I got in that run! And was so glad I did. It felt so refreshing. Coincidentally blog reader Katie is visiting Bald Head this week too so we coordinated a run together. We were supposed to go this morning but I wasn’t really capable of running so we luckily were able to meet this afternoon. I love running with blog readers! Thanks for the run Katie 
This afternoon around 5PM I was stricken with insatiable hunger pangs. The kind that probably aren’t really hunger but you have to assuage them with food. Very strange. I had a Bear Naked Fruit + Nut granola bar. Love these!
We rounded up the troops and headed to our final Bald Head dinner at the golf club’s restaurant.
Still working on those pangs with some delish sesame bread.
50% of the table wanted wine, so they got a bottle. Which came with 4 glasses.
And would you believe I had a little wine! I drank a small glass simply for the food pairing and not at all to feel any effects. Food complementing is what wine does best, after all.
This bottle was absolutely fantastic!
Matt and I shared a bowl of Cheddar + Ale Soup with Pumpernickel Croutons. SO SO SO good!! Perfectly cheesy and thick and flavorful. Definitely not light either!
Entrees arrived (I was still starving. I think my system was still recuperating from its trauma last night)
I got the Stuffed Flounder: fresh, locally caught flounder filled with asparagus spears and topped with jumbo lump blue crab and hollandaise. I asked for them to go lite on the hollandaise and was pleased that it arrived on the side for mild dipping.
Loved it! I had to stop halfway through though cause I got really full all of a sudden. Weird.
Matt got the Cornmeal Dusted Catfish: topped with creole rock shrimp velouté. It was good, but way too salty and he was in pain by the end 
See The Hungry Wanderers for Justin + Amanda’s eats!
Amanda and I eyed the dessert menu and decided that even though we were full the Pumpkin Cheesecake with Gingerbread and Nutmeg was too good to pass up.
SCORE. It was the best pumpkin cheesecake I’ve ever had!!
So sad to head inland tomorrow, but I’m very ready to get back home, home on the range. I miss my bears! And I think my stomach is 5x as big as it was last week. I need to squeeze all this yummy food out like a sponge with all things green, oat and healthy.
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mmmm that pumpkin cheesecake sounds divine! I know how you feel on the all things green front – I’m ready to go back to my normal non-holiday eats!
Just a note for when you are back in Earthfare country. They’ve got an amazing pumpkin cheesecake, too!!!!
Just a note for when you are back in Earthfare country. They’ve got an amazing pumpkin cheesecake, too!!!! My husband and I shared a slice a few nights ago and it was heavenly!
That’s nice that they put it on the side for you! I don’t really like hollandaise, so I think I would’ve asked for them to leave it out altogether, haha. That cheesecake sounds divine! Anything with gingerbread is okay in my book
Yum!! That stuffed flounder looks divine!
Mmmmm…all those dishes look amazing!
What was the trauma last night?!?
I hate over salty food…it burns.
But your stuffed flounder looks great.
Dinner looks delish and what an amazing vacation you’ve had. I need to put Bald Head on my list of places to visit!
How fun to run with a blogger!
Not sure why they put those pink flowers on all the food down in that region. I’ve been to several restaurants near there and they always do that! Weird… Everything looked delicious. So neat you meet blog readers!
cheddar and ale soup sounds great! and i’m right there with you about cleaning out with all things green!
SO neat that you were able to run with a fellow blogger! I really want to find some health/nutrition/fitness bloggers near me, but google isn’t turning up anything! And finding local blogs is like finding needles in hay stacks, I feel!
Dinner and the wine looked fabulous. And I couldn’t agree more…wine completes all wonderful meals!
Happy New Year!
Flounder with hollandaise AND pumpkin cheesecake?? I couldn’t be any more jealous of your dinner!
Have a safe trip back to the mainland!
Oh my gosh – that pumpkin cheesecake looks SO GOOD! I think I just drooled on myself a little bit! Haha
Great dinner to end the vaca on…my mouth was watering the whole time I read your blog
I’d love to read more about your getting back to real life with health-laden goodies!
DInner looks terrific! Especially that soup.
Happy New Year!
I had pumpkin cheesecake at a restaurant here in Chicago, Shaws. It was amazing, the best I’ve ever had and I’ve had a lot of cheesecake!
Dinner looks great!
Dinner looks wonderful, love the idea of pumpernickel croutons!
Haha. I like your diet “green, oaty & healthy”. I’m making tomorrow my January 1st : )
That last paragraph was a little *too* graphic =D
haha agreed…monday (i assume being snowed in this weekend will not help my eats or exercise) is my “get back to yogurt, brown rice, green beverages, and healthy eats” day. that cheddar ale soups looks amazing! as does your fish! yum!
Getting in some good exercise always makes me feel better! And what a great way to spend the evening. Everything looks so pretty and delicious. And YUM to that cheesecake!
Sounds like getting home will do you good.
I made a pumplkin cheesecake for Thanksgiving and Christmas. Definitely not light, but so good. Hey, it was the Holidays.
Pumpkin cheesecake sounds oooh soooo good!
I just got home to San Francisco from being on holiday for 12 days and it DEFINITELY feels good to be back. I hear ya on the wanting to eat better again, too. I did about $130 in damage at Whole Foods today!
Wow, looks like another great meal out!
Yay for fitting in a lovely run!! There’s no better way to feel refreshed and energized.
The dinner out looks lovely! I love the idea of the flounder—I’ll have to try remaking that at home sometime!
Those fish dishes look amazing! You look so surprised drinking your wine.
Jenn
you’re so lucky to get to run by the ocean! if i didn’t live in a city, i woudl be running outside all the time.
it looks like you enjoyed your vacation!
mmm looks like a great meal!
OH YEA–you’re supposed to pair wine WITH food! haha always forget that one
i love your blogs! they make me hungry
but they inspire me to eat ‘real food’ and feed my body in a healthy way, not with franken-food. i started to read this one and had to break out the harry & david wasabi peas i just got at a late family christmas. not sure how healthy they are but they hit the spot! you blog always has great photography, too.