Dress up dance party

Food and the Ice Ice Baby

I woke up exhausted. I got up every hour, hearing things and just couldn't sleep at all. It was likely that I got maybe 3 hours snooze total. But I was excited for the Halloween costume dance party today so I got moving.

Nibbles after the dance party

My stomach was growling like crazy so the first thing I did was get bacon in the oven and then make eggs. After I ate and cleaned up I started slowly dressing and doing makeup. I met Sherri in the parking lot and we went in as a team. It was great seeing everyone's costumes and of course it was so fun to dance to the Halloween music (Monster Mash, Hungry like the Wolf, Ghostbusters etc).

We sat and cooled down a little in the lobby before a small group of us went across the street to a Mexican restaurant for lunch. I went for the appetizer plate of bacon wrapped jalapenos (stuffed with cream cheese). They were super tasty and not nearly as hot as the ones I had at our last Zumba lunch gathering.

Lunch shake

I got home around 12:45 and could not get the ice bag off fast enough. And it was wet inside. So totally gross! My shirt and bra I could almost wring out. I had the best shower of my life and put on some comfy clothes. I was pooped. I did muster up the energy to run a couple errands before falling on the couch for the rest of the day. I got hungry around 2 and made a shake with protein powder, 1 TBSP unsweetened cocoa, 1 TBSP peanut butter, 1 cup unsweetened almond milk, 1 cup ice and a little sweetener packet. it rocked my world.

Beef and Cauli casserole

I had just enough fun work to fill the rest of the afternoon. Around 5:45 I started dinner. I whipped up a beef and cauliflower casserole, mainly by making my favorite cheesy cauli recipe but adding seasoned ground beef (seasoned with salt, pepper, onion and garlic powder, and oregano) and bacon. I browned the bacon bits and set them aside. When cauliflower was done and meat was browned and cheese sauce was made, I mixed the cauli with beef and sauce and added in half of the bacno bits. Dumped into a casserole dish and topped with cheese (cheddar and mozzarella mixed and the rest of the bits. Baked at 400 for almost 30 minutes and let cool for 15 before devouring. I ate and watched Younger and thought that I'd definitely make this again.