Simply Fancy

We had one heck of a holiday season! Ending it with hosting parties for New Years Eve AND New Years Day. To say the least it feels so good to be noshing on a delicious salad! 

Two things I know for sure: I love stack recipes, and I love to simplify “fancy”.

Something I always remember about being in France is if you look around they usually aren’t rushing to eat. I think there is something to be said about making your lunch and getting to sit and enjoy it. When I was talking to this lovely French woman about food she said “It’s about so much more than just eating.” We talked about how good it feels to make a beautiful dish and I always think about that.

Today, I’m talking about my current favorite kitchen tool! With this nifty little stacking aid, you can create all kinds of beautiful dishes that are easy and fancy. This salad that I made would only look hard to do to your dinner guests.

Find it here! https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B01E6XRYQE/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s02?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Fast Tip:

If you’re making salad, it’s better to chop all of your ingrediencies on the smaller side and mix in your dressing before pressing so that you have a binding agent.

I felt like this was a good reminder that even though making this dish was very fast, it’s still so good for the soul to slow down and just enjoy.

Happy Stacking!

Fashion A-Z

I’m beyond thrilled to share my latest fashion project with you! Sometimes I would struggle with fashion posts because it’s often hard to do things that haven’t already been done. I always want you to be able to take something useful away from my posts and I always want to continue to learn too. They drilled that into our heads when I was in hair school and thats how I look at life now. Never ever stop learning or you’ll get stale. True in hair, true in life.

Christian Dior wrote a book called “The Little Dictionary of Fashion” and was first published in 1954. Now I have a deep, deep love of old school glamour so this was right up my alley. I’ve had it for a while and put it on my to-read list but only recently cracked it open. Well I couldn’t put it down and got the idea to take my favorite words that he describes and do my own take on them. Now, some of them are outdated (sadly) but I’m still finding them still relevant in some manor. In my life at least.

Now that I’ve explained what I’m doing I’m going to share my first word which just so happens to be the last in this book and I found it only all too appropriate.

Hands down one of my favorite words in the world! I’m bringing every once of this word with me into 2019. Because, truly, what is the point of doing anything without zest? This goes right along with what I’m always saying which is be yourself and be happy about it. Throw your own zest around everywhere and embrace it!

I hope your new year is full of happiness, good drinks, lots of style, and of course nothing but green lights.

Happy New Year, Happy Everything

Happy 2019 to all of you!

Dancing! I’m dancing into 2019 because I am pretty excited for it! Few things invigorate and inspire me more than a fresh start. Let me tell you a little of what my blog is going to look like this year.

First and foremost my “Fast Fashion” segment. Now this isn’t your fast fashion that is talked about in the industry as a no-no. Such as things that go right from the catwalk to stores like Forever 21 very quickly to capture a trend. (And by the way there is nothing wrong with Forever 21)  But my “Fast Fashion” is me doing a post on the faster side because who has time to read forever? Same with all of my posts. Nice and fast! Stay tuned for tomorrow when I really get into the fashion talk and what I’m focusing on this year.

For “Perfectly Plated” again with keeping this fast, simple, and often times fancy. Cooking with things I’ve never cooked with before and hoping to bring you great information, quick and delicious recipes, and hopefully lots of tips to make cooking less intimidating and much more fun.  

“My Martini Moment” is going to be a wild card. I’m very organized but hey, I like to still keep things interesting. But drink recipes? Oh yes. And sometimes only that. But how-to chicness, yes to that too. 

I’m thrilled to be sauntering into another year with you all! Thanks for stopping by!