Heather Solos Dear Home-Ec 101, I have a question concerning prepping chicken legs. My family LOVES chicken legs but the unsightly blood that sometimes comes along with chicken legs leaves us all a little disgusted. I’ve read about and tried the salt brine method for removing the blood but have had almost no success. Any tips? Signed, …
Dear Home-Ec 101,Really enjoying the website, and my house is getting cleaner every day thanks to all the tips and the chore schedule. Now my current issue is HOW to get my hubby and our long-term guest to at least KEEP it clean. What rules should everyone follow to keep the house clean for longer? …
Learning to use all of a chicken is a big step to expanding your cooking knowledge and saving money.
Heather says: Lately I’ve been wanting to talk more about managing technology in the home, but life just hasn’t been cooperating. I don’t mean just a we’re really busy with life kind of busy. No, I mean life hasn’t been cooperating to the point that my friends find the frustration highly amusing. I take …
Heather says I admit it, I fell off the menu planning wagon last week. The produce piled up, and around time to make dinner, I stared into the depths of the refrigerator, trying to pair flavors. Finally, I turned to Google and found an Emeril Lagasse recipe that looked like a good starting place. The …
Heather says This is my dad’s neighborhood. No one got hurt, but it took me a couple of days to finally reach him to hear this firsthand. The cell towers near their home were damaged, and without power and only cordless phones, I couldn’t reach them via their landline. They are able to stay in their …
I received a concerning email yesterday that made me realize it was time to send this post out again as a reminder. This is the first in our series on household chemicals. Over the past few years, I have gotten the impression that many people are using chlorine bleach in an unsafe manner. Chlorine bleach, aka …
June 17, 2015, was a terrible day for my home. A coward drove two hours to kill people he didn’t know. He sat with them for an hour while they prayed. And then he brutally took their lives. My heart hurts for them, for their families, for my home. Yesterday we sat and listened to …
Dear Home-Ec 101,So I found your article looking for some ideas for dealing with our hard water issues here in Florida. I’m in school for biomed engineering, so I appreciated the explanations you gave. I have a question and thought about your background. You might know the answer or know which direction to point me …
Heather says: It may be zucchini season where you live -assuming you’re in North America– if not, it soon will be. While we love zucchini in lots of ways, the CSA is outpacing our ability to eat this awesome vegetable. Ray, who is unfortunately allergic to wheat, mentioned how his grandmother used to make zucchini …