Here are a few easy tips and techniques for making green beans. Green beans are a healthy and fulfilling vegetable. Prepare fresh green beans by removing the stems with your fingers. You can boil the beans for 5-8 minutes. You want to keep the crunchy so that they still have texture.
Kevin Rose, founder of Digg.com and Revision3.com brings us a great recipe for homemade ginger tea. He uses fresh ginger root to make this tonic. Ginger is great for easing stomach aches or seasickness. Add chunks of ginger for a rich flavored tea.
Bridget Albert, master mixologist, shows how to shake up a delicious alcoholic drink. Follow along with the step-by-step directions in this how-to video and learn how to make a perfect margarita. For the recipe used in this video cocktail-mixing tutorial, you will need Patron silver tequila, Citronge orange liqueur, fresh sour mix (lemon juice and simple syrup), lime, mango, pineapple, and ginger. Enjoy your fresh perfect margarita cocktail.
Watch this instructional cooking video to prepare a Fench bread and mozzarella cheese hors d'oeuvre. You need some fresh eggs, French bread, bread crumbs, garlic, olive oil, Italian grating cheese, pepper, and fresh mozzarella. This is a great holiday appetizer that is easy to prepare and popular with everyone.
Sandy from Afloral.com shows you how to make a fresh flower wreath using carnations. This fresh flower wreath is great for any occasion.
A unique breakfast food from India, Vada Pav is a quick and easy meal. Made with fresh chanti and then seasoned with fresh chili, curry leaves, mustard oil and gram flour this is served on a fresh bun. Vada Pav is also a kid friendly meal and vegetarian delight.
The best hamburgers come from fresh meat. A good hamburger needs a little bit of fat. You need at least 10 or 15 percent of fat. It's important to grind at least twice—to mix the fat and meat evenly. The difference between going to a good butcher and the supermarket is that you get fresh beef—not the boxed pre-butchered meat.
Fresh mango salsa is a great topping for grilled chicken or fish. See how easy it is to make. You will need fresh mango, roasted red pepper, red onion, jalepeno, lime, a large knife, a small knife, measuring cups and a large mixing bowl. You can experiment with this salsa, adding and trying your own favorite ingredients.
Start with fresh blueberries and a pie crust (premade is fine, though you can certainly make your own). Then add some tapioca, sugar and a little bit of orange juice. Fill your pie, cover with a crust, bake and then it's ready to serve!
Flan is a popular Hispanic dessert - custard topped with a sweet thin caramel sauce. This video shows you a delicious variation on traditional caramel flan by adding a fresh mango topping. A perfect dessert for hot weather or beach entertaining.
Whether you'd like to think about it or not, the moment a Christmas tree or boxwood sprig is cut, it begins to die. This means that maintaining its beautiful dark green hue as well as the fragrant Christmasy smell requires work on your part.
We understand if you prefer using fake evergreen sprigs and styrofoam berries in your house for Christmas decor rather than the real things, which tend to dry out in 1-2 weeks. But if you're lucky enough to have some really greenery growing outside your self, consider mixing real with fake for an everlasting display.
In this Thanksgiving day guide, we learn how to prepare fresh cranberry sauce from scratch. You'll need cranberries, orange rinds, brown sugar and water. It's as simple as that. For a complete recipe, and to get started making your own fresh cranberry sauce, watch this free video cooking lesson.
Fresh herbs are some of the most manageable and useful things you can grow in your garden, but what to do when the harsh winter arrives? Many herbs can survive inside in pots, and this video will teach you how to prepare your herb garden and transfer it into pots for indoor storage during the winter, which when done properly will keep it protected, alive, and flourishing
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.
Pesto is a great sauce for things like pasta, pita bread or spinach salad, making it a healthy addition for any lunch or dinner meal. In this video, you'll learn a recipe for an Italian pesto sauce, vegan-style. It's made from fresh basil, pine nuts, olive oil, garlic and cilantro, and is best served fresh. It's delicious and easy to make.
Martha Stewart famously won't put any foods in her mouth unless they're fresh from her own garden, and most other dedicated cooks and foodies probably feel the same way. Fresh always tastes better, hands down. So if you're lucky enough to have a small garden attached to your house and are growing corn, check out this food video to learn how to harvest your hard work.
What's the best way to make sure your fruits, specifically melons, are staying fresh and tasty? Wrapping and storing your melons properly is the key to freshness. YouProduceGuy has the tips you need to make sure you wrap your melons perfectly for long-lasting fruit delight, so you can have it ready for a quick healthy snack from the fridge, or even have on display before you cut into them for a party.
Peach cobblers aren't traditionally the fastest desserts to make. They require creating the pie crust, cutting up the fresh peaches, and then assembling it all together into a pretty looking cake.
Want to have fresh produce year-round? Extend the life of garden vegetables by freezing your green beans or string beans. This is an easy cooking technique you can use, all you need is a pot, some water and a few plastic bags to keep your vegetables fresh for a long period of time.
If you're an asparagus newbie, this video will make you an asparagus pro! Learn how to tell if your asparagus is fresh or not. And also, find out the difference between the green and white asparagus vegetable. If you didn't know the secret behind white and green, you'll be surprised!
In this tutorial, we learn how to open a fresh young coconut. First, you want to grab a sharp and large knife, then go around the coconut cutting the husk off. After you have done this, you should be down to the nut of the coconut. Some areas of the husk will be thicker than the others. Next, use the corner of the knife to knock the top corner of the coconut. After this, take the knife and stick it into the hole that you made. Wedge it in there slowly, then turn the knife towards you and cut ...
In this tutorial, we learn how to make a festive Christmas garland from fresh greenery. You will need: fresh greenery, wire cutters, floral wire, pruning clippers, and gloves to do this. The base should be made of holly, and then you can use different firs that you can find. You can arrange this garland however you wish, placing them onto the wire and then cutting the wire when everything is hooked together. The great thing about this is that you can be creative and use whatever kind of green...
In order to cut into a fresh pineapple, you will need a sharp knife and a cutting board.
Are you thrilled to finally have your RV to motor around the country in? It does require a fair bit of maintenance. In this video, the RV Doctor tells you how to drain the water out of the fresh water holding tank on your RV. It'll help keep your RV in tip-top shape for traveling.
If you have trouble finding a nice look for daytime, check out this tutorial. In this video, you will learn all about how to create a light, fresh look for your face using Mac cosmetics. This look is also meant to last through the entire day so that you won't feel like you constantly have to reapply.
Titli Nahaan shows us how to make a traditional dish known as Haleem. This dish is made with cubed beef, dried wheat, yellow split peas, red lentils, garlic and ginger paste, chili powder, turmeric, garam masala, coriander, cumin, black pepper, salt, ground cloves, and curry leaves.
In order to prepare a quick Polenta, you will need the following ingredients: a medium grained polenta, 5 T. of fresh herbs, 2-3 T. of olive oil, a quick cooking polenta, 2 tsp salt, vegetable spray, and 5 ¬O cups of water.
In this video, we learn how to make a caper garlic butter sauce. First, take a white butter sauce (preferably a homemade fresh white butter sauce) and mix in chopped parsley, tomatoes and garlic. Mix all of these together until they are well combined with the white sauce. Pour the mixture into a serving dish and serve on top of your favorite dish. It works well with fish dishes and tastes great when it is made fresh. Make sure you use warm and fresh ingredients. To store this, keep in a tight...
Fresh veggies are the tastiest way to eat right. They are delicious, as fresh as can be, nutritious and best of all.. free! In addition to all of that, you get the satisfaction of growing your dinner all by yourself. In this tutorial, learn how to plant four vegetables that are so easy anyone can grow them. Even the most inexperienced gardener will be able to make these four veggies grow.
Ken Alston shows how to germinate Japanese maple tree seeds. The most important thing is to always buy fresh seeds. Seeds that are bought on eBay or other unreliable sellers are dry and lifeless and the chances of germination are not very good. The video shows the huge difference between the dry seeds and the fresh seeds. On the fresh seeds you can see that the roots are already out and in some cases the leaves are out, so from this point the rest is easy. Have little seed pots ready, make sm...
In this video, jenny Jones shows us how to store potatoes and onions correctly. Most people want to keep their vegetables fresh and for the longest time possible. Unfortunately, both of these vegetables give off gases that aren't good for each other so they cannot be stored together. The onions will get soggy and the potatoes will start to grow things. If you want your onions and potatoes to stay fresh , make sure you store them separately. Keep them stored in a cool area and you will have fr...
This video tutorial is going to show you how to orange chicken burgers. This is a summer time burger. Ingredients are ground chicken, fresh mint, mayonnaise, one orange, sesame seed buns and salt. Take a pound of ground chicken in a bowl; add orange dressing, one tea spoon of salt and mix well. Take mayonnaise in another bowl, add finely chopped fresh mint and mix them. Make burgers out of your chicken and cook them on pan; about four minutes to a side. Once it is cooked, slice the buns, appl...
Ian Knauer, food editor from Gourmet Magazine, is going to show you how to turn fresh tomatoes into crushed tomatoes in no time. First, you must take a fresh tomato and just slice it in half, now grab a 4 sided grater and start grating the tomato using the large holes. You should do this over a bowl because that's where all your crushed tomato is going to end up. You must grate the tomato (the skin should begin to peel) until your left with just the peel of the tomato left in your hand, which...
Amelia Ceja prepares delicious filet mignon with roasted potatoes. She starts by placing the sliced potatoes on a baking sheet. Then she adds some garlic cloves and sprinkles with olive oil, then some fresh cracked pepper, cayenne pepper, kosher salt and fresh rosemary and thyme. This goes into the oven to roast for about 40 minutes.
In this video, Betty will show you how to make a colorful and healthy springtime fruit salad using strawberries, blueberries, and pineapple. In order to do that you need these ingredients: 2 cups of fresh strawberries, (washed & dried with paper towel) quartered. 2 cups of fresh blueberries, washed and dried. 2 cups of fresh pineapple pieces. Should be the same size as strawberry slices. 3 tablespoons Splenda (or sugar or other artificial sweetener) 1 carton strawberry glaze and
This video tutorial explains how to cure a hangover using a fresh orange and an egg. Have you ever drank too much and ended up with a hangover you just couldn't get rid of? Just follow these steps to a hangover free morning!
Start by obtaining a bag of garbanzo beans and soak them in water overnight. After they have soaked overnight, put them in fresh water again with one tablespoon of baking soda in the water and boil them for about two and a half hours until they are really tender and soft. After they have been boiled, put them in a food processor with some of the juice. Add two pieces of garlic, one tablespoon of tahini sauce, fresh squeezed lemon juice from 2 ½ lemons and a dash of salt. Then run it in the fo...
Betty teaches the secrets of making white chocolate dipped strawberries in simple steps. First take some fresh strawberries and a fresh canister of creamy chocolate. Now take a strawberry, dip it in the cream and whirl it nicely so that the cream fills nicely around it. Repeat the same process for all the strawberries and refrigerate them. Leave it in the refrigerator till the cream gets solid, then enjoy eating them.
Patti Moreno shows us how to freeze herbs you've cut fresh from your garden.
