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Bake Easy with a Jamie Oliver Philips Food Processor

Blueberry Muffins Fresh from the Oven

Blueberry Muffins Fresh from the Oven

Thinking of having some Blueberry Muffins for tea? With the Jamie Oliver Phillips Food Processor you can whip up a batch of cake mixture in minutes. It’s simple and a fun activity which you can even do with your kids.

The Food Processor

The Food Processor

This food processor can certainly speed up your cooking in the kitchen.

There is a range of activities that you can do with the Jamie Oliver Philips Food Processor. You can slice, shred,whip, juice and even create frozen desserts with its 1000w motor.

Salads, Soups, Sorbets and even ice-creams can be made using this food processor.

The kids were craving for some blueberry muffins and we decided to bake some one afternoon during the weekends.

You only need the following ingredients

  • 1 1/2 cups (195 grams) all-purpose flour
  • 3/4 cup (150 grams) sugar
  • 1/2 teaspoon  salt
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • 1/3 cup (79 ml) vegetable oil
  • 1large egg
  • 1/2 cup (118 ml)  milk
  • 1 1/2 teaspoons vanilla extract
  • 1 cup (170 grams or 6 ounces) fresh blueberries

 

The ingredients we used

The ingredients we used

Monkey boy sieving the flour and mixing in the ingredients

Monkey boy sieving the flour and mixing in the ingredients

After all the ingredients have been mixed it was time to take out the food processor and let it do it’s magic with the metal double balloon better attachment.
Using the mixture to make the batter

Using the mixture to make the batter

It took about 5 minutes to mix the raw ingredients together to form a smooth batter. Once the batter was made I added in the blueberries and mixed it in before pouring out the whole mixture into cupcake cups for baking.

All ready to go into the oven

All ready to go into the oven

After baking for about 20 minutes the blueberry muffins were all ready to be eaten for tea.

Blueberry Muffin

Blueberry Muffin

Do you want a bite?

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

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My 5 favourite Apps

logo_newsloop_02There are many apps which I use on a daily basis. Some of them are on my Android phone while others are in my ipad.

Here is a list of my 5 favourite Apps.

1. NewsLoop

This is the latest app which is available for both Android and Apple devices. It shows you the latest local and international news and also information in the various categories like food, tech and gadgets etc. Dominique’s Desk is featured under the kids and parenting category in this app.

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2. Instagram

I’m sure most of you have this app downloaded on your phone. If you do and would like to add  new streams to follow do consider following me – RachelDominiquegoh(my user name). I use this app to upload pictures to both facebook and twitter while at the same time uploading the pictures to my Instagram account. Get snippets into my life and what we do during this holidays via Instagram.

 

 

WhatsApp

WhatsAPP

3. WHATsApp

This is the app which I use to communicate with my friends when I am out. It is easier to talk in group and have discussions on it. I love all the cute icons you can attach to it and the ease in adding photos which are relevant to the conversations. I use this to keep in touch with relatives and family who are overseas.

 

FarFaria App Start Page

FarFaria App Start Page

4. The Far Faria Storybook App

This is a great app to keep the kids occupied on the go by sharing of more then 100 different stories with them. There are new books added each week to the collection and you can choose to let the book be read to your child or he reads it by himself.

Birdees the App

Birdees the App

5. The Birdees Sex App

I am using this app with the boys a lot this school holidays as I brush up their knowledge on Sex education and keeping themselves safe. It is  pitched at a level which is easy for elementary school kids to understand and I like that it gives sufficient and relevant information about the topic.

 

What are your favourite apps?