Ivy says: I have been running across a phenomena so often lately, that I needed to write about it here just to get it out of my head. The only thing is, I know around here, I’m mostly preaching to the choir. Even so, I hope I catch a few people and get them to …
Ivy says: My kids must be extra sweet because they are covered in mosquito bites, and I (luckily) have none. You know how kids can get when they’re itchy and uncomfortable- they whine a lot. And when they whine a lot, my patience gets thin, and then we’re in for a miserable day. On Saturday, …
Heather says: I’m starting a new series here on Home-Ec 101. We all have our bad days, airhead moments, or times when we say to heck with the rules and do it our own way. It’s time to share your household flubs and secrets. Feel free to remain anonymous, but keep it family friendly.
Dear Home Ec 101, I need to get our food budget under control. We spend a ton of money eating out. It’s starting to cause fights. I can’t cook, I can’t plan, and even if I could, I wouldn’t know where to start. Signed, Hopeless in Hopeswell Welcome to part two of this series on …
Heather says: Recently someone sent in a post suggestion via Twitter: As I was fixing my lunch I had an idea for a Home Ec post: what to do when you love peanut butter but are tired of common jellies and honey. We have had an incredibly busy summer and my favorite snack is a …
Ivy says: Oh, Twitter, how I love thee. I tweeted recently that I’m very short on ideas for Home Ec 101 lately and I got this tweet: You can tell me about how to get all the slugs that have taken over my backyard, dog bowls, and screen doors to die or getting them to …
Heather says: I was browsing through some of my hometown blogs and stumbled upon this entry at A Yankee in a Southern Kitchen. It was the perfect use for the abundance of Silver Queen corn I picked up the other day. Don’t be fooled by this absurdly simple recipe, it tastes of summer. Ingredients: 5 …
Ivy says: Recently I was sent both Cascade Complete liquid dishwasher detergent and Electrasol liquid dishwashing detergent to test side by side to see which one was a winner. For full disclosure, let me tell y’all a few things: 1. I haven’t used Electrasol in years because I thought it did a crappy job of …
Heather says: I recently returned to the gym and partly due to my over enthusiasm, I have come down with a nice case of shin splints. Part of the treatment is to ice my shins three times a day for twenty minutes. I decided to test a trick I had stumbled across several times in …
Dear Home Ec 101, I need to get our food budget under control, and we spend a ton of money eating out. It’s starting to cause fights. I can’t cook. I can’t plan, and even if I could, I would just quit. Can you teach me how to menu plan? Can you teach me to follow …