I totally forgot about this weekend....Every year my parents and I get together 2 weeks before Christmas to make a Spanish / Trinidad dish called Pastels aka Hallacas. Since the process to make this dish takes approximately 10 hours to complete 100 pastels, I have reserved the whole weekend to help out. See below for an example of what it is.

This dish is composed of seasoned lean ground beef, onions, raisins, olives, capers and corn meal wrapped in a banana leaf. The banana leaf is used to preserve and shape the pastel. Tastes delicious, but high in carbs, fat and sodium.

This is another reason why we usually make this dish during the Christmas holiday. We eat it now, so in January we can work it off....Well in my case I rather work off the food I eat, so I don't gain. =) But unfortunately today, not only did I sample a Pastel, I also ate KFC with the family.

Obviously there is no way to avoid eating this delicious and fatty meal, but will have to make sure that I work hard next week to make up for it. Oh ya - I'll be missing tomorrow's workout as well...Oh well, what can I do.... ;-)




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