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A guide for creating a bird-friendly garden

By Tim Johnson
Mar 05, 2025 3:10 am - It takes more than feeders, birdhouses and a birdbath along with some flowers for a truly bird-friendly garden. Birds need a complete habitat that includes food, shelter, nesting areas and perching spots.
Home & garden calendar, March 9-15

Mar 05, 2025 2:13 am - Garden club meetings, plant sales and more.
Palms to ashes: Students help prepare for Lent’s arrival

By Brian Hill
Mar 04, 2025 9:34 pm - Students at Saint Alphonsus Liguori Catholic School in Prospect Heights helped prepare the way for Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent with the burning of blessed palms Tuesday outside the school.
Kane County sets dates for low-cost vaccine and microchip clinics

Submitted by Kane County Public Information Office
Mar 04, 2025 5:55 pm - Kane County Animal Control will be offering its low-cost drive-through rabies vaccine and microchip clinics starting April 26.
How you can be more eco-friendly this Lenten season

By Victoria Palmeri
Mar 04, 2025 9:34 am - Sharon Starr, a member of the Sierra Club’s Illinois Chapter and St. Lawrence Episcopal Church in Libertyville, urges the faithful to adopt more eco-friendly habits this Lenten season to reduce their use of single-use plastics — and not just for 40 days.
Store-bought pancake mix is handy. Here’s how to make it even better.

By Leah Koenig
Mar 04, 2025 6:14 am - The best thing about pancake mix is the convenience. The second best thing is that the mixes’ formulas are so perfectly calibrated, you can easily modify them with simple pantry ingredients, no recipe required. Here are five fuss-free ways to glam up store-bought pancake mix.
Mushrooms, spinach, egg and cheese take this oatmeal in a savory direction

By G. Daniela Galarza
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.
Move over, croutons. Add Parmesan crisps to this wintry salad instead.

By Aaron Hutcherson
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.
How to adjust chicken recipes for different-size birds

By Aaron Hutcherson
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.
Yes, you can fry soft tofu — and give it the salt-and-pepper treatment

By Joe Yonan
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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