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How to Rinse and Drain Canned Beans Unless the recipe tells you to keep the canned beans in their liquid, you should drain your can and give the beans a good rinse before using. This will improve the flavor and texture of your finished dish. Test Kitchen Tip: If your recipe calls for drained, rinsed chickpeas, try saving the liquid (known as aquafaba) and using it as a vegan egg substitute or whip it into a meringue-like texture....

Tips for Hanging Art Before you start hanging artwork, you should know the weight of each item first to help you decide on the best strategy. Check the packaging on the nails, hanging hooks, or wall anchors you intend to use to ensure the hardware will be able to safely support the frame. Gather Supplies for Hanging Art Although the exact hanging technique to use will depend on the weight of your piece, here are some supplies you may need:...

Why Meringue Pies Weep As it turns out, undercooking and overcooking can both cause weeping meringue and unwanted moisture on top of your pie (aka beading). Overcooking meringue causes those little sugary drops of moisture on top of baked meringues. It is difficult to prevent this, as most recipes now bake longer at lower temperatures to cook the egg whites enough to eliminate any risk of salmonella. Our Test Kitchen recommends following the recipe, beating, and baking as written....

How to Make a Gnome Porch Decoration Supplies Needed Plastic pots (various sizes) Hot glue/glue gunSheet mossScissorsAssorted faux greens Wool dryer ballFaux berries3 22-inch dowelsZip tieFluffy white fleece 1-yard fluffy fleece fabric Step-by-Step Directions Follow these easy instructions for how to make a Christmas gnome for your front porch or another welcoming spot. You should be able to complete the Christmas craft project in under an hour. Step 1: Stack Pots Each gnome starts with a plastic gardening pot, so the first step is to decide how many gnomes you want to make and how large you want them to be....

How to Make a Dried Flower Wreath Sunburst grapevine wreathMatte white spray paintAssorted dried grasses and flowersFlorists wireWire cuttersFloral scissorsHot glue gun Step-by-Step Directions With a few supplies and these how-to instructions, you can create your own handmade wreath. Customize your easy project with your favorite dried flowers. Step 1: Paint Wreath In a well-ventilated area (or outside), lay down a protective surface. Place a sunburst grapevine wreath ($20, Joann) on the surface and spray paint it matte white....

Preparing a Vase Start by prepping the vase you plan to put the flowers in. Fewer tall flowers will look better in a narrow vase, while a large bouquet will sit better in a vase with a wide mouth. Once you decide what vessel to use, fill the vase half-way with fresh water and add plant food (many bouquets come with a packet of food inside the wrapper). Stir in the food until it dissolves into the water....

How to Make Apple Butter If you’ve made homemade applesauce before, you can absolutely make apple butter from scratch. The process starts the same way (slowly cooking apples), but apple butter is cooked longer with warm spices to achieve a thicker consistency and more concentrated apple flavor. Most apple butter recipes are similar, but we’ll be referring to our Test Kitchen’s trusty apple butter recipe for this guide. Step 1: Cook Apples on the Stove Top Core and quarter tart cooking apples (don’t forget to wash them first)....

To make your own set of coasters, all you need is a round silicone mold, resin mixture, and dried flowers. We’ll show you how to mix and pour the resin so that the flowers are perfectly suspended in the middle of the clear coasters. How to Make Resin Coasters Supplies Needed Wax paper or kraft paper Respirator Nitrile gloves Safety glasses Round silicone molds Rubbing alcohol Clear casting kit Plastic cups Wooden stir sticks Heat gun or skewer Tweezers Assorted dried flowers Clear rubber spacers...

There’s a secret formula for finding the perfect color combination for your buffalo check. Start by choosing the shade of your dark stripe. For the medium stripe, ask your paint dealer to mix the dark color at 25 percent. For the light stripe, mix a 1:1 ratio of the medium paint color and white paint. Once you have your stripe colors, follow our step-by-step guide for applying the pattern.

Varieties of Triumph Tulip Annie Schilder Tulip (Tulipa ‘Annie Schilder’) bears orange flowers flushed with rose on the outside and a scarlet-orange interior. It’s a midspring bloomer that’s quite fragrant and grows 20 inches tall. Calgary Tulip (Tulipa ‘Calgary’) is snowy-white. Its fragrant blooms practically nestle in the blue-green foliage on stems only to 10 inches tall. It is a midspring bloomer. Plant in zones 3-8. Carnaval de Rio Tulip (Tulipa ‘Carnaval de Rio’) bears flashy red-and-white-streaked blooms....

While corn plant is one of the easiest houseplants you can grow, it can look a little gangly and overgrown over time. That’s the perfect opportunity to cut it back and propagate more of these plants from cuttings. Then, you can give the new, young plants away to new homes or keep them and create your own lush living room plant jungle. Timing and patience play into the success of growing more corn plants from cuttings....

Getting Started Before you start, determine which wood pieces will stay and take care not to damage them while removing siding. A flat pry bar and hammer will take care of most of the job, but special tools can help speed up the removal. Have a plan for disposing of the old siding. Unless the area to be stripped is small, you will probably want to rent a roll-off trash container....

Tile Stain Removal Tips for Ceramic, Porcelain, Slate, and More Tile can be made from a range of different materials, including ceramic, porcelain, marble, slate, and other varieties of natural stone. Each one has its own guidelines for cleaning and care that are important to consider when removing tile stains. If you’re unsure about the best stain removal method, check with the manufacturer for specific recommendations. Glazed ceramic and porcelain tile is typically very durable and will stand up well to most tile stain removal techniques....

“When tackling houseplant insect pests, the first step is to ask yourself how much you value the plant,” says Laura Jesse Iles, director of the Plant and Insect Diagnostic Clinic at Iowa State University. “There are no quick fixes and it will take time and dedication to manage the pests.” If you decide to treat instead of tossing your infested plant, Iles recommends isolating it to keep the problem from spreading to your other plants....