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Healthy Cooking with Philips Avance XL Airfryer

The Airfryer

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

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!!

 

Airfried Carrot Chips

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

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!

Cook with Air today! Quote [Dominique’s Desk] and buy Viva Digital Airfryer at $399 + $50 shopping voucher (Usual price: $459) and Avance XL Airfryer at $479 + $50 shopping voucher (Usual price: $539) at the PHILIPS EXPERIENCE SHOWROOM.

 

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.

*Limited to 1 Airfryer per person (IC must be produced).

PHILIPS EXPERIENCE SHOWROOM

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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10 Things which bring me Comfort

The kids trying out a gaming machine

The kids trying out a gaming machine

Comfort-a sense of physical or psychological ease

Everybody seeks comfort now and then. I guess with all the uncertainty that there is in this world one crave comfort from the things  There are many  different things which bring me comfort.  These things do not have to have a expensive price tag and some of them are certainly priceless to me.

Here are 10 things which bring me comfort.

1. Seeing the kids with smiles on their faces and hearing their laughter.

2. Chocolate cake.

3. A hug by a loved one

4. Having R by my side.

5. Snuggling under the blanket with my favourite teddy bear.

6.  Knowing the GOD is looking out for me.

7. Reading books

8.  Pictures of me and the family

9 My Cannon 650D

10. Flowers

What  brings your comfort?

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