Papaya's are a tropical fruit that is very healthy and a little sweet. But knowing when it's ripe is the true challenge. It boils down to a few factors that include color, smell and other visual cues. In this video you will get tips on what to look for as well as alternatives to getting your papaya to ripen.
One of the hardest fruits to determine the freshness of is the watermelon. It's the biggest question in the produce department of grocery stores, so you're not the only one having problems. This video from YourProduceGuy gives you the tips to finding out what to do when picking out a fresh and perfectly ripe watermelon and the local store. There's a sweet spot for every fruit.
With Halloween on the way, and the party plans starting soon, why not spice up your party with a new recipe? Try Flaky Franken Fingers, or maybe you've got a sweet tooth? Try the Monster Cookies! This video will show you how to prepare each of the great dishes and instructions for cooking. These recipe's are also great for children!
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.
RocketDock is a sweet and infinitely customizable program for controlling your PC desktop environment. If you want to get the most out of it, the Stack Docklet is a great add-on that makes it even easier to organize your desktop icons. This video will show you how to install and configure it.
It's the holiday season, which means that more likely than not your kitchen will soon be rife with the sweet, nostalgic wafts of cinnamon, nutmeg, sugar cookies, and gingerbread. If you're going to be baking this holiday season, why not amp up your Christmas cookies by learning how to decorate them from a pro?
In this next video tutorial, you're going to find out where all the Joker teeth and chronicles are located in Arkham Mansion in the hit game Batman: Arkham Asylum.
For this next tutorial, you'll be fidning out how to defeat the boss Straga in the game Darksiders. He's a big dude, but can easily be defeated with the right moves and techniques.
In this tutorial, learn how to make a uniquely sweet and spicy bacon recipe. Hosted by Alex Guarnaschelli from the Food Network, you will learn how to rub your bacon with an assortment of spices and sugars so that it tastes incredible. These thick slabs work great for breakfast, lunch or even dinner. Enjoy!
In this tutorial for the hit game, Red Dead Redemption, you'll be going after the Austin Overpowered achievement. It nets you a sweet 25 points to add on to your gamerscore must be completed by doing three things. You must beat the Twin Rocks, Pike's Basin, and Gaptooth Breach hideouts. They seem pretty easy, but for the untrained cowboys it could be difficult. So good luck and enjoy!
Candied apples are the classic Halloween treat and continue to be popular up to today. Perhaps it's the mix of the tartness of the apple with the sweet caramel goodness of the shell? Either way, Halloween isn't complete without sinking your fake vampire teeth into one of these.
Watch this video to learn how to make an unusual dessert. Do you love strawberries? Do you love cream soda? Well, two great tastes meet in this strawberry and cream dessert. It'll be more sweet than you can stand! Watch this video to learn how to make this delicious strawberry and cream cupcake dessert.
Celebrate the end of the school year by kicking back on the beach with a sweet gin and tonic (only if you're over 21, of course) and minimal but glowing makeup.
Chivalry is dead only if you believe it is. Be the Lothario to your busty mistress by picking up how to play the sweet tune "Love of My Life" by Queen.
Saddle up cowboys! In this tutorial from the great fellows at Achievement Hunter, you'll be finding out how to get the Gunslinger achievement in Red Dead Redemption for the Xbox 360. It's a very easy achievement in RDR that takes little time to get and will add a sweet total of five gamerpoints to your score. So check it out and good luck partner!
Ever heard of an Indian Paintbrush? An Indian Paintbrush, also known as a Castilleja and Prairie-fire, are edible and sweet plants that were consumed in moderation by various American Indian tribes as a condiment with other fresh greens. Now that you know what an Indian Paintbrush is, here's your chance to larn how to draw one with help from this drawing tutorial presented by Hawks Vs. Pigeon Productions.
Love candy and easy craft projects? Make a paper sweets box using origami, the traditional Japanese folk art of paper folding. This free origami video lesson presents complete instructions on how to make your own paper candy dish from folded paper. For more information, and to get started making paper candy bowls, take a look!
Hungry for Chinese cuisine? In this video, learn how to cook up a traditional Chinese egg drop soup with a slight variation. Using Chinese egg noodles, the noodles are implemented into the base to create a creamy corn style noodle soup. The texture and hardness of the noodles adds a classic touch to an already traditional soup. Ingredients are listed in the video.
Spend some time with your little princess this weekend and incorporate a fun arts & crafts project into your weekend activities! In this Simple Kid's Crafts tutorial, learn how to make a simple princess tiara. This activity is perfect for little girls age kindergarden and up. Let your little girl feel like the princess she is, by adorning this sweet handcrafted princess tiara made by none other but herself and her parent.
This photoshop tutorial demonstrated by Howard from tutcast.com, teaches you how to do amazing glow effects for your work and projects. Everything you need to know from the background you choose to use to editing out the leftovers. You can use any image that you choose to. Start out with the pen tool located on the toolbar on the most left of the screen. Create the initial layer for the glow by clicking now on the new layer icon located on the bottom right. Next, define brush by pressing the ...
This video walks your through the quick and easy steps of caramelized grilled onions. These delicious sweet onions go so perfectly on any burger, fries, and of course a juicy steak. Here you'll learn exactly what you need to do to master the art of caramelized grilled onions for the whole family.
This video shows you a way to make a low fat version of lemon cream sauce. You first add 4 cups of low fat natural yogurt on top of a cheese cloth and leave this overnight. After this is done you take the yogurt cheese and add a third of a cup of sugar, a grated rind of lemon, and two tablespoons of fresh lemon juice. This is a good substitution for whipped cream or other toppings for desserts or sweets.
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Here is a dessert you need to prepare in advance, but it is well worth the wait. This recipe for creme caramel is better than any shop bought creme caramel. Watch this cooking how-to video to learn how to make a decadent sweet dessert.
In this cooking how-to video Chef Mario makes a sweet n' spicy mango salsa with inexpensive, common ingredients. Follow along and learn how to prepare this modern twist on the old salsa recipe. All you need for this fresh salsa recipe is: mango, red pepper, tomato, cilantro, lime juice and avocado.
Bridget Albert, master mixologist, shows how to shake up a delicious alcoholic drink. Follow along with the step-by-step directions in this how-to video and learn how to make a Manhattan. For the recipe used in this video cocktail-mixing tutorial, you will need sweet vermouth, Canadian whisky, and Angostura bitters. Enjoy your fresh Manhattan cocktail.
Bridget Albert, master mixologist, shows how to shake up a delicious alcoholic drink. Follow along with the step-by-step directions in this how-to video and learn how to make a margarita. For the recipe used in this video cocktail-mixing tutorial, you will need lime juice, sweet and sour mix, triple sec, and tequila. Enjoy your fresh margarita cocktail.
What better way to learn how to mix a drink than from a hot girl! This bartending how-to video teaches a cocktail recipe for a Piece of Ass. You will need Southern Comfort, Amaretto almond liqueur, and citrus or sweet and sour mix. Follow along with this video mixology lesson and find out how to make a Piece of Ass cocktail. Get your (alcoholic) drink on.
What better way to learn how to mix a drink than from a hot girl! This bartending how-to video teaches a cocktail recipe for a Long Island Iced Tea. You will need vodka, tequila, rum, gin, triple sec, and citrus juice or sweet and sour mix. Follow along with this video mixology lesson and find out how to make a Long Island Iced Tea cocktail. Get your (alcoholic) drink on.
What better way to learn how to mix a drink than from a hot girl! This bartending how-to video teaches a cocktail recipe for an Amaretto Crush Sunrise. You will need Amaretto almond liqueur, grenadine, orange juice, and lime or citrus sweet and sour type mix. Follow along with this video mixology lesson and find out how to make an Amaretto Crush Sunrise cocktail. Get your (alcoholic) drink on.
Mark Bittman of the New York Times, reveals the secret of the modern mixed drink. His theory is that a good cocktail consists of alcohol, something sweet, and something sour. Eighty percent of cocktails are made with this formula. Watch this video to see how this theory applies to several classic cocktails.
Here is a streamline and completely grownup dessert recipe. In this cooking how to video tutorial Mark Bittman, from the New York Times, lets a sweet, buttery apple cake have a drink. Watch as he prepares a bourbon apple cake. Use quartered apples, sugar, butter, eggs, flour, salt and baking powder. Don't forget to soak it in the bourbon sauce.
Learn how to make a Makers Manhattan in this how-to video tutorial. Watch as Geoff from Far West Billiards in Spokane shows how to make a this classic alcoholic drink. All you need to mix a Makers Manhattan cocktail is: Maker's Mark whisky, sweet vermouth, bitters and a drop of cherry juice.
Mr. Mint and Princess Lolly prompted this sweet, cute, and colorful eye makeup look. The cosmetic products used for this look are from NYX, Sally Girl, and MAC. Watch this video makeup application tutorial and learn how to do a Candyland inspired eye makeup look.
Join Paula Deen as she bakes one of her all-time favorite sweet treats. Use an ordinary brownie mix from the grocery store. Top some of the wet batter with peanut butter chips and layer one more layer of brownie mix over the top. Bake to a gooey perfection.
Martinis, though timelessly classic, are experiencing a resurgence of popularity. Some prefer the traditional gin martini, while others dabble in the ever-growing field of sweet, fruity, and specialty drink martinis. Watch this video mixology tutorial and learn how to make a chocolate martini, a classic gin martini, and an appletini apple martini.
This is my son's favorite dish. Of course, it can be yours too. It's so easy to prepare and you can enjoy it with your favorite sweet and sour sauce, plum sauce, egg roll sauce, or you can just curry onion rings on their own.
Thai spicy stir-fried chicken (phat khee mao kai) is so good, when served with rice. You will need chicken breast, chili, sweet basil, prik khing paste, chicken stock, oyster sauce, fish sauce, sugar, and cooking oil. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make phat khee mao kai, stir-fried chicken, with Thai chef Kai.
These grilled chicken legs Hot or Sweet are the way we like to eat 'em. With just a few BBQ Pit Boys tips and tricks you can serve these chicken legs up moist and tender every time. With this how to video you can make delicious barbecue chicken legs at your next BBQ.
Onion soup don't get any better than this. So get your Barbecue Shoes on. Smoked sweet onions in beef stock, slow simmered on the grill, is simple perfection if you love your onions. You can make this onion soup recipe from the BBQ Pit Boys with this how to video.
