I.am.so.stuffed. Enough said. Tonight I went out for tapas with my friend Erin and her husband. We went to Cafe Tu Tu Tango, which was conveniently only like 5 miles from my apartment. The food was good. The sangria was awesome..I always end up eating way too much at places like this, especially when you order pitchers of sangria. 😉
Let’s backtrack though—after I did my AMAZING 90 minute cardio yoga class via ipod, I did have a snack to keep me until dinner because by the time we got the restaurant and had food in front of us, it had to be 8:45-9:00. I had about a tbsp of almond butter with a little jam and a few pretzels. After I got ready to go and while I was waiting for Erin, I also snacked on a couple almonds and pickles. These always seem to do the trick when you just need “something”.
When we got to the restaurant we immediately ordered a pitcher (it was a small pitcher) of sangria to share. I really can’t be sure just how much I drank tonight because it was sort of one of those things that when your glass got a little low, someone just poured in some more. I would say I probably had about a glass and a half or two glasses in all if I had to guess…
We also ordered three tapas to come out immediately: humms, spicy shrimp and a Spanish antipasto plate with kalamata olive spread, hot pitas, manchego cheese, salami and proscuitto. These plates are smaller than they seem, I swear! I had two shrimp, a couple pieces/pita wedges and hummus and 1 larger pita wedge with manchego cheese and olive tapenade.
Then…while on our second glass of sangria we decided to order more! We ordered a goat cheese and sundried tomato pizza (the pizza was about 6 inches and thin crust-SO good), shrimp spring rolls and crab and artichoke dip. I had two slices of the pizza (each slice was about three or four inches long), 1/2 of a spring roll and 1 cracker with dip.
Then………the desserts looked so interesting we just had to try one!!! We got some sort of oatmeal cookie ice cream sandwich but I could only have a few bites—I was uber stuffed at this point.
Off to go put on elastic waist pajama pants and hit the sack.
Meghan
June 29, 2008 at 4:41 amIt’s funny how quickly tapas and “finger food” at parties really fills one up quite suddenly! Everything looks delicious, though!
coco
June 29, 2008 at 10:17 amHi, i’m a new reader to your blog, really like your food ideas and also yoga’s. i’m a big fan of power yoga as well.
Just have a quick question about nutrition (since you’re an expert ^_^). I’m wondering how much fat should we take daily? I’m using fitday to track about my daily intake of food and i realized that my daily intake of total fat range from 30-35g, is it enough? my protain intake is about 70-90 and a lot of carbs.
thanks!
hk
June 29, 2008 at 10:56 amSounds like a really fun night with chef Erin and co., enjoy the rest of it 🙂
Kel Lee Leee
June 29, 2008 at 1:01 pmcoco- 30-35g of fat is perfect, and your protein is probably good too depending on how much you weigh
Kelly L.
June 29, 2008 at 4:14 pmWhat is Sangria? Is it taste like wine? I hate all wines but sangria looks fruity!
jenna
June 29, 2008 at 4:21 pmKelly,
Sangria is red wine mixed with fruit juice, gin (sometimes rum), fresh fruit and other fun things. Its very fruity and doesn’t really taste like wine. Its a very light, summery drink!
jenna
June 29, 2008 at 4:28 pmcoco,
When I had to do a food journal for nutrition class i figured out that on average I was taking in about 50 grams of fat everyday…the general guideline is about 50-60 grams for women that eat roughly 1800 calories per day. If you feel like you aren’t eating enough, you should try to rev up your intake a little bit with healthy fats like nuts, avocado, beans and low fat dairy. You seem to have a ton of protein in your diet and most americans eat way too much anyways so you might think about scaling back on that and instead adding some trail mix!
coco
June 30, 2008 at 2:09 amthanks jenna and Kel. I’ll add some more nuts to my diet.