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How To: Prepare a traditional French toast breakfast

Chef John with Food Wishes demonstrates how to prepare a traditional French toast breakfast. First, add two eggs, a half a cup of milk, vanilla to taste, salt, cinnamon and all spice to a bowl. Whisk the ingredients together. Then, slice bread about an inch thick and soak it in the batter. Use day old bread. Make sure the bread is completely saturated with the mixture. Then, preheat your oven to 400 degrees. Add a couple of tablespoons of butter to a skillet and brown the French toast. Then, ...

How To: Make pressure cooker beef stew

If you are not used to using a pressure cooker, you may be missing out on the benefits of such a cool system. Using a pressure cooker will speed up cooking time for stews, soups, chillies, roasts, hams, and will make the cheapest cuts of beef fall apart with a fork. In this video, we make a beef stew in just 20 minutes that tastes like it's been cooking for hours. So, get ready to serve up a delicious recipe that your guests will think you slaved over all night. Enjoy!

How To: Make roasted kale

Looking to add some unique greens to your diet? Why not try some kale? Kale is a delicious, leafy veggie that can add some much needed fiber and nutrients to your meal. Kale tastes great prepared in many different ways and in this video, you will learn how to roast it for a yummy cooked flavor.

How To: Make buttercream icing for cakes and cupcakes

This video shows the method to make buttercream icing. Take a cup of white shortening so that mixing it with the other ingredients will make the color white. If you like the taste of butter, you can use half a cup of butter and half a cup of shortening. Start mixing the mixture. Add one teaspoon of vanilla, lemon, orange or almond extract. Add four cups of confectioner's sugar or powder sugar to the mixture. Add it slowly to the mixture so that there is no smoke which forms by adding the whol...

How To: Make shrimp scampi at home

Delicious shrimp scampi is easy to make with this video. A half stick of butter is melted in a pan, to which 2 chopped green onions, 3 minced cloves of garlic, and some lemon zest. Sautee about one minute, then add 1/4 cup of lemon juice and 1/4 teaspoon of salt. After the sauce become bubbly, add a pound of shelled, cleaned shrimp and cook just until pink - 3 to 5 minutes depending on the size. Add some hot sauce to taste, and toss. Add 1/4 cup chopped, fresh parsley to bring out the flavors...

How To: Make ginger tea from fresh ginger

This video tutorial is going to show you how to make ginger tea from fresh ginger. It tastes much better than the packaged ginger. It is very good for colds and stomach. Wash the ginger properly, remove all the skin and cut the ginger into thin individual slices. Ginger being very fibrous, it is difficult for the hot water to penetrate. So, the thinner the pieces the better. Now take the ginger slices, put them in a cup and pour in the required quantity of hot water. Let it stand for about fi...

How To: Breastfeed when you're just starting out

This video lesson will show you how to breastfeed when you are just starting out. Breastfeeding offers babies and mothers remarkable health benefits that are lifelong. A new born baby is ready to breastfeed. But, it may not come naturally to all babies. A baby is born well fed, but, it is a good idea to bring the baby to the mother’s breast as soon as she is born. This will help the baby to connect with the taste and smell easily. A mother’s breast should be the first thing to reach a baby’s ...

How To: Make raw cacao superfood dessert balls

It's super easy and super fun, anyone can do it. Ingredients: 1 cup carob, one cup cacao, 1 cup cashews, 1/4 cup hemp seeds, 1/2 cup coconut oil that is cold-pressed, 1 tablespoon spirulina, 1/3 cup of honey to start (you can add more in later for taste), pinch of sea salt (optional). Roll the finished balls in coconut. Add cashews into food processor until ground, crumbly powder. Add coconut oil and honey. After mixing, add in the rest of the ingredients. You can also add in cinnamon, cayenn...

How To: Eat fuyu persimmons raw and cooked

With the arrival of fall come persimmons. One of the kinds of persimmon called Fuyu persimmons, also called sharon, are in season from September through December. What you need to look out for is that they are firm and have a nice orange color overall with smooth skin. If a persimmon does not comply to this, let it ripen on the counter until it reaches a bright overall coloring and then just eat it or use it in a salad. There are two types of persimmons, the Fuyu is better suited to be eaten ...

How To: Make Indian pickles at home

This video demonstrates the making of mango pickle without using oil. Take a few raw mangoes and peel them, cut them into small pieces and remove the seeds. Do not throw away the peels as these can be used crushed in mint chutney. In a bowl, mix table salt, red chili powder (made fresh by grinding some dried chilies from which the seeds are removed), add a few pieces of asafoetida (hing). Put the mix in a pestle and grind them as fine as possible. Fresh grinding will give the aroma of the spi...

How To: Use a pressure cooker to make great meals

Many of us have grown up being wary about using pressure cookers, thinking the food doesn't come out tasting as good as it does through other cooking methods. No need to worry! Gourmet Magazine explains that it's not the pressure cooker that's the problem; you just need to pick recipes that benefit from the use of the pressure cooker. Here to show us how with a simple and delicious lamb and bean recipe, you will be taken through the recipe step-by-step. The ingredients are simple, including l...

How To: Make pomegranate juice

In this video, Sheba is demonstrating how to make pomegranate juice. She is mixing the juices of pomegranate and oranges. It is just an option. If you want you can drink pure pomegranate juice also. Pomegranate is very good for heart and has cancer fighting abilities. So pomegranate juice is a very healthy drink. You have to cut the pomegranate into two halves and then extract the juice in a citrus juicer. Further you can also extract juice out of oranges and have a mix juice ready. If you pr...

How To: Make Pakistani-style seekh kebab

This video demonstrates the recipe of Seekh Kebabs. For this you need to blend minced meat, some potatoes, onions and spices in a blender. Then make sausage like rolls and fry them in a pan with some oil. Keep turning them on the pan so that they turn golden brown on each side. Later, to give a barbecue effect you can take the kebabs in a strainer and put the strainer on the flame. This will give a smoky effect to the kebabs. The kebabs are then ready to be served with some salad garnishing. ...

How To: Cook roast beef with caramelized winter vegetables

Daniel Zondervan of Diva Dan's Kitchen shows us an incredibly simple way to make Roast Beef with Caramelized Veggies. you can make for the chilly fall months or anytime you just want a delicious meal. This dish just happens to feature roast beef, acorn squash, carrots and turnips. Keep in mind that you can change up the vegetables to fit your taste. Also shown is how to make a homemade gravy with cornstarch and water that you can use to marinate your vegetables in. A dish that is sure to please!

How To: Make soup dumplings

In this video, Andrea Nguyen of CHOW goes to Shanghai Dumpling king to see the perfect soup dumpling which is called xiao long bao. Here the chef, Lu Kuang, takes the dough and rolls it into a long snake likes thing and then breaks nuggets out of it. Then he uses the rolling pin to make small circles out of those nuggets. He then fills the circles with pork filling which has a little sweet flavor too. Then he closes the circle and gives it a nice typical shape. These dumplings are then steame...

How To: Make a Russian salad

Sanjay Thumma of VahRehVah teaches how to make one of the most popular salads, the Russian salad. Make a dressing by mixing 2 tsp of cream and 2 tsp of mayonnaise. Add a pinch of salt and pepper powder. If desired yogurt can also be added in the dressing. Add boiled potatoes cut in small chunks in a bowl. Potatoes make 70% of the vegetables on this salad. Add in boiled beans and carrots. Optional chopped onions and chopped spring onions can be added if desired to enhance taste. Add the dressi...

How To: Make a Dutch Blood and Sand cocktail (with gin)

Blood and sand doesn't necessarily sound that delicious as a drink but I'd be lying if I said it didn't intrigue me a bit. This classic Dutch cocktail has body, taste, and will get you where you need to be (well maybe a couple will do the trick). In this video you will learn exactly how to make a Dutch blood and sand cocktail in less than 15 seconds. Mind you the scotch is replaced with a very bodied gin. Enjoy!

How To: Make a lazy man's lasagna

Lasagna is probably one of the most versatile Italian dishes you can make. You can make it with meat or without, add your own vegetables to your taste, and experiment with different flavors of lasagna noodles and spices. Learn how to make a "lazy-man's" lasagna by using store bought sauce and macaroni shells. By blending two flavors of sauces together you can create a more complex authentic lasagna with no effort. This is a simple and filling dish to make on busy weeknights.

How To: Make homemade Bailey's Irish cream

In this video host David takes us through how to make a rich homemade Bailey's Irish cream. In quite a jovial way our host begins to run down the ingredients for us, while placing each into a blender (double cream, a very thick full fat whole cream -- chocolate syrup -- instant coffee powder -- whiskey). Then, after blending it for 10 seconds or so, and stirring, you add a bit of regular plain old milk, and continue to blend. And what's next after that? Tasting! With a delicious dessert, and ...

How To: Make Filipino sweet & sour tilapia (fish)

Feeling envious of your neighbor or your colleague who boasts that they can make Filipino dishes? Here is a chance to shut their mouths forever. Watch this video and find out how you can make people jealous of your scrumptious culinary skills. Learn to make a sweet and sour tilapia dish which is sure to make people's mouths water and stop them from bragging. This video is for those who like fish. The fish is first fried which enhances the taste of the food. Try this and see your neighbors go ...

How To: Make vegetarian tempeh & shiitake mushroom stir-fry

Larry Cook gives the low-down on how to make a nutritious Tempeh and Shiitake Mushroom Stir-fry. Tempeh is an Indonesian based dish made out of slightly fermented soybeans that are shaped into a patty. It can be used as a meat substitute and the mushrooms and asparagus add antioxidants to your meal. You can add extra spices and liquid marinades as shown to jazz up the taste of the Tempeh. Larry also demonstrates how to make a healthy salad that pairs perfectly with the stir fry.

How To: Make a steak sauce with only 8 ingredients

Are you looking for the perfect Steak sauce but don't feel like using a lot of ingredients? Chef Jason Hill knows how to make a delicious bourbon steak sauce using just 8 ingredients. In this episode of Chef Tips, chef Jason will be showing you how to make the sauce as well as what type of ingredients will be needed to make it taste great. It is one of the easiest kinds of steak sauces to make and is also said to be one of the tastiest as well.

How To: Make and cook a perfect baked potato

In cooking, making a perfect baked potato is one of the simplest and easiest dishes to prepare. Most of the people would chip the potato with a fork on its surface and cover with some silver foils and would keep in the oven. But, this should not be done as it could result in dump inside the potato when you cut it with knife. Instead of this keep the potatoes for 10-20 Minutes in an oven without foils, which could give you a better and soft layer inside the potato. But in need to get a crispy ...

How To: Make Indian mirchi bhajji (stuffed chili fritters)

So why buy when you can make these quite simply? This video shows you how to make these delicious bhajji from scratch. All the ingredients are freshly prepared for that authentic Indian taste. This step by step guide explains how you can make this delicacy which is bound to impress your diners. The girls make these specialties look really simple, so if you're looking for really good bhajjis with a kick of chili, you've found the right place!

How To: Make weiners & beans

Peel onion, chop in half, and finely slice. Pan fry onion in vegetable oil with salt and pepper. Cook until golden brown. In a foil pan, add 1 can of Bush’s Baked Beans, 1 can of Heinz Beans, cooked onions, 1 cup homemade BBQ sauce (detailed in his previous video), 1 tablespoon mustard, and pepper to taste. Add more BBQ sauce to get a dark brown color. Then, add several slices of raw bacon to cover top of bean mixture. Next, layer with chopped ringed baloney. Cover with foil and bake in oven,...

How To: Make homemade flour tortillas

Everything tasted better homemade than out of the package. For your next fiesta, why not make your own tortillas? With this descriptive tutorial on how to make homemade flour tortillas, the process is easy and requires no special equipment. To make homemade tortillas you will need 3 cups of all-purpose flour, 2 tsp. baking powder, 1 tsp. salt, 2 tbsp. vegetable oil, and extra flour. Equipment needed includes: a large mixing bowl, a pastry or cutting board, plastic wrap, a griddle, spatula, an...

How To: Clean your grill

Keep your grill clean for both health and taste reasons. When it builds up old crust it will give off a burned flavor and the blackened bits create carbon, a carcinogen. With a clean grate, you'll get those gorgeous charred cross marks -- the sign of a healthy grill.

How To: Do a Neck Stall variation freestyle soccer trick

If you're new to freestyle soccer and just want to get a taste of what it is and where to start, this video is not going to help you too much. Unless you need more ideas for what really, really good freestyle soccer players can do. It teaches Mario's Neck Stall (MNS), a really cool trick where the player flicks the ball up, then gets into pushup position and catches the ball on their neck. This one takes some practice, but damn is it pretty!

How To: Cook Thai red curry fish with Kai

Bamboo shoot is commonly used in Chinese and Vietnamese cooking, but can be thrown into Thai cooking every now and then. This fish curry has enough of a sweet taste to keep it from being too spicy, but is still full of flavor. You will need bamboo shoots, Thai eggplants, coconut milk, red curry paste, catfish, kaffir lime leaves, sugar, and fish sauce. Watch this video cooking tutorial and learn how to prepare a red fish curry with Thai chef Kai.