It’s the next best thing to having a sous chef
A few weeks ago, I added a recipe to my meal prep list that required roasting cauliflower, shredding lettuce, julienning carrots, slicing zucchini and chopping green onions and cilantro. After work every day, did I want to do all that prep work and then still need to cook dinner? Absolutely not. So I put it off and put it off until the ingredients came dangerously close to rotting in the fridge. The brand new Ninja PREPi could have really helped me out with all that.
This compact, 500-watt, six-in-one machine can dice, crinkle cut, chop, puree, slice and shred — pretty much all of the tedious knife and cutting board tasks you have to do before you start cooking.
Not only that, but this thing is fast. Ninja says the dicing attachment can process three potatoes in under 30 seconds, and the reversible disc system lets you switch from slicing to shredding simply by flipping it over. The Ninja PREPi has a three-part feed chute that accommodates different ingredient sizes, so you can move from potatoes and vegetables to cheese, fruit and other ingredients without having to get out a different tool (or even wash this one).
The Ninja PREPi comes with 5- and 7-cup bowls, each with its own lid, so food can be prepped, served and refrigerated in the same container instead of needing to transfer to another bowl. And as an added bonus, its footprint is just 9 by 9 inches — smaller than a standard food processor.
So while the Ninja PREPi can’t season your soup or remind you that your cookies are burning, it’s the closest you can come to having a sous chef — without actually having a sous chef.
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Ninja PrecisionPro Food Processor & Dough Mixer
The PrecisionPro is a more traditional food processor, offering a 1,000-watt motor, a 9-cup bowl and large feed chute. It has four Auto-iQ presets for chopping, slicing/shredding, pureeing and mixing dough, plus a reversible disc and dedicated dough blade to broaden its food prep options.
Ninja Professional Plus Food Processor
This food processor is made for family-size prep with a 9-cup bowl, 1,000-peak-watt motor and four Auto-iQ programs for chopping, slicing, pureeing and mixing dough. It comes with precision blades, a dough blade and a feed chute, and all the removable, BPA-free parts are dishwasher-safe.
Ninja UltraCrush Pro Kitchen System
This kitchen system combines three appliances in one: a 72-ounce blender pitcher, 8-cup food-processor bowl and 18-ounce single-serve cup. Its 1,500-watt motor and Total Crushing technology are strong enough to blend frozen ingredients, and it has four manual speeds for making smoothies, crushing ice, chopping and pureeing.
Ninja PossibleCooker PRO Plus 9-in-1, 8.5-qt
This multicooker replaces a long list of cookware with nine functions, including Slow Cook, Sear/Saute, Bake, Braise, Proof, Sous Vide, Steam and Rice/Pasta. It offers 1,400 watts of power and has a PFAS-free ceramic pot that can move from cooker to oven to table.
Ninja Combi 14-in-1 Multicooker
For full meals rather than ingredient prep like the Ninja PREPi, the Ninja Combi offers HyperSteam and air frying inside one countertop cooker. Its 14 functions include rice, pasta, sous vide, bake, toast, pizza and slow cook, and the XL capacity can feed up to eight people.
