How To: Mix mortar for bricklaying
This video shows you how to mix mortar to be used for bricklaying. The first part covers mixing the dry ingredients and the second shows you how to add water and work the mortar to the right consistency.
This video shows you how to mix mortar to be used for bricklaying. The first part covers mixing the dry ingredients and the second shows you how to add water and work the mortar to the right consistency.
I travel to Sri Lanka and give a quick tour of a Sri Lankan spice garden to give viewers a better insight into where fresh ingredients come from. Then I make two dishes with guest chef Karuna - aubergine curry and Sri Lankan hoppers, which are like a cross between a crepe and a crumpet.
You won't believe its vegan, a creamy rich sponge cake that everyone will love. Serves: 12 approx
Knowing how to measure ingredients is an important aspect of cooking. This Tips and Techniques video really goes back to the basics and shows you how to use measuring spoons and cups. This is a skill you will need whether you are baking or cooking.
Kathy Maister shows you how to make your own basic vegetable salad and then transform it into a chef salad with a just a few more ingredients. Be sure and wash all the vegetables you are using.
Homemade, handmade - Poppy Seed Dinner Rolls are amazing - made will all natural ingredients. With this recipe, you can totally resist the totally resist the urge to reach for those popping ones on the supermarket shelf.
While it is a classic winter dish, it’s delicious anytime of the year, and the ingredients are easy to find no matter what the season. Secondly, summer cooking is all about quick and easy, and this one-dish recipe definitely qualifies. Remember “braised” doesn’t always mean slow-cooked. Lastly, what a great reminder to enjoy every wonderfully warm second of this summer, because before you realize it you’ll be raking leaves in a sweater.
A fresh robust salad made with quinoa, lettuce, green and red cabbage, garlic sprouts, carrots and a thick and flavorful dressing made from vegetable broth and olive oil. Watch and see just how to toss these ingredients together into a great quinoa salad.
Serve this cranberry chutney instead of cranberry sauce at a holiday dinner, or top it on your favorite dishes. Ingredients needed are unsalted butter, onion, fresh cranberries, raisins, honey ground cinnamon, ground ginger, ground cloves, cider vinegar, water and an apple.
Learn the steps for making an easy shrimp fried rice, including a trick for frying the egg in the middle of the ingredients. You will need cooked rice, frozen cooked shrimp, frozen baby peas, green onion, olive oil eggs and low sodium soy sauce. Fried rice can be made with any type of protein - enjoy making this Asian dish for your family!
Try fried bananas, Thai-style! With few ingredients and a short cooking time, you won't believe how delicious this simple dessert will be. You will need frozen spring roll pastry wrappers, bananas and cooking oil for frying. Serve the bananas warm. For a special dessert, top them with chocolate sauce and whipped cream.
Baking potato pancakes instead of frying them creates a healthy (but still tasty) version of this delicious dish. Ingredients needed are yellow or gold potatoes, parsnip, yellow or white onions, salt, pepper and parsley. These pancakes can be served with applesauce.
Both the Germans and the Pennsylvania Dutch eat this dish on New Year's Day believing that it brings good luck. Ingredients needed are sauerkraut, onions, red-skin potatoes, bacon, McIntosh apples, garlic, paprika, pepper and pork ribs, country style or the cut of your choice.
The Martinez is the one of the predecessors to the martini. The sweet citrus and gin-vermouth combination with small amounts of triple sec and orange bitters results in a smooth and uplifting drink. Ingredients are gin, dry vermouth, triple sec, bitters, and a lemon twist. Serve in a chilled martini glass.
Straight from south India, coconut rice is enoyed with or without gravy. A few simple ingredients of rice, coconut, broken chashews and Indian spices make this a very tasty side dish to your Indian meal.
Using already prepared dough, these savory beef empanadas take little time to make, but they don't lack in taste. Ingredients needed are ground beef, small potatoes( boiled and diced), onion, minced garlic, green olives, hardboil egg, beef broth, raisins and a package of dough. This is a Mexican dish
Once you see how quick and easy this Italian tomato sauce is to make, you will never have a reason to eat tomato sauce from a jar again. This is a recipe you can put together in 15 minutes, the same amount of time it takes most pasta to boil. You will need the following ingredients for this recipe: olive oil, onion, garlic clove, dried basil, salt and a can of diced tomatoes.
Homemade vegetable soup isn't just satisfying, it's healthy, too. Watch how to whip up a batch of this tasty soup from scratch. You will need: olive oil, chopped vegetables, salt, thyme, oregano, water and vegetable bouillon. The beauty of this soup is that it can be adapted to whatever ingredients that you happen to have on hand.
With these recipes and tips to mix safe, non-toxic, homemade kitchen cleaners, you can stop worrying about how your store-bought supplies are harming your home and the environment. how to make your own kitchen cleaning products using a few, inexpensive ingredients you can get at the grocery and health food stores.
If you love topping your bagel with cream cheese, then try it on your favorite cake! Combined with sugar and a few simple ingredients, cream cheese becomes a distinctive and delicious frosting. After your frosting is mixed, it is ready to use immediately. Or, you can put it in an air-tight container and store it in the refrigerator for up to a week, or in the freezer for up to three months.
Making applesauce at home gives it a fresh flavor that you can modify with a number of ingredients. Try these tips for homemade applesauce. You will need 1 apple per serving of applesauce. You should use an apple that won't discolor easily, like Cortland, Golden Delicious, Ida Red and McIntosh. You will also need water, sugar and lemon juice.
Fresh mango salsa is a great topping for grilled chicken or fish. See how easy it is to make. You will need fresh mango, roasted red pepper, red onion, jalepeno, lime, a large knife, a small knife, measuring cups and a large mixing bowl. You can experiment with this salsa, adding and trying your own favorite ingredients.
The perfect side dish for a picnic or dinner, potato salad can be flavored in a variety of ways. See how to make a simple potato salad that you can modify with your favorite flavors. Ingredients needed are potatoes, eggs, onion, celery, fresh dill, mayonnaise, mustard, salt and pepper to taste.
Acorn squash is a delicious and filling low calorie vegetable. Learn how to choose, cut, and bake acorn squash. Ingredients needed are acorn squash, butter, brown sugar, maple syrup and a dash of salt.You can eat it right out of the shell, or spoon it out into a bowl. You can mash the squash with a fork right on the bowl and enjoy.
It doesn't matter what type of cuisine you're cooking - more likely than not, you're tossing the ingredients in a pan and smearing oil all over it for extra succulence (as well as to coat the pan). While a healthy dose of oil every day is vital for absorbing vitamins and nutrients, getting too much oil will land you in heart attack town.
Bagels are a great addition to any breakfast or lunch table. Learn how to make your own kosher bagels from scratch. Ingredients needed are active dry yeast, water, sugar, salt, all-purpose flour.
I'm sure I'm not the only one on here that has googled "Why am I always tired?"... and I'm definitely not alone when I say that all of the advice I've found so far is useless:
It's very easy to get your hands on a good cake. These days, a store-bought cake or even one made from boxed cake mix will usually be pretty good. Heck, make the first simple recipe you find on the internet, and it's likely to taste fine.
This video will show you how to make a great banana smoothie. The ingredients include ice, sugar, bananas etc.
With the warm summer months right around the corner, just the thought of having to bake anything in your oven may have you perspiring profusely. But you don't want to give up dessert, especially not luscious, layered cakes, so what's a sweaty sweets-lover to do?
When we initially started juicing, we tended to gravitate towards the widely popular juice staples—carrots, cucumbers, celery, kale, spinach, and apples. However, as we grew more comfortable with these fruits and vegetables (and honestly, a bit bored), we realized there are other unsung juicing ingredients that are just as tasty and nutritious.
A cup of ginger tea with lemon first thing in the morning, a pick-me-up cup of green tea (or matcha) to fight off the afternoon slump and a soothing cup of chamomile tea to help me unwind before bed—I would be lying if I said I weren't a major tea enthusiast.
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Oobleck is a cool substance that is not quite liquid or solid. Don't believe me, then try for yourself!! All you need is a couple of household ingredients!!
Here's a simple and effective scrub to get rid of pesky blackheads using just three ingredients from your kitchen.
Ah, the joys of bottomless brunch. Paying a flat rate for endless mimosas while having a long gossip over eggs Benedict is exactly how many of us love to spend our Saturdays. However, in practice, this isn't the sophisticated affair we all like to imagine. After refill number four we sway in our chair, doze off into our porridge, and end up tipping 50% because math is too hard. In short, not a very successful brunch.
It goes without saying that a pizza stone is one of the keys to making a perfect pizza. The science behind pizza stones is relatively simple: the stone conducts and holds heat, which keeps the oven temperature steady even when a cold ingredient (such as an uncooked pizza) is introduced. This not only helps the pizza cook more evenly, but also allows the bottom to get crisp.
3 Easy Ways to make scrubs. Make your own home-made scrubs using 5 ingredients or less. They're super easy and great for gifting too!
Few things in life are as relaxing and enjoyable as baking. When I'm having a bad day, I make cookies. When I'm stressed out, I bake a cake. When I have a free Sunday with nothing to do but listen to music and drink coffee, I bake a tart or a batch of cupcakes.
Unless you're well off, you've probably experienced the hard liquor purchasing conundrum. You know the one: you want to stock your home bar with more than just one spirit, but you don't want to drop $100 or more just so you can have some variety in your alcohol cabinet.