I’m happy to present to you my collection of 101 Romantic Valentine’s Day Recipes & Ideas! Below you’ll find links to breakfasts, salads, appetizers, main courses, desserts, cocktails, crafts, and gift ideas! From my home to yours… HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY! HEART SHAPED CINNAMON ROLLS ROSE PETAL CREAM SCONES {JUST LIKE RITZ CARLTON’S} MAUI MACADAMIA…
My daughter Andrea and I made these adorable, easy chocolate dipped fortune cookies with my grand girls this year. We provide step-by-step instructions over at Two Cuties in the Kitchen! The basic idea: Buy some fortune cookies, melt some dark and white chocolate in separate bowls, dip the fortune cookies in the chocolate and lay…
A Week of Valentine Treats ~ Day Four Here is a list of some of my favorite love songs. We like to play an eclectic list as background music for our little annual celebration… Perhaps you’ll find a few songs you like here that you can add to your playlist. A perfect way to serenade…
A Week of Valentine’s Treats ~ Day SIX… Decorating your home for Valentine’s Day! I’m one of those people who realllllly likes Valentine’s Day. Actually, I should say, I puffy heart LOVE it. I look forward to decorating my home with hearts, vintage candy boxes, antique valentines and everything romance as soon as I turn…
For day TWO of our week of Valentine’s treats I thought I’d share something simple and sweet with you. Honey bear Valentines! I like this idea because it’s cute and practical, and a lovely little gift to give to the tea lovers in your life. These little honeys go together quickly…all you need are the…
My hubby is a romantic, no doubt about it. I love this idea he came up with as part of my Valentine’s gift back in 2001. We had been married for 6 years at that point, and were spending our second Valentine’s day in our Victorian cottage here in Red Wing Minnesota. I love the…
~Valentine’s Treat 7~ A Strawberry Menu “…Sit on a cushion, and sew a fine seam, and dine upon strawberries, sugar and cream.” ~From the Mother Goose nursery rhyme “Curly-Locks” Happy Valentine’s Day! We started celebrating yesterday… We started the day with Strawberry Milk and I made a loaf of Strawberry Breakfast Bread This got rave…
~Valentine Treat 6~ My vintage and antique valentines are featured in this weekend’s edition of The Rochester Post Bulletin! My friend, Sandy Erdman, wrote a great article! There was only enough room for two of the valentines to be pictured….soooo… I thought I’d share some of my other favorites here. and the following selections are…
Here is a little preview of what I’ve been up to… One of my favorite traditions…Decorating for Valentine’s Day! vintage rose tablecloth felt ABC chart remember making Valentine boxes in grade school? This one is decorated with some of my vintage valentines! a silk Chinese Take-out box…soon to be filled with fortune cookies fireplace mantle…fancy…
“Now in a cottage built of lilacs and laughter, I know the meaning of the words ‘ever after…’” ~Frank Sinatra (Polka Dots and Moonbeams) A week of Valentine’s Treats-Day 5 We have so much fun decorating our house and doing special Valentine’s Day crafts every year, and this year I’ve had a great time sharing…
A week of Valentine’s Treats! “I’m a-gonna wrap myself in paper, I’m gonna daub myself with glue, Stick some stamps on top of my head; I’m gonna mail myself to you. I’m a gonna tie me up in a red string, I’m gonna tie blue ribbons too, I’m a-gonna climb up in my mail box;…
Day 1- Valentine Spa Rituals Cocoa Java Body Polish “If I were a woman, I’d wear coffee as a perfume.” ~John Van Druten This is one of my favorite body treatments, and I invented it 🙂 The rich scents of creamy cocoa and chocolate are pure decadence and are a perfect way to treat yourself…
“Across the gateway to my heart I wrote ‘No thoroughfare’ but love came laughing by and cried: ‘I enter everywhere!’ ” ~Herbert Shipman I was thinking I’d save this post for February 14th and quickly decided it must be sooner! I know that when I’m looking for inspiration for the next holiday I’m looking early….
Romantic Valentine’s Day Treasures Make your Valentine’s day extra special. Browse this huge collection of romantic recipes & ideas! Here you’ll find links to breakfasts, salads, appetizers, main courses, desserts, cocktails, crafts, and gift ideas! Happy Valentine’s Day! Featured Recipes All the latest recipes
For Valentine’s Day this year we opted for a cozy speakeasy in Stillwater Minnesota called Velveteen. It was a gorgeous way to spend a cold winter day. The atmosphere, service, and drinks were outstanding. We shared the three (very strong) cocktails shown above and it was perfect. “LOOK…FOLLOW THE RABBIT…LISTEN…ONCE YOU WALK INTO THE LOBBY…
Hello! How have you all been? I’ve been good, but it has been CRAZY cold here in Minnesota. 26 degrees below zero today. It’s warmer in my refrigerator than it is outside. How did you all celebrate Valentine’s Day? On Friday night Jeff took me to the always beautiful Port of Red Wing (located in…
Who doesn’t love sweet, delicious, juicy strawberries? They’re wonderful when added to sweet and savory recipes and they’re perfect for any occasion, especially Valentine’s Day! Strawberries have actually been referred to as ‘nature’s valentine.’ If you’re a strawberry fanatic like I am, you’re sure to find several strawberry recipes in this collection that will become…
Over the last few months I’ve gone through a sort of renewal in my personal life that’s hard to explain. Like I’m waking up. Without getting to philosophical (and weird) I guess I’ll just say that it all started when I gave up meat. I swear I won’t get “preachy” about how much this has…
We’re experiencing LOTS of snowy weather here in Minnesota… today is day 2 of no school. I always enjoy snow days. I cook up a storm, light candles, sit in front of the fireplace and read (and sometimes I write.) Basically I just try to regroup and do what I want to do whether that…
I’m getting excited for Valentine’s Day and I’m making my treats early this year. First up: Cream Cheese Maraschino Cherry Bread! I have lots of different quick breads and sweets featuring cream cheese on the blog, such as: Blueberry Lemon Cream Cheese Bread, Cream Cheese Orange Slice Bread, Strawberry Cream Cheese Banana Bread, Strawberry Dream…
Are you ready for another amazing cheesecake jar dessert? Everyone loves the Blueberry Cheesecake Jars, Banana Cream Pie Jars, and the Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Jars so much, I just couldn’t resist creating another one. This one would be particularly pretty for Christmas or Valentine’s Day! If you like chocolate covered cherries, Oreos, and cherry cheesecake…
The first time I enjoyed this yummy cake I was visiting the Disneyland theme park in California. I’ve thought about it from time to time but never searched for the recipe so I could make it at home. There are LOTS of recipes for Milky Way Cake out there, but the Disney recipe is the…
I love cooking special treats for holidays. St. Patrick’s Day is an especially fun, whimsical theme. I used the some of the marshmallows from a box of Lucky Charms Cereal as a garnish for my Tipsy Shamrock Shakes yesterday, so I decided to use the rest of the box to make a pan of Lucky…
David Bowie happy hour at a local pub here in Red Wing Minnesota. More snow in the Mississippi River Valley, quickly followed by a dramatic rise in temperature. It’s sunny, and fresh outside and it seems spring is in the air. The foreboding forecast says differently. Although it’s 46 outside right now, it’s not supposed…