Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Hokkaido Milky Loaf
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
LED Lighting's Wild West to End
LED Lighting Standards Arrive
The Illuminating Engineering Society of North America (IESNA) published a documentary standard LM-79, which describes the methods for testing solid-state lighting products for their light output (lumens), energy efficiency (lumens per watt) and chromaticity.
In this case it's really thank goodness for regulation! And none too soon either.
The LED fixtures on the market have been all over the map in quality, and consumers have had no direction as to what was good or bad.
In the fall of 2008 you will begin to see Energy Star rated LED fixtures, which have been tested against these new standards, and you will be able to depend on the Energy Star logo to indicate products that meet the promise of LED lighting.
Peggy
Palak/Spinach soup
Palak soup is one of the commonly prepared soups at home. Even though, palak features mostly in gravies in our lunch menu, the soup is relished by everyone at home. In microwave, it takes less than 10 minutes to be made.
Palak - 1 bunch
Onion - 1
Butter - 1 tspn
Water- 2 cups
Pepper - 1 tspn
Milk - 1/2 cup
Salt to taste
Chop the palak and onions roughly. Take a microwave safe bowl. Add a teaspoon of butter and MW for 30 secs. Add chopped onions and MW for 2 minutes, till the onions brown. Add chopped palak and 2 cups of water. MW for 4 minutes. Make a puree of the whole mixture. Add milk, salt and pepper to the puree. Adjust the quanitity of milk according to the desired thickness. Adding milk is optional , instead can add water to adjust the consistency. MW for 1 minute.
Garnish with cream or grated cheese and serve hot. I like without any garnish.
I am sending this to Srivalli's MEC - Soups and Stews.
P.S Srivalli is compiling a food blog list featuring on its cuisine/specialty. If your blog is not already listed there and would love to be part of that list, leave her a comment here.