valentine's day

Recipes

Below you'll find Valentine Recipes that are easy to make and can be paired with thoughtful gifts. Be sure to view the notes in pink, "For a romantic touch," as these will offer helpful tips to make that recipe all the more personalized. Not a good cook? Jump to our "No Time to Cook" section.
Romantic Cook Books:

 Food as Foreplay
A Taste for Love
Cooking in the Nude Series of Books for Couples and Singles
Dinner Dates for Couples who Cook Together
Booty Food 		romantic dinner

Valentine Drink Recipes

Alcoholic
Non-alcoholic

Valentine Sugar Cookies
From Carroll Pellegrinelli

1 1/2 cups sugar
2/3 cup shortening or butter*
2 eggs
2 tablespoons milk
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
3 1/4 cups flour
2 1/2 teaspoons baking powder
1/2 teaspoon salt

In a large bowl cream the shortening and the sugar. Add the eggs, extract, and milk. In a medium bowl mix the dry ingredients with a wire whisk. Add the dry ingredients to the large bowl. Mix with mixer until well combined. With hands, shape dough into a ball. Wrap with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 to 3 hours.

Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Lightly grease cookie sheets. Roll half or 1/3 dough at a time, keep the rest refrigerated. For crisp cookies, roll dough, paper thin. For softer cookies, roll 1/8 " to 1/4" thick. With floured cookie cutter, cut into heart shapes. Re-roll trimmings and cut. Place cookies 1/2 inch apart on cookie sheets. Bake 8 minutes or until very light brown. With pancake turner, remove cookies to racks; cool. Makes about 6 dozen cookies.

For a romantic touch - give cookies and two Heart Shaped Cookie cutters with a tag that simply says: "We're cut out for eachother!"

Tea for Two

1 cups water 1/4 cup honey 1 cup apple juice 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
6 Celestial Seasonings Cranberry Cove Tea Bags

Bring water and juice to a boil. Stir in honey and cinnamon. Add the tea bags. Remove from heat. Let stand for one hour. Add 6 cups cold water Pour into glasses with ice. Sit back, sip and fall in love. Can be stored in the refrigerator for three days.

For a romantic touch - be sure to give two Tea Cups with a note that simply says: "We are the perfect TEAM!"

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Valentine Very Cranberry Cocktail

2 pounds fresh cranberries 4 cups unsweetened apple juice (seperate into 2 cups each) 3/4 cup of sugar
1 teaspoon grated orange rind

Wash cranberries, combine with only 2 cups apple juice and sugar in a large pot. Cook on high/medium high until cranberries pop..About 8 minutes. Put through a food mill. Add remaining ingredients and chill. Put this mixture into an electric freezer o r a hand cranked one. Read the directions on your freezer for the time or crank till it freezes. Serve frozen mixture in champagne glasses.

For a romantic touch - draw a bath and fill with two bags of cranberries and floating tea light candles. Cranberries float and will give an extra hint of nature's beauty.

More Romantic Touches paired with gifts:

  • "We're MINT to be Together" -- mints or Tic Tacs
  • "You are my LoveSaver" -- Life Savers
  • "I'll never WINE, because I have you!" -- bottle of wine
  • "There's no I in TEAm" -- ginseng tea packets
  • "I'm just NUTS about you!" -- chocolate covered cashews or peanuts
  • "I want to HUG you for the rest of my life." -- Hershey's Hugs chocolates

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