Easy Peasy Soup and Smoothie with a Philips Jamie Oliver Blender

Dominique Advertorials, Parenting and Kids Jamie Oliver Blender, Philips

Red peppers

The kids love drinking soup and smoothies. I am always on a look out for new recipes to try out at home from the recipe books which I have in my cupboard. With a Philips Jamie Oliver blender it has made making the kid’s favourite soup and smoothie a breeze.

Sliced red peppers being saute in a saucepan

Red pepper soup is one of the soups that we serve regularly at home. It is quite easy to make and there isn’t too many ingredients that are needed. You only need the following
– 2 onions finely chopped
– 2 tablespoons groundnut or olive oil
– 1 garlic clove, crushed (optional)
– 3 red peppers, de-seeded and roughly chopped
– 2 courgettes, roughly chopped
– 900 ml vegetable stock or water
– sea salt and freshly grounded black pepper.

After the vegetables are tendered you just need to pour it into the Jamie Oliver blender to blend. The ultra sharp titanium serrated blade took only about 5 minutes to fully blend the soup in the 2 litre glass jar.

I love the big capacity of this blender as I only need to blend the soup once and there is enough to serve the 5 of us.

blending the soup

Red Pepper soup

With the time saved from blending the soup we had time to make the kids some chocolate smoothie. It only took 5 minutes and only 3 ingredients are needed- chocolate sauce, yoghurt and ice.

The ingredients for the chocolate smoothie

Making the smoothie

It is really easy to blend up a healthy soup and tasty drink for the kids with the Philips Jamie Oliver blender. It’s a tool which I certainly recommend for all kitchens.

Keep life simple with the PHILIPS | Jamie Oliver range which includes a food processor (S$268), blender (S$128) and handblender (S$108).

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July 2, 2013

Inside the Jeju Island Manjanggul Cave

Dominique Parenting and Kids, Wordful Wednesday Jeju island, Manjanggul Cave

A sign board

Manjanggul Cave was one of the places which we visited on the day tour of Jeju island. It was the 2nd UNESCO world site which we visited besides Sunrise Peak.

It was the first time that we went into a wet cave which had was dripping from the wall. It was cold and damp inside and luckily we brought along jackets for all as it was really very chilly.

Back view of R and Tiger girl

Only 1Km of the 4km long cave is accessible to public. The rest has been closed up to preserve it. There was only one entrance and we had to track back after reaching the turn around part. It wasn’t easy walking in the cave even though it was lit with lights but the rough and uneven terrain made it difficult for one to walk without stepping into puddles.

The layers on the wall

While trekking through the cave I saw the lava lines on the wall. There must have been quite a few volcanic eruptions on Jeju island for so many layers of lava to have solidified over the years.

The large stalagmite at the end of the trek

After the nearly 40 minutes walk we arrived at the end of the tunnel and saw a really cool stone pillar which was illuminated with colored lights from the bottom. It really looked magical.