Heather Solos Dear Home-Ec 101, I made chicken stock, but I can’t figure out why the broth tasted like water. Do you have any advice? Thanks! Why does my chicken stock taste like water? Did you follow the instructions here on Home-Ec101 or from somewhere else? In general, the answer is pretty straightforward. You probably used —wait …
Heather says: We’re huge fans of eggs in our house, with growing kids and a busy schedule, they are one of the fastest and most economical forms of protein we keep on hand. Throw in the fact that there are hundreds of ways to cook eggs and we’re sold. Learning how to poach an egg …
Heather says: What are your quick meals? The meals you make when the meal plan has been thrown out the window and yet people must be fed? These nights seem to happen to us when I don’t plan well, when errands take three times as long as I hoped and everyone is cranky. Here are …
Dear Home-Ec 101, I have an All-Clad stainless steel skillet, and I can’t seem to cook anything in it without burning the food. Last night, I cooked pork chops in it. I heated the pan on high, put a little olive oil, and put the pork chops in. The areas between the chops turned black quickly, and started …
Heather says: In January Angela England and I launched #HomeChat, a weekly, hour-long Twitter chat where we discuss various topics and techniques valuable to most adults. It happens on Tuesdays at 9:00pm Eastern, 6:00 Pacific. We tend to alternate between food and other life skills. Tonight we’ll be discussing basic recipes that translate into many …
Dear Home Ec 101, I have been told to boil ribs before grilling them. Is this a good way to cook ribs? Signed, Grilling in Greenville Lots of cookbooks recommend parboiling pork ribs before grilling, which speeds up the process. However, there is a cost, and that’s flavor. Additionally, the advice is sort of misleading. …
Heather says: I’ve got great news! Home-Ec 101 the book is now available for your Kindle. (I’m just a little excited and scared, but mostly excited.) Other places that carry Home-Ec 101 Skills for Everyday Living Of course, you can buy it in book form also. Following are some reviews from readers: This book is perfection, …
Heather says: We don’t do this around here often, but I’m sharing five links to sites that have caught my eye over the past week. 1. Low Cost Meals from The Happy Housewife 2. The Untrained Housewife has a Freschetta Pizza Giveaway happening now. 3. I’m usually not one for crafts, the Frugal Upstate has …
Heather says: Many of you know I just returned from a blogging conference in Nashville? What conference you ask? Oh Blissdom, you may have heard of it. As I’ve mentioned many times over the past few years, we’re huge fans of oatmeal or rolled oats in our house. We definitely go for the traditional rolled …
It is so good to be home. I’m ready to get back into the kitchen and work on getting more recipes added to the Home Ec 101 Recipe Collection. I’m also working on a Home Ec 101 Basic Cooking Glossary. The glossary is nowhere near complete. I add to it each time I find myself …