Ingredients 101: How to Select, Store, & Prep Fresh Herbs
Herbs, both fresh and dried, can be intimidating and mysterious to cooks. Just how much is too much? How do you prepare them?
Herbs, both fresh and dried, can be intimidating and mysterious to cooks. Just how much is too much? How do you prepare them?
Eating vegetarian isn't just for vegetarians. There are plenty of reasons, health and economics-wise, to consider forgoing the meat for a meal or three. Rather than get deep into the world of fake meat (although there's many a tasty alternative to be found there, to be sure), you should consider getting to know your humble-seeming fungal friend: the mushroom. Thanks to their hearty flavor, cooks tend to treat mushrooms like meat, albeit one with its own unique characteristics. Mushrooms are e...
In this video tutorial, viewers learn how to take care of fresh-cut flowers. First, make sure you selected good quality flowers. Then strip off the leaves. Cut the stems at an angle to be able to fit in the vase. Make sure the water in the vase is clean. You can also make a preservative by mixing fresh water with a bit of soda and bleach. This video is very descriptive and clearly explains all the instructions. This video provides very good information. This video will benefit those viewers w...
Part of the romancing you palate series, Patricia Fine goes to the store and gets some great tips on how to select and buy fresh fish.
Insert DVD containing Mac OS software into system drive. Reboot system. Confirm installation and agree with license. When prompted to select drive, select disk utility from menu bar. Select hard drive and click on erase button. Select Mac OS extended file system. Confirm erasing all data. Once drive formatted, close disk utility. Select to install in hard drive that was erased. After installation completes and system reboots, select Language and Keyboard for your country. When asked if alread...
Fresh fruit milk shakes, so easy, so pleasing. Think fresh ingredients and fresh fruits. Watch this how to video to learn how to blend a fresh fruit milk shake. All you need for this recipe is milk, vanilla ice cream, and fresh fruit.
This video demonstrates how to make a tomato sauce with fresh tomatoes that you can use on things like pasta or pizza. The ingredients needed to make the sauce are diced onions, minced garlic, some olive oil, dried mixed herbs, chopped fresh tomatoes (you can use canned tomatoes if you like), and some salt and pepper for seasoning.
Fresh herb vinaigrette is a salad dressing that you can make all year round now, as most stores now stock a variety of fresh herbs. The fragrance alone is worth the two minutes it takes to whip together.
The wrong kind of makeup can make you look tired, but with the advice from this how-to video, your skin is going to look fresh and glowing. Use MAC's mineralized satinfinish foundation NC42, msf natural med dark, select moisture concealer NW37, sunbasque blush, msf light flush, fix plus, and strobe cream to replicate this cosmetic look. Learn how to create this glowing skin MAC look by watching this video makeup application tutorial.
Tired of sniffing your health away? Are your sinuses driving you mad? Well this video will show you how to create a Master Tonic to live for. This stuff fixes cold, flu, respiratory problems, immune booster, anti allergy, anti bacterial, anti fungal, anti anything that can hurt you... MASTER TONIC...
Having a nice supply of fresh herbs from your own herb garden or from the grocery store is a great way to enhance and add flavor to virtually any meal. But, what do you do when you have a surplus of fresh herbs? This video from Food Network offers an easy way to store all those fresh herbs, so you will have them fresh and ready when you need them in the kitchen. First, dry them with a paper towel, wrap them in a paper towel, store in a Ziploc bag and place them in the fridge until you are rea...
Corn is the staple of American agriculture, and fresh corn is a delicious treat. If you want to be able to enjoy fresh corn year-round without paying for imported crops, watch this video. It will show you how to freeze corn and keep it fresh all year.
Part of eating fresh fish involves knowing how to clean and fillet them. This cooking how-to video demonstrates the process for filleting a fresh snapper fish. Watch and learn how easy it is to remove the meaty part of the snapper to make fillets of fresh fish.
An easy makeup tutorial to look fresh, youthful and effortless. This makeup routine takes me 5 minutes tops! It's all about minimal eye makeup and giving your lips and blushing skin the attention.
You bought a whole bunch of strawberries on sale, but you don't want them to go bad. CHOW contributor Daniel Duane shares his trick for keeping farmers’ market strawberries fresh and making them last longer. Just follow this cooking how to video for great tips on keep fresh fruit longer.
Its a flavor explosion! Take some cilantro, add in a little Calcium Chloride and Sodium Alginate, and give some crab cakes a new twist! The pearl is one of the most useful treats of Molecular Gastronomy. Learn how to make corn cake with bbq crab and cilantro pearls.
The food editor at Coastal Living demonstrates how easy it is to work with fresh unpeeled shrimp. Colossal shrimp are very easy to peel. Watch this demonstration to learn how to prepare raw shrimp for cooking this holiday season. Shrimp makes the perfect Christmas dinner appetizer, entree or soup.
Cook fresh lobster without fear using these easy tips. Lobster makes a delicious, extravagant Christmas dinner. Don't be intimidated by this cooking process, these hints will help. Learn how to cook lobster and prepare the cooked lobster for eating. Yum! Nothing like fresh lobster for the holidays.
We can't get enough of fresh herbs in our cooking, but that's just the problem: About 2 days after we purchase our sprigs of thyme and sage they look sadder than Ashton Kutcher's last romantic comedy.
There's nothing like a few margaritas to survive the holidays without strangling your relatives and having a complete meltdown mid present wrapping. But don't just take the easy way out by purchasing a maragarita mix and adding some liquor - we all know that never ends up giving you that flavor kick you're craving.
Everything is better with bacon. Omelets, hot dogs, air. We love bacon, and there's really no better way to get a prime filling of the greasy goodness than by making it yourself. Yes, you can in fact make bacon at home.
First, before you endeavor on this recipe, please, please, please use fresh herbs rather than the dried kind that comes packaged in those ginormous Costco plastic containers. Fresh herbs add another dimension of flavor that makes all the difference when you take a bite into this succlent dish.
This makeup style is fun and vibrant, without being too over-the-top. This "fresh berries" makeup look plays around with layering colors, which create a unique effect when you turn your hair, making the colors gleam. This berry fresh look is great for spring or summertime (probably because it's reminiscent of fresh and delicious looking berries).
The Digital Chef shows how he makes Masala Chai Tea, also known as Indian Spice Tea.
In this tutorial, Hungry Nation visits Brooklyn soda works to see how to make a delicious homemade soda using fresh fruit and herbs. Check out this clip and learn all about soda making and how to get started drinking your own.
Join your new friends at Tutto Italiano to learn how to make a very special treat for yourself. You can make yourself some fresh mozzarella at home today if you thing you've got the culinary skills to put it together. This video will show you how to make your own fresh mozzarella.
If you are looking for a fresh makeup look for summer, check out this tutorial. In it, you will learn how to use foundation and makeup and create a dewy look that will leave you looking fresh and awake.
Beryl Stokes, from Cajun Cooking TV teaches you, how to cook fresh steam asparagus. Some people only think of asparagus in the canned form, but fresh asparagus has a completely different taste. Beryl shows you, how to cook an asparagus side dish by using a really simple technique.
Making fresh pasta is an age old process that every home cook should know how do. It's simple, fast, and fun, and homemade noodles take just a minute to cook!
It is hard to come up with a dish that everyone will enjoy, especially after coming home after work. In this how to video our host shows you how to throw some stuff from the fridge together for a wholesome and quick meat. Watch these three videos as he prepares the main course. He starts with a fresh salad with veggies and home fries. Continue by marinating the swordfish in some dry vermouth for great flavor. Enjoy.
This is a very fresh Asian inspired cocktail. As with all fresh cocktails, balance is key. If you can't find fresh lychees, you could use canned ones and it would probably work fine. The muddling of the fresh lime is essential to get the fresh lime oils out of the skin. To learn how to make a lychee martini, watch this video mixology tutorial. You will need lychees, lime, vodka, green tea, simple syrup
To prepare the sauce for this dish you will need tamarind juice or white vinegar, fish sauce, coconut palm sugar or (granulated white sugar and corn syrup). For the Pad Thai you will need vegetable oil, red onions, garlic cloves, extra firm tou fuu, chopped preserved turnips, dried shrimp (or fresh peeled shrimp), fresh noodles or dried packaged noodles, eggs, putt Thai sauce, crushed roasted peanuts, fresh bean sprouts, garlic chives, dried roasted ground peppers and raw bean sprouts, green ...
Sarah East from Grocery School gives a lesson on how to buy fresh asparagus. Look for straight, firm stalks with dark green or purple tips. It is best to choose stalks the same size so they will cook uniformly, though the size does not affect the flavor.
Learn how to bake a delicious pecan pie topped with fresh whipped cream in this cooking video. This pecan pie recipe is brought to you by Chef Frank Brigtsen on How2Heroes. Search How2Heroes on WonderHowTo for more cooking videos.
Lab Coat Cooking! Discover how to have fun with cheese. Surprise your friends with this new spin on a classic Caprese Salad. Learn how to make a Mozzarella Balloon. This how to video turns a boring Caprese Salad into a party hit with a little help from some fresh mozzarella cheese, roasted garlic, and a little nitrous oxide. This is a lesson in Molecular Gastronomy.
Make vegetarian green bean stew. Ingredients include ½ kilo green beans, fresh or frozen. Ingredients:
Frederic Patenaude demonstrates selecting and cutting a fresh pineapple. To select a fresh pineapple, he discusses that the color is not a great indicator. Instead he suggests looking at the bottom of the pineapple to make sure the base is yellow, indicating ripeness. He also smells the pineapple to make sure it smells ripe. he also checks for bad spots, softness or leakage around the whole fruit. He communicates that any tests with leaves are also not indicators. One way to cut a pineapple i...
This video demonstrates how to store parsley to stay fresh. Parsley is a commonly used herb. But you have to buy it in bunches. How do you keep the parsley fresh? First, wash the parsley really good, then set it in a colander so that it drains but not completely. Then take the parsley and lay it out on a paper towel thinly. Leave the water clinging a little to the parsley. Wrap the parsley in the towel loosely like an egg roll. Fold up the ends of the towel. Then place the parsley, in the tow...
In this clip, learn how to make an absolutely delicious salad using two of Betty's favorites: mung bean sprouts and fresh raspberry vinaigrette dressing. This salad is power-packed and contains a ton of protein, vitamins and minerals and is practically calorie free! If you are watching what you eat or just looking for something fresh and healthy for summer, give this recipe a shot. Enjoy!
This video shows you how to easily put ring tones on your Motorola Droid phone. The first thing you have to do is plug in the Droid to your PC and open the Removable Disk that pops up. Next, you have to create a new folder and name it "Music". Then, you can simply copy-paste or drag-and-copy mp3 files to that Music folder. Next, you have to disconnect the Droid from your PC. You have to open up the application called RingDroid or download a fresh copy of it from the marketplace, if you do not...