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<\/a><\/p>\nScott and I had what we refer to as A\u00a0Big Bang Night. \u00a0We love this show and I will sit down and watch it every chance I get. \u00a0TBS has little mini-marathons almost every evening.<\/p>\n
If the Big Bang crew is having a special evening, entertaining someone, or having guests over, they usually are eating spaghetti. \u00a0That seems to be their go-to fancy meal and honestly it always looks delicious. \u00a0And I don’t even like pasta that much!<\/p>\n
Last night we decided to indulge and have a Big Bang themed night. \u00a0We had pasta with garlic bread and red wine. There was cheesecake for dessert, that we didn’t get to but will be eating tonight! \u00a0And of course we watched the show while sipping the\u00a0wine.<\/p>\n
I had a little too much red wine but eh, it happens. \u00a0It was a fun evening and an awesome way for us to relax and feel like we were indulging a bit.<\/p>\n
Everyone is going to have a different idea of what indulging means. \u00a0I’m sure pasta and wine isn’t a big\u00a0deal to others as it is to us.<\/p>\n
But with indulging, the point is to still make it count. \u00a0My philosophy is always\u00a0make sure it’s the best that you can get. Meaning, if you want fries, don’t wast calories on\u00a0fast food fries, seek out some damn good handcut fries with sea salt. Not only will they taste better but it will be better for you which means you can still feel good about eating it.<\/p>\n
For our Big Bang Night, the pasta was whole grain spinach spaghetti, the bread was from Whole Foods and I made a garlic butter spread for it using grassfed butter. \u00a0I made the sauce and added local sausage. \u00a0The parmesan cheese was freshly grated.<\/p>\n
We indulged but it I made sure that what we ate still mattered. \u00a0That we weren’t just eating empty calories but something we could still feel good about.<\/p>\n
That’s how I approach indulging and “treats”. \u00a0Nothing is off limits because I don’t really believe in restriction but I\u00a0do try to always eat the best possible that I can get.<\/p>\n
Tonight it’s leftover roast chicken and veggies for dinner! \u00a0Thank goodness for leftovers, they make life so much easier.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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