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I brought in Paczkis for work and had a breakfast sammmmmmie

I bought Paczkis for desssert tonight with DH I think just our regular shrimp veggie stir fry tonight !

I made chicken and andouille sausage gumbo this weekend, and today we'll be celebrating with pancakes! My childhood was split between Louisiana and the UK, so I try to work both in

Maybe a chocolate covered Peep today. I'm WFH, so thankfully far from my favorite donut shop. Today's my weigh in day. I lost 2.4 lbs this week and am a little over 3 lbs away from goal weight. I'm trying to be good for a wedding we're attending this weekend where I get to eat steak and wedding cake.

Pancakes, bacon, and coffee! King cake for lunch maybe.

No plans for dinner. Mardi Gras is over after Zulu to me (ended at 11) But we still can't drive anywhere today.

We had peanut butter, banana and Nutella pancakes for breakfast to celebrate National Pancake Day, leftover butternut squash bisque for lunch, and for dinner I'm making a big pot of red beans and rice with andouille sausage and a pan of cornbread to celebrate Mardi Gras.

mmm, sounds delicious. BUT, what is kings cake??

My Michigan friends keep posting about paczki's and I am jealous because I haven't found a bakery that sells them in Atlanta.

It's an oval shaped dessert decorated in the Mardi gras colors of purple, yellow, and green. It can have fillings like cream cheese, strawberry, etc or just be plain. There are tons of variations but that's the basic king cake. Traditionally, there is a plastic baby in it and whoever gets the baby has to bring the next king cake. We generally start eating them on king's day (January 6) through today. But now you can get "king cakes" year round in other colors.

I picked up a doughnut king cake today and had crawfish fettuccini for lunch. Yum!