November 15, 2013

Healthy Cooking with Philips Avance XL Airfryer

Dominique Advertorials, Thoughts Avance XL Airfryer, Philips

The Philips Avance XL Airfryer

Are you looking for an alternative way to deep frying? How about trying Air frying? It is certainly healthier as you use the rapid air technology to make your food to make it crunchy on the outside and tender on the inside. Cooking meals with up to 80% less fat then a conventional fryer it makes whipping up tasty meals a breeze.

There is no need for smelly kitchens and messy clean up with an Air fryer. The gadget is easy to clean, safe and economical for daily use making it really suitable for my two little junior chefs to operate.

The newly launched (2100W) Philips Avance XL Airfryer has made cooking a breeze for me. With a 1.2 kg capacity it is 50% bigger then the previous model. It is 5X the size of the old model and is capable to feed up to 5 people which is just nice for our family of 5. You can even put a 7 inch cake tin inside to bake a cake!! ( More on that in the next post)

Available in black or white this nifty kitchen gadget is capable of the following.

– Fast cooking speed ( It only takes 18 minutes to cook 750g of fries which is 30% faster then traditional cooking methods)

– It has a touch sensitive full digital timer and control screen.

– Smart preset and easy glide drawer

– it allows you to bake, roast, grill and gratinate

Doesn’t it look neat? There is no need for so many different kitchen gadgets which will clutter up your counter top. This is certainly a PLUS in our modern homes where space is a constrain. At $539 b/f discount it is certainly a gadget which one should consider getting for the kitchen.

The kids were really excited to try out this new kitchen gadget and decided to make some carrot chips with the Airfryer as we had lots of carrots in the fridge that day.

The ingredients used

Carrot Chips

Ingredients

– carrots

– Salt

– olive oil

– pepper

– paprika

Instructions

1) slice the carrot into strips

2) add olive oil,paprika, salt and pepper in a bowl

3) coat the carrot strips with the mixture

4) place the marinated carrot strips in the Airfryer at 200 degrees for 15 minutes.

It’s that simple!!

Air fried Carrot Chips

Here is how the chips turned out after baking it. I placed a sheet of baking paper under the carrot strips to prevent the marinate from flowing from the basket to the bottom of the drawer during the cooking process. This makes it easier to clean up after cooking.

The Chips

Yummy , yummy chips which tastes as good as those made out of potato. The kids cleared the plate within minutes!!

If you are thinking of what to cook with an Air fryer don’t fret. The Air fryer comes with a really neat international recipe book which has a wide selection of recipes from culinary experts which showcase the versatility of the appliance so that you can grill, bake and even roast food more healthily, quickly and conveniently.

Just for the Singapore readers of my blog!

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This promotion is valid from 1st December till 31st January 2014.

The Viva Digital Airfryer and Avance XL Airfryer are also available at regular price in leading electronics stores, departmental stores and supermarkets island-wide.

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Address: 620A Lorong 1 Toa Payoh Building TP4 Level 1 S(319762)

Tel: 6882 5800

Opening Hours: Monday to Friday: 9.00 am – 7.00 pm Saturday: 9.00 am – 1.00 pm.

Closed on Sundays and Public Holidays.

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November 14, 2013

Supercamp 2013- A Fun Camp for Kids 8-18

Dominique Advertorials, Parenting and Kids Supercamp

Snapshot of last year’s supercamp

Are you looking for a way to meaningful engage your child this year end school holidays? Are you concerned that your child is spending too much time texting, playing Minecraft, watching YouTube videos, on Facebook or aimlessly idling away their holidays?

I certainly am!! I don’t want my boys to waste away their 7 weeks of end of year school vacations. I want their vacation to be filled with activities which are both exciting and educational for them.

Their school vacation should be a time where by they learn how to be more self motivated and discipline to apply themselves to studies and increase their self confidence level. It should be a time whereby they are able to build up their life skills. This is where Supercamp comes in.

The Supercamp website

What is Supercamp?

Founded by Bobbi DePorter in 1982 the aim was to teach students important life-skills that they could use for the rest of the lives while making learning fun and meaningful. Adopting cutting -edge learning technology from Georgi Lazanov and life-lessons from the world’s greatest achievers, Bobbi developed an innovative and engaging 7-day- life-skills and academic skills program- Supercamp.

Speed reading, study skills, writing, maths, creativity and critical thinking with important life skills in the areas of communication, leadership, relationships, self-worth, personal responsibility, goal setting and more are all explored at the 7 day camp.

How they teach.

The camp leaders put activities together in a fast an fun way so students learn with speed, little effort and with lots of ACTION and fun. The elements of fun, games, color, positive thinking, physical fitness and emotional health are all combined to provide the child with a high-impact, powerful learning experience.

What your child would learn at the camp

At the camp your child would pick up both life-skills and academic skills. His resilience will be molded together with his self motivation and sense of responsibility. He too will learn how to foster better relationships with others.

All this is done through getting the child to understand the following through a series of activities.

– how to manage their energy peak during exams

– creative problem solving

– troubleshooting problems given real life scenarios

At the camp your child will be able to use their newly acquired skill set over and over again till it becomes second nature to them under the guidance of the team leaders

What Makes Supercamp Singapore So Special

Supercamp Singapore only runs once a year as they passionately believe in giving students the very best. It is the ONLY in-depth life skills program in Singapore. Applying the techniques from Bobbi’s accelerated learning inventions, first introduced in 1982. one is able to find out the deep “WHY” or your child- WHY study harder, WHY learn more, WHY push during the 7 day intensive camp.

It has been Singapore’s best kept secret which is unanimously loved by parents and kids. Past campers love it so much that they have been returning to Supercamp year after year.

Parents whose kids went to Supercamp have seen that their quiet and introvert kids have become more confident and have broken out of their shell. They make friends more easily, volunteer for leadership positions in school and are also more self motivated to study well. With the right attitude in life the parents need not worry and stress up so much over their kids.

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