When I became serious about cooking, nearly every cookbook and guide I picked up emphasized the importance of using fresh stock, whether it was chicken, beef, or vegetable. When I didn't have time to make my own, I bought the highest quality boxed or canned stock I could find at the market.
A lot of people rely on the date on the packaging to tell them when food has gone bad, even with eggs, but the sell-by dates are often somewhat arbitrary and are not expiration dates. If you've been tossing your eggs based on the dates on your carton—you could be wasting perfectly good food.
Perfect for breakfast! This video shows you everything you need to be able to maek these delicious mini blueberry cakes (or muffins). Make sure that you get fresh, in season blueberries for the best results, and check often during baking.
Cook anything from frozen! For this recipe, you will need: 10 frozen chicken thighs, handful of frozen onions, half a teaspoon fresh ginger, 2 tablespoons olive oil, 1 red chili, pinch of garlic, 1 frozen cube of stock, handful of frozen veggies, sesame oil, oyster sauce, soy sauce and white rice.
Nearly everything in this recipe has been frozen! You will need: 10 black pitted olives, 2 tablespoons of capers, 6 diced tomatoes, 2 fresh red chilis, 1 lemon, 16 frozen raw tiger prawns, 1 cube of frozen chicken stock, frozen roasted veggies, extra virgin olive oil, pinch of garlic, pinch of basil, pinch of parsley, grated Parmesan and your cooked spaghetti.
Who doesn't like waffles? Waffles are actually fairly easy to make from scratch. To make waffle batter, you will need flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, oil or butter, milk, eggs and vanilla. And of course, a waffle iron and butter and syrup!
Whether you're dieting or you're simply watching out for your health, beans are one of the most nutrious, low-calorie, and filling foods you can consume. Because they're so high in fiber you can eat just a little and stay full for hours.
Move over ketchup; salsa is officially America's favorite new condiment. This is great news, since salsa has infinitely less fat, calories, and bad artificial gunk than ordinary ketchup.
When you think of bruschetta, you probably start thinking about its crispy, drool-worthy texture and the tomato, vinegar, and olive oil dip that usually goes on top. But bruschetta, which is the Italian word for "bread," can actually be topped with anything.
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.
Looking into farming your own beehives to make honey but aren't sure how to recover the honey from the beehives? No worries, check out this video. In it you will learn how to extract the beehives, remove the wax caps, and use a honey extractor to retrieve the honey.
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.
Concerned about the unpronounceable chemicals you see on tubes of toothpaste? Clean your tetth and keep your breath fresh without having to introduce unpleasant chemicals to your system! All you need is some baking soda, hydrogen peroxide, essential oils (mints are best) and a few drops of stevia (optional). Combine together, and smile! You have homemade toothpaste!
Spinach and pie aren't two words you'd usually see in the same sentence, but they sure are when you're referencing Greek cuisine. Spanakopita, or Greek spinach pie, is almost a dessert in the way it's constructed, with thin sheets of pastray wrapped around spinach and other ingredients.
A quick and easy hors de ouevre made by wrapping a piece of thinly sliced prosciutto around a piece of gorgonzola cheese, fresh arugula, currants and pine nuts. Then toast briefly in a toaster oven (making sure it doesn't burn!) and then serve at your next party or gathering.
Warm summer nights call for equally warm and savory stews that harness the flavor of the fresh vegetables that are in season. So before we head into fall, try out this delicious recipe for a sausage, potato, and zucchino stew.
In this quick tip episode from Show Me the Curry, you will learn how to keep your curry leaf plant fertilized properly so you can make the most of it. Keep your leaves fresh and tasty longer with this helpful hint.
Some of our favorite fruits grow in the summer and in the wintertime they just don't taste nearly as sweet. If you would like to keep your fruit all year long, check out this clip. For less than 8 bucks you can turn your favorite fresh fruit into preserves and enjoy them throughout the entire year! Yum!
In this tutorial, everyone's favorite ladies from Show Me the Curry show you how to make a classic dish, Malabar Chicken. This inspired recipe is healthy and delicious and a lot easier to make than you might imagine. Enjoy!
What could be more perfect for a summertime barbecue than an All-American flag cake? This sponge cake is easy to make and covered in berries to give it a fresh, warm-weather flavor. If you need a dessert for Memorial Day or the Fourth of July, this is the perfect one for you. Start from scratch with the Food Network's Ina Garten, aka the famous Barefoot Contessa, in this clip.
Katy Perry is known for her classic 1950s pin up style. This is a fantastic and fresh look for summer.
Fans of the "Twilight" sage know that Bella weds her vampire love, Edward Cullen, in the novel "Breaking Dawn". In this tutorial, learn how to create a fresh faced makeup look inspired by Bella's big day. This look takes Bella's young, clean style into account and gives it a gothic vampy twist.
Are you feeling like your long hair is holding you back? Nonsense! Keep things fresh by using that long hair to create hairstyles that range from side ponytails to half-up, half-down hairdos that anyone can achieve at home. Find new ways to style long hair with helpful advice from celebrity hair stylist, Robert Steinken who's clients include everyone from Sandra Bullock to Angelina Jolie.
Why settle for dampened down store-bought cocktail mixes when you can shake up your own? Bypass aisle five and watch this quick tutorial on how to make the perfect margarita.
If your furniture has seen better days but is nevertheless structurally sound, restoring it might be as simple as applying a fresh layer of paint or wood stain. This free video tutorial demonstrates a method for refinishing furniture with a power sander. For more information, and to get started rejuvenating your own antique furniture, watch this video tutorial.
Undereye bags can be removed easily and naturally with nothing more than tea bags and ice water. This process is relaxing and can be done after a long day to reduce puffiness and feel fresh again.
Wanting to try something new with your shoe laces? Have some fun by tying your shoes with two different colored laces, bar style. This look is funky and fresh, perfect for school or an afternoon out with friends.
Throwing a Halloween party this year and looking for theme appetizers? Gross out your Halloween guests, but later win them over, with this cleaver recipe for "severed cheese fingers". Serve them fresh at your next Halloween bash, and successfully creep your friends and family out... and get points for creativity!
From Food Wishes, chef John shows us how to make Huckleberry jam! Ingredients needed to make this delicious spread include huckleberries, sugar, powdered Pectin, water, and some fresh squeezed lemon juice. Use it on your toast in the morning or on top of freshly made waffles for one sweet breakfast!
Scouring over the Internet for a Mojito recipe for your next get together? Well look no further! Here is a two minute tutorial on how to make a proper Mojito. Ingredients you will need: rum, limes, sugar, crushed ice, soda water or lemonade, and a handful of fresh mint leaves. Be prepared to be pleased!
This video will teach you the basic move of the C walk: the V. It will also teach you lots of cool variations and how to put them together. This is a step by step on how to move your feet properly to keep flow and look fresh dancing to hip hop and rap. This is a great street dance sometimes called Clown Walk or Crip Walking.
Don’t pass up on this festive favorite because of the calories; just mix yourself a lighter version mojito.
Make sure this year’s live holiday Christmas tree is not only pretty, but safe, too. Here's how to safely put up a real, live Christmas tree. You will need:
Cooking perfect pasta isn't hard. Then again, cooking mushy or crunchy noodles is dangerously easy. Watch this how-to video from Howcast to learn how to cook pasta al dente.
You can save calories without sacrificing flavor just by tweaking your Thanksgiving dishes. Learn how to make low calorie Thanksgiving dishes this year.
Toaster ovens are great when cooking for one. This how to video has delicious toaster oven recipes by four-star chef Eric Ripert. Today's recipe features tomatoes Provençal. Provencal means baked in an oven with fresh herbs.
Chef Jason Hill uses this garlic puree for most recipes that call for fresh garlic. The addition of the shallot gives this puree more depth. It keeps up to ten days covered in the refrigerator, and keeps frozen for up to six months in the freezer. The ingredients are garlic and shallots. Learn how to prepare this recipe by watching this video cooking tutorial.
Your children need healthy snacks to start teaching them about living a healthy lifestyle, and this recipe is one that everyone can enjoy— not just the kids! Watch to learn a great way to make bruschetta with feta cheese, topped with tomato and fresh basil. It's a delicious Italian-style snack for anytime! This bruschetta is easy to make, healthy and really tasty! You can even change it up a bit.
This is a blackberry pie recipe that has a special ingredient— thyme. Actually, the technical and fancy name for this dessert is blackberry thyme clafoutis, but who cares about fancy names. Pie suits this blackberry dessert just fine. You'll need a hand mixer, power mixer or a food processor for this dessert recipe, along with the following ingredients:
This video gives tips on how to keep a banana from ripening too quickly. Bananas are popular because they're inexpensive, they're tasty and they are relatively easy to get locally. The banana in the demonstration has a few brown spots but is reasonably fresh. A fresh banana will still be sweet. If a banana ripens too quickly it gives a fermented taste. Then you have to throw it away, which is like throwing money away. How do you keep a banana from ripening too quickly? Put it in the fridge. D...
