For two, the blender jar is dishwasher safe, so you don’t have to worry about submerging it in water. On test, this model scored full marks for both smooth and chunky soup. It easily made a smooth and creamy tomato soup with a deep, rich flavour. This was despite following a vegan recipe and having only been cooked for 30 minutes. The results were just as good on our chunky butternut squash test. It here cooked all the vegetables to near perfection – they retained their colour, were full of flavour and still had a slight bite. We also appreciated that there's the option for cold blending. It produced a velvety banana milkshake, a creamy batter for deep frying and breadcrumbs. Take note And, while it may feature a bulky design, it’s a highly functional device that can be stored in pieces to save space. How to use the Ninja Blender and Soup Maker HB150UK The blender will do its thing for about six minutes, heating the water and periodically blending to get the entire interior bubbly and sparkling clean. We also put the Ninja Foodi to a true test, using the manual Blend option to make homemade nut butter and some deliciously melted hot chocolate.

Who needs a slow cooker when you can make a soup from scratch (set it and forget it style) in under an hour in your blender? Pre-cookWould you believe it if we told you the Ninja Foodi Blender and Soup Maker ​​HB150UK cleaned itself? Similar to the blender function, the Foodi offers four pre-set cooking programmes — Smooth Soup, Chunky Soup, Sauce and Jam — as well as a manual mode. All you have to do is fill it with 500-100mL of water, add a drop of dish soap and hit the Clean button. AO Retail Limited acts as a credit broker for NewDay Ltd on an exclusive basis and is not a lender.

With a slightly higher price point than the Ninja Foodi, you may be wondering what this BioChef blender has to offer. One word: vacuum.

The Ninja Foodi Blender and Soup Maker HB150UK really shines when it comes to its other main function: cooking. You can choose from four pre-programmed blends — Smoothie, Frozen Drink, Dessert and Milkshake — or set your own blend manually, using the the Blend and Pulse options to follow your own recipe. There are three manual intensity settings; Pulse only runs while the button is pressed, while Blend will keep blending (for a max of five minutes) after being pressed once. If on-the-go protein shakes and smoothies aren’t your main reason for wanting a blender, you should definitely consider this one. As a multipurpose blender that can make soups, sauces and more, it has the potential to become a real workhorse in your kitchen and offers far more than your average blender. While we used Chop to help us make our frozen hot chocolate, you can also use it to chop onions and other ingredients for your soups.