Ninja Foodi – Or how a kitchen gadget changed my life

Fallin’ in love with me
Possibilities
I look like all you need

Let me take the night, I love real easy
And I know that you’ll still wanna see me
On the Sunday morning, music real loud

I’m positive not very many people dedicate a song to their favorite kitchen gadget. Surely, Calvin Harris and Dua Lipa had a more sensual relationship in mind when they wrote One kiss is all it takes.

Nonetheless, imagine two first time kissers danced dizzy under a mirror ball on a Saturday night listing to One kiss is all it takes. Sunday morning, Ninja Foodi whistling your porridge is ready. Pushing two buttons was all that it took.

Somehow like that goes my love story about what I believe to be the most useful invention of kitchen assesories of the 21st century.

Enough of the introductive blabla already, let’s talk technical details of this little (well, actually not so little) sweetheart:

What is the Ninja Foodi?

It’s practically a multifunctional electric appliance most well-known for being a pressure cooker, but depending on the model, it can also function as an all-in-one yogurt maker, slow cooker, grill and more!

I personally use the pressure cook function more than anything. By number two go to function is grilling, followed by air-frying. I don’t ever use sous-vide (as most vegans will, I suppose) and the slow cooker function made for patient people (thus not for me).

Why is the Ninja Foodi amazing?

Everyone loves a good list, so here is one on the pro’s:

• One gadget instead of many (definition of multi-functional haha) no need to have a pressure cooker, slow cooker, rice maker, and yogurt maker
• Speeds up the process of cooking legumes a lot
• Results in perfectly tender grains every time
• Improves the digestibility of beans and grains
• Set it and forget it
• Dishwasher hello! The dirty parts go in the dishwasher, no stove top cleaning,no oven cleaning (blah)
• You’re going camping? Great, take you Ninja Foodi with you. All you need is one working socket. No Pans, no pots, no gas
• The little gem doesn’t heat up the kitchen as much as the stove or oven, making it perfect for warmer climates and summertime heat.