What’s for Dinner? A Very Busy Mom’s 5 Tips
I used to love to cook for my 3 children, but once I started working full time, it became less of a joy and more of chore.
Burger and Meatloaf: 5 Ideas for Changing it Up
There is no end to the ways you can vary a basic burger or meatloaf recipe.
Green Roofs Offer More than Color
After you’ve seen the living, growing roof at the Daniel F. and Ada L. Rice Plant Conservation Science Center at the Chicago Botanic Garden (CBG), you’ll never be satisfied with your asphalt, tile or slate roof again. This flat roof is covered in color and life—40,000 plants comprising 200 different species, including sedums, cacti, asters […]
Growing Into Green
Here’s a collection of some of Make It Better’s articles about the environment.
Destination Spas: When You Need More than a Massage
For most of us, the spa getaway doesn’t happen all that often. So when you finally get the time, money and motivation, you want to pick the perfect spa. Sometimes, that’s spa treatments, a beautiful pool and enough staff so that you’re not lifting a finger—unless it’s to call for another skinny-tini. But if you […]
Freeze It, Don’t Toss It
Your mother will be proud of you. Don’t let perfectly good produce go to waste, just because it’s ripe, but you’re not ready to eat it.
Sophie Twichell, Lake Bluff
Sophie Twichell Executive Director, Friends of Ryerson Woods Lake Bluff In densely populated Lake County, Ryerson Woods is an oasis of 556 acres of green, and Sophie Twichell’s job is to make sure that future generations have access to the same rolling woods for years to come. “We want to instill the core value of […]
Chicken in Lettuce Cups
Kids love this hands-on meal, it only takes one frying pan and it’s figure-friendly, because you can serve the rice on the side.
Fat Tuesday: Breakfast for Dinner
I didn’t grow up in a religion that celebrated Lent or Mardi Gras. We were Plymouth Brethren, a serious group.
Home Maintenance: Spring Checklist
The snow is gone, and warmer weather is almost here to stay. Here’s a list of the 6 things that need to get done (not all by you) as you transition your house from winter to spring. Wash the windows. Wipe away the grime inside and out and let that sun shine in. Unless […]
