What To Do With Sweetened Condensed Milk

Jalapeno peppers are prized for their spicy, fresh flavor and fiery-hot zing. Do not place your face near the chopped peppers and breath in deeply, as the fumes are irritating. Sprinkle them on pizza, eggs, tacos, nachos or any dish that you'd like to...

Perk them up by placing them outside at night when temperatures are cooler but not frigid. About a 1/2 inch should be cut from the bottom of each stem. Hardy in U.S. Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 3 through 8, tulips (Tulipa spp.) are...

Highlight the flavors of fish tacos or traditional enchiladas with a cucumber salsa spiced with jalapenos, corn and tomatoes. Cure squeaky hinges with a swipe of a piece of cucumber.

Sour fruits come to mind easily when considering citrus. Sour citrus fruit can also be used to infuse vodka. Prepare the citrus fruit for serving. Depending on variety, care and location, home-grown citrus fruit can run the flavor gamut from deliciously...

Provide consistent moisture and pinch the tips every 2 to 3 weeks to promote bushiness. Honey Whether you purchase it from your favorite local beekeeper or harvest it from the bees and other pollinators that call your farm home, honey has an edge over...

As milk thistle is often considered a weed itself, virtually no weed control is needed. Here are some tips for planting milk thistle in gardens:You can grow milk thistle in gardens with most types of soil, even soil that is very poor.

Drill down as deep as the drill will allow.Hose off the tree stump as well as the surrounding area, using a garden hose. Powdered milk will rot the stump and give you a lesson on growing fungus — an interesting byproduct of using milk to rot a stump.Powdered...

Just substitute cilantro leaves for the cup of packed basil leaves, and process as you would normally in a blender or food processer with ¼ cup of grated parmesan and 1/8 c. You can pull those seedlings up or you can let them grow for a little while,...

So what to do with the flavorful, fragrant stalks? I?ll admit, lemongrass is one of those herbs that doesn?t exactly grow like wildfire. Use some of them during the summer and fall, when herbs (such as basil) that compliment lemongrass are in season.

You can try to overwinter them inside, but basil loves sun, so unless you have a full greenhouse, you're in store for plants that drop leaves like crazy. When you plant basil, you know you are planting an annual and we tend to forget that in the excitement...

Sampling the flowers before using them gives a better idea on how much to use in each dish.The small, pink or white flowers growing on the ends of oregano stems add color to the herb garden.

I prefer the ones with cottage cheese, honey and wheat germ (they sneak in a little extra nutrition).Dill is a key ingredient in Polow, a Persian (Iranian) rice dish. So, when you plant dill, it is a good idea to add a few extra plants for the caterpillars...

Grow outdoors only.) also known as Tree of a Thousand Stars and Snow Rose. Most merely require that you protect them from sub 20 F. You can remove it by submerging the pot in water for 30 minutes or so and then using either your fingers or pliers to remove...

A little bit of the herb goes a long way, so even a small chives bed can feel like more chives than you will ever be able to use. Many people consider chives the easiest herb to grow.

Parsley is a biannual, which means that in the second year it will bolt and go to seed. However, it is self-seeding, which means if it likes the area where you've planted it, not only will the plant replace itself, but you might get a lot more seedlings...

Of course, a nest with eggs or chicks in it requires a careful response. Some areas took the brunt of 70 to 100 mph wind gusts. As I searched through the options of common birds, I found six possibilities to match this nest.

From pollinating food crops to creating honey, there's no more useful insect that I can think of—I must confess to being biased in favor of bees, though. Even if you don't have your own bees, the beekeepers local to you will start pulling honey from...

A lack of nitrogen in the soil will affect the tree's health, beginning with the leaves. Nitrogen is a nutrient used in almost every process of life for citrus and fruit trees, from growth to the production of fruit.

Combine about a quarter cup of red wine vinegar with a tablespoon of Dijon mustard, and about a quarter cup of olive oil. Try adding cheese and oregano to omelets, frittatas and other egg dishes.Bean dishes also benefit from the addition of oregano.

In France, fennel bulbs are baked, boiled or braised, and are sometimes placed on the bottom of a pan to form a "bed" while cooking other foods.Try braising a few quartered fennel bulbs with ginger and white wine.In Germany, as well as Italy, raw fennel...

After that, I'm sure you can think of other ways to use your thyme wisely. But it's easy to have more thyme than you can use in your garden. Crumbled dried thyme can be added with peppercorns and other dried herbs to bags fashioned from cheesecloth or...

If you're not careful, you can miss the sweet and swift bloom of violets in your area. Again, my youngest will try to dunk the whole thing into the sugar bowl, but the result is less than … delicate.

They're most common in pullets that begin laying too young and in hens whose bone structures are too small for their eggs—genetically, these are hens that shouldn't reproduce and pass on traits that lead to more egg bound-prone generations.

Unfortunately, cold storage causes the starch in the tuber to convert to glucose and fructose, or sugar. A potato that had the gene blocked ended up being a normal light colored potato chip.

If you want an ongoing supply of watermelons throughout the summer, stagger planting dates. The garden bed must be in a sunny position.Work the garden bed into mounds around 12 inches across and 12 inches high, spaced 4 to 5 feet apart.

Very carefully and gently, ease the wick that is in the container of milk into the slit. Sometimes, people don't use milk at all but a mixture of water and sugar and still refer to milk feeding their pumpkin.

Here's what you'll need to do to keep the outdoor bin going strong. But in the colder months, turning a compost pile breaks the layer of insulation created on the outside and can fatally expose the warm inner core of the pile.