143.8…Muffaletta Love

I had an exceptionally good time last night at Bunco at my friend Cathi’s house. I enjoyed a few glasses of wine while I was there. :)

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I also enjoyed some delicious appetizers.

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This one I dominated: red pepper jelly spread on some soft cheese and crackers. Delish!

Cathi made her famous muffaletta sandwiches. I love these things! She bakes Pat & Oscars breadsticks, spreads some garlic oil over them and stuffs them with a variety of meats, cheese and an amazing olive mixture. I don’t really even like olives but this stuff rocks.

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Along with the muffalettas, Cathi made a delicious Asian style salad. Check out her Missoni plates she scored at Target:

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Cathi also made some sweet potato fries. I had a hard time keeping my hands off of them.

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My plate:

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I went back for a second sandwich. I would have had a third but I restrained myself. It was hard. 

I did not restrain when it was time for dessert though!

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Cathi made this amazing chocolate ganache/peanut butter dessert that made me smile!

So….I drank too much, ate too much and went to bed way too late.  But I had a ball and that’s all that matters!

Breakfast this morning was a toasted cinnamon waffle with Teddie peanut butter and some strawberries.

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I took the kids to school and went to Cardio Muscle class.  Holy crap. I’m going to be sore tomorrow! We did a series of exercises in a ladder formation. The first one was 20 squats and we did 10 ladders….so I did 200 squats. The second exercise was 20 lunges. I did 200 lunges. I guess it’s payback for all my extra calorie consumption yesterday!

I went to get a spray tan….because I am going to Las Vegas tomorrow! YES! We decided to go last minute to go to the Mayweather/Ortiz fight. I’m excited! Except for the fact that Las Vegas will reek havoc on my diet. Oh well….

After my intense workout, I was starving. I thought about going to Subway but I knew a sandwich wasn’t going to cut it. I needed more food. Enter: Souplantation.

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I ate a HUGE salad, a bowl of chili and some of their pizza bread. I splurged on their ranch dressing which is the best ranch dressing on the planet. I ate every single bite and was NOT full. I made myself leave instead of eating more. I knew that I have a calorie heavy weekend coming up so I needed to control myself.

I picked up my daughter from school and took her to her “Dog Smart” appointment. My son is at a playdate so I’ll be picking him up after dinner.

We leave for Vegas tomorrow morning and come back on Tuesday afternoon. See ya from The Strip!

Have you ever had a muffaletta sandwich?

What is your favorite salad dressing?

Comments

  1. Ahhh ENJOY VEGAS! oohhh the joys of living only a hop skip and jump away from that place ;)

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  2. That Bunco party looks like a lot of fun. I always love the foods at little shindigs like that too. So hard to resist it all. Not a problem though. Good fuel for challenging workouts. And boy did that class sound tough. 200 squats and lunges? Yowza!

    Have so much fun in Vegas!!! I have always wanted to go. :)

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  3. Your bunco parties look like so much fun and yummy!! My all time favorite dressing is the citrus balsamic from Chilis. I know it's not gourmet food there, but that dressing is killer! I'm thinking of taking the hubs to vegas before winter...have so much fun!!!

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  4. Cute dress!

    Why does everything look amazing on white trays?! Love it.

    I'm not a huge olive fan either - but I do like them more than my husband who flat out refuses to eat them!

    I've never had that kind of sammy before!

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  5. As much as I would like to say some sort of vinaigrette is my favorite dressing that would be a lie, I love ranch! But it has to be a homemade ranch I will no eat the stuff in the bottle, gross.

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