Bougie Girl Life

Red onions are a simple way to add extra pizazz to both salads and sandwiches.  I serve them lightly cooked in a Spanish olive oil for salads. It adds an extra flavor profile to the salad. For sandwiches, I use fresh slices of red onions to add both texture and a bit of spice. 

I want to take a few moments to shout out the low cost miracle that is Black Satin paint.  Earlier this year, I needed to upgrade a few pieces of furniture in my house and also save for a newer car. I hit up a nearby thrift store for inexpensive furniture and then went to the local Walmart for Black Satin paint. Black Satin paint gives off a patina of freshness without being too glossy. It gives even the most inexpensive particle board furniture a finished look of sophistication. This year, I used Black Satin paint on my laptop desk, piano bench, and a small dresser for the guest room. 

  July  August       Summer is slowly slipping away from us all. Fortunately, the Farmer's Markets are still in full swing. Left to my own devices, I would purchase hundreds of dollars worth of produce, flowers, and crafts.   I have placed myself on a strict budget of ten dollars a visit which is a meager pittance compared to what I regularly spend at a brick and mortar grocery store.  A couple of weeks ago, my ten dollar budget yields me a bouquet of flowers for five dollars,  a small container of tomatoes for a  $1.50,  a couple of cucumbers for 50 cents a piece, and  a bag of rainbow chard for three dollars.  Last month, I procured a bouquet of flowers for five dollars, green peppers for 75 cents each, and a bushel of fennel for two dollars.   Both of the bouquets lasted almost two weeks and the veggies became part of a cold tomato soup which I enjoyed with garlic breadsticks. 

I have built my living room around a color palette of white, black, grey, and red In the beginning, I limited  the red aspects of the living room to throw pillows and place mats.  Until a month or so ago, when I longed for more red splashes of red in the living room. Instead of scrapping the grey and white curtains for more colorful ones, I opted to add red panels to each side. The addition of the red curtains made the room pop and inspired me to go towards a more elegant aesthetic.

Not too long ago, I purchased a crepe pan...and it has changed my entire breakfast game. It is very shallow non-stick pan which guarantees that the omelette and/or crepe will not get too thick. The thin texture also makes it easier to serve more evenly cut pieces to breakfast guests.