Organic Samm

The Nintendo DS Lite game console is one little clever gadget. Apart from being able to keep both the little ones and adults happily entertained and occupied, it can even help us become a better cook. YES, believe you me. Just take a look at his upcoming Nintendo Personal Trainer: Cooking video game which will be launched on Nov 24, 2008, and you will get what i mean.

Personal Trainer: Cooking is going to make whipping up recipes really fun and easy! With this Personal Trainer: Cooking, it’s like having your very own personal chef with you in the kitchen, helping you along the way as you work on those recipes. The Personal Trainer: Cooking is an interactive cookbook whereby you can access over 240 recipes from around the world. A private cooking instructor will provide video demonstrations and talk you through any recipe you choose.

As you browse through your favorite recipes (by ingredients, calorie count, cooking time, difficulty, etc) on the Personal Trainer: Cooking, all you have to do is just tap a box to mark the ingredients you need to buy and your DS will automatically store them in your in-game shopping list for shopping later. And if your hands get covered with dough or other ingredients, dont worry. You can use the Personal Trainer: Cooking voice command to continue with the steps! INTELLIGENT AND CONVENIENT, iLIKE!!!!

Here are some Personal Trainer:Cooking video game images:

Check out these videos and see for yourself how useful this Personal Trainer: cooking video game is. Nov 24 is only about a week away. You can pre-order the Nintendo Personal Trainer: Cooking and have it at your doorstep before Christmas. Makes a great Christmas gift for just about anyone who wants to be a better cook.

The Gem Of Life episode 17 will be on tonight. I’m going to watch The Gem of Life online streaming at Oldtown Kopitiam. It’s the one thing i enjoy doing in the evenings and that is having tea at Oldtown Kopitiam.

Despite their high prices, the food there is palatable. Nothing to shout about though. What you see here is their latest promotional offerings. A simple bowl of rice served with spicy minced chicken with an egg and cucumbers. Comes with a glass of iced lemon tea to cool me down. Not cheap though, with taxes, i have to fork out 10 bucks for a meal here.

Well, it’s near my house and i dont have to drive. What i save on petrol is contributed here, lol. Do you want to know where to download and watch The Gem Of Life online for free? I’ve left the link here. You can go check it out, ya.

Betty Crocker is well known for her cook books and recipes. We do have quite a lot of Betty Crocker ready mixes here. And today, i feel like baking some Betty Crocker Chocolate Chips Cookies with my Philips toaster oven.

Here’s the contents of half a packet of Betty Crocker Chocolate Chip Cookies Mix.

Just need to add butter and one egg to it.

Mix the cookie dough up to a nice lump like what you see here. Can you see the chocolate chips in the dough?

Next, take the baking paper out and cut them to the size of my baking sheet. It’s actually the one that came with my Philips toaster oven.

Spooned the cookie dough onto the baking sheet.

Here’s Malcolm watching me preparing the cookies to go into the toaster oven whilst munching on a cracker.

I managed to get 27 cookies with this batch using half a box of the Betty Crocker Chocolate Chips Cookies Mix.

This is the first tray inside the toaster oven set to 180 degrees Celsius. Bake for about 10 minutes.

Here’s Malcolm testing the first cookie that i baked using the Philips toaster oven. It’s still warm but how to stop a hungry kid, you tell me. The second batch is already inside the oven…..

And after 45 minutes, all my Chocolate Chips cookies are ready. Not bad. Geeeeee…. had better go dig out my Joy Of Making Cookies Recipe Book By Alex Goh. Write a few siple cookies recipe down and head to the baking supplies store on my next trip to town. If possible i’ll substitute all the ingredients with organic baking ingredients. Better mah.

And it’s also time i go get myself a proper oven. The thing now is how big an oven should i buy? 40ltr plus enough or not? I’ve baked brownies, cakes, muffins and now, cookies with my Philips toaster oven. If you’ve been asking yourself, “Can i bake cookies using a toaster oven?”, Yes, it can be done if you are a casual cook like me.

But if you want to bake large batches for festive seasons like Christmas and Chinese New Year, it’s only sane to use a bigger oven, right. If not, you can see how much work needs to be done in order to get 27 cookies, lol. I’ll be out hunting for an oven these days. Hope i find one that fits my budget.