Site Improvements
Heather says: By popular demand I have now indexed all of our recipes, both alphabetically and by category. All your favorite Home Ec 101 recipes should be easy peasy to find under the Cook It button in our top menu.
Ask The Audience: Puppy Cleanup
Ivy says: Good morning, Home Eccers. I sincerely appreciate all the good wishes you all sent last week about my grandmother. She is, at this moment I’m writing, still alive, but weakening. If you’re at all interested, I did write a long post about the situation yesterday over at my parenting blog. Here’s a link. …
Sweaty Sheets: Dealing with Sweat Stains
Why does my husband’s sweat discolor the sheets on our bed?
The Sunday Confessional: March 1
Heather says: Home-Ec101.com turns two today. It’s been a fun ride, over 500,000 visitors, 1020 posts, 7,583 comments, 3 designs, 2 authors, and one heck of an audience. Thank you for being a part of our adventure. As human beings we spend much of our lives trying to live up to self-imposed ideals, we often …
T-shirt Winners
Heather says: Thank you everyone who entered and also to those who sent Ivy their condolences. Your kind thoughts and words are appreciated. The random number generator selected comments #33 and #18 as our winners. Congratulations Tink and Suze, I will be contacting you shortly for your mailing and size information..
Frugal Friday Free For All and a Giveaway
Heather says Until recently many of my friends merely humored my frugal traits, now everywhere I look someone is writing about how to be frugal. It seems we’re trendsetters and everyone is jumping on the frugal bandwagon. It’s been a long week here at Home Ec 101. I’ve been under the weather and Ivy’s family …
Keeping Up With Housework When Your Schedule’s Unusually Busy
Ivy says: This has been one of THOSE weeks. The major problem is that my grandmother’s fighting for her life in the hospital, with several different infections fighting with her over 90 year old body. This makes all the other stuff seem small, but when adding in the other stuff, it all becomes overwhelming. We’ve …
Making The Most Of What You’ve Got
Ivy says: My dad and I were talking yesterday about some less obvious effects of the economy being in the crapper. People are freaking out all over the place, but it seems like everyone’s freaking out in different directions. I think this is a hard time for a lot of people, emotionally. After all, it …
Oven Fried Chicken
Heather says: This recipe is versatile, use any 3 – 5lbs of bone in chicken, use breasts, thighs, or a cut up a whole chicken. If you have young children they can help with shaking, but only if your container has a tight fitting lid or said child is old enough to understand they need …
Cioppino
Heather says: Let’s say it together chia, like the pet, peeno. Most recipes I offer here on Home Ec 101 are budget friendly in nature. This one isn’t, unless you happen on some rocking seafood sales. According to Foodtimeline.org, cioppino is believed to have evolved in the San Francisco Bay area. I became a fan …