Heather Solos Dear Home Ec 101, Is there a trick to not supergluing the lid onto the superglue tube? They have a tendency to turn into a one-time-use product! Signed, ~Stuck on You Heather says: There actually is a very simple solution for this problem. Coat the threads of the cap with petroleum jelly. Super glue is …
Dear Home Ec 101,The other day I started my dishwasher and walked away, a few minutes later, I realized it didn’t sound right, so I opened it up to make sure that the arms were spinning and that water was going where it is supposed to. (If water is dripping from everything, it’s all good …
Heather says: Modern microwaves come with a ton of functions, but how many do you regularly use? Nine times out of ten, I just press the add minute button and cancel when I’ve decided it’s been long enough. So Home Eccers, tell me, what is your function?
Dear Home Ec 101, If a baked recipe calls for instant coffee, can you substitute the instant for regular brewed coffee and keep the same consistency and taste of the baked item? If so, what would be the ratio for the substitution? I want to make something that calls for instant coffee but was floored …
Dear Home Ec 101, As much as I like salad, I hate making it. It was my job growing up – I despised it then and I despise it now. I don’t mind cutting up the tomato, bell pepper, and such. It’s washing the lettuce that does me in. Upon marriage, my salad-making life got …
Dear Home Ec 101, Settle a debate, please. Whose house is harder to clean a small home-owner’s or a large home-owner’s? Signed, ~Just itching for whining rights Heather says: If we assume, and yes, I do know what happens when we assume that both homes have the same dirt level then it basically comes out …
Heather says: Tomorrow begins the first full work week of the New Year. (Shift workers, my family is in your boat, so I do feel your pain.) Consider taking a few minutes tonight to avoid a hectic Monday morning. Decide and layout what you will wear. (If you have children, do the same for them) …
Heather says: The ability to sauté, or cook over high heat with a small amount of fat, is a great method for bringing out great flavors in simple foods. Typically zucchini is a summer vegetable, but there was a bag in the marked down produce for a dollar. Who can pass that up? Sautéed Zucchini …
Dear Home Ec 101, While my parents were visiting over the Christmas holiday, I made a pot roast for us all to share. We had lots of leftovers and my mother emptied them from the hot crock pot into a tupperware container and left it sitting on the kitchen counter. I saw it sitting there, …
Heather says: The clothes washer flooding the laundry room is not the most convenient* way to clean all the lint from the floor underneath and behind the large appliances, but it is highly effective. *Nor is it a particularly auspicious beginning to 2008, especially when it is the first load of the week.