Potassium is an important metal for keeping your cells alive and can be found in many foods, including fruits, vegetables, and meats. Potassium is a mineral that helps maintain normal fluid balance in your body, helps control blood pressure and reduces your risk of kidney stones. Potassium is particularly high in foods like bananas, sweet potatoes, yogurt, yellow fin tuna and soy beans. Try these tips for buying foods rich in potassium in this healthy nutrition how-to video.
Check out this Thai language tutorial lesson about Thai food and eating out in Thailand. There are many delicious Thai dishes and meals, so don't miss out by just eating western food instead of Thai. This lesson includes useful phrases and words for traveling in Thailand. Make sure you know these and enjoy the Thai culture, beaches and company of Thai people. Practice your Thai language skills and learn how to pronounce food and drinks in Thai with this instructional language video!
This do it yourself robot can be made out of many materials you can find around your house. You'll need a few special non household items, such as an arduino and a class 3 laser. However, once you assemble everything correctly, you can make a sentry robot inspired by the robots in the game PORTAL. Even if you've never built a robot before, as long as you have a basic knowledge of electronics, you can start with this simple and fun project.
In this tutorial, we learn how to build a wave machine out of household items. You will need: 20 straws, 40 paper clips, 2 pieces of tape, and 1 washer to make this. First, you will need to pull out a long string of tape and lay it down with the sticky side up. After this, you will need to stick the straws on top of the tape in a row all going next to each other. Do this from the top to the bottom until all of the straws are stuck on. Then, stick the washer to the top and you are finished wit...
Want to create your own camera? The simplest one that you can create is a pinhole camera which can be constructed from everyday household items.
In this video, we learn how to make a new menu in Joomla with Chad. First, log into your Joomla account and go to the menu button. Click on "menu manager", then you will click on the "new" link. After this, enter in the unique name, title, description, and module title in the appropriate boxes. Once you do this, click "save", and now go to the menu items icon under the links menu. Now, go to "new", then "external link". Enter in the menu item details in the appropriate boxes, then add in the ...
Making your own clothes or items from scratch has its advantages. One being able to wear clothes that don't cost very much and will fit you perfectly and the other being that you can design them to look like whatever you want.
If you've purchased a Nook (the Barnes and Noble e-reader), then you probably want to keep it safe and free from cracks or scrapes. While you can certainly purchase a Nook cover from the store, why not personalize it instead by making your own Nook cover?
A great gift to offer someone for Valentine's Day is something you make yourself. In this tutorial, learn how to make a celebrity style keepsake box using decoupage techniques. This box can hold anything from gifts to precious items to little trinkets.
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 90th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to write a formula that will return multiple items when there are two criteria for the data extraction. Also see an INDEX and MATCH functions formula that uses the SUMPRODUCT, COUNTIFS, IF, ROWS, INDEX, MATCH, SMALL, IF, and ROW fu...
New to Microsoft Excel? Looking for a tip? How about a tip so mind-blowingly useful as to qualify as a magic trick? You're in luck. In this MS Excel tutorial from ExcelIsFun, the 309th installment in their series of digital spreadsheet magic tricks, you'll learn how to check to see if an item in first list is second another list, even if there is text before or after the item using the LOOKUP, SEARCH and ISNUMBER functions.
To make a Christmas wreath with poinsettias, by using synthetic materials you will need a Christmas wreath, pine cones, ribbon, berries, poinsettias, and any other picks you may want to use. You can purchase these items at any craft store. First, shape wreath, make bow out of Christmas ribbon (or pre-purchase bow), and attach on wreath. Next, wrap excess ribbon around Christmas wreath and align evenly poinsettias around wreath. Then, wrap around wire from the ornaments, pine cones, berries, a...
In this video from MacTipsOrg we learn how to print directly form your desktop on a Mac making printing very quick and easy. First, open your system preferences, and then click on print and fax. Now take the printer icon you see there and drag it to you desktop. Place it anywhere on your desktop. Whenever you need to print now, you can take your item, drag it, and drop the item right on the printer that is now on your desktop and it will print! This is a quick time saving technique to use for...
Rafael and Zappos How To demonstrates how to pack your luggage efficiently. First, make a packing list to determine what you will need to bring on your trip. Go through your day in your mind and add things to the list accordingly. Don't forget your toiletries. Ideally bring one pair of shoes and coordinate your wardrobe accordingly. Lay out everything you will be packing and group them by like items. Don't put piles in your suitcase. Instead, roll your garment to prevent wrinkles and save spa...
Backpacking through Europe is a great way to see a new country. This video tutorial shows male travelers what to include in a travel backpack and offers insightful tips on enjoying a trip through Europe. As a general rule, you'll want to reach a balance between light packing and thorough preparedness. Create a packing system based on item demand, dividing items into the bottom, middle, and top sections of your bag. Finally, bring a journal to record important information and for writing down ...
Backpacking through Europe is an exciting and affordable way to see a new country. This video tutorial shows female travelers what to include in a travel backpack and offers insightful tips on enjoying a trip through Europe. Create a packing system based on item demand, dividing items into the bottom, middle, and top sections of your bag. As a general rule, include clothing that may be easily layered for colder climates.
In this video from middiablo we learn how to combine multiple PDF files into one document on a Mac. Navigate to where the PDF files are in the finder and command click on them and then open with preview. Make sure the thumbnails button is checked at the bottom right. In order to select them all, click on one page, hold down shift and then click on the last page. It will select every page. Now click and drag and you can put the pages anywhere you want. Now go to File and Save. An even easier w...
The Knit Witch shows you how to do wet blocking to a knitted piece. With specific tools like a blocking board with a grid, a tape measure, and a few other items. The items used can vary based on what kinds of material you are using so it's important to know what each one needs. Reminders and tips are explained when the pertinent step is reached so that you can keep them in order and apply them when needed. Wet blocking will be a breeze after watching this video and following the steps closely.
The organizer pouch, a flat, rectangular, often multi-compartmented, nylon bag with zipper closure(s) is a great item that is becoming hard to find. They sometimes include see-through mesh panels, and are available in a variety of colors. These are terrific for avoiding what could otherwise be a cluttered mess in your bag. Give a little thought to organizing your belongings into categories and storing them in the pouches. This will help you keep track of those small items that have a way of g...
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Make sure your winter wardrobe survives the summer by putting it away properly. Learn how to store your winter clothes.
Store-bought fake blood isn't too expensive, but the consistency and color are always the same. Real blood varies, from bright red when oxygenated (arterial blood) to deep, dark red when deoxygenated (venous blood), and it can be either thick or thin. So to achieve the best special effect, you're better off making a batch of DIY fake blood yourself to get the look and texture you're going for. And it's very simple to do.
Are you playing through Dark Souls and having flash backs to all those times you died in Demon Souls? IGN is here to help you with several tips and tricks on surviving. This guide shows you good spots to grind, what gift to pick for your character, and where to get the Sorcerer's Catalyst item that will allow you to cast magic in the game, even if you aren't a magic user.
If you're interested in finding out how to play Xerath in League of Legends, take a look at the Xerath Champion Spotlight from Riot Games. In it, you'll see what runes, masteries, and items Xerath can be built with, and how Phreak plays him on both Summoner's Rift and the Dominion map of Crystal Scar.
The low price of speakers and MP3 players today make them ideal for adding a bit of sound to different items, and this tip from CNET reveals a few ideas. Add an MP3 player and a pair of speakers to a decoration, for example.
If you want to put the finishing touches on your new BioShock cosplay outfit, of if you just think it would be awesome to charge at your friends with the favorite weapon of Big Daddys across Rapture, this is a guide for you.
Let's face it: When it comes to most elaborate food garnishes at restaurants, we go "Oh! How pretty!" and then toss it aside so we can chow down on the food, the beautiful adornment forgotten forever. Not so with this salad food garnish. Made from fresh cucumbers and tomatoes, this salad border is both beautiful and delicious. Easy to make yet impressively placed, it'll definitely garner you garnish compliments at your next soiree.
You want to know the real reason you pay so much money to dine at four and five-star restaurants? Well, the quality of the food is obviously a factor. But the biggest discrepancy is quite simply the presentation. Order something as simple as pan-seared tuna with sesame seeds and it'll come drizzled in a posmodernist Pollock-esque pattern of soy sauce and a miniature dragon made out of a carrot. It's pretty impressive stuff, almost as impressive as what your bill will be.
Tomatoes have long been salad staples, but never have they adorned your salad quite like this before. Turn your daily salad from ordinary to sexy fabulosity by cutting and folding up this beautiful tomato rose. Excellent as a garnish on most food dishes as well as a bowl of salad, this tomato rose is easy to make and impressive in show.
Is it the midnight hour before Thanksgiving and you've suddenly realized you've spent so much time worrying about the food that you have no table decorations? Don't fret; simply check out this video to learn how to prepare simple last-minute centerpieces using a vase, fruit, and candles.
Remember when you were five and you had a blue crayon and a yellow crayon but all you really wanted was a green crayon? Just as you would mix colors in coloring and any other artistic medium, you sometimes need to mix icing colors in cake decorating.
A sous-vide is an "under vacuum," a method of cooking food sealed in plastic bags and then dipped into a water bath that typically takes up to 72 hours to complete. Why cook your food in plastic baggies, you ask? To make sure all the ingredients come out pure and unadulterated.
What's yummier than fresh mac and cheese? Mac and cheese PLUS crumbled potato chips! Yup, two comfort foods in one will make your stomach one happy camper tonight. Check out this food video to learn how to make a super easy, no-bake mac and cheese mixed in with crumbled potato chip gratin.
Scallops are one of the few foods you can eat that are both healthy and enormously delicious. While summer has come to an end and there will be no more barbacues on the beach for a while, you can still get your fill of fresh seafood right on your own kitchen stove.
If you think that salads are you only option you have to eat as a vegetarian, then you've seriously been depriving yourself of some delicious food. If you want to tempt your taste buds and really make yourself an unforgettable, healthy meal, then check out this food video.
Whoever said that bread was boring? While most restaurants serve sliced bread as sort of a "pre-appetizer" finger food, you can make bread your main course by creating this mooli ka paratha.
Can we get enough of bell peppers? We think not. Satisfying on their own and offering a slightly sweet, crunchy texture when tossed with other foods, bell peppers are one of those rare foods which are both delicious and healthy.
Chicken is one of our favorite foods because there are an infinite number of ways to prepare it. And making chicken recipes on the go is a cinch.
It's not hard at all to spice up your blah cupcakes, and it doesn't require a culinary arts certificate to create a cupcake that's delicious as well as beautiful. But don't just take our word for it.
Bento is a delicious way to bring a nutritious and artistic lunch on the go. Put together a traditional Japanese lunch box (bentobox) using fun foods. Construct cute foods, like rice bunnies and flower garnishes from cucumbers and tomatoes.
