Muhammara!

It's only been two weeks, but I'm feeling good about sticking with my New Year's resolutions.

Zach and I took another spinning/yoga class this morning and felt (although perhaps didn't smell) great afterward.

Later in the day, I shopped around for something to cook for my weekly meal and settled on Lamb Köfte with Yogurt Sauce and Muhammara, a Mediterranean dish from the current issue of Bon Appétit.

I don't think I've ever made a Mediterranean meal before, and it was fun to play around with those flavors. One of the highlights was the muhammara—something I'd never heard of, let alone tasted. It was one of two sauces for the lamb meatballs, and the recipe called for pomegranate molasses, something else I'd never heard of, let alone tasted.

The molasses gave the sauce a distinctive and delicious flavor, and I bet it would be great in lots of other dishes—definitely worth checking out if you're feeling adventuresome!