Heather Solos Heather says: *Edit 8/16/09 The promotion is now over.* Welcome to a rare moment at Home-Ec 101. I don’t track deals or announce coupons as I don’t have the time or interest in most of the products. Today, August 15, 2009 Woot.com is offering a refurbished Hoover FloorMate Spinscrub for $59.99 + $5 shipping. Refurbished …
Heather says: Another week another kitchen challenge. This week I experimented with making noodles from scratch. I’ve made rolled dumplings in the past, so I knew it couldn’t be too difficult, but I was prepared for a starchy mess. Ready for the Fearless Friday Spiel? Fearless Fridays are an exercise in kitchen bravery. It’s not …
How do you stay on top of what needs to be done? It’s a very reasonable question. In our house, we use a weekly chore schedule to keep our house clean. Home-Ec101.com gets many requests for help figuring out how to get and keep a house clean. There’s no big secret here; it’s just …
Heather says: We learn these tricks the hard way so you don’t have to. When given a gift card* immediately put it in a safe place. Don’t assume you’ll get to use it in the near future. This way when the magical I-get-to-leave-the-house-and-enjoy-my-gift-card-in-peace day actually arrives, you don’t have to spend half the day looking …
Heather says: Nothing says weekend indulgence like a pancake and nothing tastes better than a pancake served up by someone else. But what happens when you’ve moved out and a weekly trip to IHOP just isn’t in the budget? You learn how to do it yourself. This recipe is simple and a great starting point …
Dear Home Ec 101, Do either of you ladies have any tips for easing into the school routine? We’ve been sleeping until noon and howling at the moon. I have a feeling 6am is going to come as a rude awakening in two weeks. Signed, Sleepy Slacker McSlackersons Heather says: Since you have two weeks, …
Heather says: Ranch dressing from scratch with no MSG. Who knew? I spent maybe five minutes on this, ten if you count the phone call from the grocery store asking to double check the recipe. Why then have I not bothered to make homemade ranch seasoning, if it’s so easy? We could come up with …
Heather says: School starts soon. The sales and signs are popping up all over town. Every school year I had a desire that this would be the year I was organized. Isn’t there something inspirational about a blank notebook and fresh paper? Well, I hate to break it to you and myself, but it has …
Heather says: Riddle me this: How is it that we are so eager to watch other people browning beef cubes on screen but so much less eager to brown them ourselves? For the rise of Julia Child as a figure of cultural consequence — along with Alice Waters and Mario Batali andMartha Stewart and Emeril Lagasse and whoever …
Heather says: This week’s getaway was a lot of fun and I tell you, Home Eccers that I enjoy every minute that I actually get to spend with Ivy live and in person. While we both love our hometowns we sometimes wish our friend / partnership didn’t actually span 900 miles. I wanted to thank …