Heather says: Caroline is a girl after my heart or maybe it’s my stomach. I’m not sure which. With the way I can be bribed with food, I probably should have been a man. . . or not. Anyhow, point is whole wheat oatmeal pancakes with peanut butter are made with yum and sprinkled with …
Dear Home-Ec 101: A few months ago Heather wrote a post on the voluntary phosphorus ban in dishwashing detergent. I don’t recall offhand if Texas is under that ban, but regardless I can’t buy phosphorus detergent anymore. My cousin found a website that offers Cascade with phosphorus but hasn’t tried it out yet. My only concern …
Heather says: Just testing an exclusion tool. Nothing to see here, move along.
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 …
Bran says: No, I’m not talking about some pour-your-heart-out, acoustics-only special on MTV. I’m talking about that tipping point in a person’s life where they’re so jacked into the Matrix, it becomes difficult to tell fantasy from the real thing. In a world filled with iPhone this and Android that, there comes a time in …
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 …
The day starts out great. You got a good nights sleep, the birds are chirping, and there was bacon for breakfast! Then the mail comes and you notice an ominous little dark cloud start to form. The electrical bill has arrived, and when you open it you can distinctly hear Beethoven’s Fifth playing somewhere, and …
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 …