Bobbie says: Hearty Potato, Egg and Green Bean Salad is a great spring recipe. These three components get cooked in the same pot and a versatile dressing that can be made ahead of time means you can have a very easy but hearty main dish salad on the table in just over half an hour. …
Heather says: You may have noticed there have been quite a few posts on laundry this past week. I thought I’d make your lives a little easier by rounding up all of the laundry and odor related posts into one spot. Sour Smelling Towels are a vexing problem. Learn how to remove that odor. How …
Heather says: Buffalo chicken sandwiches are my weakness. I don’t know why, maybe it’s the combination of crunch, heat, and the cool of the blue cheese. Buffalo chicken sandwiches are a sometimes food, meaning I don’t pretend they are healthy and I won’t make them often, but when I do? Hoo boy, I enjoy them. …
Heather says: It has been a while since I ran this series on Home-Ec 101. I started the Sunday Confessional a few years ago as a way for us to come to grips that our lives aren’t magazine perfect, a place to embrace our foibles and get over ourselves. We’re all human; yes, even that …
Heather says: It’s been a long week of laundry talk. I don’t mind, from my perspective I like researching and I like trying to turn what I find into somewhat entertaining, but still informative material. Just remember, if we ever meet in the future, I really, I mean really hate playing stain solver jeopardy. There are …
Hi Heather, Can you please post an article (or help me find it in your archives) about keeping that nasty linty space along the sides of the washer and dryer clean? Vacuuming with the extension works, sort of, but there’s always lint and stuff building up on the floor molding, and it just sticks there. My daughter and her …
Dear Home-Ec 101, I like to think that you get what you pay for. I often find this to be true which is why after coming down from my high at a Nordstrom sample sale, I’m a little peeved. You see, my two prized purchases a pair of dark skinny jeans and a fabulous black …
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Dear Home-Ec 101, I have a question about towels. Is there any way to tell when you buy a bath towel (or any towel for that matter) if it will be absorbent? I’ve purchased many 100% cotton towels over the years. Some are absorbent and others repel water as badly as those hideous 100% polyester …
Dear Home-Ec 101, Even though I leave the door open to air dry, my front loader has mildew in the fold of the rubber seal by the door. Do you have a natural way to get rid of it? I just tried running the Tub Clean cycle with 2-3 cups of vinegar, but the mildew …