By posting this recipe, I am entering my recipe into the Taste the Mighty Concord Welch’s Recipe Contest, a sponsored recipe contest in which I am eligible to win prizes. I was not compensated for my time. The inspiration for this recipe was an attempt to satisfy my love for sweet + savory + spicy flavor combinations. Welch's 100% Concord Grape Juice is the perfect sweetness to compliment a savory application in my Sweet & Spicy Grape Dipping Sauce. I used the flavors found

By posting this recipe I am entering a recipe contest sponsored by the Wild Blueberry Association of North America and I am eligible to win prizes associated with the contest. I was not compensated for my time. If you are here in Chicago then you know we've had unseasonably warm weather for February. Instead of the usual frigid temperatures and mounds of snow, the sun is shining and temperatures are in the 40s! Although this might not seem like a big deal to other parts of th

When your sweet-tooth chocolate loving husband gobbles it up and says, “This is delicious. Is it going on the blog?” Of the food Shounek asks for most I think it might be dessert. Honestly, I don’t make dessert often (probably because I’m not much of a baker). So, when I do whip up a dessert, I like it to be with few ingredients and no bake. Chocolate pudding made with avocados fits the bill. The recipe uses only 6 ingredients and it’s rare we don’t have already have them all

Three of my favorite healthy foods in one dish. What could be better? I combined simple, hearty chickpeas mashed with creamy avocado and topped with sweet and tart pomegranate seeds to make a quick, nutritious lunch. This season I've been buying pomegranates much more often as I've found myself craving the delicious tart seeds. The idea of pairing avocado with pomegranate seeds came from a recent lunch out at a Mexican restaurant. Shounek and I ordered the "seasonal" guacamol