Valentine Food - Be Mine Fruit Medley

Valentine food needs to be tasty and fun, but there is no need for it to be totally unhealthy. Make this salad as a treat for all on Valentines Day. Everyone will love this valentine food.

Be Mine Fruit Medley

What You Need:

• ¼ C canola oil
• ¼ C orange juice
• 3 T lemon juice
• 2 T sugar
• 1 (20 oz) can pineapple chunks, drained
• 1 (10 oz) can Mandarin oranges, drained
• 2 C seedless green grapes, halved
• 1 fresh pear, sliced
• 1 banana, sliced
• 1 apple, sliced
• ½ C Maraschino cherries, halved
• ¼ C mini marshmallows

How to Cook It:

1. Place the oil in a mixing bowl.
2. Add the orange and lemon juice and whisk until well combined.
3. Stir in the sugar and continue stirring until the sugar has completely dissolved.
4. Place the pineapple, oranges, grapes, pears, banana and apples into a large salad bowl.
5. Add the cherries and marshmallows and toss the ingredients together well.
6. Pour the juice mixture over the fruit and stir to cover the fruit completely.

Serving Size: 8

Want your children to eat more fruit? This salad does just that and they will love it. Give them something healthy and fun to eat on Valentine’s Day by making this salad for lunch or dinner.

Plan your Valentine food in advance and you will be able to enjoy the day with the rest of the family. As Valentine's Day is on a Saturday this year, we can really all go out and make it very special.

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Valentines Food - Have My Heart Potato Pancakes

As Valentine's Day is approaching, we are all looking at Valentines Food. Here is a fun way to prepare potato pancakes for Valentines day.

Have My Heart Potato Pancakes

What You Need:

• 1 (14 oz) can chicken broth
• ½ t pepper
• 1 green onion, chopped
• 1 ½ C instant potato flakes

How to Make It:

1. Pour the broth into a saucepan over medium high heat.
2. Stir in the pepper well.
3. Bring the broth to a brisk boil then remove from the heat.
4. Gently stir in the green onion.
5. Pour the potato flakes into the pan and let them stand until they have absorbed all the broth liquid.
6. Lay a heart shaped cookie cutter in a skillet over medium heat.
7. Fill the cookie cutter with the potato mixture.
8. Cook 5 minutes then flip and continue cooking 3 minutes or until browned.

Serving Size: 4

Make these heart potato cakes extra special for your Valentine by adding a spoon of applesauce with red hot candies on the top of each one.

I'm sure this tasty recipe for Valentines Food will help to make it a memorable meal.

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Valentine Food - New York Strip with Balsamic Mushrooms

New York Strip with Balsamic Mushrooms

Portobello mushrooms have a great meaty taste and go well with any type of steak. By adding the garlic and vinegar it gives them a special robust flavor.

What You Need:

• 2 (8 oz) New York Strip steaks (1 inch thick)
• ½ t coarse salt
• 1 T olive oil
• 1 T unsalted butter
• 6 oz. Portobello mushrooms, sliced
• 1 clove of garlic, minced
• 1 T balsamic vinegar

How to Make It:

1. Preheat the broiler.
2. Sprinkle both sides of the steaks with the salt.
3. Place the steaks on a broiler pan.
4. Broil 4 minutes then turn and continue broiling 3 minutes for medium rare.
5. Remove the steaks and place on plates loosely covered with foil.
6. Place the oil and butter into a skillet over medium heat.
7. Let the butter melt being sure to stir it into the oil.
8. Add the sliced mushroom and stir to coat.
9. Cook the mushrooms 4 minutes or until fork tender.
10. Add the garlic, stir and cook an additional 30 seconds.
11. Remove the skillet from the heat and add the vinegar stirring to coat.
12. Uncover the steaks and spread the mushroom mixture over the top just before serving.

Serving Size: 2

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Valentines Food - Mini Pepperoni Hearts

Mini Pepperoni Hearts

Here's some more easy Valentines Food. These appetizers work very well at a teenagers Valentine's party. All teenagers love pepperoni pizza and these are an easy way to give them what they want. To make more just double the recipe amounts and you can have 24 delicious treats.

What You Need:

• 1 (4 oz) pkg. pepperoni slices
• 6 large hamburger buns
• 1 C pizza sauce
• 1 C Mozzarella cheese, shredded

How to Cook It:

1. Place the oven temperature on 375 degrees and allow it to heat.
2. Place the pepperoni slices on a flat surface and use a small heart shaped cutter to cut each slice.
3. Lay the hamburger buns out flat on a baking sheet.
4. Cover each bun half with the pizza sauce.
5. Add the cut pepperoni hearts.
6. Sprinkle each bun half with the cheese.
7. Bake the buns for 8 minutes or until the cheese has completely melted and the bun is slightly crisp around the edges.

Serving Size: 12

I'm sure at any Valentine's party, these will go down well!

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