Wikipedia Tool Lending Libraries

For you Do It Yourselfers out there (I used to be one and still dabble when called upon), Wikipedia has a listing of Tool Lending Libraries that lend tools to local residents.
This is a great resource! I read a while ago about one in Berkeley, CA, and thought "What a great idea!".

The right tool for the job is everything in efficient DIY.
Not have to BUY the right tool is priceless.

Wish we had one in South San Francisco.

Peggy

Taking Small Steps Toward a Large Goal

More blog-browsing today.

Daughter Lisa, (the J.D., almost-a-lawyer daughter) put me on to this organizing site by Half Moon Bay, CA professional organizer Jeri Dansky.

Here's Jeri's great piece on Taking Small Steps Toward a Large Goal



(image from the great Brownstoner Blog, thank you)

Now, if I can just file away these piles of client files on my desk...

Peggy

Wheat Coconut balls

A healthy sweet- Unlike most sweets where maida or besan is used, here it is wheat flour. Also ghee used is very minimal. And sugar quantity is very less. Usually in sweets, the proportion of sugar is twice or equal to the the quantity of flour. So overall, it is a healthy sweet that can be quickly made with the ingredients which are readily available in the kitchen

You require

Wheat flour – 1 ½ cups
Sugar – 1 cup. You can take a heaped cup of sugar, if you will like it sweeter.
Milk – ½ cup
Grated coconut – 2 tbspn
Cardamom – ½ tspn
Ghee – 2 tbspn


Preparation

Take a heavy bottomed pan. Add ghee.

When it melts, add wheat flour.

Fry till it turns light brown . You can smell wheat then.

Add sugar. Mix well so that the flour and sugar gets mixed evenly. Sugar should not melt.Then the mixture will have a liquid consistency.

Add milk. Keep mixing so that no lumps are formed.

Add cardamom powder.

Mix evenly for another 3 minutes.

Transfer the contents to a plate greased with ghee.

Spread it and let it cool.

Make lemon sized balls.
Don’t wait it to really go cold. You should make balls when your hands can withstand the warmth of the mixture.
You should be fast in making balls. If it cools, you will find it difficult to make balls.