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Colorful cold chickpea salad a great way to get legumes on your plate

By Don Mauer
Mar 26, 2025 5:38 am - Chickpeas are good for so much more than hummus. Toss canned organic chickpeas with shallots, sweet red peppers, English cucumbers, carrots, fresh parsley and a sherry vinegar dressing to brighten up any plate.
How long do dried beans last?

By Becky Krystal
Mar 26, 2025 5:03 am - Like many shelf-stable foods, the amount of time you store dried beans is more of an issue of quality than safety. In theory, they are safe indefinitely. In practice, they are at their best within a set amount of time.
D.C. decor: She’s new to the House. An early test? Finding a home.

By Rachel Kurzius
Mar 26, 2025 1:17 am - Emily Randall, representative for Washington’s 6th District, recently moved to D.C. and found a one-and-a-half-bedroom apartment in Navy Yard. She’s decorating with bright colors and cheery patterns to create a welcoming space. Balancing her new role in Congress, Randall finds joy in "nesting" and making her apartment a cozy, inviting home.
Losing sleep over nuisance neighbor

By Barry Stone
Mar 25, 2025 11:49 pm - Longtime renters are being tormented by the loud music at all hours from a new neighbor. The quiet renters are losing sleep. The landlady hasn’t helped. How can an exhausted lessee get some help?
Cuttings prepped now will be ready for spring planting

By Tim Johnson
Mar 25, 2025 11:20 pm - If you kept a coleus as a houseplant over winter, you can still start cuttings for transplanting to the garden.
Soak up these luxurious bathroom features

Metro Creative Services
Mar 25, 2025 10:09 pm - When considering bathroom renovations, homeowners may want to include some unique features that can add style and function, not to mention some much-deserved luxury.
Home & garden calendar, March 30-April 5

Mar 25, 2025 9:41 pm - Garden club meetings, plant sales and more.
Vaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunizations and autism

By Lena H. Sun, Fenit Nirappil
Mar 25, 2025 7:19 pm - A vaccine skeptic who has long promoted false claims about the connection between immunizations and autism has been tapped by the federal government to conduct a critical study of possible links between the two, according to current and former federal health officials.
College of Lake County to hold open house April 12

Submitted by College of Lake County
Mar 25, 2025 2:55 pm - The College of Lake County will hold an open house on April 12.
When you’ve got eggplant, ricotta and marinara, just roll with it

By Joe Yonan
Mar 25, 2025 12:51 pm - This classic Italian dish, called involtini di melanzane in Italy, consists of eggplant slices rolled around a ricotta mixture and baked in marinara sauce. The eggplant slices are often floured and fried, but this simpler version broils them for just a few minutes per side until they soften.

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