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Giveaway Closed: Ninja Cooking System : Review & Giveaway (With an All-in-1 Chicken Piccatta with Quinoa Recipe)

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Sorry! This giveaway is now closed! We would like to congratulate Amybee (Comment #10) on winning this cooker! We are so happy for your family, Amy! Thank you all for your entries- I wish I had one to give away to each of you!

I am so excited to share with you today’s review and giveaway of the Ninja Cooking System. If there is one thing I love, it is a smart kitchen gadget that can save you time & money in the kitchen. This review of the Ninja Cooking System is going to blow your mind with it’s awesomeness and the best part is that I get to give a Ninja Cooking System away to one of our readers.

I love my slow cooker, but there have always been some things about it that have created more work and dishes for me because of the traditional three temperature cooking knob. The Ninja Cooking System seems to solve many of my issues that I have had with the slow cooker due to its 3-in-1 cooking system that will leave you wondering, “Now why didn’t I think of that?”

Here are just four things that really set the Ninja Cooking System apart from your traditional slow cooker. 

The Stovetop Setting

Let me set the scenario for you that I would have to do with my slow cooker. First, I would go to my stove and brown my meat and make a huge mess around my stove with splatters and then I would try to pour my meat into my slow cooker once it was brown, creating dishes and a drippy mess along the way.

With the Ninja Cooker, you simply switch your dial to Stovetop and place your oil or butter right into the bottom of the pan to sear or brown your meats to the desired consistency. The depth of the cooker helps to keep splatters away and you don’t have to dirty a pan in the process.

The One Pot Ease

Pictured here  the meal that we enjoyed the first night we used the Ninja Cooking System. In this single pot is six cooked chicken breasts, one pound of asparagus, and four servings of quinoa… all in one pot!

The pot comes with a small rack and roasting pan that you can use to create layers in your dishes or can be used to bake items. The pot is definitely not roomy, but it can get the job done for a family of four or can provide a great roasting rack for a smaller whole chicken or turkey.

The Oven Setting

No need to heat up the kitchen in the summer months, you can set the oven setting on the Ninja Cooker to the desired oven temperature and roast or bake right in the cooker, simply by switching the dial. Even items like desserts can be baked right in the cooker, allowing you to free up your oven especially during the busy holiday season.

Can’t you just imagine how awesome this would be in scenarios like camping or in a hotel room when you want to save money and still eat well? I can’t wait to transport this with us!

It’s Cleans Up Like a Dream (I’m Not Kidding)

It is no exaggeration when I say that I put the insert of the Ninja Cooking System in my oven and the food fell away when I sprayed it with water. I cleaned it in five minutes flat and that was with a big batch of quinoa in the bottom. What would normally require a good soaking or a lot of elbow grease, was tidy in just a couple of swishes with dishcoth.

It does a lot more than that though, but those were the highlights for me! I am sharing a recipe from the booklet that I created in our kitchen and I want to give you the opportunity to win one of these for your family! Read the contest guidelines after the recipe and good luck to each of you! 

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Chicken Piccata with Quinoa (in the Ninja Cooking System)
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Serves: 4
 

Here is one example of an easy one pot dish you can create in your Ninja Cooking System!
Ingredients
  • 2 tablespoons all-purpose flour
  • ¼ teaspoon salt
  • ⅛ teaspoon ground black pepper
  • 1¼ pounds boneless chicken breast halves, thinly sliced
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 cup chicken broth
  • 1 cup dry white wine
  • ⅓ cup lemon juice
  • ¼ cup brined capers, rinsed and drained
  • 1 cup uncoooked quinoa, rinsed
  • 1½ pounds fresh asparagus, cut into ½ inch pieces

Instructions
  1. Stir flour, salt , and black pepper on plate. Coat chicken with flour mixture.
  2. Add oil and butter to pot. Set to STOVETOP HIGH and heat until butter is melted. Add chicken to pot. Cook uncovered ten minutes or until chicken is lightly browned on both sides. Remove chicken from pot.
  3. Add broth, wine, lemon juice, and capers to pot. Stir in quinoa and heat to a boil. Place roasting rack into pot and place chicken on rack. Place rack into pot and place asparagus on chicken. Set OVEN to 300 degrees for fifteen minutes. Cover until chicken is cooked through, asparagus is tender, and quinoa breaks apart.
  4. Remove asparagus and chicken from pot. Stir quinoa mixture. Turn off pot. Let quinoa mixture stand.

To enter to win a Ninja Cooking System of your own (retail value $159):

• First Entry: Leave a comment and let us know what you love about the new Ninja Cooking System!

• Additional Entry: Let us know you are a fan of MomAdvice and join the MomAdvice Facebook Community.

• Additional Entry: Follow me on Twitter and get an early scoop on what I am up to and future giveaway opportunities with MomAdvice.

One winner, chosen at random, will receive a Ninja Cooking System (retail value of $159). Please submit your entries by Tuesday (10/23) at 8PM EST. Our winner will be drawn at random. Good luck, everyone!

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    This is amazing! I love my crockpot but agree the temp controls limit what you can make. This sounds perfect for me!!!

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    I think my favorite thing about it is that you said it’s definitely not roomy-that might not be a bonus for some, but there are only 3 of us here! I think I’d get a lot of use out of a cooker that I could stack 3 things in, rather than trying to keep things from burning or drying out in the really big or quite small cookers I’ve got now.

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    I love that you can sear/brown your meat before slow cooking! I’ve always skipped that step and knew I was missing out on flavor – but now I can!

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    I’m already a fan on Facebook! That’s how I found out about the giveaway — Thanks!!

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    I love that you can brown and cook in the same appliance. That is awesome! And I love your recipe, gonna try it this week.

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    This product sounds awesome! I love that you can put an exact temp on it and that it’s easy to clean!

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    I’m with you, Amy… Not having to make a mess browning meat on the stove-top prior to slow-cooking it sounds like a wonderful improvement! I’d love owning this Ninja system.

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    Dare I dream that this is truly an all in one system???? My beloved crock pot just said it’s last goodbye and I was searching for something amazing and saw your review today- I’m excited at all the bells and whistles and how amazing a “do it all in one pan meal” would be for my family for the fall/winter and holiday season! I will cross my fingers and hope to be the random pick for the Ninja system!

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    Love how it sears the meat and does everything – EASY Clean-up – would make my dinner making very easy!!!!!! Like you on FB~~

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    I love that you can brown meat in the Ninja! Amazing! I have never heard of this, but it sounds AWESOME!

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    Not getting another pot dirty to brown meat? Excellent!

    kim Reply:
    October 15th, 2012 at 4:35 pm

    i have one ninja product and love it…This one sounds great being you can brown in it…

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    I love the idea that I don’t have to put the mean on the stove and then the crockpot. Great!

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    I really like that this system allows you to brown meat in it so that you don’t have to use a separate pan. Hope I win!

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    I just luv the idea of cooking more w/ less dirty pans! Can’t wait to try it! Already have a Ninja chopper I love! Sure I will love this too!

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    This is great – I hadn’t seen this before. Love the stovetop feature which lets you skip a step compared to the traditional slow cooker.

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    I love trying out new gadgets –the fact that this one saves time in the kitchen is awesome! If I don’t win this one, a Ninja may have to “kick” it’s way onto my Christmas list…

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    I love the versatility of the Ninja!! The ease of clean up is a major plus! Would be very excited to give this new product a try in my kitchen. :)

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    I I love the stove top setting! I pretty much always brown my meats in my cast iron skillet but I’d love to try this.

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    I love that you can cook/ pan sear your meat, etc. in the actual pot. amazing! would love to win!

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    I love the idea of cooking layers…everything in one pot! And the oven & stove settings sound awesome. Much less work!

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    I love that you can do it all in one rather than moving items from the stove top to the cooker.

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    I would love to be able to create an entire meal with one pot. This machine looks dreamy! Thanks for the great tip here, Amy…I am putting this kitchen wonder on my Christmas list!

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    October 16th, 2012 at 10:47 am

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    This looks like a wonderful, easy way to get dinner on the table every night. Thank you for offering it up as a giveaway!

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    The layering option!!!! Oh my goodness that is an awesome idea and would be a game changer for our meal times.

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    I love the easy clean up of the Ninja Cooking System the best, because I hate doing dishes. The less pots and pans, combined with the easier the cleanup, the better!!!

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    What don’t I love about it! I use my crockpot all the time. I like the oven setting as my kitchen gets so hot.

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