

I stand by the Ninja blender, food processor, small electric chopper, smoothie maker, etc. I got a combo pack and love it. It has lasted years and works for everything. My family members have bought them on my recommendation and love them too. Just my opinion though. I know everyone has their own preferences.

I’ve had the same ninja blender like device (it’s sort of a hybrid blender and food processor where the motor gets put on top of various containers) for like a decade and it still works perfectly

I do have a food processor. I like the being able to grate cheese and vegetables with it. My food processor doesn't have a feature to grate, just chop.

Oh yeah, then you probably don't! I have the older Ninja Professional Plus Kitchen System which is great for smoothies and chopping but didn't come with a disc like the newer model.

If the Ninja’s Auto-IQ settings let you program pulses, the Ninja may be more convenient than a Cuisinart (which is what I have). I don’t really mind pulsing it manually, though. It only takes a few minutes.

I am not sure if Ninja products are available to you but I bought one and I love it. It has the base and “attachments” for the blender, food processor and single serve smoothie cups I guess you would call them. ( I use the cups to make pesto since I am not a smoothie person)