Fabric Friday -- Adding Color

Elle's nursery started off with lots of white.  Her walls are Restoration Hardware Silver Sage and the rest of the room is basically white -- bed, sheets, dresser, chair, ottoman, shelves, lamp, table.  I did throw in some color with the boxes I recovered.

As she's approaching her 2nd birthday (OMG! I can't believe it), I've had her "big girl" room in the back of my mind.  This is the direction I'm heading. . .

I would love this silk framed between two white twin beds, above a unique bedside table.  

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These pillows as euro shams on the beds. 

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Maybe for the duvet, folded at the end of the beds on top of white quilt. 

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Not sure where this would go, but I love the birds : )

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What do you think so far?

Dijon & Maple Baked Salmon

Dijon & Maple Baked Salmon

2 tbl  dijon mustard
1 tbl  maple syrup
2 tbl  olive oil
kosher salt and pepper

Mix everything together and spoon onto salmon.  Broil salmon until they are cooked to your liking.  Yum Yum!!

Mixed Green Salad with Salmon

Now that summer has officially begun in Texas I am craving light dinners.  I need more salad recipes!  I really only have a few go-to ones, and I am so tired of those!   These hot summers leave me craving salads, fish, fruit and white wine.

I ran up to Whole Foods hoping to find a salad inspiration.  Salmon sounded good, but I wasn't sure what to put in with it.  Definitely some avocados and cucumbers, but aside from that I had no I idea.  Here's what I came up with . . .

Mixed Green Salad with Salmon
(no measurements here, equal parts of each)

mixed greens
red onions, sliced
green beans, steamed then cooled
avocado
tomato
cucumber
dijon & maple baked salmon filet
goat cheese

I tossed all the ingredients (except the goat cheese) together with the best vinaigrette (it's just a bit sweet).  And because the goat cheese is so soft, I sprinkled it on top just before serving.

Standby Vinaigrette  
from Gwyneth Paltrow's, My Father's Daughter

2 tsp   dijon mustard
1 tsp   maple syrup
1/4 c   red wine vinegar
2 tbl   vegetable oil
1/2 c  extra virgin olive oil
coarse salt
fresh ground pepper