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Build your lasagna in a 9-by-13-inch baking dish. Start with a layer of sauce, then top with a layer of noodles. Evenly spread half of the pumpkin filling, then half of the zucchini, over the noodles. Top with half of the cheese mixture and cover with some of the sauce. Repeat the layers, finishing with noodles and sauce; sprinkle with the remaining 1 cup mozzarella. Bake, uncovered, 35 to 40 minutes, or until bubbly. Let cool 15 minutes before slicing.

Packed with dates, sunflower butter, and cocoa powder, these pretty and portable treats work as well for post-exercise fuel as they do for dessert. And artificial coloring has nothing to do with that pop of red color—it’s all from freeze-dried raspberries.

In 1962, Lester purchased a Clipper grain cleaner and the seed oat business began. He started out with just his own oats at first and did well selling the seed.

DEAR JOAN: We have a lot of crows hanging around our yard. They chase away other birds from the feeders and have even dive-bombed us when we go out to refill them.

Arvada & Lakewood While most kids erect lemonade stands in their front yards, Kelly Conley’s and Ginny Kooyman’s children are more likely to be found selling scones and other treats that their mothers bake each week for their four-month-old CFA bakery, Counter Currant. Arvada-based Conley and Kooyman, a Lakewood resident, first crossed paths five years ago at a home-school meetup, where they bonded over their shared love of all things DIY—including baking. “Now we just bake a lot more,” Kooyman says. “[Counter Currant] gives both of us the flexibility to work on a level that works for us.” Their selections—apple pies, pear tarts, sticky fig cake, chocolate shortbread—change weekly, often star local produce, and there are always gluten-free options available. The mamas’ can-do venture is even inspiring the next generation of entrepreneurs: Kooyman’s 13- and 11-year-olds and Conley’s 12-year-old are teaming up to launch a CFA-certified granola line this month.How To Buy: Weekly menus can be found via @counter.currant’s Instagram account; prices range from $6 for two croissants to $27 for a 10-inch pie. Order online by Thursday for Saturday pickup in Lakewood or Arvada.

It’s a scene familiar to fans of Cafe Bink, a quiet neighborhood joint with a large patio, limited seating indoors and a chatty, laid-back crowd at the bar. From the look of the place, Confluence could just as easily be selling roast chicken, spaghetti marinara or steak frites.

At present, China is promoting the application of low-protein feed technology in raising pigs and chickens.

What Ouriel is promising, essentially, is expertise. Most product formulators are not biologists but cosmetic chemists who, she tells me, might know how ingredients will react with each other but not necessarily how they will react with the skin. “It’s like having a cotton farmer design your clothes,” she says. After speaking with Ouriel, I rid myself of several long-neglected serums in my medicine cabinet, no longer convinced of their untapped powers, and attempted to make a real routine out of her five-product line, which includes an oil-based cleanser, a gentle chemical exfoliant, a pigment-correcting eye serum, a UV-protecting serum and a moisture-locking serum, and comes in handmade glass beakers with red rubber-capped pipettes. It’s a mad-scientist aesthetic that is meant for more than just marketing. Glass is nonreactive, for one, and the breakable material ensures a degree of mindfulness from users. “You have to treat it with care, just like you should treat your skin,” she says. “This is not something you can just throw into a gym bag.”

Before that controversy could finish marinating, a 2011 clip of HBO’s Talking Funny resurfaced, featuring Chris Rock, Jerry Seinfeld, Ricky Gervais and Louis C.K. Rock, C.K. and Gervais used “n—–” freely while Seinfeld sat with them, visibly uncomfortable. Rock immediately came under fire for not only introducing the word into the discussion but also actively participating in the wildly abrasive clip. Seinfeld won wide praise, most likely for this comment: “I don’t find humor [in the word ‘n—–’]. Nor do I seek it.”

You can prepare watermelon seeds by roasting them in an oven for 20 minutes before washing and drying them up. Here is how to do it:

Antioxidants called carotenoids have many health benefits, including protecting the skin from damage caused by free radicals and overexposure to the sun.