Gluten-Free Sausage Balls
Gluten-free sausage balls are an excellent party food/appetizer recipe to keep in your pocket.
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Pre-Thanksgiving Sunday Confessional
Heather says: It’s a chilly rainy, November morning and I’m trying to get up the wherewithal to head to church across town. When it’s not my turn with the kids, I sometimes have a very hard time forcing myself to head to Mass even though I know I’ll feel better having gone. It’s more of …
Lasagna: The Company Dinner
The hearty sauce for this lasagna recipe is made from scratch and provides enough for a very large pan of lasagna. However, if you’re going to go the trouble of preparing a pan of lasagna, double the recipe and freeze one to bake at a later date. Also, don’t get overwhelmed looking at the ingredient …
November 6, Finalize the Guest List
Heather says: Remember November 1 when I told you to sit down and write down your tentative guest list? Have you officially invited your guests? Well, it’s time to do so. Emily Post’s guideline of two weeks’ notice is coming up, plan on getting the word out before Thursday. I want you to remember that the …
Plan Your Thanksgiving Menu
Heather says Today is pretty simple, it’s another pen and paper exercise. We’re going to create the soft menu plan for our Thanksgiving dinner. Why do I suggest this method instead of getting everything set in stone right away? This allows time to go over the menu a couple of times and really think about …
Countdown to Turkey Day-2014
Heather says: Today’s Countdown to Turkey Day mission is to clear the dining room table and begin figuring out seating and serving. It’s time to re-break the habit of using the table to hold everything from the bills and laundry to next week’s homework assignment(s). Will you need the extension for the table? Do …
Oxygen Bleach an Introduction
Welcome to another installment of the series on Common Household Chemicals. I think I was a kid when Billy Mays first showed up on my radar. He pitched Oxyclean late into the night and I’d sit there fascinated watching the red swirl away and magically disappear. Oxyclean is just a brand name for oxygen bleach …
Hard Water and Dark Laundry
Dear Home Ec 101, I am very careful about how I wash my darks in order to avoid fading – washing them only in cold water, air drying or drying on the lowest setting. Despite this I feel my darks are fading much sooner than they should. Any suggestions? Signed, Dull in Duluth Heather says …
Moving Is a Mess
Dear Home-Ec 101, I just moved. There are boxes to the left of me, boxes to the right and here I am, stuck in the middle with you. The house is pretty much a wreck and will be for some time until I can budget for the repairs. I don’t know where to find the energy. …
Where Has Heather Been
Heather says: Moving. It’s not a cross-country move, just one town over, this-won’t-be-so-bad wait. The Internet co doesn’t cover the new house move? I’m in the process of buying a house. It’s the house I grew up in, but no one has taken care of it in at least ten years. The upside? Cost. Budgets …