Calling us out

So one of our readers made a comment that this was the least diety diet blog in the history of diet blogs and well, we guess he would be right. Yes, this blog IS about being on a diet but mainly, it's all about the "CHEAT" for us and of course the wine.  Cheat day is a very big deal. It's when we get to let loose and make our wildest taste bud dreams come true. It's a time when we get to share our zany adventures and show our fun, crazy side as we cheat.

Let's see if we can explain it in a way so that our readers can understand what we're talking about.  The diet (or life changing eating habits) is kind of like us being kids cooped up in the house because it's raining and we are bored and trying to find ways to entertain ourselves, all the while driving our parents crazy. We're kids so all we really want is to be outside playing with our friends and not having a care in the world.

Cheat day is when the rain stops and then low and behold the clouds part and the sun comes out beaming it's warm rays down upon the earth. We bolt for the door, sling it wide open and run outside as fast as we can to release all the energy that is racing through our veins and needs to be freed.  We run around the yard in circles with our arms flailing above our heads, mouths open and tongues hanging out while making loud kid squealing noises - then run to our friends' houses and furiously knock on their door to ask if they can come out and play?  And when they do, we all jump on our bikes and pedal as fast as we can down the street until we are just about out of sight, as our mom yells, "be home in time for dinner". Can't you imagine the smiles on our faces and feel how happy we are?

Well, that's how we actually feel when cheat day arrives because being on the diet is us cooped up in the house when it's raining. It's very hard. And cheat day is the sun coming out and us feeling care-free and being happy.  So now that we have established the vast difference between the two, let's make this blog all about the diet.  Our reader is right, in the sense that he hasn't really gotten a glimpse inside our world as we struggle on the diet.  To know what we do and eat and say and think on a weekly basis may or may not be very interesting, but hopefully it will be informative.  So, let's get this non-party started, shall we?  It's Monday evening and cheat day is over, no doubt we've had a great twenty-four hours of eating whatever we wanted, but now it's time to get down to business. This is the most work preparation wise because we have to plan the menu, shop, cook, and then prepare our meals for the week, so this is when it really pays to have a sista wife to help ease the work load -  two brains and four hands is definitely a bonus.  So here's what we will have for the week:

Breakfast:   It's always eggs (scrambled, hard boiled, omelet, or egg muffins) and some kind of beans (whole black, re fried black or re fried pinto). We do our best to spice things up by using our 2 favorite spices: turmeric and cayenne pepper. We put it in everything; oh and jalapeños - either pickled or fresh.  We throw all kinds of veggies in our eggs: onions, fresh garlic, mushrooms, tomatoes, asparagus and spinach.  Not all at the same time (but you can), we switch it up day to day, but have our staples of onions and garlic. Since we can't have butter sometimes we use olive oil or ghee (a clarified butter you can buy at Whole Foods) to saute the veggies.  For the beans we just plop them in a pot right out of the can and add: jalapeños, turmeric and cayenne pepper.

Snacks:  Tomatoes (grape or cherub), carrots or celery and Sabra roasted red pepper hummus, walnuts or almonds.

Lunch and Dinner:  Protein, salads, soups and vegetables.  This week it's 1) Turkey Chili, 2) Italian Sausage, Kale and White Bean Soup, 3) Chicken Sausage (Roasted Red Pepper & Spinach) with a jalapeño mustard sauce.

Now here's the thing, we have a quirky way of cooking because we really don't measure anything when we cook and make up recipes. We just kind of add things here and there.  We try to start out with less so we can add more if need be. We probably should measure so when we share our recipes with you they are more accurate - we'll try harder next time, but when we are chopping and cooking together, listening to music, drinking red wine and exhausted, we just kind of go with the flow. Here are this weeks 3 recipes.

Turkey Chili:

2lbs Turkey
1 large sweet onion
1 can of black beans
1 can charro beans (or whatever kind of beans you like)
1 packet taco seasoning
1 packet ranch seasoning
Cayenne pepper
Chili powder
Cracked black pepper
Turmeric
Mushrooms
Fresh Garlic
Tomatoes

Cook onions, mushrooms and garlic in a large pot and then add the turkey.  Cook well and then add canned beans, taco seasoning, ranch seasoning, cayenne pepper, chili powder, black pepper and turmeric and a splash or two of red wine... Cut tomatoes in half and throw in. Let sit and cook for 20mins plus... Especially good the next day.

Italian Sausage, Kale & White Bean Soup:

1LB Italian Sausage

2 Cans White or Great Northern Beans

1 Large Onion

1 Bag Sweet Kale Vegetable Salad (from Costco - if you can't find this, you can use a bag of Kale)

1 Box Chicken Broth (33% less sodium)

8 Cups of Water

Salt

Cracked Black Pepper

Red Pepper

Cook the onions until well done. Then add the sausage and red pepper. Once cooked all the way through,  add the chicken broth & water. Then add the canned beans, and Kale salad, salt, pepper.  Let sit for 20 minutes and then serve immediately or  pack for next days lunch.

Chicken Sausage, Peppers and Jalapeño Mustard:

2 Packages Chicken Sausage (Roasted Red Pepper & Spinach [Costco])
1 Red Bell Pepper
1 Yellow Bell Pepper
1 Orange or Green Bell Pepper
1 Large Onion
Mushrooms
Garlic
Woeber's Jalapeño Mustard (Our favorite brand that we can only seem to find now @ Walmart)

Saute Onions in a Pot. Then add chicken sausage and cook for 10 minutes. Add garlic, mushrooms, red pepper, yellow pepper, orange or green pepper.  Cook all together. Do not drain. Once done, add Woeber's Jalapeño Mustard and stir. Make sure flavors blend well and if not, add more of whatever sounds good. Enjoy!!

So these are just a few of the recipes we came up with while trying the Slow Carb diet based on Tim Ferriss's 4-Hour Body. We hope you like them.  So you be the judge as to what you want to read more of: diet or cheat day?  Or maybe a nice balance of the two would be cool. Hee hee, get it? A nice balance - balanced diet... Oh man we crack ourselves up.

Hey...Fondue

There will be times when we occasionally fall off the chuck wagon (see our previous post of the same title) and this just happens to be another one of them.  We've had our very best friends from Switzerland and their children staying with us at Casa de Maven for the last 2 weeks.  They call themselves the Swiss Family Flintstones - cute, huh?  

We really wanted to continue our healthy way of eating when they arrived and thought we could stay the course, but quickly figured out that it wouldn't be any fun for them (especially the kids) nor for us, quite frankly.  They travelled a really long way to see Austin for the first time and by golly we were going to show it to them.  We wanted to make sure they had a great time so we threw everything out the window and decided to go with the flow for their sake. Yeah, yeah, for their sake.  There was no use beating ourselves up about it because having them visit us was a very big deal - a special occasion and cause for celebration - and we knew that we'd be able to get back on track as soon as they were on a plane headed home for the Alps.  Besides, they brought us all kinds of goodies like cheeses, cookies & chocolate and it would be so rude of us not to try them while in their presence, right?  

Especially the cheese (Jenn was jumping for joy).  Switzerland has some of, if not the best, cheese in the world and the stinkier the better. Yes we said Stinkier. Some of it stinks to high heaven - even as bad as dirty feet, but it's delicious!! Yum... dirty feet, stinky cheese.

Just to name a few: Appenzeller, Gruyere, Tilsiter and Raclette - and then there's Fondue... Cheese Fondue - Oh Hell Yes!!!  The recipe we have was handed down to us by our friends, so it's a la Swiss.  Have you ever tried it? Basically it's just cheese - so it helps to be a cheese lover - and garlic (at least that's how we make it) in a communal fondue pot which sits in the middle of the table. 

Folks sit around and take turns dipping their bread, tomatoes and sometimes pears into it with long skewer-like forks. The meal wouldn't be complete without some cold Apfel Schnapps - we put it in the freezer to get it chilled just right before pouring. Watch out for this stuff... it tastes like apple juice (but better) so it sneaks up on you if you throw back too many which of course we always do. We keep a little on the side for soaking the bread beforehand because it really brings out the flavor of the cheese and adds a kick.

Before the first drink of Apfel Schnapps, there's a traditional ritual chant that we perform.  It goes like this:  Zicke Zacke Zicke Zacke Hoi Hoi Hoi Zicke Hoi Zicke Hoi Zicke Hoi Hoi Hoi.  It doesn't really mean anything- it's just a chant of Cheers.  It's also used as an Oktoberfest drinking chant and we're told the Swiss Military use it, but we don't think they are guzzling Apfel Schnapps afterwards, but who knows?  Once we have accomplished the chant, it's time to throw back the schnapps, start dipping your bread and get the party started.  The chant usually makes it's way into the meal several more times throughout the night.  It goes a little something like this (see video)...

We also enjoy white wine with the meal and have a pot of tea on hand for drinking throughout which helps aid in your digestion. Fondue can be heavy and sit in your stomach like a brick, so tea is the trick to avoiding major constipation (you're welcome). And then there are the garlic cloves at the bottom of the pot which are little nuggets of gold if you are lucky enough to skewer some. We make a game out of it and fight over the cloves if they happen to drop back in the cheese. You can buy a ready-made fondue that comes in a box with 2 foil pouches you cut open and squeeze out into the fondue pot over the stove -

add a little Kirsch (cherry liquor made in the Black Forest of Germany) and some white wine then grab a wooden spoon (it has to have a hole in it so the cheese can flow through) and stir in a figure 8 type movement until melted and smooth. 

It's an old wives tale that if you are a woman and happen to be on your "special time of the month" (you know, when we ladies come across happier than a mocking bird and sweeter than a freshly picked Fredericksburg peach) you are not allowed to stir the fondue as it will fall or fail to turn out right.  They take this very seriously and so do we - we are not taking any chances with that one.  We secretly think that it was made up by women to give them a break from having to cook (even though it's technically really not cooking) and to get the men involved.  Hey ladies, maybe we should use that "special time of the month" excuse all the time, huh?  Unless you are a woman married to woman and then it most definitely won't work in either of your favors.  There is also a fresh fondue version made up of Vacherin and Gruyere cheese, but you can only get it in France or Switzerland at the specialty cheese shop.  They slice it and then put it into a machine which grates it all up for you.  Oh Sugar!!! It's so delicious. When we happen to be in Switzerland visiting our friends and are priviledged enough to get to enjoy this fresh version, we always open the bag on the ride home and eat some. And then some more and some more... it's surprising that there is ever any left by the time we get home. Having Fondue with the Flintstones is definitely a unique, fun, one of a kind experience that never ever disappoints. However, it always turns into an all night affair so you must have your party hat on when you sit down at the table. 

Just ask our neighbor who recently got to experience it when the temperature dropped into the 50's one night making it perfect weather for fondue.  After a bite or two and a shot of Apfel Schnapps he texted his wife, "I may be in trouble".

Scheisse we were up until 6:30 am!! That's right, the sun was coming up and the birds were chirping when we finally decided to call it a night - well, the guys gave up around 5:00ish.  Our neighbor was smart enough to have gone home much earlier in the night and told us the next day that he got up at 4:00 am to let the dog out and heard us still going strong.  Ha-Ha-Ha the women were wreaking havoc upon the night.  So there you have it, a night of Swiss Fondue with the Flintstones & the Black Box Wine Mavens. When the Swiss & the Texans get together (Switxans), you know it's gonna be one hell of a good time!! YodelayYee-Haw!!

Mexicana Mavens

It seems that we are creatures of habit because on every cheat day there is one thing that we always crave and must have… Mexican Food and Margaritas. Well, technically that's two things.  Anyway, we (the Black Box Wine Mavens) are simply and utterly loco (crazy) for Mexican Food. There are a ton of Mexican food places everywhere you turn because we are, after all, living in el gran estado de Tejas (the great state of Texas). There's practically one on every corner - kind of like Starbucks in Nueva York (New York). But when placing an order at Starbucks, say, for a caramel macchiato, you know you're going to get a delicious caramel macchiato. Well that doesn't ring true with Mexican food restaurants, especially if they are a chain. Of course you have your fast food staples that may satisfy your need when you are in a pinch, like Taco Cabana, Chipotle or Taco Bell - but nothing beats that true Tex Mex restaurant experience. There is something to be said about stopping into your favorite restaurant and being served the most flavorful, mouth-watering, consistently delicious food you have been craving and go back for over and over again. But unfortunately, it's not possible to walk into any old Tomas, Ricardo or Enrique (Tom, Dick or Harry) restaurant and expect good food because there are a lot of bad ones out there. We wish they were all good because if they were, we'd be living in our own little Mexican Willie Wonka dream world. Can you imagine being serenaded by little Oompa-Loompa-Mariachis? We can hear them now... oompa-loompa aye yi yi yi do-ba-dee-dee,

as the server places a gum-like piece of candy on a plate in front of you and when you pop it into your mouth it tastes like a three course meal of cheese enchiladas, rice and beans!!  Not to mention being served an ever lasting gobstopper margarita that not only can never be finished, but never seems to diminish as you continue to suck on the straw. Que? (What)? And then to top it all off you take your turn at the piñata and out falls the golden ticket that reads: comida gratis para toda la vida (free food for life)!!!  Holy Guacamole!!! (everyone knows this meaning)!!! We'd be in homemade tortilla heaven. But sadly (or maybe sickly- hee-hee) this is just a couple of gringas (white girls) having a far-out psychedelic mexican food dream. Earth to Mavens... OK, reluctantly we're back from our mexi-wonka dream world. That's why we have composed a list of our favorite restaurants to share with you because, in our opinion, que son los mejores (they are the Best).  We believe there are 2 sure fire ways to tell that you are going to enjoy your Mexican food experience: 1.) Chips and Salsa – if the chips aren't homemade and salsa flavorful then you might as well leave. No use even trying the rest of the menu for it will most likely disappoint, and you’ll be mad that you wasted your dinero (money) on crappy food.  2.) Margaritas - Hola! (Hello)! No Mexican food meal is complete without uno (one), dos (two), tres (three) or catorce (fourteen) -hahaha yes we meant to say catorce (fourteen). 

Here are our top 3 Mexican Food Restaurants (not in any particular order):

Vivo's Mexican Restaurant located @ 201 Manor Rd. Austin, Tx

Located off of IH 35 and Manor Road, they create flavorful food that is delicious and good for you (as far as Mexican food can be). It’s pretty hard to order anything bad off the menu because everything is tasty. The chips and salsa ROCK and so does the queso (just add the salsa to your queso for an added kick). The Margaritas are damn delicious and beautifully presented with an edible orchid flower and lime. We order ours frozen without salt -might be our favorite Margarita of all time.

Our favorite dishes are: Vegetarian cheese enchiladas (Jenn’s favorite),

Chile Enchiladas (Richelle’s favorite), puffy tacos – we usually get Emma’s Choice combo for one puffy taco and one enchilada,

Quesadillas, Pollo Vivo, and the Fiesta Salad with a zesty chile-lime vinaigrette (on the side, please).  You absolutely cannot go wrong with any choice on the menu.  As for dessert the sopapillas are delicious and the Mexican Cannoli is pure heaven. Viva Vivo’s!!!!

Angie’s Mexican Restaurant located @ 1307 E. 7^th St. Austin, TX

Located on the East side of 7^th & IH 35, this is our Favorite Authentic Tex Mex food. Again, the chips and salsa and queso rock! 

Some think their salsa is a bit spicy, but not for us. In Richelle's opinion, this is the best salsa ever! The Guacamole salad is fresh and delicious. It’s not really a salad, but it’s served over shredded lettuce for dipping your chips. Our favorite dishes are the Platillos Especial and the Mexican Plate. Not much difference between the two just depends on whether we want one taco and two enchiladas or two tacos and one enchilada that day. We love these dishes so much that we have never even tried anything else on the menu - once you’ve tasted the enchiladas and tacos you probably won’t either. But we are sure everything else is just as delicious.

The tacos are out of this world made on their homemade corn tortillas.  In Jenn's opinion, they are hands down the BEST!! That’s another thing, no store bought tortillas for us so we skip the flour and order the corn. Richelle likes the beef or chicken tacos and Jenn loves the bean.  Don’t freak out when your tacos arrive solo and scream where is the rest of my meal? They are usually delivered first before your meal and then the rest of your food follows. 

And of course we love their mexican martinis and margaritas. We always ask for a side of fresh jalapeños and throw them in for a delicious, spicy, marg, OK??  No really it's the Bomb!

Angie herself is usually there and who knows, she just may end up serving you.

Guero’s Taco Bar located @ 1412 S. Congress Ave., Austin, TX

Located downtown on SOCO (South of Congress) the wait staff is friendly, cool and eclectic. Chips come with 3 different kinds of salsa – all are good. Frozen margaritas are good, but they also have just about every kind of Mexican beer you could want served with cute little glasses. 

Our favorite appetizer is the Queso Flameado - which is broiled jack cheese served with tortillas (again, make sure to ask for the corn as they are homemade) and other options to add like our favs: chorizo, onion, jalapeño and mushrooms. Put some cheese in your tortilla then roll it up and enjoy!

The Fish tacos are yummy and come topped with a chipotle tequila mayonnaise (an extra side of mayo is a must - you’ll want more for dipping). 

Al Pastor tacos are also a favorite as well as the quesadillas. Dessert is Classic Vanilla Flan - Aye Dios Mio (OMG) it's simply delicioso (delicious), but look for the Pumpkin Flan during the fall season - usually in October & November - it's AMAZING!!

So now that we have you craving Mexican food, head on down and try one of our favorite restaurants or suggest yours for us to try.  We are always up for a good Mexican Food experience. Who knows, you might just catch us wearing sombreros, drinking margaritas and licking our plates clean at one of our favorite little haunts (if you happen to be there on our Cheat Day Monday’s) OLE!!! (Hooray)!!! Comida Mexicana es muy deliciosa!! (Mexican food is so delicious)!!

Down the Rabbit Hole

We woke up Easter morning, got dressed and were ready to start cheatin' on this glorious Sunday. Of course no Easter would be complete without bunny ears and a few mimosas, so we hippity-hop off to a restaurant called Soleil on Lake Travis 

to meet some friends for brunch and listen to the music of Bruce Smith (www.bruce@brucesmithband.com). We arrive and as soon as we park the car, a valet on a golf cart shows up to whisk us away to the restaurant. Wow!  We feel special (it must be the bunny ears) although we don't live in a mansion or pose for magazines or party in the grotto or share the same boyfriend. However, we do live together, call each other sista wives, pose for pictures for our blog, swim in our pool and take care of one hubby - doesn't that count for something?  We can pretend it does, right? As we hop into the restaurant we spot our fabulous friends Elaine, Rese, Kenneth and Christy sitting front and center waiting for us to arrive. We sit down at the table and Jenn starts pulling out ears and headbands of flowers and even brought a boutonniere for Kenneth, the only dude at the table, to wear.

She loves her props and uses any excuse to bring and share them (i.e. holidays, birthdays, baby showers, protests, music events, weddings, etc...). She's always ready to have fun and get people involved and says that props can make even the scroogiest of people put a smile on their face. As she pulls them out of her purse our table mates are excitedly deciding who gets to wear what - except for the dude - he only has one choice but is willing and able to put on the boutonniere and is appreciative that she thought of him. But we are with some fun and talented people so it's no surprise that they are on board with our craziness.  As our waiter approaches he informs us that because it is Easter they are offering a buffet only - all you can eat for $25.00 - and since we don't have a choice, we all opt to eat and get up and grab a plate. Surprisingly, it ends up being a damn good buffet. A few food items we ate: challah french toast, crepes, omelets made to order, pizza, fruit, roasted veggies, artichoke dip, ham, prime rib, oysters on the half shell and smoked salmon.  There was also a bloody mary and mimosa bar - how fun!! But we didn't do the mimosa bar because the southern fried chickie, Christy (check out her one woman show and her website @ www.southernfriedchickie.com ) wanted to order table service mimosas and heck yeah we were all on board because time spent walking to and from the bar making mimosas was time lost on actually drinking the mimosas. Come to think of it if we had done it that way, walking back and forth to the mimosa bar, we wouldn't really have lost time drinking them because we'd have taken a sip then another and another as we walked backed to the table and the next thing you know our glass would be empty and we'd have to turn around and do it all over again. It would result in us walking a not so straight line back and forth like the energizer bunny and never getting a chance to sit and enjoy the company we keep and ain't nobody got time for that. So, bring on the table service mimosas!

We talked, ate, drank, listened to Bruce Smith's music and laughed for three plus hours. Southern Fried Chickie even got up on stage with Bruce and tried to sing a few songs. Let's just say it was entertaining to say the least.

It was a perfect day and then the bill came - $312.00... what the what???  Turns out the table service bottles of champagne we ordered were about $42.00 a bottle and after five bottles and five buffets, the bill blew up. Are we mad? What were we thinking? We aren't  P. Diddy Bunny or Jay Z Rabbit who can afford to throw away money like it grows on trees. And then the reality sets in that, hey, we really aren't celebrity bunnies at the Playboy Mansion being served all you can drink champagne. Turns out that we are just a couple of middle class, hard working, pay check to pay check living, $1.00 Target bunny ear wearing, Black Box Wine Mavens.  But the damage was done so we forked over the dough (or in our case, the carrots) happily because, after all was said and done, we made the choice to jump feet first down the rabbit hole without thinking clearly. How can anyone be thinking clearly after two bottles of champagne let alone five? What? The bottle is empty? Well, yes of course, please bring us another. Silly Rabbits - but you know what? We're cool because life is too short not to view it through a looking-glass world, so we might as well enjoy it, and we must admit - damn... what a good time we had(ttered).

Krispy Kreme Dream

 

It’s funny how you crave things when you aren’t allowed to have them.  Strangely, Jenn can’t remember the last time she actually had a Krispy Kreme doughnut and Richelle, believe it or not, has NEVER had one. What? Is that possible? Then all of a sudden the cheat monster appears and bam! We are on a mission. Like a good sister wife, Richelle is game for eating some doughnuts and jumps on the bandwagon driving like a bat out of hell to get us there. Let us rewind to the beginning of the night… It’s cheat day so we meet up with some girlfriends for brunch at Gibson Bar. Yes, they have food, but it comes from Luke’s Inside Out, the trailer right next door to the bar.  We fill up on shrimp & grits, chicken & waffles and mimosas. YUM!! Next we meet our friend Nick at the Black Sheep Lodge for more mimosas, fried cheese curds and jalapenos with ranch dressing and Keith’s corn dog bites with curry ketchup. Now that we are completely stuffed it’s time to head to Rain on 4^th to dance it off and shake our little “tushies on the catwalk”.  After dancing, we need a bathroom break and have to chuckle at the sign on each door that reads, "one guest per stall."  

After getting our Rain on, Nick invites us to his place for homemade meatballs and linguine - Delicious! Thank you, Nick!! We start to head home, it’s 9:30pm and cheat day is fast approaching an end. Just when we think our tummies are satisfied with meat balls, then out of the blue, Jenn gets a crazy craving.  Krispy Kreme pops into her head and she will not give up until she gets it - so she googles it on her iPhone and then screams, “oh my gosh the hot doughnuts now sign is on!” The clock is ticking and we’ve got to get there before cheat day is over (which is in 45mins) so Richelle puts the pedal to the metal (in Texas talk that means… steps on the gas!!).  We have our GPS leading the way and Richelle is driving like a bat out of hell. I’m not sure how it happens, but we get turned around and this is costing us valuable time because the clock is tick-tocking. We cannot afford to make any mistakes and how can we be lost? We have a GPS for gods sake!  Then suddenly the heavens part and angels start singing Ahhhhhhhhhh as the Krispy Kreme sign appears in our sights. 

We park the car and run inside, instead of going through the drive-thru, because when you go inside they hand you a free doughnut as they are coming off belt. That way, if we don’t order by the time the clock strikes twleve (or in our case 10:45) and the doughnuts go POOF! at least we will have gotten to eat one. 

As we enter the building, Jenn grabs some hats off the table for us to put on and we cannot contain our excitement. She says, “this brings up memories of my childhood when, as a kid, I took a field trip to the Butter Krust Bakery. On that tour, kids were given a hat, ruler and pencil (man, times were so simple back then) - afterwards was the piece de resistance when all the kids got to eat the most delicious, insane smelling, melt in your mouth, piece of buttered bread that he/she would ever taste."  So like little kids we accept our free doughnut and savor every bite while our eyes roll back into our heads and all you hear are the moans of mmmm, mmmm. Talking with our mouths full (like you are never supposed to do) we pick out six more doughnuts for our tasting - Hey we could have gotten a dozen, but we were being extra good.  Besides there was no way to eat them all within the next fifteen minutes unless we wanted to make ourselves completely sick (which is not our goal). The kid behind the counter is laughing at us as we ask him to take our photo with the sinfully, sweet smelling, warm, glazed doughnuts. Then we run off to the car to eat them.

It’s not something to be proud of, you know, stuffing our faces with doughnuts, but we ARE proud and excited too because we beat the clock and got our last treat before cheat day was over. Who else can you have fun and pig out with other than your best friend/sista wife/cheat mate - without judgement? In case you are wondering, no we did not eat all six doughnuts ourselves; however, we did satisfy our craving and then took the rest home for hubby to finish.  And so there you have it ... the story of how a Krispy Kreme dream came true.  Hi-five!!!