Lifestyle
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Mushrooms, spinach, egg and cheese take this oatmeal in a savory direction
Mar 04, 2025 5:55 am - Pantry staples come together in this pot of savory mushrooms, oats and eggs. Dried mushrooms create an almost-instant mushroom broth. Toasting the oats in butter deepens their flavor.
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Move over, croutons. Add Parmesan crisps to this wintry salad instead.
Mar 04, 2025 5:44 am - This wintry salad features baby spinach, chicken, orange, almonds and a toasted sesame dressing. The combination is nutty, savory and sweet. But the revelation for me in this salad was store-bought Parmesan crisps.
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How to adjust chicken recipes for different-size birds
Mar 04, 2025 5:37 am - Q: The overwhelming majority of chicken recipes I see call for a 3½- to 4-pound chicken. But when I go to the grocery store, it’s rare to see a bird under 5 pounds. Recently, every whole chicken I came across was at least 6 pounds. Any suggestions on what to do? “Cook it longer” seems like things could go awry.
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Yes, you can fry soft tofu — and give it the salt-and-pepper treatment
Mar 04, 2025 5:30 am - Fried soft tofu — crispy on the outside and custardy inside — gets the Chinese salt-and-pepper treatment here. If you thought only firm or extra-firm tofu should or could be fried, this recipe proves otherwise.
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Harissa brings complex chili heat to this meaty Libyan soup during Ramadan
Mar 04, 2025 5:28 am - On any given evening during the month of Ramadan, a soup similar to this graces many Libyan tables. Packed with fork-tender meat, plump orzo, warming spices and bright herbs, the comforting meal is adored — so much so that it’s called “shorba,” meaning, quite simply, soup.
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This smoky sauce raises the bar on sheet pan fish and vegetables
Mar 04, 2025 5:22 am - Elevate roasted cod, broccoli and potatoes with an easy drizzle spiked with smoked paprika, lemon and tomato paste. This quick, flavor-packed sauce is all it takes to turn a plain weeknight meal into something truly special.
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Where’s the beef at O’Hare, plus a Spirit Airlines check-in switcherooMar 03, 2025 8:07 pm - O'Hare opens new Butcher & the Burger eatery in Terminal 5, while Spirit Airlines check-ins shift to a new location.
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Local physician outlines who’s at risk from Texas measles outbreak and what we should doMar 03, 2025 5:07 pm - A measles outbreak in a Texas community deliberately avoiding the vaccine should be little threat to any others where herd immunity is maintained by having at least 95% of the population vaccinated, a local physician says.
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Carolyn Hax: Parents want to tell daughter no wedding funds until she’s 25
Mar 03, 2025 11:30 am - Parents worry 21 is too young to get marry and threaten to withhold funds if their daughter doesn’t wait until at least 25. Carolyn Hax says support the whole child, not just the good or bad choices she makes.
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Taize service offers time for reflection at St. Charles churchMar 02, 2025 3:00 pm - St. Charles Episcopal Church offers a Taizé prayer service on March 9, featuring the parish choir and instrumentalists.