Green Building Advisor

My friend Joanne sent me information (below) on this site and I joined up, paying my $99 for a year's subscription.

I then spent an hour or so on the site yesterday. We are planning a new furnace, and I thought I would learn lots of information I hadn't already found in my online research over the past few months.

I have to say I was disappointed that the site seemed to be (for now at least) just a compendium of manufacturers' marketing with links to their sites.

I didn't learn a thing I didn't already know...All right, I think I am pretty well-informed. In fact my files on furnaces were more extensive and better researched than theirs!

Then I posted my disappointment on the site in fairly scathing terms.
http://www.greenbuildingadvisor.com/product-guide/prod/matrix-total-home-system#comment-294

Imagine my surprise when the editors dug up all the information I had been looking for on a very expensive heating system and posted it (within 24 hours) in response to my query!

I have now learned enough to rule out the very expensive system I was hankering for.
That saved me thousands of $$$.

I'll be sticking with Green Building Advisor.
Just remember that if you don't find what you are looking for there, ask.
Thanks Joanne!

Peggy

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Wheat dosai

This one u can prepare it with in a min.when ever u want to prepare something quick and tasty tiffen u can try this.I like to eat this dosa with idly podi and tomato chutney.I got this recipe from my athai(father's elder sister).Now a days my husband also start to love this dosa.When he was alone at Korea he prepared this Dosa for breakfast.



Ingredients:

Wheat flour- 1cup
Rava- 2tsp
Onion-1
G.chilly-2
Mustard-1/2 tsp
Curry leaves-10
Salt-Required

Preparation method:

1. Roast the rava and mix with wheat flour.
2. Heat the oil,add mustard,g.chilli,curry leaves and chopped onions.
fry until onion will become golden brown.
3. Add water mix the wheat flour,rava and salt.
4. Batter should be in buttermilk consistency.Don't add too much water.
5. If it is too thick means u wont get tasty dosa.
6. Mix sauteed onions along with batter.heat the dosa pan.
7. Once it is hot,pour the batter,keep the stove in medium flame.
8. Add oil around the edges,allow it to cook.
9. Turn into other side,add little oil.
10. Serve hot with any chutney or idly podi.

Milky Wholemeal Bread

This wholemeal bread very cottony soft because it's made by plenty of milk. It's been our daily bread for year. Sometimes I bake the dough in the bread tin but this time I just simply rolled it into two log and bake. Well, it's just another kind of sensation. I used some leftover bread to make some sandwich french toast with cheesekraft, ham and some parmesan cheese, it's very enjoyable breakfast!

Recipe for the bread:

Bread flour 270g

Wholemeal flour 30g

Yeast 3g

Sugar 6g

Salt 5g

Cold milk 240g

Unsalted butter 12g

Method:

1. Mix all the dry ingredients in a kneading bowl with 240ml cool milk except butter. Knead until everything combine.


2. Gradually add in the butter continue the kneading process until it become smooth and elastic. (the dough might have a bit wet but not sticky, you might need longer time to knead it)


3. Shape it into a smooth round dough, cover with cling film and let it rest for 80 minutes.


4. Divide the dough into 2 equal pieces and roll to form 'ball' shapes.


5. Flatten each dough and roll out into a longish shape. Roll up the dough like a swiss-roll. (I put some rye flour on the bread to give a country look. Place the rolled doughs on a baking pan proof for 60 minute.


6. Bake approximately 25 minutes or until golden brown at 190'C preheated oven.

To make six pieces of french toast.... you will need six slices of bread, 1 egg, 3 tbsp milk, 1 tbsp sugar, pinch of salt and pepper, 1 tbsp grated parmesan cheese, six slices of ham and cheesekraft.

1. Mix the egg, milk, sugar, salt, pepper and parmesan cheese in a bowl.
   
2. Cut apart (don't need to cut into to two slices) on each slice of bread and place a ham and cheesekraf to sandwich.


3. Over medium-low heat, melt 1 tablespoon of butter in a saute pan. Soak the sandwich bread with some egg mixture and cook on the pan each side until golden brown.