New for the Nintendo DS is a great way to bring mom into the modern world and help her out in the kitchen! To celebrate the season of growth and rejuvenation, Nintendo announces the blooming of a new Nintendo DS system color: Green. The cool new color comes bundled with a hip carrying case and a copy of the Personal Trainer: Cooking video game, which serves as an interactive cooking coach.

You can read my review of the game yourself to see what a great option this would be for mom to celebrate her day. The new bundle will be available on May 3, which just happens to be a week before Mother’s Day (hint, hint). Just like everyone else, moms are always looking for new and interesting meal ideas. Personal Trainer: Cooking includes more than 245 recipes from around the world, along with step-by step instructions for how to prepare them.

Personal Trainer: Cooking also has a feature where you can input what items you need from the grocery store.  Out of butter or need to buy some cumin? Just tap them with the stylus to automatically add the ingredients to your Shopping List. Making several dishes tonight? Just keep tapping ingredients – your Shopping List keeps it all in one place for you.  No need to write anything down, just bring your compact DS to the grocery store with you and you have your shopping list right in front of you!

I have always enjoyed cooking but have found that my repertoire can get a little stale.  With Personal Trainer: Cooking, I have convenience and creativity right at my fingertips.  I feel confident trying new dishes and I love that I can bring a customized shopping list right to the store.  If I see something on sale that interests me, I simply enter the ingredient into my Personal Trainer: Cooking and I can see what recipe’s I can make.  So many times I’ve bought something simply because it was on sale, yet I hadn’t found a use for it in the kitchen.  The guide in Personal Trainer: Cooking gives me the resources to help me determine if the item is worth testing out or if I shouldn’t waste my money.

No matter who the recipients are, they’ll love the fact that they can play a whole array of cool games on their new Nintendo DS systems. Whether they’re into training their brains, solving mysteries, playing with puzzles or racing, Nintendo DS provides fun experiences that can be played for a few minutes at a time or for hours on end – anytime, anywhere.