In this tutorial, Pete the bike mechanic, explains how to install a back rack to your bicycle. Especially if you are taking your ride to the beach or around town, you will need to carry things with it. Whether it is lunch, towels, groceries or whatever else, make sure you have a nice sturdy carrier installed to help out. Follow along and stay safe while you ride.
Broken umbrellas are all over the place. Blame it on the rain? Planned obsolescence is more like it—meaning the stuff is made to break. Carrying groceries never looked so good and reuseful. For more information, including detailed, step-by-step instructions, and to get started making your own custom broken-umbrella tote back, watch this crafter's guide.
The core of your body - your abs, obliques, and the muscle that goes around your midsection like a corset - is what holds your entire body together when you're performing tasks like lifting groceries, doing push ups, and even just sitting at your desk.
Need rope, but don't have any. This is a great emergency trick for making rope with plastic bags. This video demonstrates a simple method for converting your used plastic bags into rope. It requires only bags and a working set of hands.
Ravi Carlson teaches you how to make potato plastic in this video tutorial with glycerin, a potato (or pre-made potato starch), baking soda, and white vinegar.
Watch as Bre Pettis teaches you how to make a hovercraft, bering-less motor, and dirigible all from materials found in your grocery store. This is a good rainy day project to do with your kids, as the most advanced tools needed are a hot glue gun and balloons.
A lot of women mistakingly think that they can't do arm exercises or lift weights because they will bulk up like a classic chunkhead. But this logic is extremely false. If you're trying to lose weight, muscle burns more calories per unit than fat, which means gaining muscle is to your advantage.
Retro is in, but then again… when was retro ever out? Watch this Illustrator video tutorial to learn about making retro looking sparkles for whatever reason you may need (or want) them. The bulk of the video will cover the many advantages to using symbols, when and where you can, in your illustrations when dealing with many of the same graphic objects. Learn to edit 100's of objects in no time, and learn about many of the symbolism tools available to you in Adobe Illustrator!
This video tutorial will show you how to make your bushcraft knife as sharp as possible by using the Japanese Water Stone. This Bushman how-to video will give you full instructions on how to use the stone plus an introduction to a lighter method.
In this video I show you how to get a Flash plugin to allow you to play videos in safari. Your iPhone/iPod Touch does not have to be jailbroken to do this. If you are having problems not getting the email make sure you look in your bulk or spam folder of your email. Just click the activation link in the email refresh the safari page and everything should work.
Get a red cabbage from the grocery store, and tear up about two or three leaves and put them in a glass jar. Cover the leaves with water and microwave, then strain out the leaves. You can mix the extract with different household chemicals and watch the color change!
Fishing is a great way of saving you money on having to pay for over priced pre-cleaned fish at the grocery store, it's also a way to relax and enjoy nature. If you're planning on heading on down to your local stream to get some fish, take these tips into consideration. In this video you will get some tips on what sort of physical characteristics of the stream are and also what sort of fish to expect in what types of waters.
A classic dessert at any Churrascaria, Cream of Papaya is not only delicious but also aids digestion as Papaya contains enzymes which soften and break down red meat. Cucaâ??s Tip: Supermarkets are the worse place to buy ripe fruit. Try your local street market or Indian grocery.
Plastic shopping bags are on the verge of extinction with states threatening plastic bag bans. California has already approved a ban, taking effect in 2012, and other states are proposing the same ban, including Oregon.
What's the easiest way to turn a plain old poinsettia plant you can get for cheap at the grocery store into a dazzling centerpiece that any hostess would appreciate as a gift? Add a beautiful gold foil wrap to the pot.
Chances are you will have a poinsettia plant in your house before the end of the holiday season, whether it's due to them being on sale at the local grocery store or you receiving them as a hostess gift.
You've probably had macaroni and cheese before, but we can bet you've never had the dish Paula Deen style - that's right, with ten sticks of butter thrown in.
Whether you're looking for something extra to hand out to your trick or treaters, or party favors for a Halloween party, this tutorial shows you how to make a cute treat bag. You can make this bag using just some mini paper lunch sacks at the grocery store, plus a few extra paper crafting supplies.
If you're looking for a new dish to try, why not get into the seasonal spirit and cook some pumpkin? Whether you're planning on making fresh, holiday pumpkin pies or pumpkin bread, adding fresh, cooked pumpkin is a tasty alternative to using the canned pumpkin puree you can find in most grocery stores. There are a variety of different ways to cook raw pumpkin, and perhaps one of the easiest involves boiling or steaming.
Growing your own vegetables are a cheap alternative to going out to the grocery store and buying it. Plus, it will taste much better and you will feel better about yourself as you eat them! If you're looking to grow Asparagus but aren't really sure where to start, check out this video. In it you will learn the best environment to grow them in and what the fastest way is to get the best result.
YourProduceGuy has some tips and information about determining the ripeness of Crenshaw melons in the produce department of your local grocery store. Crenshaw melons are a part of the muskmelon group, which includes honeydew melons, also. Watch the video and find out how to tell if it's ripe or not yet ready to eat.
Every fruit has a tell. A tell is the perfect way to determine whether or not the fruit is ripe or not, and this video tip from YourProduceGuy will show you exactly what that tell is for honeydew melons. Watch the whole melon video, to make sure you don't bring anymore rotten honeydews home from the grocery store.
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.
Even though some products might claim to have no MSG on their packaging, they still might include an ingredient called 'hydrolyzed corn protein.' HCP is just another way of saying 'monosodium glutamate.' Don't be fooled next time you're shopping for groceries!
This quick video tutorial shows you how to open and close the trunk of a Lincoln MKX with just a push of two buttons. It's prefect for anybody was has to carry tons of books or groceries from their home to the trunk. It prevents you from needing to put the stuff down in order to open the trunk manually. So if you own, or plan on owning, this car check this video out!
Need to protect your school books? This free video guide has got you covered. With its help, you will learn how to make perfect custom book covers using a brown paper grocery bag. For more information, including step-by-step instructions on how to cut and fold your own custom protective book coverings, watch this handy how-to.
This is a great tutorial for making a simple tote bag from household items. Pick a basic fabric and you're on your way with a lightweight and versatile catch all for books, groceries, etc.
In this episode of Panlasang Pinoy, we are taken through the steps of how to make custard cake. The episode provides a shopping list of ingredients that are easy to find at any grocery store. Each step of the baking process is covered from mixing the ingredients and preparing the 9x13 pan to baking the cake. For an easy to follow recipe and guide to making fresh Filipino-style custard cake, follow the steps in this video.
This video tutorial shows you step by step how to fold a cloth napkin into a chicken. No, it's not a live chicken, it looks like one you would buy at the grocery store. Just grab your napkin and follow along to impress your friends at the dinner table.
Learn from those crazed coupon clippers who've figured out how to buy $500 worth of groceries for 50 cents. You will need Sunday newspapers, coupon websites, accordion folders to store the coupons in, and the store specific circular fliers. Watch this video budgeting tutorial and learn how to save money on food with coupons.
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.
Filleted fish make great recipes. Find out how to make fish fillets from whole fish in this how to video. Filleting your own fresh fish will save you bundles at the grocery store.
Avocados have become a staple in grocery stores, but they still seem intimidating to home cooks. Do you love avocados but don't know how to pit them? In this how-to video we show you how to pick ripe avocados, remove the pit and how to keep guacamole from turning brown.
Learn to make this healthy summer brunch salad with Manjula. Cabbage chana dal salad is a colorful Indian salad that is make with cabbage, tomatoes, cucumber, carrot, mint leaves, and yellow chana dal(chana dal is the split version of kala chana, can be purchased from any Indian grocery store.
Fish Fingers don't have to come from the grocery freezer section or fast food restaurant. Learn how to make fish fingers (fish sticks) at home and in Indian style!
Kate Somerville gives you the inside scoop on how to create her famous facial at home. The coolest part is everything you need you can get at the grocery store!
Chef John tells us that he normally would avoid any in-home deep-frying, but as you’ll see in this clip, these go so fast, and we use such a small amount of oil that it’s actually quite fast and easy. Most grocery stores carry both round and square “wonton wrappers” or, as they are sometimes called, “wonton skins.”
For years, Tom has avoided "creepy looking" artichokes. Thanks to Chef Paul and a grocery store visit, the cooking novice successfully confronts his fear by eating Sautéed Beef tenderloin tips with artichokes, tomatoes, mushrooms and kalijira rice and stuffed artichokes Le Jeune Chef. Tom hopes his steely display of courage will inspire others.
Tired of cleaning up the paint roller tray after a hard day's work? Watch this video tutorial from home improvement expert Danny Lipford to see how to save time and messes painting with a grocery bag.
Most of the time it's not necessary to have exercise equipment in order to exercise. You can generally use your own body weight as a counterbalancing weight, but if you're interested in building massive muscle, then you do need to either hit the gym or purchase some equipment to achieve optimum bulk.
