Valentine's Day Recipes & Menus
Valentine's Day food and recipes.
Picnic foods for a romantic date need to be bite sized, and not leave anything oozing, dripping, or hanging from your mouth, or down your shirt. Anything that requires a bib or steak knife to cut is not sexy. Shucking oysters and cracking lobster shells is a different story (and invited me to that picnic please!)
Easy foods, both for clean eating and easy preparation include:
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Wraps
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Meat or vegetarian with a bit of salad are clean and easy. They don't really share well, so it doesn't truly count as a romantic food. -
Mini quiches
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It may be said that real men don't eat quiche, but at a picnic they do disappear quickly and I'm sure it isn't all the women scoffing them! You can make these easily with a few eggs, some shortcrust pastry or puff pastry and a bit of pre-cut bacon. Or you can buy them from a deli. They are tasty, but easy to eat too many. -
Heart shaped foods
are very sweet for Valentine's Day.
You can quickly whip up some heart shaped cookies, pancakes, piklets, fritters, mini pizzas or cakes before the picnic and will definitely get an ohhhh sound from the picnic guest. Aldi is selling very cute heart shaped pasta at the moment if you are quick, (and interested). -
Chocolates, heart shaped or normal
A great way to end a Valentine's Day meal. Chocolate cups with chocolate mousse (or other dessert) are a personal favourite. -
Wine and cheese night.
Easy to pick up. Make sure it is a quality wine and at least one quality cheese. Add some crackers, tomato, quince paste, capsicum or other cheese combo and you are set for a romantic picnic without any fuss (just check no on is lactose intolerant!) -
A Valentine's Day cocktail
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A great idea to set the mood. Something red or pink is perfect . Bubbles are good too.
A champagne cocktail with sparkling wine, chambord (or grenadine) and some orange juice is a great starter on a warm summer night.
A strawberry dacquiri is another great drink, pink, cool and tasty.
