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Marzipan and toasted cashews add sweetness, crunch to slimmed-down blondies

By Don Mauer
Dec 22, 2025 5:25 am - Blondies with marzipan, toasted cashews and white chocolate? Yes, please. Almost two sticks of butter and a cup of sugar? Not so fast. Don Mauer slims down the “perfect bar cookie recipe” in this Best of Lean and Lovin’ It column from 2017.
No-fry chicken parm is cheesy, saucy and easy to prepare

By Aaron Hutcherson
Dec 22, 2025 5:21 am - This no-fry chicken parm features boneless, skinless chicken breasts in marinara sauce under a blanket of cheese and breadcrumbs. There’s no need to pound the chicken until thin, and it skips the breading and frying steps for a streamlined, weeknight-friendly version. And, as a bonus, it’s all made in one skillet.
These gingerbread pancakes will make any morning feel like a holiday

By Ellie Krieger
Dec 22, 2025 5:18 am - Fragrant with gingerbread spices and topped with a decadent date sauce, these pancakes are ideal for holiday mornings or any time you crave an extra-special breakfast.
This tiramisu with Nutella and star-studded cookies is a dream dessert — or breakfast

By Victoria Caruso
Dec 22, 2025 5:03 am - For a twist on the classic tiramisu, this no-bake dessert swaps traditional ladyfingers for Pan di Stelle biscuits, Italy’s beloved brand of chocolate-hazelnut cookies studded with sugar-coated stars. Here, they’re soaked in espresso and layered between whipped cream and a fluffy Nutella-mascarpone filling.
Neighbors in Need: Glen Ellyn nonprofit provides families a bridge to a better place

By Dave Oberhelman
Dec 21, 2025 8:45 pm - Bridge Communities in Glen Ellyn is one of five charitable organizations set to receive grants from the Daily Herald/Robert R. McCormick Foundation’s Neighbors in Need fundraising campaign.
Sell out for Lake Zurich church’s annual Christmas pageant

Dec 21, 2025 4:39 pm - The Quentin Road Baptist Church in Lake Zurich hosted its annual Christmas pageant “The Real Story of Christmas” Sunday, a sold-out performance. The show featured dozens ...
Christmastime is about forgiveness

By Annettee Budzban
Dec 21, 2025 12:19 pm - Annettee Budzban says that Christmas time is a time for forgiveness.
A new ‘Blue Food’ cookbook champions fish and other seafood for any meal

By MARK KENNEDY
Dec 21, 2025 5:44 am - Andrew Zimmern and Barton Seaver are what you’d call seafood fanatics. Or blue food evangelists. They want us to eat more things from the water, even first thing in the morning. The two have combined for “The Blue Food Cookbook: Delicious Recipes for a Sustainable Future.”
Suburban Skyview: Sunset competes for attention with North School Park

By John Starks
Dec 21, 2025 5:30 am - About 150,00 holiday lights illuminate North School Park in Arlington Heights while thousands of others decorate trees around downtown during a cold sunset on Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025.
Crescent roll dough is the shortcut to this cheesy, garlicky shareable bread

By G. Daniela Galarza
Dec 21, 2025 5:11 am - These easy pull-apart rolls — filled with garlic, butter and mozzarella cheese — are great as a party appetizer, for a potluck, or even as a meal with a soup or side salad. Store-bought crescent roll dough is the key to getting them on the table in under an hour.

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