Lifestyle
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How to cook with less salt without sacrificing flavor
Apr 15, 2025 5:32 am - Reducing (or eliminating) salt is about more than refraining from grabbing that shaker. Beginning with your trip to the grocery store and up to the point you season your food at the end of cooking, there are plenty of opportunities throughout the process where you can be smarter about salt.
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Air fryer patatas bravas brings the tapas bar favorite home
Apr 15, 2025 4:37 am - This classic Spanish tapa of fried potatoes in a spicy tomato sauce is called patatas bravas because bravas can mean “fierce,” a reference to the heat, but the spice level is easy to control.
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Geneva church hosts Spring Rummage Sale to benefit local and global charitiesApr 14, 2025 11:10 pm - Geneva United Methodist Church hosting popular multi-day Spring Rummage Sale April 24-26 with clothes, furniture, jewelry, baked goods, and more to support local charities.
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Historical society offers tour of train museum, Wright farmhouseApr 14, 2025 1:17 pm - Join the Mount Prospect Historical Society on Saturday, May 3, for a day-long bus trip including the Illinois Railway Museum in Union and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Muirhead Farmhouse in Hampshire.
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New Aurora DMV+ opens as looming REAL ID deadline causes surge in demandApr 14, 2025 12:49 pm - With a May 7 deadline looming, the demand for REAL ID is surging. Here’s how and where you can get one.
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25,000 daffodils expected to bloom in St. Charles this year
Apr 14, 2025 11:54 am - The St. Charles Park District and The River Corridor Foundation will meet next week to celebrate five years of collaboration and 25,000 daffodil blooms in Mount St. Mary Park.
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A silent crisis: Cradles to Crayons initiative works to close clothing insecurity gap for kidsApr 14, 2025 10:23 am - Suburban nonprofit Cradles to Crayons takes donations of children’s clothing and redistributes them to area providers to help close the inadequate clothing gap for kids.
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Carolyn Hax: Mother-in-law secretly disapproves of couple’s parenting approach
Apr 14, 2025 10:17 am - Mother-in-law respectfully disapproves of couple's parenting in person, then airs grievances to others. Carolyn Hax suggests stopping people reporting back to couple and taking mother-in-law's support at face value.
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‘Community of care’: Loss of teenager inspired mom to help other grieving parentsApr 13, 2025 9:00 pm - The loss of her 14-year-old son to a rare brain tumor and the “community of care” that supported her following his death inspired Amy McNicholas to reach out to others as director of Missing Pieces, the Oakbrook Terrace-based organization that helps provide support to families grieving the loss of a child.
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Former Arlington Heights pastor cleared of abuse allegationsApr 13, 2025 12:20 pm - The beloved former pastor of a Catholic church in Arlington Heights has been cleared of sexual abuse allegations, the Archdiocese of Chicago announced over the weekend.