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Ninja Blender Giveaway, baby!

by Jamie

THIS GIVEAWAY IS NOW CLOSED

Today, I really REALLY wanted to post a fabulous new recipe for you all. That was my plan all week-long, you see. But as luck would have it, my good intentions were rudely interrupted by fact that my kitchen sink simply decided to come unglued from her usual spot and fell right out from under the counter-top leaving me with no running water (or sink!) in my kitchen and 500 dirty dishes just begging to be cleaned.

This is not a joke.

Would I lie to you?

No way, man. I would not.

Good times around here, my friends. After I washed the previously mentioned 500 dishes (give or take 450) in my bathtub during the late night hours, I had a good nights rest and woke up ready and willing to serve my family cheap, five dollar pizza for the duration my small kitchen crisis. (Which should be over in the next 24 hours or so. At least that was the good news given to me today by MyHandsomeHusband aka Repair Man of Wonder).

And so, dear readers, instead of a new recipe for you today I am giving away one of my favorite kitchen appliances of all time.

 

Isn’t she a beauty!

I would love to give one of you lucky readers a brand spanking new Ninja Kitchen System 1200 (BL700), complete with a small and large pitcher and many different cutting blades (including a whipping blade and dough hook). 

I absolutely adore this contraption. I use it for all kinds of things, including smoothie making, chopping nuts, veggies, blending up graham cracker crumbs for crusts, making salad dressings, whipping cream, blending dips..etc, etc, etc…I have even used it in a pinch to make cookie dough and bread dough! Amazing, it is.

I use mine every day.

Just like I used to use my kitchen sink every day.

Until she went rogue on me. Dang thing. Hoping once she has been restored to her full glory, we can be friends again. She and I spend a lot of time together after all. 🙂

To enter the giveaway all you have to do is leave me a comment telling me one of your kitchen mishaps. (Goodness knows we all have them!) Did you accidentally pour freshly made gravy down the sink? Did you burn your husbands birthday cake? Did your chicken soup boil over while you were eating chocolate and reading a great book? 

I would love to hear your stories. Everyone needs a good laugh now and then, right! You may enter from now until Thursday March 6th. Winner will be announced and contacted on Friday March 7th.

Good luck, everyone!

 

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798 comments

Pam Hamann February 28, 2014 - 12:06 pm

while making a smoothie for my 6 yr old grandson, I forgot to put the lid on the blender. him and I both had strawberries, yogurt and milk all over us.. he liked it,, me not so much.

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Patricia V. February 28, 2014 - 12:08 pm

When I was first learning how to bake, my sister gave me a muffin recipe she loved. Mind you up to this point I could hard boil an egg and pour milk over cereal. The recipe called for egg whites. Well, how hard can this be? Boiled up some eggs, discarded the yolk, chopped up the egg whites and added them to the bowl. Yes, I cooked the eggs before adding them to my muffins! My sister still can’t tell the story without laughing!

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Julie DeGarlais February 28, 2014 - 12:08 pm

I was making mashed potatoes at my sister in laws house. Everyone insisted I put them in the Bosch…I put them in and turned it on with no lid…hot potatoes were flying everywhere (even up to the ceiling). People were calling to me to turn it off but I kept going one turn past off which was the pulse feature. Finally a brother in law reached over me and unplugged the machine.

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Kelly D February 28, 2014 - 12:08 pm

I made sugar cookies for Valentine’s day one year and I didn’t space them enough and made them too big and they all melted together in the pan.

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Becky February 28, 2014 - 12:10 pm

I left chicken cooking in the oven overnight! While I was sleeping, I kept wondering why our apartment smelled so weird. In the morning, I discovered two charred pieces of chicken ready for eating!

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debbie February 28, 2014 - 12:11 pm

Had all my ingredients together for a yummy large strawberry cheesecake, and did not pay any attention to the bottom of the not attached cheesecake pan when fully loaded, and putting it into the wall oven. Did not make it!!!!!! Cheesecake batter all down the oven, and cabinets below the oven, and floor. Need to pay better attention.
Another quick blooper, my spouse was in the camper, and decided that the hard boiled eggs, I fixed him before he left, needed to be warmed, so he placed them in the micorwave. Put them on high. Blew the door off my new microwave!!!! Big Boooooboo. Life must go on——. Thanks for reading.

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Lisa February 28, 2014 - 12:11 pm

WOW! I think my most memorable kitchen mishap was when a pan of deep dish lasagna fell on the floor when the foil pan bent. My Labrador Retriever was the lucky recipient. I have no idea how she managed to gulp that piping hot cheese & survive.

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Emma February 28, 2014 - 12:11 pm

I would love a ninja! I’m sorry to hear about your sink. I have had many kitchens mishaps. The most recent one was about two weeks ago when I was grilling a butterflied whole chicken on the grill outside. I turned it halfway but it wasn’t cooked as much as I thought it should be, so I turned up the grill, just a bit. I forgot to go check on it until my husband came home. When he retrieved it from the grill is was pretty much charred. I think we saved enough to pick at for dinner, but no leftovers.

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Jamie February 28, 2014 - 12:13 pm

I was at a friend’s house making orange juice in their blend tec…and didn’t have the lid on tight…OJ was shooting out all 4 corners all over the kitchen!

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Amy February 28, 2014 - 12:13 pm

The kitchen mishaps are the things I try to forget quickly! But the first one I remember was making a mayonnaise cake (chocolate scratch cake with mayo instead of eggs and oil) when I was young. I used Miracle Whip instead of mayo. They are not interchangeable! But I would LOVE the ninja. My husband would LOVE it even more. He would make shakes every night if I would let him.

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Michelle February 28, 2014 - 12:13 pm

I was having a large get together and I had 3 crock pots “going” so the food would be ready when everyone showed up. About 4 busy hours later, I noticed the house wasn’t beginning to smell of food like it usually does so I went to check on the crockpots and you guessed it, I didn’t plug them in!! We ended up ordering out pizza! I always triple check now to make sure they are plugged in!!

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Susan February 28, 2014 - 12:14 pm

2 Thanksgivings ago I decided to brine a turkey for the first time. I bought one of those giant plastic bags and mixed up the brine and put the turkey in it and placed it in a large baking dish in my fridge. The next morning at about 6 I wanted to take the turkey out and turn it so I lifted the pan and the brine shifted and the next thing I knew turkey juices and brine and spices had spilled all through my fridge and out all over my cabinets and floor and on me and my robe.
🙁 I screamed and my husband jumped up out of bed, ran in to the kitchen only to see me holding the pan unable to move as more would have spilled. It took us over an hour to clean everything up as we had to dismantle the whole refrigerator in order for me to calm down about not causing everyone to have a case of salmonella!

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Cheryl February 28, 2014 - 12:16 pm

I have another story. We had the Relief Society doing a progressive dinner. I was making smoothies. When the ladies arrived, I and another friend were preparing them when it jammed up, so I stuck the WOODEN stick inside and it started grinding it up!!!!!!! I yanked it out hoping maybe they wouldn’t notice. When I took a drink if mine, it was definitely gritty!!!!! I was mortified!!! I explained the problem and they got a big laugh out of it. They said “Well it’s just more fiber for us”!!! I wanted to die right on the spot!!!

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Angie February 28, 2014 - 12:16 pm

My worst (almost) mishap was while making dinner one night, I was getting ready to measure out olive oil when I looked down in time to notice I was actually holding a bottle of ammonia. I blame it on pregnancy brain, but I quickly moved the cleaning supplies out if my pantry!

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Jessica February 28, 2014 - 12:18 pm

I had my sister over for dinner and she was bringing her boyfriend over so we could meet him. I found an awesome sweet and sour chicken recipe that I was SO excited to try. After we sat down and started eating, someone commented on the interesting taste of the sauce. I then realized I had been so nervous and in a big hurry that I used ammonia in the sauce instead of vinegar. I was horrified! Luckily, they aren’t together any more and we joke about how I tried to poison her boyfriend!

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Melissa February 28, 2014 - 12:18 pm

I pulled the Thanksgiving turkey out of the oven and set it on the stove. It was in a stoneware baker and the burner was on. BAD COMBO! The turkey pan exploded sending the turkey to the floor and the wonderful drippings for the gravy around the room. We laugh about this every Thanksgiving.

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Sharon February 28, 2014 - 12:18 pm

My husband sliced into the first meatloaf I ever made, 45 years ago and told me he had never heard of carrots in meatloaf. Didn’t know I had to cut up the bread or that it would soak up the reddish orange color of tomato sauce and come to resemble carrots.

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Mickale Shurtliff February 28, 2014 - 12:19 pm

Baking bread the other day, the first step you mix the yeast, honey, water and flour together and let it sit for 30 minutes. It is supposed to get big and bubbly. I couldn’t figure our why it wasn’t getting very big. I had forgotten to add the flour. I had to start all over.

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Toni Lawton February 28, 2014 - 12:21 pm

I had a craving for chocolate cake but didn’t want to make it…my 12 yr. old daughter decided she wanted to learn how to make a cake..SCORE!!..We went thru the recipe step by step and she felt confident to do it by herself…she did a great job until she put it in the oven..Chocolate Volcano! She put in baking soda ! We laughed as we cleaned the oven and made another cake together..One of our best memories!

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Amanda February 28, 2014 - 12:21 pm

I started a fire in my toasted oven. When I opened the oven to try to put out the flames they reached up and set fire to my kitchen cabinets. Luckily that’s all that burned.

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Jan R February 28, 2014 - 12:22 pm

Not really a mishap as it was done on purpose when my brother and I (11 months apart) used to make hamburger patties and would toss them in the air. Opps…when they stuck on the ceiling. Mom couldn’t figure out why when she painted it didn’t cover:-)

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Amber Johnsen February 28, 2014 - 12:23 pm

Oh, the Garbage Disposal…. It never fails, while the hubby is away something breaks. Well, I decided to set up a fish tank while he was gone, for my 3yr old son. Being the rule follower I am, I dutifully rinsed the gravel. Well, there was a slight over abundance, and it quickly rolled into the garbage disposal. The disposal proceeded to work for about 2.5 seconds before the gravel killed it…. Sigh….

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Lindy February 28, 2014 - 12:26 pm

My mom decorated my dad’s b-day cake with food coloring gel by mistake. After we all started eating it, I noticed everyone had colored teeth! It was pretty funny!

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Cherise Nielson February 28, 2014 - 12:27 pm

I forgot to put sugar in my pumpkin bread dough at Christmas time. I was supposed to serve it in 30 minutes to a group of people, not enough time to make more and cook it. I was so embarrassed! I would love the Ninja! It would get used everyday!

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Patti February 28, 2014 - 12:27 pm

When our oldest son FINALLY decided it was time he marry, he surprised us by asking if the ceremony could be held in our home. To our delight, we of course agreed. As you can imagine, it was a very busy day moving furniture, placing flowers, etc. etc. ect. I was preparing all the food for the reception, and started peeling potatoes, carrots, onions. NOTE: NEVER, EVER try to stuff all those peelings down the garage disposal too fast. I know better, but was in a hurry and my disposal said in its own way “no way.” So, the honey-do list I had for my hubby was put on hold while top priority was cleaning the mess of the disposal on our son’s wedding day with guests expected in a few hours. It was a lovely, unforgettable day in spite of how it began.

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Patti March 1, 2014 - 2:39 pm

Oops typo – Garbage disposal

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Tricia February 28, 2014 - 12:28 pm

I had baked a pork tenderloin & decided to make gravy from the juices. Not thinking, I set the glass pan on the hot burner & started to stir in the thickener. I turned my back to get something from the table & boom, there was an explosion. I turned to see very small glass pieces, & gravy, all over the stove & floor. Fortunately, I didn’t get hurt but it left me wondering what in the world had I been thinking to do such a dumb thing. I attributed to “that time of the month.”

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april hughes February 28, 2014 - 12:34 pm

When my now husband and I were engaged, I was making a fancy steak dinner for us for Valentine’s Day. Everything was going so smoothly until some grease spilled on the burner and started a fire! I tried to pat it out with a kitchen towel and lo and behold if the kitchen towel didn’t catch on fire too!!!! Thankfully, he was able to stop the flames before they got too out of control!!!

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Sue M. February 28, 2014 - 12:34 pm

My mishap….while trying to cook a tenderloin steak in the oven at very high heat I set off the smoke alarm….several neighbors came running over to the house ready to call the fire department…now I use the grill.

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Lori Marchant February 28, 2014 - 12:34 pm

I was making your yummy cinnamon syrup but in too small a pot. I wasn’t watching closely enough and it boiled over! I was soaking and scraping burnt syrup off the stove for a week. I managed to salvage the remaining syrup, though, and that’s the most important thing!

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Erin R. February 28, 2014 - 12:35 pm

Well, my first try at a lard pie crust ended up with the danged thing disintegrating and lighting on fire at the bottom of the oven. Of COURSE my husband was right there to see the whole thing happening. (head shaking)

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Miriam February 28, 2014 - 12:35 pm

One of the worst things to happen in my kitchen was the microwave went crazy and failed to turn off catching the baked potato on fire. We lived for days with that smell! Good luck with the sink, thank goodness you weren’t bathing a baby in it!

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catherine w. February 28, 2014 - 12:35 pm

Mine is less of a story and more of a reoccurring theme: I burn my arm on the oven door almost once a week when sticking something in the oven or pulling it out. You’d think I’d learn.

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Michelle Whitman February 28, 2014 - 12:35 pm

When I was in high school it was my turn to make dinner. I made Spaghetti with Garlic bread, but unfortunately I forgot the bread until the smoke alarm went off! It was like charcoal 🙁 Now I always set an alarm to remind me I have bread in the oven.

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briann neeley February 28, 2014 - 12:37 pm

I melted one of my daughters sippy cups in the dishwasher and it smelled like melted plastic!

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Jamie February 28, 2014 - 12:38 pm

I learned to cook from my grandmother at a very early age and if I do say so myself, am a very good cook. Early in my marriage, 33 yrs. ago, I was having the preacher and his wife for dinner and was making fried chicken, creamed potatoes, hot biscuits and all the fixings. I had everything under control when they arrived except the gravy. The preachers wife came in the kitchen, which I hate, and stood over the stove. That gravy was the worst thing I ever made. I burned the flour and it smelled up my clean house. I never invited them to dinner again.

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Patti February 28, 2014 - 12:42 pm

I love reading all these kitchen mishaps! Life is good. I recall making banana bread for a group function. I was so proud of myself. I had made like 6 loaves of beauty. Had them on the counter cooling and left to go pick kids up after school. Got home to find crumbs all over my floor & the dog devouring his last loaf!….never left things on the counter again!

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Susan B. February 28, 2014 - 12:44 pm

My boys liked homemade cookies so much they would eat them off the pan as I was taking them out of the oven. Of course, this ended up causing plenty of burned lips and fingers!

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Carrie February 28, 2014 - 12:45 pm

I made The Pioneer Woman’s Restaurant Salsa for when we had company coming over. We all started digging in and realized it tasted funny. I had used cinnamon instead of cumin!

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Lisa February 28, 2014 - 12:45 pm

I’ve managed to break every single glass we own in a variety of ways. Dropping, clinking too hard, putting it in the dishwasher, taking it out of the dishwasher, and knocking it over. My husband would only allow non breakable drinking glasses in the house.

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Andrea D. February 28, 2014 - 12:45 pm

My biggest kitchen mishap was placing tin foil in the microwave as a child or melting a bowl on a hot burn as a child. Thanks for the chance to enter.

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Jackie Mitchell February 28, 2014 - 12:46 pm

Since you mention gravy… last Thanksgiving when I was making mine, I carefully poured the fat off the broth using a method I saw on Pinterest because I don’t have one of those cool pour-off-the-fat pitchers that does the job easy peasy, and… I added the grease to the gravy roux instead of the broth. Yuck! I got as much as I could out of there, but suffice to say we had a LOT of very-greasy gravy. Just one of many… 😉

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Karen Wolff February 28, 2014 - 12:47 pm

My recent kitchen mishap was my 6 year old putting his pizza in the microwave for 10 minutes 🙁 Needless to say-smoke everywhere and the smoke detector going off! The microwave stank for weeks after!

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Erika February 28, 2014 - 12:49 pm

Oh my list could take an eternity to write!! My favorite one! I was enjoying bonding time with my adorbs little man…thinking “isn’t it cute he wants to help me bake mint brownies?” Brownies are baking and we proceed to make the mint filling. HE TOOK THE BEATERS OUT OF THE BOWL WHILE THEY WERE STILL TURNED ON!! Yes Green food coloring as far as the eye could see! I still find a spattering of green when I’m cleaning indiscreet spots.

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Rosemarie February 28, 2014 - 12:50 pm

While making dinner the other night I opened a costco size container of red pepper flakes intending to sprinkle a little into my skillet. Didn’t remember that the inside lid with the little holes was taken off and whoops, 1/4 cup dumped all over dinner. My husband was happy!

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Sandy B. February 28, 2014 - 12:51 pm

Hi Jamie – Sorry for your mishap, (but secretly glad I’m not the only one that has ‘character building’ experiences! tsk tsk) Certainly not the worst kitchen disaster I’ve had, but the most memorable was when my blind date arrived for dinner and my spaghetti noodles stuck together in a huge clump like glue!! I was mortified, until his 7 yr old son said “hey Dad, she cooks just like we do!!” We all busted up laughing and ate it anyway – I guess it wasn’t too bad, because on 2/14/2014 we celebrated our 25th anniversary!!
Thanks for the reminder of great memories!

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Heidi - Idaho Falls February 28, 2014 - 12:51 pm

I was making a taco salad dinner with a mixture of meat, refried beans and spices for my family and my parents a few years ago. Instead of adding onion powder for seasoning I added onion salt. I served the taco mixture with Fritos and everyone was like “Whoa, salty!” I figured out what happened and removed the onion salt from my cabinet, onion powder will suffice.

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Tiffany February 28, 2014 - 12:55 pm

Although not necessarily a “kitchen” mishap, I was grilling fish for dinner and decided to throw a couple chicken breasts on to have to put on salads for the next couple days. We removed the fish, but had to let the chicken cook a little longer, ate dinner, cleaned up the kitchen, got through homework and went to put the grill away (3 hours later) to find the chicken (or what was left) still cooking away! They were more like little charcoal bricks! Grilling FAIL!

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Amy February 28, 2014 - 12:56 pm

I washed my hands into a pot if chicken stock I had cooling in the sink…soapy chicken noodle soup! Yuck!

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Becky Ethington February 28, 2014 - 12:57 pm

I also enjoyed reading the stories. Good times! I am not glad your sink broke but I AM glad the event inspired you to have everyone tell their own stories. 🙂 Give that hubby of yours an extra hug and kiss for his hard work. Heck, I’ll give my own a hug and kiss, too, in honor of fix-it men all over the world! If I win the blender I plan to give it to my friend & workout partner who makes healthy shakes for breakfast every morning. Without her I’d never workout…and weigh about 500 pounds. She’s my inspiration.

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Erin Jepsen February 28, 2014 - 12:58 pm

I boil over a pot pretty much daily but our biggest kitchen disaster is the hideous tile floor.

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