Happy Valentine’s Day! Okay, I know it’s a couple days early, but I wanted to share some romantic Valentines Day dinner recipes for you in time to get your ingredients ready. Guys, if you’re looking for easy romantic recipes for your loved one, this is the place! She’ll be amazed at your prowess in the kitchen. Oh yeah, and it’s CHEAP! But she won’t think you’re skimping out if you make her a meal like this.
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Imagine a buttery chocolate pastry crust so crisp you hear it snap as you cut into it with the side of a fork. It’s filled with sweet yet tangy homemade raspberry jam that’s smothered in a rich chocolate ganache filling tasting like the most expensive chocolate pudding in the world. The creamy chocolate goodness is topped with plump and juicy raspberries that spurt juice into your mouth with every bite, and finished with the finest dusting of powdered sugar, like the sprinkling of the last snow of the season.
Now stop imagining, because I promise, you can make this!
We’ve been so busy that though I’ve created lots of wintry recipes and taken lots of photos, I just haven’t had time to put a post together. Especially with all the prep for our local ingredient Christmas party. On Christmas day Eric and I went snowshoeing in the first snow of the season as our present to each other. It was an epic day and I’ll have a video for you later which includes our car precariously sliding towards a cliff as we slid for a mile down the mountain without any traction!
If you need a gingerbread or frosting recipe, check out my post on our winning gingerbread chapel last year.
We have an annual tradition with Eric’s family, a gingerbread contest, and we’re hard core! You voted for your favorites, and the winner is….drum roll please!
For this month’s 24, 24, 24 event I proposed preparing food for a big party using ingredients that were locally produced, grown, and made. Some ingredients I used were ones that I canned or froze over the summer months. But most of the ingredients were ones that I bought this week, and in season. It was a lot of fun talking with farmers and vendors about what’s in season during the cold month of December, and what’s available locally. Eric and I were getting pretty excited about being locavores, and are considering trying a month of only eating local because of the bounty of local food in Washington. Here’s a video of the local producers and the party.
