My daughter and I love ice cream and this has been the best appliance I have gotten in a long time! This comes with a book and has some different recipes which are delicious! All you have to do is make sure you prep the ice cream the day before you want it so it freezes and then the next day you pop the container in the ninja and pick which way you want it made and it does it in just a few minutes. Also, we are bad about buying ice cream from places and putting it in the freezer and forgetting about it and when that happens, we can put the ice cream in the container for the ninja and get press start and the ice cream is soft and delicious again without having to set it out to get softer. Highly recommend!