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Menu Monday Week 1

January 2, 2017 By Heather Solos Leave a Comment As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Heather says

There’s nothing like a new year to rekindle the desire to be more organized, keep better tabs on the budget, and to be more efficient with my time (so we can do more fun things with our evenings together). … Keep reading...

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Menu Monday Week 47

November 28, 2016 By Heather Solos Leave a Comment As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Heather says

Transparency – About six weeks ago my insomnia got bad enough that I finally visited my doctor. Bad enough is my euphemism for completely out of hand and I wish I’d gone sooner. The funk is clearing and I’m sleeping better which is giving me energy beyond the have-tos.… Keep reading...

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Countdown to Turkey Day 2016: The Day Before Thanksgiving 2016

November 23, 2016 By Heather Solos 5 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Countdown to Turkey Day with Home-Ec 101. Schedules, Recipes and plans for hosting your first or your best Thanksgiving ever.

Heather says:

Thanksgiving is tomorrow.

Are you ready?

The people running Butterball’s Turkey Talkline (1-800-BUTTERBALL) are fantastic; feel free to call them if you have ANY questions on Thanksgiving about your turkey.

They are happy to help.

Seriously, I’d go as far as chipper.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Cook It Tagged With: Countdown to Turkey Day 2012, Thanksgiving

Countdown to Turkey Day 2016: Two Days to Go!

November 22, 2016 By Heather Solos Leave a Comment As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Heather says:

Tick. Tock. Your time is running out. However, you’ve been following along with this year’s Countdown to Turkey Day and aren’t stressing, right?

Countdown to Turkey Day with Home-Ec 101. Schedules, Recipes and plans for hosting your first or your best Thanksgiving ever.

  • Grab your Thanksgiving Shopping List and buy your produce and other perishables.
  • If you went the fresh route, pick up your turkey.
… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Cook It Tagged With: Countdown to Turkey Day 2012, Thanksgiving

Cornbread and Andouille Sausage Dressing

November 16, 2016 By Heather Solos 12 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Need a gluten free dressing or stuffing alternative to traditional bread? This Cajun dressing will be the star of your Thanksgiving Dinner

Heather says:
The best part of this dressing, aside from it being fabulously tasty is, it’s gluten free! I have several friends who are either celiac or have friends who are. I love when I have a great recipe I can pass along, especially for a holiday meal.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: All, Best Of, Cook It, Recipe Tagged With: Gluten Free, Holidays with Home Ec 101, Side Items, Southern Food, Thanksgiving

Countdown to Turkey Day 2016: November 13, It’s Time to Get Serious

November 13, 2016 By Heather Solos Leave a Comment As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Countdown to Turkey Day with Home-Ec 101. Schedules, Recipes and plans for hosting your first or your best Thanksgiving ever.

Heather says

The late fall is typically one of the busiest times for me career-wise and yet I insist on dragging y’all through the preparation of hosting Thanksgiving Dinner?

Why?

Going through the steps helps make sure I don’t forget anything, either.… Keep reading...

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

Serving Dishes and Large, Company Meals -Countdown to Turkey Day 2016

November 8, 2016 By Heather Solos Leave a Comment As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Countdown to Turkey Day with Home-Ec 101. Schedules, Recipes and plans for hosting your first or your best Thanksgiving ever.

Heather says:
I hope you had a great weekend.

The holiday craziness kicks off in two weeks. I’ve noticed that many schools are out for the entire week of Thanksgiving this year. When did that start?

So far in our Countdown to Turkey Day we have:

  • Decided when and where
  • Located the dining room table and extension(s)
  • Reserved chairs and place settings, if necessary
  • Created our Soft Thanksgiving Menu Plan
  • Begun working on getting the house company ready by paying attention to daily / weekly chores

Today, depending on how your house and kitchen are organized may be simple or quite the dive into storage.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Cook It, Tutorial Tagged With: Countdown to Turkey Day, Countdown to Turkey Day 2014, Thanksgiving

Countdown to Turkey Day – Time to Practice

November 4, 2016 By Heather Solos Leave a Comment As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Countdown to Turkey Day with Home-Ec 101. Schedules, Recipes and plans for hosting your first or your best Thanksgiving ever.

Heather says

Today is pretty short and sweet; you have a few things to make sure you’re on track for Thanksgiving:

PRACTICE

Take your soft menu plan from Thursday and go over it. Are there any recipes you haven’t tested? Is there a cooking technique in one that you haven’t tried?… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Cook It Tagged With: Countdown to Turkey Day 2015, Thanksgiving

Countdown to Turkey Day The Soft Menu Plan

November 3, 2016 By Heather Solos Leave a Comment As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Countdown to Turkey Day with Home-Ec 101. Schedules, Recipes and plans for hosting your first or your best Thanksgiving ever.

Heather says:

To make creating your Thanksgiving Menu Easier, I have a handy Thanksgiving Menu Printable. This printable has three columns, one for your ideal Thanksgiving menu, a second for your planned guests’ ideal menu -I assume you have some idea of what the people you will be serving expect- and the third column is the great compromise that will be your Thanksgiving holiday menu.… Keep reading...

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Countdown to Turkey Day 2016

November 2, 2016 By Heather Solos Leave a Comment As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Countdown to Turkey Day with Home-Ec 101. Schedules, Recipes and plans for hosting your first or your best Thanksgiving ever.

Heather says

Thanksgiving is my absolute favorite time of the year. It’s no secret that I love food and I love to cook for others, and Thanksgiving Dinner is my Superbowl of company dinners. It’s a chance to gather with friends and family and indulge in the traditional and the exceptional.… Keep reading...

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

Sweet Cornbread Recipe

October 25, 2016 By Heather Solos 34 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Simple sweet cornbread

Heather says:
This is a very basic, dense, slightly sweet cornbread recipe. It is not to be confused with cornbread cake which, as one may imagine, is even sweeter and more cake like. Corncakes usually contain flour to lighten the batter.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Best Of, Cook It, Recipe Tagged With: Baking, cheap, frugal baking, Recipe, sweet cornbread

Simple Mushroom Risotto

October 24, 2016 By Heather Solos 3 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

This simple risotto is company dinner winner. Serve with chicken or pork and a side salad.

Heather says:

This recipe for mushroom risotto is about as simple as risotto can get. You see, while risotto is rice, it’s a needy rice. It’s rice that needs a little nurturing and love, but then when it’s ready to serve?… Keep reading...

Filed Under: Best Of, Cook It, Recipe Tagged With: Countdown to Turkey Day 2012, Gluten Free, Meatless, rice, side dish

Collard Greens

October 24, 2016 By Heather Solos As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Think you don't like collard greens, this simple method will have you going for seconds.
Heather

Heather says:

The new year will be here before long, and in the Lowcountry, that means it’s time to cook up some greens. Collards are a traditional New Year’s dish eaten to bring wealth in the coming year. Their peak season is from January to April, and they are packed with calcium, iron, and vitamins A and C.… Keep reading...

Filed Under: All, Best Of, Cook It, Recipe Tagged With: cheap, Side Items, Vegetables

Menu Monday Week #42 of 2016 –

October 17, 2016 By Heather Solos 3 Comments As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Heather says

This is one of those weeks when having a week’s menu plan is critical to our staying on budget. Most weeks, when I’m not traveling for work, I time shift. In other words, instead of working the standard 9 am – 5 pm, I am on 6 am – 2 pm.… Keep reading...

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Menu Monday – Week 40

October 3, 2016 By Heather Solos Leave a Comment As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualifying purchases.

Heather says

Well, it is definitely still hurricane season on the East Coast. 

hurricane-matthew

I know many of you who live on the East Coast are tired of the drama that accompanies these usually-and-thankfully-non-events.  While it looks like Matthew will make the S-curve and head out to sea, it bears watching.… Keep reading...

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