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How To: Prepare a vegan brown rice medley

This video demonstrates how to prepare a Brown Rice Medley. For this recipe, you will need the following ingredients: green lentils, brown rice, wild rice, and yellow and green split peas. You can find these ingredients in the bulk section, at the grocery store. You will want to combine them in equal parts in a container. Extract 2 cups of the combined mixture. Soak it in water. Let it sit for 6-12 hours. Rinse well. Drain.

How To: Make homemade tortilla chips in the oven

In this video, we learn how to make homemade baked tortilla chips in the oven. First turn your oven on and preheat at 375. Then, take your favorite tortillas, a cutting board, a knife and a pan. Next, cut your tortillas into three sections, making triangle shapes out of them. As you cut, place them on your baking sheet and arrange as close together as you can without overlapping so they cook evenly. When you are done arranging your tortillas, sprinkle a light coating of salt and place into yo...

How To: Cook a ham-and-egg omelet

To make the perfect omelet, take the ingredients such as the eggs, onions, tomatoes, cheese and ham ready. Spray the pan with butter and use four eggs for a better presentation. Beat the eggs on a bowl and mix in a little amount of fresh milk. Place it on the pan and let it cook for a little while. Wait for the bottom to solidify before placing the rest of the ingredients inside the pan. Place the rest of the ingredients and then keep it boiling. Heat up the oven and place the pan inside for ...

How To: Make a homemade quiche

This is a USA fire and Rescue's favorite recipes segment. To make this quiche you begin by preheating the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit. After that you combine cheese, and flour (the thickener) in a mixing bowl and toss them until the cheese is lightly coated. Next, add beaten egg, and pepper. Mix again. Now you need to add cooked and drained broccoli, and drained mushrooms. Mix again. Pour into a pie shell and cook for about an hour, or until it sets. A good tip is to cover the edges with t...

How To: Cook boneless pork loin chops

This video illustrate us how to cook boneless pork loin chops. Here are the following steps.Step 1: Take the pork and wash it properly with water and vinegar to remove smell from it.Step 2: Now mince the pork in the grinder to fine consistency.Step 3: add the spices of your choice to it along with curd and lemon juice and leave it to marinate for at least two to three hours.Step 4: Now take the marinated pork and shape it small ball .Step 5 : Flatten the balls and insert wooden sticks in it.S...

How To: Cook Thai-style shrimp cakes

This video is about how to cook Thai shrimp cake. The first step that you will have to do is to peel the shells of the shrimps off. After peeling the shells, the next step is to blend the shrimps. Then the next step is to stop the blender once the shrimps have become smooth enough. And just simply put the salt, sugar, and pepper. Then blend the shrimps again. After blending, place the blended shrimps in the freezer for fifteen minutes. After 15 minutes, prepare the frying pan. Before dipping ...

How To: Cook glazed baby carrots

Having a hard time to get your kids to eat vegetable? Here's a recipe that will get your kids to munch up healthy carrots with less persuasion. 1. Steam the baby carrots until they are tender. 2. In a frying pan, stir the butter and brown sugar, until they are melted. 3. Add the steamed carrots and shake the pan to completely coat the carrots with the butter and sugar mixture. 4. Set the heat to high and continue shaking the carrots. 5. Reduce the heat and continue cooking for 10-15 minutes o...

How To: Make homemade egg drop soup

This video explains how to make homemade egg drop soup. What you will need for this project is a pot, noodles, water, an egg and a bowl. First, you'll want to heat up and boil your water in the pot. Next, add your noodles. The noodles and flavor you will use will be Choice Ramen. Before you add the noodles, crunch up the noodle in the package. When the noodles are half way done, limp and softening, add the flavor to the pot and mix. Next, drop in the egg and simply break the yolk of the egg. ...

How To: Pack camping food

Dr. Cook discusses the best ways to pack your food for a camping trip. When it comes to packing food for your camping trip, the best way is simply to pack everything into Tupperware. Everything will be held neatly in one place, and certain items can even be organized in Ziploc bags, and then put into the Tupperware. These bags are also great for keeping the food dry, and can also be used to pack individual meals. Removing the food from its original packaging and placing it in a Ziploc bag als...

How To: Bake and cook an easy salmon dish in the oven

Terry of Daily Eats shares an easy and delicious baked salmon recipe for a delightful meal. Ingredients: fresh salmon, squeezed lemon juice, white pepper, sea salt, garlic salt, chopped parsley, oregano, paprika, melted butter, dry sherry, rice - Whole Grain Blends (roasted pecan and garlic flavor made by Near East) 1. Put salmon in a baking pan and add chopped parsley, white pepper, salt, lemon juice, garlic salt, oregano, melted butter and dry sherry. 2. Place pan in the oven and bake dish ...

How To: Make a grilled cheese sandwich step by step

Learn how to make delicious grilled cheese sandwich in simple steps. You will need: a plate, butter, any kind of bread, any cheese and a pan. 1. First take a slice of bread, add some cheese on top by tearing it into small pieces. 2. Place another slice of bread over it and spread some butter on its top. 3. Now put the bread on a medium heating pan with its butter side at the bottom. 4. Spread some butter on its top and flip it over when its bottom is cooked. 5. Let it cook for about a minute ...

How To: Prepare deep fried sweet banana peppers

This video from Betty's Kitchen is a demonstration of how to cook deep fried sweet banana peppers which are popular in restaurants. She shows how to clean the peppers by cutting off the top, cutting around the core from the top, and pulling out the core. Cut the pepper in half the long way and remove the seeds. To make the batter, she uses one well-beaten egg and adds one cup of skim milk, 1/4 cup of canola oil, and one cup of self-rising flour. She heats up oil in a deep fryer, dips the pepp...

How To: Cook delicious tasting chicken adobo

Detailed video on how to make Chicken Adobo. All ingredients are included, with helpful tips on where to find them. Well presented video that walks you step by step thru the process. All cooking times and when to add what ingredients are clearly posted. Many person comments from the chef on his technique. The chicken is Marinated overnight, then boiled for 15 minutes, then taken out. At that point the garlic is strained from the sauce and placed back in the frying pan with oil and sautéed unt...

How To: Grill coho salmon on a water soaked cedar plank

This video offers a method for cooking Coho salmon on a cedar plank. The author suggest you start by soaking a cedar plank in water for an hour, then lay a filet of Coho salmon on the thicker end of the plank. The salmon is then seasoned, first with a puree of ginger, then turbinado sugar, then finally a spray of liquid butter to bind it all together. The sugar will caramelize as the fish cooks. Place the plank over two burners of a grill set to medium for about 25 to 30 minutes, but take car...

How To: Cook a great steak in your oven

The video starts with a fresh Rib-Eye. The presenter stresses the need for the steak to have a deep red color. Prepare the oven by turning on the broiler to 500 degrees with the top rack as close as possible to the broiler. Lay a pan or foil on the lower rack to catch any drippings. The presenter seasons the steak with pepper, salt and a little olive oil and then puts it in the oven. The steak cooks for five minutes on each side. The presenter then takes the steak out and lets it rest for abo...

How To: Make onion skin Easter eggs

The Simple Chef is going to show you a very easy guide to making onion skinned Easter eggs. All you need is: eggs, onion skins, paper towels, and some twine or string. To begin, you want to take an egg and wrap it in onion skins until it's completely covered and then wrap the egg in a paper towel. Next, you want to wrap your twine around the paper towel and tie it so it holds. Next, you want to place the eggs into a boiling pot of water and cook for about 10 minutes so you have a nice hard bo...

How To: Make lasagna roll-ups

The Food Corner brings us this twist on traditional lasagna - roll ups instead of layered. The ingredients for this dish are: cooked lasagna noodles, ground beef that has been cooked and seasoned, prepared spaghetti sauce, a lightly beaten egg, ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, and mozzarella cheese.

How To: Cooked southern collard greens with turkey legs

DivasCanCook shows us how to make some delicious collard greens with turkey legs, starting with washing the greens well and stripping them from the stem. Nest she tears them up and adds olive oil, half an onion and 3 cloves of garlic. Sautéing onions and garlic is next, adding 3 cups of chicken broth and a whole smoked and salted turkey leg. This is simmered for about 30 minutes. She added one teaspoon of red pepper flakes to zip it up a little! After simmering, cut the turkey from the bone a...

How To: Cut potatoes for cooking

This video describes how to cut potatoes in a variety of ways for cooking. Cutting potatoes can be tricky because the regular shape of a potato causes them to roll. To avoid this problem, just cut a sliver off the side of the potato to flatten the bottom. Then proceed to cut the potato in the way that you originally planned to. The video then goes on to explain how to make perfect French fries by cutting the potato a certain way. To do so, start by cutting off the side of the potato to give y...

How To: Make cupcakes with simple ingredients

In this video tutorial, viewers will learn how to make cupcakes. The ingredients required to make these cupcakes are 60 grams of butter, 1/4 cup of sugar, 1 egg, vanilla essences, 3 tbsp of milk, 1 cup of self-raising flour and cupcake liners. Begin by putting the cupcake liners in a tray and spray it with cooking spray. Preheat the oven at 200 degrees. Mix the butter and sugar. Then add the egg and vanilla essences. Add the flour and milk alternatively. Put them in the oven for 12-15 minutes...

How To: Simply roast a chicken

Chris Dickerson demonstrates a simple way to make a delicious roast chicken. He believes that the single most important thing in cooking chicken, or any meat, is to start by searing it. For this he recommends using a pan with a heavy bottom and an ovenproof handle, which can be transferred directly into the oven for the roasting.

How To: Cook the perfect steak in 10 minutes

This video shows a technique to cook the perfect steak in ten minutes. The video starts off with two wonderful Rib-eye steaks. The presenter seasons the steaks with fresh ground black pepper, sea salt, and a dribble of oil. A skillet is pre-heated with oil and a small amount of salt. Once the oil is up to temperature the steaks are placed into the skillet for about a minute on each side. After searing the steaks in the pan, the steaks are placed in the over for about five minutes. The present...

How To: Make Bang Bang chicken

This is an instructional cooking video on how to make "Bang Bang Chicken", a spicy Chinese chicken dish, using leftover roast chicken. The instructor teaches you how to make the sauce in just a few minutes, for a quick and easy dinner with no cooking required. She starts by shredding the chicken and setting it aside. When making the sauce, she tells you all of the ingredients you need to add, and how much of each. She then blends the sauce, and pours it over her chicken. As a serving suggesti...

How To: Cook a lasagna

This step by step video tutorial will teach you how to cook a beautiful lasagna dinner at home. You will need: 1 1/2 lbs. of ground beef, a whole container of cottage cheese, 2 large eggs, mozzarella cheese, lasagna noodles, spaghetti sauce, and 1 medium onion. First step is to brown up the ground beef and add diced onions to the beef. Next add the spaghetti sauce to the mixture. Next mix eggs and cottage cheese together in a bowl. Boil the noodles until tender. Layer meat, cottage cheese, mo...

How To: Cook a deer steak

Watch this video to learn how to cook deer steak. Take some flour and mix some Cajun spice, salt, and pepper together. Mix two eggs up and put them in a bowl. Crush half of a sleeve of Ritz crackers and put them into a plastic bowl. Mix some Cajun spice and pepper into the crushed Ritz crackers. Put some peanut oil in a pan and heat it up until it is hot. Take the meat and dip it in the flour mix, then into the egg mix, and finally into the crushed Ritz crackers. Start by putting the meat int...

How To: Quickly prepare a butternut squash

This video shows the method to quickly prepare butternut squash. Butternut squash has a tough skin which makes it difficult to peel. This has more difficulty while negotiating the curved part. First, the neck is cut off and divided into sections. After this, the skin is cut out with a knife. The sections are cut into smaller pieces and put into a food processor to further minimize the size. This is done so that it cooks in no time. Then, put the pieces into the sauce pan. Two cups of water an...

How To: Make a stuffed burger & fries surprise

Learn how to make stuffed burgers and sweet potato fries for your next get together. Take your ground beef and separate it into the appropriate sized balls and patties. Using a patty to start, work an indent in the middle, and fill with mushrooms and a slice of cheese. Then, taking another hunk of the ground beef, cover the top, and work the meat together so that you can't see what's inside. You can use this technique with onions or any other filling you like with your burgers. While the hamb...

How To: Make jerk BBQ sauce

This recipe from the 10-Minute Cook explains how to make jerk barbecue sauce. She starts with half a pint of tomato ketchup and adds one teaspoon of tamarind paste, which gives it a sweet and sour fruit flavor. She then adds a teaspoon of mustard, the juice of one lime, two tablespoons of honey, and a tablespoon of the jerk marinade that is show in a previous 10-minute Cook video. Mix it all together to make the sauce. This is a recipe form a Caribbean island version of barbecue sauce that wi...

How To: Cook chicken breasts and an egg white omelette

This video demonstrates how to make a chicken breast and egg white omelet. Lee first preheats a skillet to medium heat and sprays it with Pam. He then chops the chicken breasts into cubes and places them in the pan. Lee then adds some chopped onions to the pan along with mushrooms and two cups of egg whites. Lee then stirs up the omelet and adds some Mrs. Dash seasoning blend. Then he covers the pan to let the egg whites cook. Lee adds three fat-free cheese slices on top of the omelet and pou...

How To: Make tortellini tapas appetizers

In this video from happyauershow we learn how to make tortellini tapas appetizers. Ingredients for this are the cheese filled refrigerated tortellini, shredded Swiss, cilantro, salsa, ranch, eggs, bread crumbs. Fried in oil. Boil the tortellini, heat up 2 cups of cooking oil for frying. Chop up about 1/2 cup cilantro. Put peppercorn ranch in a bowl mix with the egg. Whisk it up. After pasta is done, drain and cool for 10 minutes. Now dredge the tortellini in the ranch, then roll in breadcrumb...

How To: Cook super tasty hash browns

Grog is good demonstrates how to cook some hash browns. You'll need a food processor with a grating attachment, a peeler, a knife, a cutting board, two pans, some margarine, oil, and either red or Yukon gold potato. First peel the potato and put it into the food processor. Next get them into water to watch the starch off of them and prevent browning. Next dry them using a colander and dry them with a towel. Heat some margarine and a teaspoon of oil in a pan on medium high heat and then drop y...

How To: Make fettuccini Napolitaine in tomato concasse

Vijay Wanchoo of the Imperial Hotel in Janpath, India shares this recipe. To make the concasse sauce he removes the skin of the tomatoes by putting them into hot water for a few seconds, then immediately into cold water; the skin then peels off easily. The tomatoes are then sliced, seeded and cubed.

How To: Make vegan dahl

This cookery video from Organic Living TV shows you how to prepare an authentic Indian vegan dahl dish. Soak the lentils for about 10-15 minutes and pour into a pan on stove as demonstrated. Add a bit of vegetable oil and turmeric and stir as shown and cover the pan with a lid and boil for 15 minutes. Take another pan, oil it and add cumin, onion, grated garlic, grated ginger, a chopped tomato, tomato puree, salt, gar-am mas-ala, ground cumin and stir as shown. Add the par-cooked lentils to t...

How To: Make oyster stuffed filet mignon

In this video from foxprovidence we learn how to make a oyster stuffed filet mignon. Make an incision against the grain of the meat in the center of the meat. Stuff with two to three oysters. With a medium hot pan with oil, salt the steak. Fingerling potatoes and Brussels sprouts are a great side so add them to a pan that is hot with oil, salt and pepper. Cook to how you like, medium rare best. Put a toothpick in the meat so the oysters don't pop out. For a dressing you can use demi glaze, Ma...

How To: Make oven grilled bbq beef ribs

First, prep meat the night before you are going to cook it. You should always wash the meat and place ribs in a roasting pan. Put the sauce all over them. Then, sprinkle ribs with tenderizer, and sprinkle the rest of the spices all over the ribs. Cover and seal with foil, then let marinate overnight in the refrigerator. Heat the oven to 325 degrees and bake four to five hours. Add the remaining BBQ sauce to the ribs and let them cook for one more hour without the foil, then you're ready to se...

How To: Make & cook delicious spaghetti squash

In this video you can learn how to make delicious spaghetti squash. Fill the pot with salted water. Cut squash in half with the serrated knife and remove the seed portion. Place squash in the water, then boil and cook until fork tender. Allow it to cool enough to handle. Using a fork going lengthwise, scrape entire squash until you're only left with skin. Discard the skin. While still warm, add pesto, 2 tbsp. of the cheese and salt and pepper, then toss. Warm in saute pan until microwave, spr...

How To: Cook stove top lentil soup

Follow this quick recipe for some delicious lentil soup, made from scratch. To make a delicious stove top lentil soup, you will need the following ingredients: 1cup of lentils, 4 cups of water, 1 onion, 1 tsp oil, salt and pepper, butter and flour. Boil the lentils in water. Chop the onion, and fry the onions with the lentils in the oil. Add 4 cups of water and bring to a boil. Put the butter in a pan, melt it, and add the flour. Add some cold water to the pan and stir. Pour it into the soup....

How To: Make a ham and cheese quesadilla

This is a great recipe in a time crunch; it can be put together in fifteen minutes. On a cutting board chop a half an onion. Add a tablespoon of butter to a frying pan and work it around as it melts. Once the pan is well oiled, place a flour tortilla in the bottom of the pan with the heat at a medium setting. Place some cheese slices on the tortilla followed by some slices of ham and top with the chopped onion. Keep in mind to keep all the ingredients spread around evenly so it all melts even...