The Dahlia Guy is going to show you step by step how to plant dahlias. First, you want to bury your tubers at 2-4inches of depth and place a stick right next to the eye so you know exactly where the dahlia will be. Also, you want to place a timed release fertilizer in the hole and then cover it up with the dirt. Now, take a 16inch long stick and use that to space out the dahlias in your garden. Some tips to use are use name tags at the beginning of the of the planting and at the end of the di...
This video shows the method to quickly prepare butternut squash. Butternut squash has a tough skin which makes it difficult to peel. This has more difficulty while negotiating the curved part. First, the neck is cut off and divided into sections. After this, the skin is cut out with a knife. The sections are cut into smaller pieces and put into a food processor to further minimize the size. This is done so that it cooks in no time. Then, put the pieces into the sauce pan. Two cups of water an...
Elizabeth Chamberlain with Space Lift demonstrates how to strengthen your career path with feng shui at home. First, find your focus room with your energy map by laying the energy map on top of your home floor plan. The career area is in the front center section of your home, along the line of your front door. In feng shui, all the energy enters through your front door. Encourage the energy up to your front door with your front yard. Feng shui means "wind water" which is the best way that ene...
To make homemade play dough you first need to mix all of you ingredients together in a pan staring with two cups of flour and two cups of warm water. Next you add about one cup of salt, two table spoons of vegetable oil, and one table spoon of cream of tartar. After that you stir it until it looks like pancake mix. Now you need to continue to stir it while you cook it over low heat. It should start to stick together and form play dough like masses. You will know the play dough is done when it...
This video shows how to preseason a cast iron skillet. If it has rust or is flaking, it will need to be seasoned. Wash the skillet in warm, soapy
Sonoran Living and Lisa Kasanicky with Arizona Spa Girls demonstrate how to make a do-it-yourself pomegranate scrub spa treatment and foot soak. Aromatherapy helps to get you in the mood for the season. Pomegranate is the new cranberry. To make a body scrub, use jojoba oil, sugar, honey, orange peel and pomegranate seeds. The pomegranate seeds break open upon application and create a smooth texture on your skin. To make a foot soak, use steep cinnamon spices in water and add it to the foot so...
Ever worry about your breath after eating an onion? Well, follow along as food editor Ian Knauer gives us a trick on how to get rid of the dreaded onion breath.
Writer of 'How to Sew a Button: And Other Nifty Things Your Grandmother Knew', Erin Bried shows us how to make a Vodka Gimlet for those of us hosting guests. Don't struggle to remember how to make it, or exactly how much goes into the recipe for the drink, the clearly laid out instructions with accompanied video makes making this delicious drink a breeze. From the chilling of the water, to preparing the shaker, to each component ingredient such as vodka and lime juice, there will be no confus...
Don't throw out your pumpkin seeds, toast them for a wonderful snack! This video shows the simple steps to making toasted pumpkin seeds. Cut open your pumpkin and scrape out the seeds. Make sure to rinse them well to get rid of the pumpkin guts. Next prepare a brine of 1 quart water and a quarter cup of salt. Soak the seeds for twenty four hours and drain them well. You'll be coating the seeds with a bit of vegetable oil and salt for flavor. Last they are toasted in the oven for about twenty ...
In order to cook rice and peas, heat oil in a pan and add chopped onions and garlic. Then cook for two minutes. Then add 2 cups of long grain rice and stir the ingredients. Lower the heat and add jerk marinade, thyme (dried & fresh). Then add spring onions cut them in half. Next add 2 cups of coconut milk and 2 cups of water. Then add a tin of boiled kidney beans or another type of beans of your preference. Cover and cook for about 20 minutes and your dish is ready.
Grog is good demonstrates how to cook some hash browns. You'll need a food processor with a grating attachment, a peeler, a knife, a cutting board, two pans, some margarine, oil, and either red or Yukon gold potato. First peel the potato and put it into the food processor. Next get them into water to watch the starch off of them and prevent browning. Next dry them using a colander and dry them with a towel. Heat some margarine and a teaspoon of oil in a pan on medium high heat and then drop y...
This cookery video from Organic Living TV shows you how to prepare an authentic Indian vegan dahl dish. Soak the lentils for about 10-15 minutes and pour into a pan on stove as demonstrated. Add a bit of vegetable oil and turmeric and stir as shown and cover the pan with a lid and boil for 15 minutes. Take another pan, oil it and add cumin, onion, grated garlic, grated ginger, a chopped tomato, tomato puree, salt, gar-am mas-ala, ground cumin and stir as shown. Add the par-cooked lentils to t...
She begins the video by telling us that this is a great way to finish off that Mexican dinner. She gives a list of the ingredients and begins to mix. In your cream bucket pour a quarter cup of triple sec, a bottle of beer, half a liter of tequila, two cans of frozen limeade and one large can of frozen lemonade, and a few splashes of Roses lime juice. Add twelve cups of water and reassemble your ice cream bucket. Add the ice and rock salt to the ice cream maker and get it turning. Let the mach...
Makoto Trotter, naturopathic doctor, explains how to cook quinoa and buckwheat for breakfast. Brown rice takes 45 minutes to boil, so if you want a faster-cooking whole grain, try quinoa and buckwheat. Quinoa comes in black and red varieties. It takes 10 to 15 minutes to cook, as does buckwheat. To prepare quinoa, be sure to wash it carefully to avoid a bitter taste. Use 1 cup of quinoa to every 1 1/2 cups of water. Once it boils, turn it down to simmer for 15 minutes. You can eat quinoa as a...
Mark Duncan teaches the secrets of cooking a garlic shrimp pasta dinner in simple steps. First boil some water in a soup pot, add some salt, then the spaghetti and allow it to cook. Meanwhile heat some olive oil in a pan, add chopped garlic, red pepper flakes and cook. Now add the chicken broth, allow it to boil, then add the shrimp and cook for 5 minutes. Filter the pasta when its cooked, add it to the pan and add the chopped parsley to it. Now add some butter, mix them well and transfer it ...
This video demonstrates how to make paper flowers. She lays a silicone mat on the table. She shows how to use distress inks by stamping some red and yellow ink onto the mat, sprays water onto the mat with a mister, and lays punched-out paper flowers into the wet ink. She turns them over and uses a heat gun to dry the ink. After the flowers are dry, she layers them on top of each other, putting a piece of foam tape in between the layers. She shows how she used the layered flowers to decorate a...
Do you need a great sauce for those delicious spring rolls you just conjured? Well this recipe for an exquisite spring roll sauce will have your taste buds springing up for joy. This video will show you exactly how to make a delicious sauce for spring rolls. What you will need:
Matt Preye shows you how to make your own emergency compass. Here are two ways of making your own compass: If you have a sewing needle and a magnet you can magnetize the needle by running it down the magnet a few times. Find some stagnant water and set a leaf in it. Now set the pin down on the leaf, and the leaf will swing just like a compass. If you don't have anything other than the sun, you can do the following: Put a stick in the ground and then add more sticks at 9am, 11am, 1pm, 2pm and ...
Chef Steve Feiven shows you to bake the perfect salmon. To bake the perfect salmon, do the following: Season the salmon with salt and pepper on both sides. Place it skin side down in a sizzling pan and surround the fish with some wine and water. Add some crumbs to the top of the fish, and season a little bit. Bake at 425 degrees (convection oven), regular oven 375 degrees. Bake for about 15 minutes. Check to make sure the internal temperature is 145 degrees. Transfer to a warm plate and serve...
This video will show you how to make Ropa Vieja, also known as Shredded Beef. Follow these easy steps to make Ropa Vieja (Shredded Beef): You will need: 3 lbs flank steak 12 cups water 2 bay leaves 1 large onions diced 1 large green bell pepper, cored seeded and diced 1 large red bell pepper, cored seeded and diced 4 tablespoons crushed garlic 2-15 ounce cans tomato sauce pinch of cumin powder 2 tablespoons oregano 1 cup vino seco (dry white wine) 1-15 ounce can sweet early peas (low sodium) ...
Learn how to cook Southern green beans with ham the quick and easy way. 1 Chop the onions and wash and peel the potatoes. 2 Cut two to three cups of ham into bite sized piece. 3 Heat oil and pan and sauté the onions. Add the ham when the onions are translucent. Add the potatoes and beans. 4 Season and add water or ham stock. 5 Cover and reduce the liquid until the potatoes are cooked through. 6 Serve with cornbread.
Learn how to make your own butter at home the coolest way in simple steps. First milk your cow if you have one or get raw milk and put it in your fridge. Wait until the cream flows to the top of the milk , then scoop out the cream and put it in a jar. Start to shake the jar and continue shaking until the butter separates from the milk. To make the butter more firm take it out, mix in water and shake nicely till you get it. You can also add some salt and use the remaining butter milk for your ...
In words like bottle and mitten, the "t" really isn't a "t" sound; it is more of a "d" sound or a very fast "t" sound. Practice the "t" sound with the words button, carton, brighten, tighten, fatten, eaten, rotten, matter, butter, flutter, water, bottle, settle, and metal. In American English, the "t" sound is very difficult to hear in some words. An example of this is the word butter, where the "t" sounds more like a "d." Remember, the way people speak English in the United States is differe...
If you would like to make a very flavorful dish that is vegetarian you should try this Indian inspired sandwich or wrap called the Bombay sandwich. This video will walk you through the process of making it.
Giada De Laurentiis shows you how to make a delicious festive Italian Fruit Punch. Mix together two cups of chilled orange juice, two cups of chilled sparkling water, a quarter cup of limoncello lemon liqueur and a half cup of maraschino liqueur. Mix together well. Carefully pour into martini glasses. Garnish each drink with one or two sticks of licorice, perfect for a Halloween celebration. Follow these easy steps to create a deliciously festive Italian fruit punch for your next get-together.
C4Bimbos, teaches you how to make black eyed peas. You start with a quarter pound of pork meat that you chop up into small pieces. Heat up a pot on the stove and add the meat. Keep on stirring to get it evenly cooked. Add chopped onions and jalapeno peppers. Add a little bit of salt and garlic to the mix. Put 8 cups of black eyed peas that were soaked overnight over the mixture above. Stir everything together and make sure it doesn't stick or burn. You add a tin of petite cut tomatoes and a f...
This video tell about opening coconut in 30 seconds, take a green coconut, hit it against a rock on its top or bottom side hard till the time it opens up or comes off from the side which you are hitting on the rock. Once it opens up a bit, you can then pill off the outer portion of the coconut with your hands, if any portion is not opened, then hit it again against the rock to open it full. Once it is opened, take out the fibers on out in full, the bear coconut you can hit against the rock fr...
This video describes how to make a whiskey sour cocktail. First take the following ingredients Bourbon Whiskey, Lemon Juice, Gomme Syrup, Cocktail Glass, Strainer, and Shaker. Now take Cocktail glass with full of "Ice cubes", and stir it well and using "strainer" filter the water out and pour the "Lemon Juice" of 1 1/2 oz(ounce),and add 3/4 oz of "Gomme syrup" and then now pour 1 1/2 oz of Bourbon Whiskey into Cocktail glass added with ice cubes. After added all the ingredients take the "Shak...
In this video tutorial from StudioMallory, learn how to take Mapei premixed adhesive and grout and turn it into a six-point star. Begin by cutting out the star shape in a piece of cardboard. You can use a stencil to make sure the shape is accurate. With your fingers, spread the grout onto the shape. After you are done shaping the grout, spray a little bit of water on the grout to help you smooth out any rough edges on your star. Set the star on a flat surface and allow it to dry overnight. Th...
Watch as Clint Curtis shows us how to make the perfect dirty martini. First get your martini glass out and fill it with ice. The ice is used to chill the glass for a cold martini. Get out a shaker and fill it about 3/4 with ice. Add your desired amount of your favorite brand of vodka. Add olive juice to shaker. Shake to mix the ingredients. Do not overtake the martini because it will become watered down. Grab a toothpick and put about three olives on it. Dump the ice from your glass and place...
This helpful tutorial video demonstrates how to properly cut and clean an artichoke before cooking it. Learn how to do it quickly and easily with minimal fuss. The video covers both the flower and the stem. - First, use a large knife to cut off the stem of the artichoke. You can set it aside to prepare later, if you wish. - Moving about 2/3rd of the way up the flower, cut off the top of the artichoke. - Slice the remainder in half. - Switching to a smaller knife will make the next part easier...
Victoria Walsh from Chatelaine TV will show you how to cook an artichoke in this very simple video. To begin you want to make sure to remove any dried leaves from the artichoke, and then proceed to clip the rough ends of the remaining leaves on the artichoke. Next, you want to cut the top off, and then cut the stem off leaving only about three quarters of an inch. Now, you want to prepare a boiling pot of water and let the artichokes stem in the pot to tender for 25-45mins. To check the tende...
Drink@Drink demonstrates how to make a cocktail martini. First, add ice to a martini glass and a cocktail shaker. Next, stir the ice to chill the glass and the shaker. Then, strain the excess water out of the shaker. Add 8 parts gin and 2 parts martini dry to the shaker. Pour the ice out of the glass. Mix the ice with the gin and martini concoction in the shaker. Strain the mixed martini into the martini glass. Finally, add an olive garnish to the glass, gently mixing it in the martini, to co...
This video gives a brief description of how to prepare and cook baby artichokes. Baby artichokes vary in size based on the season, may being the best month to get them. To avoid getting a bitter flavor from your artichokes be sure to remove the skin, this is best accomplishes by brushing,rinsing, peeling, and cutting all of the green outer layer until you can see the pale yellow inside. To preserve the color of your allow them to sit in lemon or vinegar water and drain completely when done. C...
This video shows you how to make a typical Filipino favorite, a pinoy styled spaghetti dish. Even McDonald's was inspired, adding a McSpaghetti to there menu in the Philipinnes. Now, you can make this you unique yet traditional for you and the family to be try and enjoy.
This video is about how to make a paper floating boat by using only a single paper. These boats are really liked by the children in rainy season and they play with them where water gets collected or some kind of lakes or ponds. It can be made by just folding the paper in three folds and opening it to make a boat. This boat is easy to make and can be used as toys ,decoration material etc. boats are just childhood memories.
Have your battery tested. If your battery is at least 3 years old, take it to a certified automotive repair facility. You do not want your battery, whose power is reduced by 50 percent during the cold weather, to go dead while you're in the middle of a snowstorm. If they are younger than that, make sure that the battery's posts and connections are free of corrosion. Also, make sure that your battery has all the water it needs.
This video teaches the secrets of making rainbow-colored cupcakes with food coloring. Video: .
This video is a tutorial that gives very helpful tips to viewers on how to pass any urine screening THC test. Viewers will learn how to prepare for a THC test and how to successfully pass the test. This video is for those who are currently doing drugs. This video will benefit those who are doing drugs because it will allow users to avoid failing the test and any consequences for failing. Viewers learn helpful tips such as: do not eat before taking the test, drink water and exercise.
Simmer beef in water until it is tender. Set aside the broth. Boil potato in beef broth and set aside. Boil plantain and set aside. In a large skillet or saucepan, sauté garlic in oil. Add beef, chorizo or pepperoni, chick peas, broth, green beans, cabbage and green onions or scallions. Add quartered onion and peppercorns. Simmer until vegetables are done. Add salt to taste. When ready to serve, garnish with banana and potato. Serve with pochero sauce. To make pochero sauce, boil eggplant and...
