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Heather Solos

Menu Monday Week 49: Let’s Talk About that Pulled Pork While We’re At It

December 7, 2020 By Heather Solos Leave a Comment As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

So, it’s official. I’m on board with the whole Smokin’ Sunday concept. What I need to work on though is the timing.

If you want a look at the process, I used Instagram Stories to document the process, including the much longer than anticipated stall.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Cook It Tagged With: Menu Monday

Menu Monday Week 48 and the Countdown to Turkey Day PostMortem

November 30, 2020 By Heather Solos 2 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

What a morbid term, right? Well, it is what it is. How was your Thanksgiving?

Ours was nice and quiet. We traded food with my mother and stepfather and dropped off quite a bit at the gym where my oldest trains.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: All, Cook It Tagged With: Menu Monday

Worth the Extra Effort Pot Roast

November 27, 2020 By Heather Solos 2 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

First of all, everyone hates a meandering introduction. I know this. This is not an introduction. This is the methodology. Real quick, I’m sorry this was late, one of the kiddos was sick and with COVID and the holiday, stress levels were high.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: All, Beef, Best Of, Cook It, Main Dishes

Menu Monday Week 47: Holy Leftovers and Countdown to Turkey Day Edition

November 23, 2020 By Heather Solos Leave a Comment As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Do you know how teenagers will occasionally eat anything that is not nailed down? This week I planned for that and bought extra ribs. It was only my second time using the smoker, and then they took a lot longer than I planned, so all the teens snacked before dinner.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Cook It Tagged With: Menu Monday

The Turkey Thaw and COVID Safety Check—2020 Countdown to Turkey Day

November 22, 2020 By Heather Solos 2 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Under normal circumstances, today’s mission would be to determine how long your turkey needs to thaw if it is frozen and your cooking timetable.

This year, we, unfortunately, have to add another big task to today. This task will be revisited over the next few days.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Cook It Tagged With: Countdown to Turkey Day

Menu Monday: Week 46 and Some Countdown to Turkey Day Turkey Talk

November 16, 2020 By Heather Solos 4 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Last week was a failure if you grade on sticking to the plan. It was a win if you judge by lack of trips to the store or drive-through. So, let’s call it a wash and move on to this week.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Cook It Tagged With: Menu Monday

Friday the 13th, How About Some Hoorays?

November 13, 2020 By Heather Solos 7 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Who is awesome? You are!

I could really use some. This has been a tough week on quite a few fronts. For starters, one would think that having your air conditioner go out in November wouldn’t be too annoying, right? One would be wrong. It was 89 in my house for two days in a row.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: All Tagged With: Friday Hooray

The Microwave Glass is Broken, Can I Still Use It?

November 11, 2020 By Heather Solos Leave a Comment As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Dear Home-Ec 101,

Not Me and I Didn’t Do It struck again. Do they ever visit your house? This time Not Me threw a ball in the kitchen and I Didn’t Do It Either batted it with the broom handle into the microwave or the broom handle itself hit the microwave.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Fix It Tagged With: Home Appliances

Menu Monday: Week 45

November 9, 2020 By Heather Solos 3 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Well, we survived the election. If you’re not in the US, I’m sure you heard that it has been a little tense over here. Some people cope by eating all the things. I, on the other hand, tend to cope with stress by not eating.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Cook It Tagged With: Menu Monday

The Pandemic Countdown to Turkey Day: The Soft Menu Plan

November 5, 2020 By Heather Solos 1 Comment As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Right now, we are going to look back at 2012 and take a moment and chuckle at how young and naive we were back then. Oh, what sweet summer, children we were. So young, so carefree, and full of hope, and in my case, so few children—there were three and my stepdaughter back then.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: All

Countdown to Turkey Day Pandemic Style

November 4, 2020 By Heather Solos Leave a Comment As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

We’ve down Countdown to Turkey Days in the past. There have been really fun years and really hard years. It doesn’t take a magic eight ball to predict that this year will be one of the really hard years.

For starters, unless you are extremely blessed to live in circumstances where everyone who would be on your list, is already in your bubble, it’s not likely that you will get to gather with everyone you want.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: All Tagged With: Countdown to Turkey Day 2020, COVID-19

Menu Monday Week 44: November Update

November 2, 2020 By Heather Solos 1 Comment As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

October’s month-long menu was a big success. I fell off a little bit toward the end, but there weren’t any extra trips to the grocery store, and there weren’t any trips to the drive-through, it was more a rearrangement/iron chef situation, so I’ll call it a win.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: All Tagged With: Menu Monday

Why Do I Have Fruit Flies With no Fruit?

October 28, 2020 By Heather Solos 2 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Fruit fly on a stem, with a text overlay that says Fruit flies, but no fruit

This week’s random pest question comes from Twitter:

Calling @HeatherSolos and her @HomeEc101 knowledge: How do you get rid of fruit flies? Note: There’s no fruit in the house.

Twitter

If I had suspected my friend had fruit flies, I would have suggested the following.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: All, Clean It, Fix It Tagged With: Basement, Bathroom

Menu Monday 2020 Week 43

October 26, 2020 By Heather Solos 1 Comment As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Text display board with "Ask not what is for dinner. Ask what dishes you can do," attributed to Home-Ec101

October is wrapping up? I can’t believe it, which has nothing to do with the timey-wimey wibbly wobbly nonsense of 2020 and everything to do with it being hot and humid and not at all fall-like here in the Lowcountry of South Carolina.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: All, Cook It Tagged With: Menu Monday

That $&#$^!@ Pantry Door: A Friday Hooray

October 23, 2020 By Heather Solos 10 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

I work in email; I know better than to use a subject like the one above. If you see this email at all, it will likely be in your spam folder. Oh well, it gets the point across, and I’m in the kind of mood where I just don’t care.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: All Tagged With: Friday Hooray

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