Living in a Disney movie

Unless you grew up with the penguins in Antartica, you likely grew up watching Disney movies. My favorites were always the ones with the surreal art. In other words, Sleeping Beauty was my favorite Disney movie. I even have a water color I picked up in Prague that basically is if Prague and Sleeping Beauty's cartoonist had a baby. Though Mary Poppins isn't one of my favorite Disney movies... sacrilege I know, I love the scenes when they jump into Dick Van Dykes sidewalk chalk art. Those kids took that incredible experience for granted. If you can't tell, I would love to live in a surreal painting. I wouldn't mind being one of Degas' ballerinas! Being that I live in reality though, I have to come up with a compromise. My water color of Prague is the first step. The tableau below posted on domainehome.com, the new website from the WhoWhatWear folks, would be the next step. It's almost as if someone drew a simple line drawing and it became reality.

The black and white images framed with white matting and black framing on a white wall set the scene. The simple black roman shade and the black floors bring it to that next level. The pop of color in the  pink tuffet are really what brings the whole room together though. It brings a room that would otherwise be stark to whimsical.

Paris never goes out of style

This book will be gracing the top of my coffee table soon. I'm so inspired for my short jaunt to Paris at the end of June. I'll be visiting a friend who lives in Paris. She'll be working during the day; so, I plan to  pretend to be a Parisienne, comfortable wandering the streets and frequenting the cafes of Paris tout seule. 

Shrimp with Asparagus

While asparagus isn't on the Low FODMAP diet, I was really craving something different than my four go to recipes. This was inspired by a recipe posted by Food & Wine's daily newsletter. 

Shrimp with Asparagus Stirfry

Ingredients:

1 bag of raw shrimp (Trader Joe's), defrosted

1 bunch of asparagus (Trader Joe's), snapped into about 1 1/2 inch pieces

Grated ginger, about 1 tablespoon

Tamari soy sauce 

Ground black pepper

1 tablespoon of garlic infused olive oil

Cooked rice

Heat the olive oil in a frying pan. Add the shrimp and cook until almost cooked through. Add the asparagus and cook until tender and the shrimp is cooked through. Add the grated ginger, soy sauce, and pepper. Cover and lower heat to simmer for a few minutes. 

Serve over cooked rice. 

Gluten-free, dairy-free, pescatarian