Sentences with phrase «used about a quarter»

I used about a quarter cup.

We only used about a quarter of it though and I wasn't sure what to do with it.

Use about a quarter - sized amount of oil and massage over your face for one to two minutes.

I used about a quarter cup per serving.

All I do is use about a quarter size amount of shampoo.

Tip: For shoulder length hair, use about a quarter - sized amount of product.

Use about a quarter cup.

I used about a quarter - sized dollop of each color in a bowl and that allowed me to paint all of the hearts on all 3 pots.

Not exact matches

Here's a simple test: If someone sat down with you and asked you a series of questions about your company's revenue, expenses, and profits (or losses) for the previous month, quarter, and year, could you answer within a few minutes, using your accounting software?

Some market watchers buy that line, noting the two firms have used only about a quarter of the US$ 400 billion put at their disposal after Washington seized them in September 2008 due to losses from rising home foreclosures and falling home values.

Researchers who used Whyte's methods in 1979 outside the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York found that about a third of those who visited the steps were alone; in 2010, Hampton discovered that figure in the same spot was down to about a quarter.

Anecdotally, my wife and I are watching it more and more — I'd say we use it for about three - quarters of our viewing.

Minor changes are evident in the key indicators used to compute the USG Corporation + U.S. Chamber of Commerce Commercial Construction Index (CCI)-- backlog levels, new business opportunities and revenue expectations — but contractor beliefs about revenue forecasts are the only driver of confidence that rose this quarter.

As of the fourth quarter of 2009, the expected duration of unemployment had risen about 18.7 weeks for job losers and about 17.1 weeks for leavers and entrants, using the years 2006 - 2007 as a baseline.

So while most mortgage money was used to bid up the price of home ownership, about a quarter of new lending was reported to be spent on consumption goods.

After trading as low as US$ 27 a barrel in mid-February, the price of West Texas Intermediate, a grade of light, sweet crude used as a North American benchmark, is closing in on US$ 50 a barrel in the wake of several supply outages around the globe and renewed optimism in some quarters about a re-balancing of a previously over-supplied market.

TransCanada will also have to sort out how it can meet Mr. Trump's «Buy American» proviso: A 2012 breakdown of the steel to be used on Keystone showed that about half was to be manufactured in the United States, a quarter in Canada and the rest in Italy and India.

In fact, I'm disappointed this year because my net worth only increased about 3 % using my trading strategy in the first quarter of 2017.

So the capital markets activity that you used to see around a lot of these positions when they were held by trading firms, banks and other who were going to trade the assets and cared about mark - to - market every quarter has greatly diminished — There's no hedging.

About a quarter of the world's Muslims live as minorities in places where they must practice Islam as «just a religion,» to use a Western phrase.

I reduced the sugar content down to about half / three quarters of a tablespoon (I had already been using just 1 Tbsp.

This is a great recipe to use up leftover sauce since you only need about a quarter cup.

Use a ladle or measuring cup to very slowly drizzle about a quarter of the hot liquid into the egg mixture, then pour all of the egg / half - and - half mixture back into the saucepan.

4 slightly heaped cups (about 20 ounces) fresh, ripe strawberries, hulled and quartered 2/3 to 3/4 cup granulated sugar (we used the latter but use less if you're sensitive to sugar) 1/2 cup water Juice of 2 limes 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper (use less for a barely detectable bite, more if you'd like it more present) Pinch of sea salt

Using a large rubber spatula, gently stir in about one quarter of the whipped cream, just to lighten the mousse.

For all of them, I let them sit for a while (while I made or cooked the other batters) and I used a non-stick pan, ungreased, and about a quarter cup of batter at a time on med - high heat, flipping once the edges started to curl.

Hi Erin: For about a cup of yogurt you would want a teaspoon of crushed garlic (I like to use garlic paste for this type of thing), a quarter teaspoon of white pepper, juice of half a lemon, and anywhere from a quarter of a cup to a half of a cup of fresh dill, finely chopped.

Maybe, but we only use one burger patty and about one quarter to one half of the ball of mozzarella.

-- soak them in warm water for about quarter of an hour or so and it'll soften them up a treat, and you can use the water for binding I'm about to make these with a slight twist of ground almonds rather than walnuts.

Superfood Smoothies 1 C greens (any combo of spinach, beet greens, kale or swiss chard), washed and chopped 1/3 cucumber (about 4 - 5 thick slices), sliced and quartered 1 small beet, peeled and finely grated (use a microplane!)

Another trip I use is to add about a quarter cup of brandy in the end when the pork is crisping up, it seems to add help the «crispiness» factor and heightens the flavor a bit.

The oil was about a quarter of the way gone because the container had been used by someone.

I used unsalted butter and all purpose flour - I removed about one - quarter flour and substituted with cornflour.

Make sure the pan is hot before adding your first crépe, and then ladle in about a quarter of the batter (I use a smaller ladle) and rotate the pan to coat the base of the pan in batter.

Shape the Pitas: Using a floured rolling pin, roll one of the pieces into a circle 8 - 9 inches wide and about a quarter inch thick.

4 C rice (I use medium - grain; long - grain will work as well) 1 packet Goya caldo de pollo (chicken bouillon) 2 packets Goya Sazon con culantro y achiote 6 oz Salchichon (summer sausage will also work), sliced then quartered 15 oz can gandules (pigeon peas), drained 12 oz jar of Goya recaito sufficient canola oil to coat rice (about 1/4 C) 2 T tomato paste or 1 C tomato sauce 4 C water if using tomato paste or 3 C water if using tomato sauce

Couscous and Feta - Stuffed Peppers Adapted from Epicurious Vegetable - oil cooking spray 1 1/4 cups fat - free chicken or vegetable broth 2/3 cup couscous 4 extra-large or 5 large bell peppers, mixed colors (or 6 smallish bell peppers) 2 tsp olive oil 1/2 cup chopped onion 6 oz zucchini, quartered lengthwise then sliced across thinly 6 oz yellow squash, quartered lengthwise then sliced across thinly 1/2 tsp fennel seeds (I left this out because I don't like nor have fennel seed... to each her own) 1/2 tsp dried oregano 1/2 tsp salt 1 cup cherry tomatoes, cut in half 15 oz canned chickpeas, drained and rinsed 4 oz crumbled feta cheese (about 1 cup) 3 tablespoons tomato paste (I only used 2 because 3 seemed like a lot for a strong flavor like tomato paste) Preheat oven to 350 °F.

I don't know about you but I always seem to have a half or a quarter of a cabbage just chilling out in the back of the fridge that I always glance at and think, «I should probably use that.»

Working quickly so the dough doesn't get warm, drop the batter by the quarter cup using two large spoons or a 2 - inch ice cream scoop about 1 1/2 - inches apart on the prepared baking sheet.

Chicken with Oyster Mushrooms, Portobellos, & Napa Cabbage (adapted from Every Grain of Rice by Fuchsia Dunlop) 3 skinless chicken breasts (~ 1.5 lbs without the bone), thinly sliced ~ 1 lb mushrooms (we used 2 big portobellos and 3 big oyster mushrooms), thinly sliced 1 small head garlic (about 6 large cloves), thinly sliced about the same quantity ginger, thinly sliced 1 napa cabbage (a bit on the small side), cored, quartered, and sliced into ~ 1/4 ″ thick pieces safflower oil (or any other neutral oil with a high smoke point) 2 scallions, green part only, thinly sliced 1 tsp salt more salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste for the marinade 1 tsp salt 4 tsp Shaoxing rice wine (plus more for deglazing the wok, later on) 4 tsp corn starch 1/2 tsp ground black pepper 1/2 tsp ground Sichuan peppercorn

I used regular carrots cur in half or quarters and honey (about 2 tablespoons) instead of the maple syrup.

Using two jars, glasses or mugs, place about a quarter of the oat mixture into each.

Just made our second batch and this time I added about a quarter cup of loosely chopped slivered almonds and used mini chips.

Pour about a quarter of the batter (a heaping 1/2 cup) into the pan and spread it out to a 6 - inch pancake using the back of a spoon.

Arrange the apple quarters with cut side up over the caramel, add cinnamon if used, place over medium heat and cook for about 8 - 10 minutes to partially cook the apples.

And lost and wasted food consumes about one quarter of all water used by agriculture, requires cropland area the size of China, and generates roughly 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

It also consumes about one quarter of all water used by agriculture, requires cropland area the size of China, and generates about eight per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Food that is ultimately lost or wasted consumes about one - quarter of all water used by agriculture each year, requires cropland area the size of China to be grown, and generates about eight percent of global greenhouse gas emissions annually.

Food that is harvested but ultimately lost or wasted consumes about one - quarter of all water used by agriculture each year.

Nearly a quarter of all food calories produced for humans are never consumed, resulting in about $ 1 trillion in annual economic losses, significant greenhouse gas emissions and inefficient use of water, land and other resources.