Get a sewing machine for the holidays? Buying one for yourself? Like any machine, a sewing machine needs some basic maintenance to keep running properly. Make sure lint doesn't build up around the feed dogs, and oil the parts once a year to keep things running smoothly.
Lip plumpers can sometimes get expensive, but you can make your own at home! A great handmade gift, or just to use for yourself! This shows you how to create your own lip gloss or lip plumper using cinnamon and peppermint oils.
Teacup candles are a beautiful variation on candles. You will need soy wax, clean tea cups, wicking, your preferred candle dye and essential oils, a wick pin and a method for heating and melting your candle wax (a kitchen stove is generally good enough).
If you don't know what namak pare is, you soon will. The Indian snack dish consists of delicious flour, yogurt, and sometimes butter deep fried in oil or ghee for a crispy, crunchy texture. These crips are sweet and can be dipped into sauces if you wish.
The holiday season is soon going to be upon us, which means there will soon be 30 pound turkeys on tables everywhere. Turkey is the centerpiece of a satisfying Thanksgiving table, so it's important to make sure yours is juicy, tender, and roasted just right.
Pesto is a great sauce for things like pasta, pita bread or spinach salad, making it a healthy addition for any lunch or dinner meal. In this video, you'll learn a recipe for an Italian pesto sauce, vegan-style. It's made from fresh basil, pine nuts, olive oil, garlic and cilantro, and is best served fresh. It's delicious and easy to make.
This recipe is quick, easy and best of all, tasty! You'll need butter, oil, chopped celery, chopped onion, diced liver, fresh sage, coarsely crumbled corn bread and chicken broth. Then follow the directions in the video, and you'll end up with a delicious stuffing!
Serving deep fried chicken wings at a party is always a hit...and a gigantic mess. After all, you can't serve crispy chicken without lots of gooey oil and even more gooey dip. But you can find a way around all that.
Ransack your kitchen and grab some dish soap, vegetable oil, honey, food coloring, rubbing alcohol, tall glass, water and a spoon. Why? Because you're going to create a visually stunning display of layered liquids. This illustrates the effects of different densities in liquids, while becoming a cool, psychedelic art piece for the living room. It's a super colorful decoration!
Pork picadillo is a Spanish dish that gets its flavor not from gallons and gallons of oil (like most of the restaurant foods we have in the US), but from spices like cloves and cinnamon.
Don't walk around with dry skin ever again! This great step-by-step video gives you thew tips and tricks of keeping your skin silky and smooth. Everything from fish oils, to oatmeal, and everything in between, this video has it all!
No need to drop a bunch of cash at a Korean restaurant when you can cook authetic Korean cuisine at home! In this cooking tutorial presented by Aeris Kitchen, learn how to cook fried firm tofu the right way. To complete this recipe, you will need the following ingredients:
You can have the deliciousness of muffins without feeling guilty! Here is how you can make these yummy muffins:
Do you enjoy the delicious walnut shrimp from your local Chinese food restaurant? Make it at home in medium-difficulty recipe. Make sure you're comfortable with frying things in oil first, you don't want to get splattered in the face!
Apple crumble always goes over well at a dining table full of hungry guests! In this video, learn how to make a delicious apple crumble, sure appease your guest's taste buds! This dessert takes about an hour total to make and you will need the following ingredients:
Prepare something other than chicken for dinner and try your hand at making savory lamb shanks! In this video, learn how to slow roast lamp shanks in cranerry sauce leaving them tender & delicious.
Learning how to maintain and sharpen your Swiss army knife is an important skill for campers and backpackers. You will need to have a sharpening stone that can be dry or wet. To use a wet stone simply add a little bit of water or homing oil. Keep the blade at an angle of 5 to 7 degrees from the surface of the stone and move the blade back and forth or in a circular motion.
This video shows you how to prepare rice noodles for cooking later. Soak the dry rice noodles in cold water. Soak the noodles until they are pliable. Drain the noodles in a colander. If the noodles are going to be used in stir fry, be sure to use plenty of oil so that they do not stick together.
Relieve stress and wrap your aches in warmth by making your own microwavable heating pad. Just gather up these supplies (cloth, needle and thread, uncooked rice, spices/herbs, and essential oils) and follow along with this how-to video. Since this easy crafting project is made from houshold supplies, you'll save money on buying a heating pad from the store. Follow along with the steps in this video project and enjoy your new therapeutic, homeopathic treat.
Learn how to sear meat when cooking. Searing meat is the process for caramelizing the sugars and browning the proteins present in meat and poultry, creating richer color and deeper flavor, and an appealing crust. To sear meat cuts, you'll need your meat or poultry, skillet, salt, pepper, and vegetable oil.
Chef Elliot Prag of the Natural Gourmet Institute shows Sunita Reed how to make shiitake mushrooms taste like bacon and bring out their Umami flavor. All you need is olive oil and sea salt. Learn how to make shitake mushrooms taste like bacon - the concentrated umami flavor is key.
Learn how to make Kung Pao shrimp. This Kung Pao (Kung Po) shrimp kicks a delicious punch, and it's a perfect recipe to throw together right at the grill as a quick appetizer while the main course is roasting. To prepare the sauce, you'll need soy sauce, rice wine vinegar, sesame oil, fresh minced ginger, minced garlic, cayenne pepper, and red chili flakes.
A cutting board is essential — even if you only ever cut drink garnishes, slicing limes on a dormroom desk is pretty gross.
Here's a quick and simple way to repair small cooling fans and extend their life. It's a video made with a how-to article from http://beecherbowers.com This is a delicate mr. fixit tutorial. Clean the fan so that it runs smooth and quiet. You need oil to do this repair.
Make this delicious – and healthy – chickpea puree in a matter of minutes. Learn how to make hummus.
The Margherita pizza bears the colors of Italy’s flag: red tomato sauce, white mozzarella cheese, and green basil.
Recycle your soap odds and ends into a beautiful new bar. Learn how to make recycled soap in this instructional video.
How to use a banana skin to buffer up and clean your shoes!! Use the oils from the fruit to buff your loafers. This is a quick, easy and economical solution or replacement for shoe polish. Plus you get a great snack to eat in the meantime.
Watch this video tutorial to see how to make a colorful density bottle. To do this science lab experiment, you'll need food coloring, a plastic bottle, clear baby oil and extra things to put into the bottle, like glitter or sparkles.
Have a K&N Air Filter inside your automobile? Well, chances are that it's going to get damaged and dirty at some point in time, so check out this automotive video tutorial to see how to service and maintain your K&B Air Filters. You will see the necessary steps to cleaning and oiling the air filters the correct way without damaging them, making for one hell of an unhappy car or truck.
After finishing up your paint job, you're going to want to clean the paint of your brushes and rollers to save money on replacement. Depending on the paint you used, either oil-based or water-based, you're going to need either water or turpentine to clean off the paint. Watch this video home improvement tutorial and learn how to clean paint off of paint brushes and rollers.
Schnitzel with mashed potatoes is very tasty Czech dish. Follow along with this cooking how to video to learn how to make it in your own home. Czech schnitzel and mashed potatoes are very easy to make. Watch this Czech girl as she shows you how to prepare it. The ingredients you need for schnitzel and mashed potatoes are: boiled potatoes, milk, salt, flour, eggs, pepper, salt, oil, chicken and bread crumbs.
Bramborak is a very tasty traditional Czech dish. Follow along with this cooking how to video to learn how to make potato pancakes. Check potato pancakes are more commonly known as bramborak. Watch these two Czech boys as they show you how to prepare it. The ingredients you need for potato pancakes are: potatoes, egg, milk, garlic, rosemary, pepper, salt, salmon, flour, and oil.
Celebrity natural foods chef, Bethenny Frankel, shows you how to make a delicious argula salad (The Steve Jobs Salad) guest starring Justine. Healthy and easy, this recipe is perfect as an appetizer, lunch or dinner. Follow along with this cooking how-to video to learn how to prepare this fresh arugula salad. Top of the green salad with cherry tomatoes, pine nuts, and olive oil.
Whether you use electricity, natural gas or heating oil, there are many practical steps you can take to reduce your overall heat consumption and energy bills. In addition, multi-fuel stoves and fireplaces are fast gaining popularity as alternatives to traditional heat sources. Watch this video home improvement tutorial and learn how to lower the cost of home heating.
After a visit to the fromagerie, Ina makes one of her favorite salads. Follow the Barefoot Contessa and learn how to prepare an edvine pear salad with a lemon vinaigrette. The ingredients you need for this recipe are: fromagerie, pears, walnuts, Champagne vinegar, dijon mustard, egg yolk, salt, pepper, olive oil, and lettuce leaves.
This colorful dish is a tangy fruit salad with a Latin twist. Follow along as our host shows you an easy way to make a ripe papaya salad. Watch and learn an easy way to keep them from going bad in your kitchen by simple scoring the flesh. You'll love this tropical recipe for a papaya salad. Dress with olive oil, lime, and honey.
These delicious chips make the perfect snack! Follow along with this Asian cooking how-to video to learn how to make Chinese shrimp chip snacks. This shrimp chips are sure to be a hit with your family. The ingredients you will need for this recipe are store bought shrimp chips and oil.
Here is a super easy step by step recipe for this tasty favorite. Follow along with this Asian cooking how-to video to learn how to make shredded Sichuan beef. The ingredients you need for Sichuan beef are: bottom roast, carrots, rice wine vinegar, sugar, soy sauce, hot chili garlic sauce, and peanut oil. Serve your dish with a side of rice or veggies.
Made with rice paper wrappers, these spring rolls are simple to make and delicious in taste. Follow along with this Asian cooking how-to video to learn how to make quick and easy shrimp spring rolls. The ingredients you will need for this Asian recipe are: shrimp, mixed cole slaw, peanut oil, garlic salt, ground ginger, and spring roll wrappers.
