NEW Strawberries shine, raspberries add color to versatile sauce
NEW Ham and baby potato casserole with glazed carrots
NEW Chocolate glaze especially appropriate for a holiday dessert
NEW Baked lemon-Dijon chicken thighs with herbs
NEW Celebrate St. Patrick's Day with this delicious side dish
Recipe: Mom’s chili and beans with grated cheese and onions
Recipe: Poppy seeds add texture to vegan snack cake
Recipe: Easy asparagus-mushroom bake with eggs and cheese.
Recipe: Bake them in ramekins for easy serving now or later
Recipe: Brussels sprouts-spinach slaw with dried cranberries
Recipe: Make bourbon apple butter for extra flavorful filling
Hearty winter warmer also is gluten-free
Recipe: Pantry ingredients add up to a filling meal
Just a bite's worth and easy to make
Lemon-persimmon muffins with lemon glaze
Easy snack for game days or binge-watching, too
Merry Christmas frittata with spinach and red pepper
Recipe: Roasting squash increases the depth of flavor
Recipe: Sweet potato latkes, served with applesauce and sour cream
Recipe: Zest and herb combination also works in muffins
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Garden Checklist for week of Sept. 8
Temperatures are headed down to normal. The rest of the month kicks off fall planting season:
* Harvest tomatoes, peppers, squash, melons and eggplant.
* Compost annuals and vegetable crops that have finished producing.
* Cultivate and add compost to the soil to replenish its nutrients for fall and winter vegetables and flowers.
* Fertilize deciduous fruit trees.
* Plant onions, lettuce, peas, radishes, turnips, beets, carrots, bok choy, spinach and potatoes directly into the vegetable beds.
* Transplant cabbage, broccoli, kale, Brussels sprouts and cauliflower as well as lettuce seedlings.
* Sow seeds of California poppies, clarkia and African daisies.
* Transplant cool-weather annuals such as pansies, violas, fairy primroses, calendulas, stocks and snapdragons.
* Divide and replant bulbs, rhizomes and perennials.
* Dig up and divide daylilies as they complete their bloom cycle.
* Divide and transplant peonies that have become overcrowded. Replant with “eyes” about an inch below the soil surface.