Looking for a dessert to share with your sweetie? These 3-Ingredient Healthy Chocolate Fudge Pots are fantastic for celebrating Valentine’s Day or a special occasion. Thank you to Albertsons and Safeway for helping me share this recipe with you. When Valentine’s Day rolls around each year, my husband and I always toss around the idea…
Tart Cherry Glazed Roasted Root Vegetables Recipe
It will be love at first bite! With a caramelized tart cherry glaze, this roasted vegetable recipe is perfect for special occasions or weeknight meals. Thank you to The Cherry Marketing Institute for helping me to share this recipe with you. When we were first married, my husband and I were gung-ho about eating out…
Light(er) Steak au Poivre with Brandy Sauce
These classic steak au poivre are lightened up and beyond tasty! The Brandy sauce turns them into something memorable for any special occasion. Thank you to QSquared NYC for helping me to share this recipe with you. It may have been almost 20 years ago, but I remember that night like it was last week….
Mini Mushroom & Gorgonzola Bites Recipe
Things are about to get amorous! Pour a glass of red wine and serve up these easy mushroom and Gorgonzola cheese phyllo bite appetizers to kick off the evening. If it were up to me, candy and cinnamon hearts would be banished from the Valentine’s aisle and replaced with mushrooms and cheese. Okay, the chocolate…
Grilled Soy-Ginger Ahi Tuna Recipe
Impress your special someone on Valentine’s Day with this easy, grilled ahi tuna recipe. Soy sauce, ginger and lime juice lend fantastic flavor and tang to the fish. As much as I love going out to eat and trying new restaurants, there’s something about Valentine’s Day that makes me want to turn my back on…
Creamy Mushroom Risotto Recipe & Other Valentine’s Day Ideas
This creamy mushroom risotto, along with some dessert and appetizers, are a great way to surprise your special someone on Valentine’s Day. Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day and you’re still trying to figuring out what to cook for that special someone, aren’t you? That’s okay, I’ve got you covered. Nothing says, “I love you” more than…
Almond Meringue Recipe with Raspberry Sorbet
A low-fat dessert recipe for Valentine’s Day: Almond Meringue with Raspberry Sorbet. Talk about going from one extreme to the next. Just as we flip the channel from a screenful of men dressed in heaving padding and beating the tar out of each other, then we find it’s time to start talking about pink hearts,…
Puff Pastry “Ravioli” Recipe with Gingersnap Mascarpone & Marionberry Sauce
I’ll admit that I’m a sucker for Valentine’s Day trappings. Well, except for Cupid. There’s something about that naked, winged, quiver-carrying boy that creeps me out. Yeah, yeah – I get that he’s the son of Venus, the Roman god of desire and affection and an iconic symbol of Valentine’s Day. But I’ll stick with…