8 WAYS TO USE OLIVE OIL FOR BEAUTY

8 WAYS TO USE OLIVE OIL FOR BEAUTY

Spicy Vietnamese Beef and Noodle Soup

A hearty stew-like soup inspired by Vietnamese pho. The hot and sour elements are great paired with Asian beer. Start preparing this soup one day before serving.


This makes for 6 servings

ingredients

• 5 tablespoons peanut oil
• 3 1/4 pounds meaty oxtails, patted dry
• 2 large onions, chopped
• 1 large carrot, peeled, chopped
• 3 stalks lemongrass,* chopped
• 2/3 cup chopped peeled fresh ginger
• 8 garlic cloves, chopped
• 7 whole star anise (star-shaped spice)*
• 1 tablespoon black peppercorns
• 12 cups water
• 7 cups canned beef broth (about four 14 1/2-ounce cans)
• 3 tablespoons fish sauce (nam pla)*

• 1 12-ounce package fresh udon noodles (refrigerated Japanese wheat noodles)* or fresh linguine
• 1 tablespoon oriental sesame oil

• 3 cups bean sprouts
• 6 radishes, thinly sliced
• 4 green onions, thinly sliced
• 4 serrano chilies, thinly sliced
• 6 tablespoons chopped fresh basil
• 6 tablespoons chopped fresh mint
• 6 tablespoons chopped cilantro
• Lime wedges
• Additional fish sauce (nam pla)

preparation

Heat peanut oil in heavy large pot over medium-high heat. Sprinkle oxtails with salt and pepper. Add oxtails to pot and brown on all sides, about 20 minutes. Transfer oxtails to large bowl. Add onions and next 6 ingredients to same pot. Sauté until vegetables are tender, about 8 minutes. Return oxtails to pot. Add 12 cups water, beef broth and 3 tablespoons fish sauce. Cover and simmer gently until oxtails are very tender, about 3 hours.

Using tongs, transfer oxtails to large bowl. Strain broth into another large pot; discard solids. Remove meat from oxtails; discard bones. Add meat to broth.

Refrigerate overnight. Spoon solid fat off top of soup. Cook noodles in large pot of boiling salted water until tender. Drain; rinse under cold water. Return to same pot. Toss noodles with sesame oil.

Bring soup to boil. Divide noodles, sprouts and next 6 ingredients among 6 bowls. Ladle soup into bowls. Serve with lime wedges and additional fish sauce.

*Available at Asian markets and some supermarkets nationwide.

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How to make animation effects to text or object ( pictures, shapes, SmartArt, and more) in your presentation

Step 1: 

Open Animation Pane if it is not. In order to open Animation Pane, click on Animations and then Animation Pane. 

Step 2: Select the object or text on the slide that you want to animate.

Step 3: On the Animations tab, click Add Animation, and pick an animation effect in Entrance or Emphasis or Exit or Motion Paths.

Notes: There are four different types of animation effects in PowerPoint 2013:

Entrance effects. For example, you can make an object fade gradually into focus, fly onto the slide from an edge, or bounce into view.

Exit effects. These effects include making an object fly off of the slide, disappear from view, or spiral off of the slide.

Emphasis effects. Examples include making an object shrink or grow in size, change color, or spin on its center.

Motion Paths. You can use these effects to make an object move up or down, left or right, or in a star or circular pattern (among other effects). You also can draw your own motion path.

Step 4 (option)
You may need to set value for some attributes:
  Start: One Click / With Previous / After Previous
  Duration: Auto / specify length of an animation (number of seconds)
  Delay: Play animation after certain number of seconds

Chicken Pad Thai

 Ingredients:

  

Method:

Step 1: 
Prepare the noodles following packet directions. Drain
Step 2: 
Heat 1 teaspoon oil in a wok over high heat until just smoking. Stir-fry half the chicken for 3 minutes or until cooked through. Transfer to a plate. Repeat with the remaining chicken.
Step 3: 
Heat remaining oil in the wok over medium heat. Stir-fry carrot and shallot for 1 minute. Add snow peas and pad Thai paste. Stir-fry for 1 minute or until vegetables are tender crisp. Make a well in the centre. Add egg. Stir-fry for 1 minute or until egg is almost cooked. Add noodles and chicken. Stir-fry for 1 minute or until combined. Top with the bean sprouts, coriander and peanuts.

Source from Chicken Pad That from Taste.com.au

Play music during presentation in powerpoint 2010/2013

-          Open your powerpoint file

-           Click on a slide where you want to start music

-          Click on Insert tab

-          click Audio, and then click Audio on my PC

-          Locate and double-click the music file.

-          After you have added an audio file to your slide, you’ll see an audio icon like this 

-          Click on this icon, Playback tab will appear

   -       If you are using Powerpoint 2013, on the Playback tab, click Play in Background

If you are using Powerpoint 2010, your screen does not have Play in Background so you need to check on some properties like the below picture:

TIP: If your music is from an online website, download it to your computer’s hard drive first. The supported audio file formats are AU Audio file (.au), MP3 Audio file (.mp3), Advanced Audio Coding - MPEG-4 Audio file (.m4a, .mp4), Windows Audio file (.wav), Windows Media Audio file (.wma)