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Valentines Day is the beautiful occasion to celebrate ones love. Different people do it in a different way but the principal aim is to fill the heart of the beloved with an exquisite delight. One of the best tricks to have an extraordinary Valentines Day is to prepare various special dishes for your sweetheart. The first step to materialize an excellent Valentines Day food idea is to plan an extensive Valentines Day menu. There is no list of Valentines Day recipes. The foremost way to plan it is to sort out the preferred choices of dishes of your beloved and turning it to one of the excellent Valentines Day Recipes by putting in your innovative ideas.

An enchanting range of Valentines Day Recipes can surely take the heart of your man away proving the proverb to be true that “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach”. Therefore instead of going for pricy gifts it’s better to gift the person with a nice treat comprising a wide range of tasty delicacies. The various Valentines Day recipes can include any dish that will make the romantic day far more wholesome. It can be the different snacks and the breakfast dishes, soups, baked dishes and many more, but the ones which can very well be referred as necessary Valentines Day dishes are the numerous Valentine Day desserts. The different cakes and cookies resembling the shape of hearts are the hot favorite Valentines Day goodies.

Here is a selection of dishes which can very well be referred as Valentines Day recipes. Prepare them and be merry.

Tomato Seafood soup

Ingredients:

2 tblsp olive oil or salad oil
1 medium-sized thinly sliced onion
2 minced garlic cloves
1 cup celery
2 tblsp chopped parsley
1 tsp basil leaves
1/2 tsp each rosemary and thyme leaves
Cayenne
Diced Tomatoes
Chicken broth
1 cup salsa
¼ tsp Oregano
2 ounces spaghetti
Spaghetti sauce
4 1/2 oz small whole shrimp
Crab meat
1 can Clams
Lemon wedges
Salt and pepper

Preparation:

The oil should be heated in a oven, setting the temperature at medium and saute the garlic, the onions and the celery in it. Put the celery, the parsley, basil, thyme, rosemary, cayenne, the tomatoes, the chicken broth, the salsa, spaghetti sauce and the salt and pepper into it and boil them.Break the spaghettis and put into the soup. Put the pan to simmer and cook until the spaghetti becomes tender. Put the crab meat, the shrimps and the clams in it and heat it until the soup gets evenly warm. Serve them with lemon wedges to be squeezed in.

Messy Crab

Ingredients:

2 to 3 large cooked crabs, cleaned and well cracked
2 tblsp all-purpose flour
4 cloves garlic
2 large chopped onions
3 cups milk
1/2 cup butter or margarine
1 cup chopped parsley
1 cup whipping cream
Salt and pepper to taste
Lemon wedges
Crusty French bread

Preparation:

Cook the onons in butter and add flour to it. Cook till the flour turns golden. Put crème and milk in the pan by removing it from the flame. Then again put it over a simmer flame. Add the crab, cover the pan, and cook it at simmer for about 10 minutes. As the crab gets thoroughly heated, put salt and pepper in itand also put the parsley. Serve the crab and the broth in shallow bowls with bread and lemon wedges.

Baked Shrimp

Ingredients:

8 large shrimp
1 cup Bread crumbs
3 cloves Garlic
1/2 cup Parsley
2 tsp Paprika
1/2 cup Butter
4 tbsp Lemon juice

Preparation:

The shrimps needs to be cleaned well, Mince the garlic cloves and chop the parsley and then cut the shrimps. Butterfly them but do not cut them throughout the length. Make a mixture of 5 tbs parsley and garlic and butter ands dab each shrimp with it. Again mix parsley, bread crumbs and paprika and put it on the shrimps. Bake the shrimps at 400 degree F for about 15 minutes and serve hot garnished with lemon wedges.

Valentine's Day Heart Cookies

Ingredients:

1/3 cup softened butter or margarine
1 cup flour
1/3 cup sugar
1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/4 tsp. vanilla extract
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tbsp. lemon juice

Preparation:

The oven should be pre heated to 350°F. Take a bowl of medium size and mix the butter or margarine and the sugar with an electric blender. The speed should be medium and should continue till the mix becomes fluffy and light. Put vanilla, lamon juice in it and after that put the baking powder, flour and salt to itand blend all the ingredients together and refrigerate the mixture and the dough is prepared. Roll in the dough on a surface dusted by flour. Then use the heart cutters of different shapes and put them on an ungreased baking sheet. Bake for 20-25 minutes until the cookies become pale golden or golden brown in color. Let them stand on the rack for some time and then leave them to cool down completely. The cookies can be filled or decorated with jams.

Chocolate Cream Hearts

Ingredients:

2 ounces grated semisweet chocolate
1 cup cottage cheese
2 egg whites
1 and 1/4 cups whipped creme
1/3 cup strained powdered sugar

Take a mould of heart shape and line it up with a muslin cloth. Strain cheese by pressing it through a sieve into a large bowl. Thoroughly beat the powdered sugar and the whipping creame. The grated chocolate should be put in the mixture. Whisk the egg whites in a small bowl to a stiff mix and don’t turn it dry. Fold the mixture of the cheese. Spoon in the mix within the moulds and refrigerate them overnight. Then make the chocalate cream sauce by mixing ¼ half and half (mixture of half milk and half crème) and put the melted chocolate in it. Keep aside 1 tbs of half and half. Stir in the rest of the half and half in the mixture of the chocolate until the mixture becomes smooth. Take the heart out of the mould and pour chocolate crème around it. Decorate the heart with dripping in the half and half drop by drop with a skewer and develop a design. It will be great to serve this creamy heart with fruits.

Sigi says, Valentines Day is the sweet occasion to express all your love and affection for your loved ones. There are several ways to express your feelings but preparing some lip-smacking Valentines Day recipes is one of the most innovative ways to tell your dear ones that you care.