Chocolate Covered Strawberries

This is my favorite thing in the world!  I had these for the first time when I was in high school.  My boyfriend took me out to eat on Valentines Day and the restaurant was serving these to everyone for dessert. 

 

Chocolate Covered Strawberries

Ingredients:

* 12 large strawberries

* 6 ounces package semi sweet chocolate chips

Directions:

Rinse and thoroughly drain strawberries. Chill for 20 minutes. Line a baking sheet with waxed paper. Meanwhile, transfer chocolate chips to a zippered sandwich bag and place in a bowl of very hot water until chips have melted.

Dry bag carefully and set into a small bowl. Spread open top of bag. Hold leaves and stem and dip strawberries, one at a time, into chocolate to coat to within about 1/4-inch of leaves.

Allow any excess chocolate to drain back into bag, then place strawberry on baking sheet. Any remaining chocolate may be refrigerated in the same bag for another use.

For best appearance, set berries aside in a cool place until chocolate is firm and serve immediately. Refrigerate for longer storage, but this may cause condensation to form on chocolate.

 

Valentines Day Desserts: Chocolate Covered Cherry Pie

This is one of my husbands favorite desserts for Valentines Day.  I love it because it is easy to make.  I took it to a Valentines Day Party last year and spent all night giving out the recipe. 

 

Chocolate Covered Cherry Pie

Ingredients:

* 6 ozs. milk chocolate chips

* 1 can sweetened condensed milk

* 2 tablespoons butter

* 1 teaspoon almond flavouring

* dash salt

* 1 can cherry pie filling

* 1 (9″) baked pie shell

* Maraschino cherries

Directions:

Over medium heat, melt together the chips, milk, butter, almond flavouring and salt. Remove from heat. Add cherry pie filling. Stir and pour into the baked pie shell. Garnish with the maraschino cherries. Serve with whipped topping and chopped nuts.

Valentines Day Dinner Recipe: Awesome Parmesan Chicken For Two

This is one of my favorite recipes.  I cook it all year round, but my husband loves it so much that he has asked for me to cook it on Valentines Day.  The chicken stays really juicy and the flavor is wonderful.  Make sure that you do not use Shake N’Bake.  The flavor will not be as good and the breading will not be as crisp.

 

Awesome Parmesan Chicken for Two

Ingredients:

* 2 Boneless chicken breasts

* 1/2 cup “Oven Fry” for Pork or chicken(No Substitutions)

* 1/2 tablespoon Italian seasoning

* 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese

* 1 egg

* Olive oil

Directions:

Flatten chicken to about 1/4 to 3/8 of an inch thick. in a shallow bowl, combine bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese and Italian seasoning. in another bowl, beat the egg. Dip chicken into egg, then coat with crumb mixture. I use a spoon to coat chicken with the crumb mixture gently pressing crumbs onto chicken. Preheat a frying pan with about a 1/2 cup of olive oil.  Add more when necessary.   Brown on medium heat until nicely browned and juices run clear.

You can add a slice of tomato on top when chicken is done, then add some mozzarella on top of that. I sometimes serve this with spaghetti and a nice loaf of fresh bread, or mashed potatoes and stuffing. The possibilities are endless.

Valentines Day Dinner Recipe: Baked Ham In Champagne

Here is another great recipe for a Valentines Day Dinner.  Since not everyone likes seafood and some have seafood allergies, I thought a special ham recipe would be worth including.  If you decide to serve mashed potatoes with this recipe, you can add a little red food coloring to the potatoes when mashing them to make them more festive for Valentines Day.

 

Baked Ham in Champagne

Ingredients:

* 1 (9-lb) boneless ham

* 1 pound Light brown sugar

* 2 Bottles extra-dry champagne

* 3 tbsps. Honey

* 1 1/2 teaspoon Ground ginger

* 1 1/2 teaspoon Dry mustard

* Pineapple slices (optional)

* Spiced apples (optional)

Directions:

Score ham and place on rack in baking pan. Cover top with 1 cup brown sugar and pour over 1 bottle champagne. Bake at 325F 2 hours. Combine remaining bottle champagne, remaining brown sugar, honey, ginger and mustard and bring to rolling boil in saucepan. Lower heat and simmer while basting ham every 15 minutes until done. Garnish with pineapple slices, and spiced apples, if desired.

Valentines Day Dinner Recipe: Champagne Shrimp And Pasta

Have you decided to stay home for a romantic dinner this Valentines Day?  You may want to try serving a special recipe to your loved one.  Before you plan on serving this recipe, make sure that anyone who may be eating it has no seafood allergies.

Champagne Shrimp and Pasta  

Ingredients:

* 8 ounces angel hair pasta

* 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil

* 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms

* 1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined

* 1 1/2 cup champagne

* 1/4 teaspoon salt

* 2 tablespoons minced shallots

* 2 plum tomatoes, diced

* 1 cup heavy cream

* salt and pepper to taste

* 3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley

* freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Directions:

Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Cook pasta in boiling water for 6 to 8 minutes or until al dente; drain.

Meanwhile, heat oil over medium-high heat in a large frying pan. Cook and stir mushrooms in oil until tender. Remove mushrooms from pan, and set aside.

Combine shrimp, champagne, and salt in the frying pan, and cook over high heat. When liquid just begins to boil, remove shrimp from pan. Add shallots and tomatoes to champagne; boil until liquid is reduced to 1/2 cup, about 8 minutes. Stir in 3/4 cup cream; boil until slightly thick, about 1 to 2 minutes. Add shrimp and mushrooms to sauce, and heat through. Adjust seasonings to taste.

Toss hot, cooked pasta with remaining 1/4 cup cream and parsley. To serve, spoon shrimp with sauce over pasta, and top with Parmesan cheese

 

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