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How To: Freeze beans

Love to cook beans from scratch but hate to wait for them to soak? Well, sorry to say, you still have to soak them. But by soaking an extra-large batch in advance, then storing the pre-soaked beans in zip-top bags in the freezer, they'll be ready to cook at a moment's notice.

How To: Sprout nuts and seeds

Wants to add more nuts and seeds to your diet but don't know the best way to incorporate them? With this video tutorial, let Kardena from Kardena's Kitchen show you how to get the most out of a variety of nuts and seeds for maximum flavor and nutritional value.

How To: Make a DIY pomegranate scrub spa treatment

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...

How To: Make Indian dahi bhalla

Sanjay Thumma teaches the secrets of making Indian dahi bhalla. An excellent summary is given below. First to make the batter soak black grams for 5 hours and grind them well. Now add some cumin seeds and salt to it and mix it with wet hands to make the batter light. Take some batter place a cashew and raisin roll and fry it in hot oil, take them out and let it to cool. After cooling soak them in warm water with some salt for 2 minutes. After soaking squeeze them and transfer it to a plate. P...

How To: Brine pork and poultry with the Food Network

Today we learn how to brine pork and poultry with the Food Network. You only need to have salt and water to make your brine for your pork. First you need to grind up your salt into a fine powder, which will make dissolving easier. Now dissolve your salt into your water. Complete submersion is very important when soaking your meat. If you're soaking a turkey or a goose use a cooler for full submersion. Let it soak for ten hours. Now your cuts of meat will be more juicy and tasty.

How To: Grow wheatgrass for your animals

Wheat grass is very nutritious for animals like dogs. In this video, we demonstrate how easy it is. The first step is rinsing seeds with water and letting them soak over night for 8-12 hours. After they have soaked, rinse. Evenly place the seeds on a bed of soil in a tray and cover with a paper towel. Then water thoroughly and cover with another tray. Keeping the seeds moist is very important. You should see results in 3 days when you can remove the extra tray and the paper towel. We then dem...

How To: Start a cozy fire with lava rocks soaked in oil

In this tutorial, we learn how to start a cozy fire with lava rocks soaked in oil. First, grab your lava rocks and place them in a tin can, then fill it up with oil. Now, throw some wood into your fireplace while these are soaking. Use an old pair of metal tongs to take the rocks out of the can, then place them in the fireplace as well. After this, throw a match in with the rocks and wood and then close the fireplace. Let the rocks burn for about 5 minutes the you can take them out and you wi...

How To: Make raw vegan almond milk & strawberry milkshake

To make a raw vegan strawberry almond milkshake you'll need about seven or eight strawberries, about four dates (soaked for about eight hours with the pits removed,) two cups of spring water, and a cup of soaked almonds (soaked for about forty eight hours.) You would then put all the ingredients in the blender and blend away. After blending, you would need to strain the shake to get the pieces of almond out. You would do this with a nut milk bag over a measuring cup which you will use to stra...

How To: Prep rice noodles

This video shows you how to prepare rice noodles for cooking later. Soak the dry rice noodles in cold water. Soak the noodles until they are pliable. Drain the noodles in a colander. If the noodles are going to be used in stir fry, be sure to use plenty of oil so that they do not stick together.

How To: Remove fake nails

Find a good work area where you can sit down and be comfortable. A kitchen table works perfectly for this. Be sure to cover the surface of your table with a plastic garbage bags and a thick layer of newspaper to soak up spills and prevent damage to your table's surface. Get all your supplies ready at hand. You don't want to be hunting for them mid nail removal. Have them all spread out in front of you on the table. Using a pair of nail clippers, cut the acrylic nails down as short as possible...

How To: Cook steel cut oats very quickly

First of all you need Steel-Cut Oats, some water and a Tupperware box. Take the oats and then soak them in water. Add sufficient water so that the oats are completely soaked in water. There is no need to refrigerate the oats. You can leave them in your kitchen. Put a lid or covering on the top. If you wish you can also use a bowl instead of a Tupperware box. Now you have to leave the oats overnight so that they become soft and tender. In the morning you can drain out the water and use the oat...

How To: Make an origami water bomb to soak your friends

In this tutorial, we learn how to use the ancient and honorable craft of origami paper-folding to make a water bomb we can then employ to soak our poor, unsuspecting friends and families. The materials are very simple, just some printer paper and water. But the results can be devastating. (Of course, you could also just make a paper balloon without filling it with water and throwing it at somebody. But where's the fun in that?)

How To: Make sticky toffee pudding

Celebrity Chef Phil Vickery teaches in this video how to make a British favorite dish: sticky tofee pudding. This tradition dish is served warm and in often during the winter. Phil soaks the dates in boiling water and baking soda to bring out more of their flavor for the dish. While the dates are soaking, he starts creating the sponge part of the cake. With basic ingredients combined, he creates his sponge cake in a way more like a batter than your tradition method of making a sponge cake. Ne...

How To: Make a bouncing translucent egg

Check out this video to see how to x-ray an egg and make it bounce. This is a cool science experiment that can be done with simple kitchen ingredients. Just get one raw egg and soak it with a cup of vinegar. Let it sit and soak for a couple days and it will feel like rubber. The egg shell will no longer be white, and it will bounce just like a ball, however... it is not a ball so it will break! This is one cool translucent bouncing egg.

How To: Make spiced tapioca sago

This video describes how to prepare the tapioca sago. First take 2 cups of tapioca and wash, drain and soak in ¬O cup of water. Soak it for two hours minimum. Then the tapioca will become softer and become larger in size. Next take a pan and take 2 table spoons of oil and one table spoon of oil in that heat it for a while. Next ¬O teaspoons of cumin seeds then add green chilies and then add 2 table spoons of peanuts. Once the peanuts are fried, add the slices of potato. Next add the ¬º spoons...

How To: Get rid of that smell coming from your shower

In this tutorial, we learn how to get rid of that smell coming from your shower with Bob Schmidt. First, you will want to clean out your drain pipes to make sure the smell is not coming from there. If the smell is coming back out, you will need to do additional work. If water gets saturated into the base of the shower, then there should be some gravel around it so the water can soak through and go down into the drain pipe. If moisture soaks through the tile grout, then it can bring out the se...

How To: Make Thai sticky rice

In this tutorial, we learn how to make Thai sticky rice. First, soak your rice for a minimum of two hours or overnight in water. Make sure the water covers the rice by an inch or more. After the rice has soaked, fill a pot with two inches of water, then place your rice into a steam basket. After this, place the pot on medium heat and bring it to a boil. Then, place your basket on top of the pot with the rice inside of it and then place a lid over the basket. Let this steam for around 10 minut...

How To: Remove acrylic nails without soaking or salons

This video shows you how to remove acrylic nails using a nail tip. It takes a long time to soak the nails in acetone to remove them, and this method is quicker. To do it, slide one of the corners under any part of the tip. Force it in and slide it over across the nail and you will be able to see the acrylic nail lift up. Gently work on it to pull the nail off. It might hurt a little bit. The nail will look kind of rough, so you'll have to file it, and use some nail strengthener. Nail technici...

How To: Grill coho salmon on a water soaked cedar plank

This video offers a method for cooking Coho salmon on a cedar plank. The author suggest you start by soaking a cedar plank in water for an hour, then lay a filet of Coho salmon on the thicker end of the plank. The salmon is then seasoned, first with a puree of ginger, then turbinado sugar, then finally a spray of liquid butter to bind it all together. The sugar will caramelize as the fish cooks. Place the plank over two burners of a grill set to medium for about 25 to 30 minutes, but take car...

How To: Make a beef jerky maker

The tutorial teaches the audience an alternative way to make jerky without the fire. The ingredients needed include soy sauce, garlic powder, brown sugar, white sugar, black pepper, ground ginger, onion powder, oriental five spice, cayenne pepper and kosher salt. Meat is put into a metal bowl with the mentioned ingredient and after a period of time, the meat is tossed around in the metal bowl so all the meat will have a chance to soak in the solution. After soaking off the solution from the m...

How To: Make fresh hummus

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...

How To: Remove your glue-on nails

Demonstrator Caitlin offers a tutorial on how to remove fake nails you purchased from your local drug or beauty supply store and applied yourself, safely. You start with putting an acetone based nail polish remover in a paper cup and where you soak your nail in the cup. You can then use a tooth pick to get under the 'fake nail' to lift a little if needed. After gap between real nail and fake nail is created, soak again in nail polish remover and then use a paper towel to slowly work/wiggle of...

How To: Clean gold jewelry

Looking to polish up some old jewelry? Your skin, soap, and even the air can dull your gold jewelry. Bring the luster back with a few household items and these five steps.

How To: Get out grass stains

After rolling down the hill or sliding into second base, it's time to tackle those grass stains. With summer coming up, this Howcast guide is helpful for moms wanting to get rid of those pesky grass stains. How to remove grass stains:

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