Cinco de Mayo Party Recipes + Pin It Party!

There are plenty of reasons to throw a party this weekend: Cinco de Mayo, Kentucky Derby, a good friend’s first communion, my niece’s birthday…or just because it’s FINALLY spring. Any of the following quick, delicious and simple Cinco De Mayo themed recipes would likely make party guests happy to find on a party buffet table…of [...]

Tomato Basil Risotto + Cooking Light Cookbook Giveaway

Tomato Basil Risotto | TeaspoonofSpice.com

It’s nearly Halloween, but we’ve had only one frost here in Chicagoland; so I still have a few tomatoes hanging onto their vines in the ‘garden’. (The tomato patch was actually just a strip of wasted space between our driveway and the neighbor’s fence. It worked great!) So, while tomatoes are reaching the very, very [...]

Seven Layer Taco Dip Plus Tofu

8 Layer Tofu Dip | TeaspoonofSpice.com

Tofu was one of the foods I introduced very early on to my kids; in fact, along with avocados, large butter beans and bananas, cubes of tofu were a first ‘finger’ food that my toddlers graduated to after purees. The soft spongy texture was appealing to my kids and so was the mild flavor. And [...]