Which Makes Better Nut Butter With/Without Oil? | Ninja Food Processor v Ninja Foodi Power Blender

[@paulat9613]

Joe, You are not letting the Ninja food processor run to completion. The peanuts should be ground until they make a ball. Then, run it until the peanuts break down into the butter. It takes a long time. I will look into the Ninja Foodi Power Blender, though, because I make small batches, and with my Ninja Professional 1500 Watt blender I need to stop it and scrape the bowl many times.

[@JoesPhenomenal]

Heya Paula... Doing some testing on the new ninja detect kitchen system right now. Is uses the same bowl as the old processor, but I managed to make since nice nut butter in about 2 mins without any scraping or stopping... Good stuff. Will have that review online soon. Might be worth checking out.

[@rw4388]

I just used my ninja food processor for the first time, making cashew butter. I used unroasted, unsalted cashews, that I baked in the oven on 325°, for 9 mins. I ended up with smooth cashew butter. You just have to keep processing until you get the consistency you want. I did not add oil. With my previous processor, I just pressed the start button and it would blend until I stopped it. With the Ninja, it stops on its own, but that's fine because I just use that time to scrape the food off the sides. I'm still learning this processor. I had my previous one for about 17 years.

[@JoesPhenomenal]

Good info there! Thanks, RW. Cashew butter is sooo good. You leveled it way up by doing your own roasting too!

[@zennabella1676]

WOW, I WONDER WHAT PROCESSOR YOU HAD FOR 17 YEARS, THATS AMAZING. I HAD THE COMPLETE SET OF NINJAS AND THE LAST ONE TO BREAK DOWN ON ME IS THE TALL JUG, ALTHOUGH IT STILL WORKS ITS THE LID WHICH HAS A CHIP OFF IT SO I BOUGHT AN OPTIMUM SLIM BLENDER AND AFTER ABOUT 12 USES IT BROKE DOWN SO IM SENDING IT BACK. I HOPE THEY REPLACE IT. I THINK I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A NUT GRINDER. THEY ARE ON EBAY FOR OVER 800 DOLLARS BUT THEY LOOK IDEAL. I MAKE CASHEW BUTTER. I THINK FOR NOW IM GOING TO PURCHASE THE BLENDER ON THE LEFT IN THIS VIDEO, I CAN GET IT CHEAP FOR AROUND 150. THAT WILL DO UNTIL MY NEW OPTIMUM ARRIVES. I HAVE TO SEND IN THE BROKEN ONE FIRST.

[@bodeine454]

From what I understand after watching several videos, and I haven't made any nut butters yet, is that the heating up of the blades moving through the processed nuts creates heat which helps extract the oil from them as it's cutting through and it takes several minutes for them to build up enough heat to do it so it might take 5, 6, 7 minutes to generate enough heat to start making butter and then depending on the consistency you want could take up to 10 minutes or maybe more. Some people help speed up the process by roasting the nuts first which starts extracting the oil and process them warm. Some people were commenting that running a food processor for that long of a period at a time will reduce the life of it but that probably depends on how powerful and torquey it is to begin with. I noticed when I was making hummus a couple days ago that there was little movement of the processed chickpeas at the bottom of the processor container but as I let it run for several minutes, maybe 5, it started to move and get blended in with the rest of it. I think it just takes time and or heat from the blades or both to get some things moving well in there. I'm gonna try and make some peanut butter in our 12 cup 450 watt Hamilton Beach processor tonight so I'll see how it goes.

[@JoesPhenomenal]

Hmm... Interesting stuff... I never really had to heat it up much but I do use a lot of pulses at the beginning to break it up enough so gobs of it don't stick to the side of the container. I do use a little oil it it while I make it though, and typically make a lot at once. Larger amounts are easier to blend.

[@jjbud3124]

I have the Ninja processor that comes with the Mega Kitchen system. I dump in peanuts, run it until it starts to make real peanut butter, then I scape the sides of the container, run it again for about a minute or 30 seconds. Total time to make the creamiest peanut butter about 1-1/2-2 minutes. The only think I do differently is pan roast the peanuts in 1 tsp of oil until they start to slightly brown. Then I cool them, then I process them. The pan roasting is for extra flavor, but that might have something to do with the way my Ninja processor works 200% better than your demo.

[@JoesPhenomenal]

Yeah.... I didn't roast the nuts for that demo.... just bought them that way, and they were probably too oily I think. Your way is way better.

[@jjbud3124]

@@JoesPhenomenal Yes, it is better to buy the dry roasted, unsalted peanuts. I don't know if the pan roasting is necessary, but it brings out more flavor.

[@JoesPhenomenal]

@jjbud3124 agreed!

[@dahai93]

very useful video👍👍👍 thanks❤❤

[@JoesPhenomenal]

You got it!

[@ditz3nfitness]

I’m preparing on making almond butter today and have the 3-1. Should I use the blender or food processor module you think? From your video it seems like the blender bottle container is better?

[@JoesPhenomenal]

For me it just depends on how much you want to make. If is a large amount, I use the bigger containers. If you make less however, there isn't enough material in there and it gets stuck to the sides a whole lot. In that case, the cup containers to a great job.

[@crusader1563]

After experimenting which oil do you find works the best with the with the blender?

[@JoesPhenomenal]

You know... The different oils seem to work pretty similar, but I just like using avocado. The nut butters often don't need oil at all it seems, depending on what nuts you get, however. Roasted ones are usually kind of oily already.

[@siriaestrada3892]

Hello thank you very much, great video very informative, do you think the ninja twisti pitcher can stay on the ninja foodie? I need it so that I can pulverize seeds, I just bought the ninja foodie at Costco last week for around $130 dls great deal ! 😊

[@JoesPhenomenal]

That IS a good deal. As far as the twisti goes, I'm not sure, since I haven't had a chance to mess with that one. A lot of the Ninja foodi stuff does seem to fit on other base units, though.... however, you lose most of the custom functions a lot of time... like the ultimate system has food processing discs, but if you use that pitcher on a regular foodi base, the discs won't go... So it might do something like that.

[@siriaestrada3892]

@@JoesPhenomenal Ok, thank you very much for your response, I'm going to order that pitcher, hopefully can stay good. I was checking that it says that it is compatible with the units that are in other places but it doesn't say anything with the model that is in Costco and I like the size to grind chili and other foods that have to be well pulverized ..

[@abucsfanb4tb128]

Thanks for the comparison Joe! Was wondering about nut butters and milks. Personally, I think it’s worth the extra money to only have 1 appliance. (Small kitchen) Also liked other comparison video for processor with veggies/cheeses. Very helpful 👍

[@JoesPhenomenal]

Hey, Thanks! Glad I could help. Our kitchen is pretty small too.... Pretty much the whole thing is on camera. lol. Counter space is prime real estate!

[@josephessa9627]

Have you tried the Ninja Foodi Power Blender And Processor System - CB350, but with the processor blades instead of the smoothie blades?

[@JoesPhenomenal]

That works really well, but you have to do much larger quantity. If you don't fill that blender pitcher enough, there won't be enough material for that thing to work on. It works good if you put 3 cups in there though.

[@wanderlusttinyhousechick7192]

Can you freeze nut butter? How do you recommend doing it? Thx, Joe! :D

[@JoesPhenomenal]

Sure... you can put it in an air tight container, leaving a little bit of a air gap at the top so it can expand, top the container with clingform to help make sure no air gets in, put on the lid, and stick it in the freezer. Should be good for around 6 months or so that way.

[@josephessa9627]

I tried this Ninja and it worked perfectly for macadamias, it made an amazing and perfect cream. But for the almond it's different. I tried with blanched almond and it made a sort of thick paste like if you mix flour with butter. I tried to roast them or add oil but it wouldn't change, it's a paste, not a cream. I guess my almond were not good enough?

[@JoesPhenomenal]

Hmm... I did it with smokehouse almonds and it did just fine... Those are pretty oily though. That's the key I think. A lot of almonda tend to be pretty dry.

[@cassandrabaignoire1762]

Could you please clear something up? The instruction manual says DO NOT process dry ingredients. How does that NOT apply to what you are doing? I'm confused. I thought food processors are supposed to work with dry ingredients and do grinding operations, yet the manual is saying NO to both processes

[@JoesPhenomenal]

You know...I read that too, and felt the same way. I'm not sure what they were getting at, though, since I still do it anyways. They only thing I can think of is that since the pitcher is plastic, dry ingredients will probably scratch it a bit, but that doesn't really bother me.... I grind mustard seed in there all the time and it hasn't caused any issues for me though. I usually do that in the power blender though. It works better for that kind of stuff since it has higher speeds.

[@cassandrabaignoire1762]

@@JoesPhenomenal Thank you so much for the response and for overturning the alarmist nature of the manual. Aesthetics do not concern me; it's the longevity and efficacy of the device in the longrun that matter most. Also: Is the Ninja Twisti that claims to be more powerful than a Vitamix actually more powerful than a typical Vitamix? And does the Twisti make the nut butters better than the other Ninja models like the recent power/processor system you tested on?

[@JoesPhenomenal]

The twisti doesn't seem much different than the smoothie bowl adapter on the Ninja Foodi Power blender.... The power is roughly the same too so I would think it would perform similar too. Not sure about the capacity on that though. I like the Ninja stuff better than Vitamix, personally, but that more because for me, I don't think the Vitamix products are worth the wildly inflated prices.... They are definitely powerful though. Raw power, I'd say the Vitamix probably is better off, but the Ninjas seem to do the job just fine due to their blade design.

[@cassandrabaignoire1762]

@@JoesPhenomenal Thanks for the feedback! As far as capacity is concerned, can you stuff like over 2lbs of cruciferous greens in both types of blenders?

[@JoesPhenomenal]

Hmmm..... 2 lbs is quite a bit depending on the vegetable.... Probably brussel sprouts would be no problem, but broccoli is pretty big and weird shaped. Might have to chop it down a bit. The Blender will hold a tiny bit more that the food processor though, I think.

[@marksmith2035]

Please note that if you want to make nut butter without adding extra oil it won't work, it just sticks to the bowl and the stir thing won't reach it all. You'll need a food processor to make it, though this Ninja does make quick smoothies.

[@JoesPhenomenal]

Agree with ya. That definitely helps.. We tried doing it without the oil completely because we had a subscriber asking about that and we were checking to see if it would work at all... It worked, but it was a pain in the neck for sure. Thanks for the additional insight, though! Much appreciated!

[@jamesfielden4935]

But not the ninja used?

[@marksmith2035]

@@jamesfielden4935 This Ninja is great for making smoothies but not just nuts. I now use a Hamilton Beach food processor with bowl scrapper, it's only $62 on Amazon, does a great job on nut butters!

[@JoesPhenomenal]

Yeah.. That bowl scraper is the key.

[@rw4388]

Actually, I just made cashew butter, without oil, and it turned out great for me. Nice and smooth. You just have to keep processing until you get the consistency you want. Hope this helps someone 😁

[@square_jane]

I NEVER ADD OIL to my nut butters (peanut, almond, walnut, sunflower) which I make in my old 750W Kitchenaid food processor (100W less power than the Ninja food preocessor). There is plenty enough oil (and calories) in the nuts without adding more. Joe just wasn't patient enough and didn't scrape the sides of the bowl and let the processor run long enough. It can take 8-10 minutes of processing before the natural oils are released from the nuts and the contents becomes butter.

[@JoesPhenomenal]

True... These days I just just roast the nuts, process them and add a little bit of salt at the end to flavor. Back then, I used to do that stuff the way store brands typically do with their "natural" versions which usually includes a bunch of unneeded oil.

[@jjbud3124]

Peanut butter takes only about 2 minutes total in my Ninja Mega Kitchen processor. I do use 1 tsp oil and pan roast them first for extra flavor. I scrape the sides once. I use 1 pound of peanuts which fills a 12-ounce canning jar with peanut butter.

[@jjbud3124]

Second reply: I think whether or not you use oil depends a lot on how the nuts are processed before you buy them and the natural dryness/oiliness of the nut. Making nut butter, I've discovered, takes a bit of trial and error.

[@square_jane]

@@jjbud3124 I buy only raw nuts and roast them myself, never add oil and never had any issues.

[@JoesPhenomenal]

@square_jane that's much better and a heck of a lot more consistent, too.

[@alwaysright5901]

Forget these! Get the Cuisinart 11 or 14 cup food processor. I have the 11 cup and it blends a smooth nut butter in less than 5 minutes without having to temper it or use a spatula to scrape down the sides AND NO OIL!

[@JoesPhenomenal]

Yep... Those are definitely great machines. The point of the video was just comparing those to each other though. I personally have a KitchenAid for most of my processing duties.. It's a beast, much like that Cuisinart of yours.

[@whongthai1301]

Are these nuts raw or roasted - makes a huge difference

[@JoesPhenomenal]

I did that test with roasted ones, since I figured that's what most people will use when they're making nut butter. Should have included some raw ones in there too to show the difference, though. Good Call.

[@laurathompson9107]

Makes a huge difference how? I just bought raw nuts, so do I need to add oil for sure? I noticed Sprouts roasts some of their nuts in Canola oil, so didn’t buy those. Hoping most nuts aren’t roasted w/rapeseed/canola oil! And thanks for the vid, Joe! Super helpful

[@JoesPhenomenal]

@@laurathompson9107 Heya Laura.... Roasted nuts have a little different texture to them, usually more oil, stuff like that. It kind of depends on the nut. If they're already roasted, a lot of times you don't need to add much, if any oil at all. Maybe a little more with raw ones.... In addition to maybe a bit of salt and/or herbs for flavoring. It's takes a little experimentation. I usually start with less or no oil, and then add a little if I don't get a smooth texture.... The oil also helps them blend more easily by the way.

[@rw4388]

​@@laurathompson9107 I used raw cashews that I roasted in the oven on 325°, for 9 mins, no oil added. They processed fine for me, you have to just keep processing until you get the consistency you want. I haven't tried processing the cashews raw yet, but I believe you can still achieve a nice, smooth butter without oil.

[@mashayogini]

Thank you! Excatly what I needed. 🙏

[@JoesPhenomenal]

Awesome! You found it before I could link it for ya.

[@mashayogini]

@@JoesPhenomenal thanks anyway. 😊 Great info.

[@JoesPhenomenal]

@@mashayogini Thanks, Masha!

[@cosmincosmin5802]

Hi there. What kind of oil did you use to make the butter?

[@JoesPhenomenal]

I used avocado oil to do this one.

[@cosmincosmin5802]

@@JoesPhenomenal thanks for the info. In the end I’ve used rapeseed oil

[@JoesPhenomenal]

@@cosmincosmin5802 rapeseed oil? They make that on Epstein Island, right? LOL. j/k

[@cosmincosmin5802]

@@JoesPhenomenal I don’t know that lol

[@rawsomeone1]

@@cosmincosmin5802 Seed oils are better for lubricating machines, but your body will break down eventually from using it. 🙂

[@lele-ik2zi]

very good video ，thank you！did you try to make sesame butter？

[@JoesPhenomenal]

Well... I made some tahini with it, so that's basically the same thing.. That's about as close as I've gotten to that.

[@lele-ik2zi]

@@JoesPhenomenal OK。thanks！

[@JoesPhenomenal]

You're welcome!

[@bridgettelindner2527]

They came out soooo good!

[@JoesPhenomenal]

So happy you liked em!!

[@fraulein_haute]

Do you think that the Ninja Foodi Power Blender is capable of making Toum? :)

[@JoesPhenomenal]

I don't see why not. It can make some pretty nice Aioli and Mayo. I'd still use a mortar and pestle to crush the herbs though if you're using whole, fresh stuff.

[@wemcal]

Great video

[@JoesPhenomenal]

Thanks!

[@christopheriacovo8472]

Okay,okay,okay... but can any blender/processor actually make smooth peanut butter!.. SERIOUSLY!!! I Can NOT have ANY chunks in my peanut butter. Any and all abrasive textures destroy my insides.

[@JoesPhenomenal]

The problem with peanut butter is that it likes to stick to the sides of the container really good, so if you do it without any oil added at all, you have to be pretty patient with it and pulse it slowly until you get as much of the natural oils out of it as possible so you have something to help keep it from sticking. It might even take adding a little extra oil to the mix about half way through to really get it loosen up. That and you'll need to open the container and scrape every so often, since you need to get it buttery smooth with no chunks at all. Probably a bit of extra time blending also. You can get it there, but it takes a little time. Might be more cost effective to buy the smooth stuff from the store since they have the big machines in the factory doing that on really large quantities at a time.

[@zennabella1676]

I AGREE WITH YOU. FOR ME NUT BUTTER MUST BE SMOOTH WITH NO LUMPS OR AT LEAST HARDLY NO LUMPS. MY NEW OPTIMUM SLIM BLENDER BROKE DOWN AFTER ABOUT 12 USES. IM SENDING IT BACK. I HOPE THEY REPLACE IT. I THINK I SHOULD HAVE BOUGHT A NUT GRINDER. I SAW ONE ON EBAY FOR OVER 800 DOLLARS. PERHAPS A NUT GRINDER IS THE THING TO GET. BEFORE MY OPTIMUM SLIM BLENDER I HAD NUTRI NINJA COMPLETE. ITS I THINK A SET OF ABOUT 4 JUGS. I HAD THEM FOR AROUND 3 OR 4 YEARS. NOT USEABLE NOW THOUGH.

[@JoesPhenomenal]

@zennabella1676 I've got a new video for the Ninja Detect system, and I made some nut butter in there to demo it that came out surprising nice... Didn't even have to do the old stop and stir thing either.

[@troyrager1352]

My ninja burned up before it could finish my first batch of cashews 😂

[@JoesPhenomenal]

Well, that sucks... Were you pulsing the machine or letting it run? Just curious.

[@Milkshakist]

I dunno , let’s see?

[@rawsomeone1]

hitting metal spoon against blades not so good

[@JoesPhenomenal]

Yeah.. Good call.. I wasn't really paying attention when I did that.

[@mdlcasi2000]

No oil.. but you added oil to start..lol

[@JoesPhenomenal]

Yeah.. That was a victim of edits... The food processor just didn't have the power or shape to do the peanuts totally dry. It would just stick constantly, and you'd have to take the blade out and scoop it around to get it moving again.

[@WaynoGur]

Well nuts to you! (sorry. Couldn't resist). ;-)

[@JoesPhenomenal]

Lol!

[@likeasparrowinthewildernes8333]

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The day of judgment is decisive and displays to all the seal of truth. Just as now a father does not send his son, or a son his father, or a master his servant, or a friend his dearest friend, to be ill or sleep or eat or be healed in his stead, 105 so no one shall ever pray for another on that day, neither shall any one lay a burden on another; for then every one shall bear his own righteousness and unrighteousness." 2 Esdras 2:31 ;;;;;;;;;;'''::::::''''’

[@moshik5]

Bought a Multi-function Ninja blender/food processor/smoothie; it is a horse without teeth, so noisy but not that good at grinding stuff; the design is false with the multi-blades that are not really doing the job and even quite far from the base jars... I wish I had known it before buying this noisy American car... ah, I mean blender... save your money and go for the better ones...

[@JoesPhenomenal]

We've had pretty decent luck with ours... Then again, we don't do really any grinding with it, so I can't really comment on that. Definitely on the loud side though.

[@moshik5]

@@JoesPhenomenal When I use it to make any nut butter, I always use the blender! More power and much less (!!) work. Also, I ALWAYS use the Ninja while having my over-ear headphones to not make myself completely deaf! 🤦‍♂🤯

[@JoesPhenomenal]

@@moshik5 Yeah.... I can see that. Especially if you have sensitive ears like a lot of people do. Most Ninja products are pretty noisy too... It's one of the complaints I have about them... It doesn't bother me that much, but that may be due to all that loud music I listened to in my car growing up. Haha.

[@moshik5]

@@JoesPhenomenal hhh indeed, my ears are much more sensitive than in high school. But I reckon that the next blender will be on the more quiet side - cause BYGOD, the ninja is over-the-top noisy

[@TheFrenchieConnection]

😁

[@rcde2]

Ninja is garbage. Use Cuisinart or Kitchen Aid.

[@JoesPhenomenal]

Kitchenaid food processors are the GOAT. This video wasn't really about what's the best food processor though.. It was more about whether ninja's processors are really better than just using one of their blenders instead. Their newer ones are a lot more robust now, but if I had to choose for myself, I'd still do the Kitchenaid, like you rightly mentioned.

[@TripSoup420]

for the price, can't you just turn the Ninja on for 10 minutes, open and stir, and then set to go 10 more minutes? I just used a hamilton beach food processor with just an on/off switch on it and that is all i did, 2 sets of 10 minutes, no oil at all and it was SUPER creamy, and that is just a 60$ cheapy machine, I'm here to see how great the Ninja is I was going to buy it, but I don't think this guy is using it right

[@JoesPhenomenal]

Heya Trip. That Ninja Pro food processor is the model from several years ago. I'm not sure how it compares to the current model. The Hamilton Beach FP is pretty inexpensive, but don't let that fool ya. It's a pretty darned good machine for the money. The main problems with the Ninja Processor from this video, were that it has a relatively slow RPM, tended to get bogged down a little on the easy side, the blade sat a little bit too high, so a lot of what was being processed would just slip under the blade unless you were doing larger capacities (which made making nut butters a little problematic if you weren't doing a lot of it, since it kept sweeping over the top of it, and it had some issues with a lot of ingredients getting lodged up under the pusher when using the discs. Later on, Ninja Released their Ultimate system, which was basically a Ninja foodi power blender that came with discs and a special processing lid with a pusher on it, and the difference was pretty amazing, to me. It can do everything the dedicated processor was able to do, but better, and had a bunch of extra power. It also had that extra utility to act as a good blender, too, so you didn't have to use up extra counter space on 2 machines. That's not to say that the Ninja Pro food processor was bad per se (we did use it quite a bit), just that the updated all-in-one type version was a lot nicer. We still have both over here, but seldom use the older machine unless we need to use both machines at the same time. Your mileage might vary though. Everybody uses stuff slightly different.

[@jjbud3124]

I have the Mega Kitchen model - the new one (it has one major problem - no opening in the lid to add ingredients - so no mayo in it). I was having trouble making almond butter with it - took forever. I ran it for maybe 10-15 minutes then stopped and went back after it cooled down and ran it some more because I was afraid of overheating it. I'm regularly making peanut butter in it (tastes better than almond or cashew butter in my opinion). The peanut butter takes no more than about 2 minutes total and comes out creamy smooth. I haven't tried cashew butter in it, but since cashews are softer than peanuts it should do a good job. I use it several times a week to make almond milk and sometimes cashew milk. I've done oatmeal milk but don't like it as much (although I love oatmeal). The smoothie attachment will make a smoothie you can eat with a spoon. Fill up the cup halfway with frozen fruit, add milk to just cover the fruit and you get a smooth, thick drink. I haven't done chopped vegetables yet. Getting ready to try mustard seed.