Which Bulb Works Best for the Fixtures Around Your Home?

The Lumen Coalition has just inaugurated their new web site that answers this question for all of the lighbulbs (lamps) found in a typical home.

Here's the link:

http://lumennow.org/choosing-a-bulb/

Peggy

Raspberry Muffins

My another experiment with baking is raspberry muffins. I adapted this recipe from here and reduced the quantity of ingredients in to half as I prepared only for me and my husband. I used fresh raspberries and with the batter you can make 6-7 muffins. Instead of raspberry, you can also use strawberry, blueberry and blackberry. Good thing is you can also use whole wheat flour instead of all purpose flour. But I used only all purpose flour.



Did you know? Raspberries are high in vitamin 'C' content and it has about 50% of the recommended daily allowance.



Basic Information:

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Cooking Time: 20-25 minutes

Makes: 6 muffins

Ingredients:



Butter - 1/4 cup

Sugar - 1/3 cup

Egg - 1 no

All Purpose flour / Whole wheat flour - 1 cup

Baking powder - 1 teaspoon

Salt - 1/4 teaspoon

Milk - 1/4 cup

Vanilla extract- 1/4 teaspoon

Raspberries - 1/2 cup

Cinnamon Sugar mix - to sprinkle on top of muffins (Optional)

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Fall Green Salad

I got these curly leaf parsley and cherry tomatoes from one of my friends (home grown) and wanted to use it in a dish where I can really taste the parsley flavor and also indirectly work on my sinus too.

Apple Cider Vinegar has lot of health benefits and gives a nice relief for sinus too. I have also posted a complete article on the benefits of Apple Cider Vinegar (Click on the link to view the post) - it's a must read post to really know the benefits.

This salad is very refreshing and good for you with all the freshness and bright colors.

Ingredients:
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2 cups Curly Leaf Parsley (washed and chopped fine)
10 Cherry Tomatoes quartered
1/4 Red Onion thinly sliced
1 whole Cucumber thinly sliced (I used a mandolin)
2 tbsp Apple Cider Vinegar
1/2 tsp Balsamic Vinegar
1/2 tsp Italian Seasoning
1/4 cup Olive Oil
Salt and Pepper to taste

Method:
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1. Mix all these ingredients in a large mixing bowl gently and serve this cold or room temperature in a salad bowl.

(Note: To keep the salad crispy, mix it just before serving)
2. I planned to serve this with White Rice flavored with chicken stock and Apple Cider Grilled Salmon or you can make this white rice and mix in the salad to make Rice and Herb Salad and top it with Apple Cider Grilled Salmon.

Sending this recipe to: Archana and Priya.

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