Best Recipes for Valentine

Recipes that you can make easily on Valentine day, so you don't want to go out. Desserts can also be a good option to impress your valentine. Chocolate covered with strawberries with or after dinner can make your day more romantic.

1. Chocolate recipe covered in strawberries--

Things you will need--

• Large strawberries(10-12)
• 6 ounces semi-sweet chocolate chips package

Procedure-

Firstly, rinse and properly drain strawberries and keep it in chiller to chill for at least 20 minutes, after that line a sheet of baking with waxed paper. Until, get some hot water in a bowl and transfer chocolate chips to a zippered sandwich like bag so that it will melt.

Dry the bag and manage it into a small bowl. Open the top of bag widely and hold the leaves and stem and dip the strawberries in it and that should be one at a time, into chocolate within about 1/4 inch of leaves.

Put the excess chocolate back into the bag and place the strawberry on baking sheet. If you got some of the chocolate left, put back into the refrigerator or chiller for another use in the same bag.

Set the berries in cool place until the chocolate is firm and it should be served immediately. You can store it in refrigerator for longer use.

2. Shrimp Pasta

Things you will need-

• 8 ounces angel hair pasta
• 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
• 1 cup sliced fresh mushrooms
• 1 pound medium shrimp, peeled and deveined
• 1 ½ cup champagne
• ¼ 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

Procedure--

Take a large pot of lightly salted water and boil it. Cook pasta for about 6 to 8 minutes in boiling water.

Until, take a large frying pan and heat oil at medium large heat. Cook and stir the mushrooms in oil. After that remove mushrooms from pan and set it aside.

Combine shrimp, some champagne and salt for taste in the frying pan and cook. Remember heat should be high now. Remove shrimp from pan if you see the liquid begins to boil. Add shallots and tomatoes to champagne and boil until the liquid is reduced to half cup, that means for about 8-10 minutes. Add shrimp and mushrooms to sauce and heat it. Adjust seasonings to taste.

Mix hot and cooked pasta with the remaining 1/4 cup cream. Sprinkle some shrimp with sauce over pasta and the top with the Parmesan cheese.

3. Mashed Potatoes Recipe

Things you will need--

• 4 potatoes
• ½ cup milk (heated in the microwave)
• 4 tablespoons butter
• Salt and pepper
• Red food color

Cut the potato into 10-12 pieces after peeling, settle it in a pot, add some water and boil it. Reduce the gas and cook for about 20 minutes. Now, as the potatoes are tender, turn off the gas and pour the potatoes into a colander and shake the pot, so that water will come out. After that, take a bowl and put the potatoes in it and beat those potatoes by and electric mixer or hand beater. Add butter, some salt and pepper and mix it. Add some milk while you are mixing. Add the red food color carefully while it takes a pretty color.

4. Pizza with LOVE

Things you will need--

• 1 large Pizza shell; pre-baked
• ⅓ cup Pizza sauce
• ⅓ cup Mozzarella or Jack cheese; grated
• 12 large Shrimp; cooked
• 1 medium Red Bell Pepper
• 3 Pieces artichoke hearts; frozen and thawed, sliced
• Olive oil
• Minced Basil

Procedure--

Prim the shell(Pizza shell) into shape of your choice(I would like to suggest heart shape). Place it on pan and spread pizza sauce on shell.

Sprinkle some cheese over the sauce. Place shrimp in pairs so that the tails will be touching and it will create hearts on top of cheese. Some slices of artichoke heart. Sprinkle some olive oil over the top

375° F should be baking temperature, to melt cheese. Enjoy eating while its hot..

5. Popcorn Lollipops

Things you will need--

• 7 cups popped corn
• 3 cups miniature marshmallows
• 2 tablespoons butter or margarine
• ¼ teaspoon salt
• few drops red food color
• 8 lollipops

Procedure--

Get bowl which is coated with butter and add the popped corn in it. Heat Marshmallows, butter and salt and stir it frequently until the mixture is smooth and marshmallows melt. Add some food color and stir. Pour the mixture over the corn in bowl. Toss it. Shape the0 mixture around the lollipops into 3 inch balls, with your buttered hands. And the recipe is ready. You can give your popcorn any shape of lollipop.