When it comes to a perfect summertime dessert, lemon meringue pie is the ideal contender with its rich lemon filling and light-as-air meringue topping. In my humble opinion, the meringue is the true star of the dessert, instantly elevating what is simply a lemon pie to something more elegant and certainly more decadent.
Baking a cake is relatively easy... if you happen to have a cookbook or some boxed cake mix nearby. And though you can use the internet or your favorite cooking app, it can be nice to just cook without a recipe. That seems impossible with baking, which is such an exact science, but it's actually relatively easy.
Fish is a remarkably useful ingredient, whether you eat it as is or use fish sauce to give your recipes extra depth and flavor. However, if you enjoy a glass of Guinness on occasion, you might be surprised to know that there's most likely fish in that beverage, too.
Summer is right around the corner, which means it's time to switch from perfect hot coffee to perfect cold coffee. A nice icy glass of cold coffee is wildly refreshing and just plain delicious. In my opinion, it's the key to enjoying any sunny day (warning: if you don't already drink cold coffee, you may find yourself drinking four or five glasses a day very quickly).
A salad can mean everything from fruit to meat and everything in-between, but it never means finger food. Forks are required. So that means that even though salads are versatile, delicious, and customizable, they are hell at cocktail parties. How do you hold your glass and take a bite of your salad at the same time? It's awkward.
Summer is here and flocks of people will make their way to beaches, lakes, and rivers across the country. But before heading out to places like these, it's always a good idea to check the local weather forecast first.
Adding water features to your garden can help to create an enviroment that more closely resembles nature. The sound of a trickling fountain can make your garden feel more peaceful and relax. Paul Tamate, a leading landscape designer working with water features and Asian-inspired garden designs in San Francisco says, "design spectacular water features as the centerpiece of gardens that serve as retreats from modern life."
For over 20 years, a tiny but mighty tool has been used by hackers for a wide range of activities. Although well known in hacking circles, Netcat is virtually unknown outside. It's so simple, powerful, and useful that many people within the IT community refer to it as the "Swiss Army knife of hacking tools." We'll look at the capabilities of Netcat and how the aspiring hacker can use it.
One thing that's very crucial to gardening is the seed starter. Seed starters are very important for a number of reasons, including the fact that is an excellent way to make sure your seeds survive in their own little environment until you’re ready to transfer them to your garden. Plus, it is very rewarding to grow plants from seeds (versus transplanting).
A perfect vegetarian version of a delicious stew! For this recipe, you will need: 1 large chopped onion, 1 large chopped leek, 3 chopped carrots, 1/4 cup olive oil, 4 minced garlic cloves, 14 ounces diced tomatoes, 4 tablespoons tomato paste, 3/4 pound white beans, 1 tablespoon sherry vinegar + 1/2 cup water (or 1 cup dry white wine), thyme, vegetable stock, 1 cup breadcrumbs and 1 sliced baguette. Make a delicious vegetarian cassoulet stew.
The perfect gift for the baker in your life! Get a Mason jar, and then layer the jar with all the different dry ingredients you use to bake up a delicious rice pudding. Decorate with ribbon, fabric, and then tie the recipe around the neck of the jar! Put together a rice pudding kit as a homemade gift.
Just like you can get in a diner! Perfect to serve with eggs. For this recipe, you will need: 1 medium peeled russet potato, 1 teaspoon paprika, 1 teaspoon dried garlic, 1 teaspoon dried thyme, 1 teaspoon salt, 1 teaspoon black pepper, a box grater and some butter for frying. Make crispy and seasoned hash browns.
The perfect dessert for a Japanese dinner! For this recipe, you will need: 1 1/2 cups heavy cream, 1/2 cup corn syrup, 4 cups sugar, 15 cups shredded coconut, 2 pounds chocolate and 1 more quart heavy cream for the ganache. Make a coconut chocolate dessert sushi roll.
The perfect way to get rid of leftovers! Start with some corned beef and potatoes, then add in chopped onions, peppers or whatever else suits your fancy! Add some salt, pepper and Worchestershire sauce. Traditionally served with either eggs or boiled cabbage. Make a traditional Irish corned beef hash.
Perfect to make with small children, since you don't need an oven or stove! This recipe calls for: 1 1/2 sticks of butter, 3/4 cup sugar, 1 tablespoon water, 1/2 teaspoon vanilla, 3 tablespoons unsweetened cocoa, 2 cups quick oats and confectioners sugar. Make no-bake chocolate Eskimo cookies.
The perfect way to cool off at the end of a hot day. For this cocktail, you will need: a handful of muddled raspberries, 1 ounce of lime juice, 1 slice of lime for garnish, 1 ounce simple syrup, 2 ounces of gin, ice and a cocktail strainer. Make a Raspbery Lime Rickey Martini.
It's not just the sauce that makes the steak, it's the rub you put on the meat as well. To make the perfect rancher's rub, you need: 1/2 cup ancho chili powder (or pure chili powder), 1/2 cup mild paprika, 1/4 cup kosher salt, 1/4 cup sugar and 1 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper. Grill a ribeye steak with a traditional rancher's rub.
This recipe yields 30 jiaozi with a variety of sauces, so it's the perfect party dish. You will need: 1/2 cup crab meat, 1 cup grated green cabbage, 1 tablespoon minced ginger, 2 tablespoons cilantro, 1 tablespoon sweet chili paste, 1 package wonton wrappers, 2 lightly beaten eggs and one box of corn starch. Make jiaozi dumplings out of crab meat.
This is a perfect, vegetarian, light breakfast dish. You will need six eggs, 2 tablespoons heavy cream, 1 tablespoon butter, sea salt, chive flowers, roughly torn spinach and 2 tablespoons goat cheese. Serve with fresh orange juice, coffe and toast! Make creamy scrambled eggs with goat cheese and spinach.
Perfect for an elegant dinner party, or just a romantic night in. Even if you've never cooked lobster before, this tutorial makes it easy. Stuff it with lobster, crab, shrimp and scallops and then bake it with butter and lemon. Make a delicious baked stuffed lobster.
The centerpiece of this salad are pears poached in red wine, cloves and allspice. Add frisee greens, toasted walnuts and gorgonzola cheese to round out the flavors. This salad is a perfect spring dish. Serve before the main course and pair with something light and bubbly. Make a frisee salad with poached pears and gorgonzola cheese.
You'll need a slow cooker or crock pot to make this delicious soup, perfect to serve on cold nights. Use cubed beef and barley, and then add in your favorite vegetables - some good ideas are peas, carrots, celery, potatoes, onions or mushrooms. Use a slow cooker to make a hearty beef and barley soup.
Adobe Photoshop CS4 is the industry-standard software for perfecting digital images and is ideal for professional photographers, serious amateur photographers, and graphic designers. In this Adobe Photoshop video tutorial, you'll learn how to use medical analysis tools in Photoshop CS4. For comprehensive instructions on using CS4's new medical analysis tools, take a look. Use medical analysis tools in Photoshop CS4 Extended.
Make-up artist Jemma Kidd shows you a regime for perfect skin care to get that flawless skin Get flawless skin.
With a little circuitry, you can find exactly what you need to make a very "cool" USB powered Mini Fridge. Just check out this how-to video. This cooler is perfect for keeping your drinks cool while gaming or at the office. Watch this video tutorial and learn how to build a USB mini fridge. Make a USB mini fridge.
Ever wonder how actors get bruises that look so real? Learn how to make these bruises and start your own visual effects for movies. Perfect for beginners or advanced make up artists, create real looking bruises for your next Halloween costume. Make convincing fake bruises.
Learn how to pronounce Thank you and other German phrases. This video was shot on location in Vienna. The geobeats travel site is perfect for both aspiring and practicing adventurers. Speak common German phrases.
Have a little kiddo obsessed with slimy, swamp-dwelling amphibians? Then throwing a frog-themed birthday bash is perfect for the little fellow. Make sure your frog theme stays unified all the way through from the beginning to the candle blowout by creating these frog invitations.
If you've ever watched "The Hills" or have seen Lauren Conrad out at a red carpet event, then you're familiar with this hairstyle. Known as the French braided side bang, it's one of the easiest hairstyles you can do and takes minimal time. Take a gander at this hairstyling video to learn how to create this popular celebrity hairstyle.
You want to look like the picture of perfection on your wedding day, right? But let's face it: Weddings are super expensive to hold, and that's not even taking into consideration your dress, hair, and makeup.
Have a delicious stew recipe you'd like to make, but want to cut the cooking time in half? Then, pressure cookers are perfect for you. Actually, pressure cookers can heat up a nice soup or goulash three times faster than regular cooking times! If this sounds good to you, then you need one of these suckers. And if you're lucky enough to own a IMUSA brand pressure cooker, this video with Chef George Duran will give you the tips and tricks to mastering your IMUSA pressure cooker.
After you purchase your first car in Gran Turismo 5 on the PlayStation 3, you'll unlock the National B License Tests. The first one (B-1) is a stopping challenge, and if you want to learn how to get the gold trophy, this video gives a perfect example of how to get it.
When it comes to yoga, none other than Gumby himself should be your flexi hero. Unlike the rest of us, who suffer from stiff joints, lack of flexibility, and aches in our muscles, Gumby is like a human (or toy?) pretzel, able to contort his way out of any stressful situation.
The wonderful thing about a "farmhouse brunch" theme is that most of the materials you'll need to decorate are natural and quite affordable. From sprigs of flowers to brown string to burlap, you probably already have most of the things you need lying around the house.
Need a simple dish to prepare for Thanksgiving that's not time consuming but will still make a big, flavorful impact at your dinner table? Then deviled eggs are the perfect recipe for you.
CAKES! CAKES! CAKES! needs a new top admin to take over. Build upon the existing site and community: compile awesome recipes, tutorials and images to share with all fellow cake lovers. If you have something to share and are interested in connecting with other cake decorators, CAKES! CAKES! CAKES! is currently up for grabs to use as a launching platform.
Tired of your old front entry doorknob? Get rid of it in lieu of something a little classier (and safer). A handleset is the perfect way to make your front door stand out, and this video will show you how to install one— specifically, Schlage Plymouth Handleset. You'll need a phillips head screwdriver, tape measure, battery drill, 3/8" drill bit and a Sharpie or other marking device. To see how to install the matching deadbolt, click here.
Contrary to popular belief, you don't need a whole room of exercise equipment or a gym to get in a good workout or warm up. In fact, for the most part all you need to lengthen and tone is a resistance band and your own weight.
In this video, we learn how to perform the Tango transition through the cross. As you start the Tango, you will stay close to your partner with both of your bodies. You will want to have your arms high and your body taught so that you can easily transition from one move to the other. Make sure the leader and the follower are both practiced so you transition into the cross more. The follower should pay attention to the leader's moves and both parties should be working together. Have fun dancin...
Don't you just hate when you buy a new game and one day you play it, you somehow move your Xbox and it makes some horrible sounds so you hurry to get the disc out and see that it's got perfect circle scratches? That happened to me and I felt so bad about it and tried a lot of things to repair it but nothing helped. Then I got an idea that actually helped me.
