Wagons you fall off of

Well, last night was a doozie for food intake. I attended a wine group in which everyone brought cajun food. Jumbalaya, Red beans and Rice (vegetarian), gumbo, and some tasty appetizers, and a carmel and chocolate bread pudding for dessert.

Then there were the wines!! French wines. I tried a Rose (pink and sweet), chardonnay, some kind of white called Evolution, and a couple of velvety reds.

It was so tasty all around. How do you stop yourself?

So this morning I have a Green Smoothie. Fruit and spinach. Best food/alcohol hangover cure I've found yet.. (other than a slinger and a Ski -Clinton County shout out on Wikipedia...WOOT!)

But I digress. What I'm really here to talk about are planning splurges where I eat foods that are rich, decadent, and crave worthy.

Doing the Detox diet sharpened my taste buds, and showed me how much unnecessary, and not so tasty food I was consuming. I am starting to believe that if I eat something reallllly rich and bad for me...it better be DELICIOUS.

So I've been mentally compiling a list of high calorie foods that are worth the extra gym time...or so tasty that a little bit goes a long way.. It needs a catchy name though...like the Bucket List.

Maybe the "10 min extra cardio" list...or something...(Ideas welcome).

A pre-req for this list, is that they are only to be enjoyed in limited quantitites, and with some planning. (Like special outings...maybe once per month I get to choose one...)

• Pizza with a hand-tossed, homemade crust (Onesto's)
  

• That bread pudding from last night
• Spicy Gumbo/Jumbalaya...anything with Andouille sausage


• Onion Rings/Fries


• Rigatoni Pasta with a Cream tomato sauce (made with sausage and peas...yum!)


• All other pasta dishes!


• Bacon Cheeseburger, tomato, lettuce, mayo, mustard, ketchup, pickles, onions...with fries.


• White Castle (sorry we were discussing it the other day, and there's just nothing like it)


• All Stout beers (i.e. the Schlafly Tap Room Oyster and Stout Fest in March)


• Tequila (good tequila)


• Mexican food (no way to eat this healthfully ;)
• Fried chicken with mashed potato's
• Taco Bell (Not really mexican)
• Loaded Nacho's.
  

Hmm. that's a start. Mmm I'm planning a date with Onesto's pizza for February...