In Thailand sweet potato fritters are served as a snack or dessert. You can can find this at your nearest Thai's restaurant or you can learn how to make your own! You will need yam or sweet potatoes, coconut milk, sesame seeds, sugar, salt, flour, tapioca flour, and cooking oil. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make Thai sweet potato fritters.
Hummus is delicious as a dip for vegetables or pita bread, or even on top of chicken. It tastes great, is healthy, and easy to make. You will need garbanzo beans or chickpeas, tahini sesame seed paste, mint leaves, lemon juice, salt, and garlic. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make the classic Mediterranean hummus.
This traditional Irish bread done the American way is chock full of raisins and caraway seeds, and comes out almost like a cake. Yum!
Most home bakers rely on vanilla extract as a flavor component to their cakes and cookies, but little do they know what they are missing until they trade in their extract for whole vanilla beans. The rich complexity and different notes of flavor of a true vanilla bean are often washed out and distilled into a one-note sweetness, especially if the extract is cheap or imitation. If you want to get more serious about baking, you need to get serious about using vanilla beans.
Delicious, Simple & Quick Wok BBQ Pork Fried Rice Ingredients
In this tutorial, learn how to make a deliciously refreshing fruit salad for the summer time. This salad involves a ton of fruit and is topped with a fantastic poppy seed, lime and honey dressing. This dish is perfect for desserts, summer snacks or for taking to a party or picnic. Enjoy!
In this tutorial, learn how to make fresh and delicious Tahini with Dede. This is not tahini sauce, but actual thick and delicious Tahini paste that can be used in a ton of recipes. This dish couldn't be easier - it is essentially only two ingredients: sesame seeds and vegetable oil. Dede will walk you through the entire process and help you on your way. Enjoy!
Summer is right on the horizon, and that means lots of outdoor barbacues and picnics out on the beach, the warm breeze blowing in your hair and the sand wiggling between your toes.
In this video you'll go from dry seed to fully grown french garden, using the perfect easy sprout sprouter. It's so easy and quick, you'll have sprouts year round. These delicious sprouts are great for sandwiches, or a yummy snack.
Make a fabulous balloon sunflower with these simple steps. •Take three different color balloons namely yellow, brown or black and green
Make creamy fish-stuffed potatoes with help from chef, Aaron Craze. Ingredients needed for this recipe include: potatoes, prawns, salmon, smoked halibut, fennel, leek, garlic, salt, funnel seeds, onion, pancetta (similar to bacon), lemon (juice), white wine, parsley, cream/milk, and Crème fraîche. This recipe is sure to make mouths water!
There’s nothing quite like a thick slab of Irish soda bread slathered with butter—be it St. Patrick’s Day or just any old day.
Deep-fried bananas are good for snacks between meal time. These Thai treats calm down the violence of hunger, and eliminates the tensions of the day. For this recipe, you will need coconut milk, rice flour, tapioca flour, salt, sugar, water, sesame seeds, and banana or even sweet potatoes. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make kluay kaek, deep-fried bananas, from Thai chef Kai.
Make authentic cauliflower samosas from the Bengal region of India with chef Gary Rhodes. You will need plain flour, vegetable oil or Ghee, cauliflower, potatoes, ginger, roasted peanuts, raisins, fennel seeds, and sugar. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to make Bangalese Indian cauliflower samosas.
In this bead-weaving video tutorial, there's a quick way to create a beaded rope with different size seed beads, and this video will show you the simple pattern needed to create this wonderful stitch. Learn how to do the spiral weave stitch for jewelry-making by watching this instructional video.
Watch as Manjula prepares Indian pakora. This bread makes a delicious appetizer or finger food. For this recipe you will need:
Watch as Manjula shows you how to prepare lentil dumplings in yogurt, or as they are more commonly known in India dahi vada.
Watch as Manjula shows you how to prepare, Chola Tikki, a spicy Indian snack. You'll need:
The coiling gizmo is just that, a gizmo, that can transform wire and a few seed beads into a unique funky bead. This video will demonstrate how to make a beaded coiled bead and continuous coils.
Falooda is delicious rose flavored milk (served with ice cream) which can be a refreshing drink or a unique dessert idea. Falooda is made with basil seeds, known as Tukmaria, which are great for digestion after a heavy meal. Try this recipe for a truly wonderful Indian concoction.
"Preparing Pomegranates" Video Food Tip of the WeekPreparing pomegranates can be a pain. All those arils (that's the delicious, juicy part that covers the seed) squirt on your clothes while the papery white pith sticks to your fingers -- and everything else. Save yourself some hassle by prying open pomegranates over a bowl of water. The heavy arils will sink to the bottom while the pith and the spongy skin of the fruit will float -- making it easy to skim them off the surface.
I love pomegranates. I don't even mind the mind-numbing task of picking out the arils (which is what those ruby-colored seed-like things in the pomegranate are called). However, I'm always on the lookout for new, easy ways to peel it that don't make my kitchen look like a crime scene.
Eating healthy poses a challenge nowadays with so many options that taste great but aren't really good for you. Nutritionists have made it their life's work to understand what actually does a body good. Here's how you can follow their example.
The late, great writer Laurie Colwin once wrote that if she were allowed to have only one fruit in her kitchen, she would always choose lemons (or limes, since they can often be used interchangeably).
Most pasta salad is very "American" and full of fatty things like mayonnaise. By adjusting a few ingredients and adding some yummy veggies, you can transform your salad and have a healthy addition to your outdoor summer party menu!
Stay tuned for the always enjoyable Cooking With Dog. This cooking show is hosted by a DOG named Francis! The show demonstrates how to make popular Japanese dishes. This video demonstrates how to make Chawanmushi (Japanese egg custard dish with Ginkgo Seeds).
Maybe you want to hide your farm from others. Or maybe you just like the idea of building an underground farm in Minecraft. Besides the room itself, you'll need a fair amount of wood, water, dirt, seeds, and a hoe to construct this.
For this tutorial, you will need a rose bead (or any other flower you prefer) and enough seed beads to go around your finger. You will also need some sturdy elastic to thread them on (make sure, though, that it's not too thick to go through the beads).
This is a great project, especially for older or preteen children. You will need flatnose pliers, needlenose pliers, wire cutters, gold bugle beads, seed beads, a large bead for the body and 24 gauge jewelry wire in bronze or copper.
You can upgrade some of the equipment you already have in the Zynga game FarmVille into the Super Combine! This will allow you to harvest, plow and seed your farm all in one go! Here's how you can use it to the best of it's abilities to maximize production on your farm.
When most people stress-eat they turn to sweets to cheer them up. Did you know that there are foods that will actually improve your mood if your consume them regularly? Watch this video to learn how eating fish, sesame seeds, and other moods can improve your mood long-term.
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:
Are you a potato nut? Do you wish you could just grow your own potatoes so that you could get them fresh out of the soil? You're in luck! Watch this video tutorial to learn how to plant and grow potatoes in a potato planter bag. You just need some soil, potato seeds, and a potato bag.
This video tutorial will show you how to start potato seeds in a poly bag or container. It's an easy way to get your potato plants started in the healthiest manner possible. Just watch and follow along! Pretty soon you'll be harvesting full-grown potatoes to go in your eggs or side dish!
Making your own sausage rolls lets you add the exact ingredients you wish to include. This instructional video demonstrates how easy it is to make traditional sausage rolls using basic cooking equipment. When they're finished, simply eat the sausage rolls with a dollop of ketchup and enjoy.
Cut the pomegranate on the bottom first, then cut into sections, like you would an orange. Then get a large ice-filled bowl, with ice water in it, and put pomegranate in the bowl. Use the large bowl, so you don't get any on you. Break apart the individual sections, remove the seeds, and membrane in the water.
There's nothing nicer than being able to pluck fresh herbs from your own little garden – especially when that garden is right in your home! Learn how to grown an herb garden indoors with this how to video.
Check out this video cooking tip from The Chef's Toolbox in Australia. Watch this tutorial to learn how to cut a whole pumpkin like a chef. Cutting a whole pumpkin for recipes is easy with a little know-how, see how to do it right here.
Check out this video cooking tip from The Chef's Toolbox in Australia. Watch this tutorial to learn how to deseed chilies like a chef. Deseeding pepper chillies for recipes is easy with a little know-how, see how to do it right here.
Learn how to prepare hot peppers. Hot chili peppers like jalapeños and chiltepin can add depth to a recipe, but they can also set your mouth on fire. Reduce their heat by removing the seeds and veins. To prepare hot peppers, you'll need a sharp knife and your choice of red hot chili peppers.
