While the stores have been ready since February 15th, Easter will soon be here. This year instead of hard-boiling two dozen eggs the day before, I’m blowing out the eggs and saving the shells as I use them. I have not had a lot of practice with the technique, so mine isn’t perfect, but I have a …
Ivy says: Recently, I ran into a friend who asked me when I was going to write about spring cleaning here on Home-Ec 101. Well, normally I do my spring cleaning right after Easter so I can find any rogue Easter eggs running around my house. (Because it always rains here on Easter, always.) Then my …
Heather says: Way back, a hundred years ago, I used to work for a Spanish restaurant. Yes, Spanish as in Spain. One of our top selling lunch dishes was very simple and not exactly Spanish, it was a variation on fettuccine Alfredo with chicken and sweet peppers. My husband requested this dish so often that …
Ivy says: Every single morning there is drama in my household. See, we keep our shoes in the hall closet but apparently the closet monster comes to my house every night and either mixes the shoes up and makes them hard to find, or if we’re really lucky the shoe monster comes and hides the …
I love this simple chicken cooked with herbs, mushrooms, onions, and bell pepper. Use the baking time to prepare a salad or grab a book, hide in the kitchen, and rattle some dishes every now and then for some peace. No one will know you weren’t busy the whole time. We have been making this …
Ivy says: Remember I said I was going to show you how to do something? Um, yeah. Well. Life kinda got in the way and now my camera won’t come on. I’m thinking it’s battery related- keep your fingers crossed. Once I finally get some batteries, there will be pictures with this post. Before you …
Heather says: Hi there, come on in. Welcome to the Ultimate Blog Party 2008 hosted by 5 Minutes for Mom. Would you like some tea or coffee? Tell us a little about yourselves, please. Ivy and I would like to welcome you to Home Ec 101: What you wish your mama taught you. We …
Heather says: One way to reduce the grocery budget is to serve a meatless meal at least once a week. Meatless is different from vegetarian in that I don’t eschew stock or bacon grease when making these items. Vegetarians should substitute olive oil or vegetable stock as necessary. Here are some options. Over the next …
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Ivy says: My mom was reading Home Ec 101 this weekend, and she noted that Heather does a lot more instructional posts while I write a lot more commentary type posts. I was totally going to write a how-to post today to prove her wrong, but I’ve been fighting off the urge to write this …