How do you feel about Valentine’s Day? Do you love it or hate it?
I thought I would share some Valentine’s Day recipes with you today. Just in case Cupid has popped you in the butt, or if you’re feeling like sharing a tasty dish with your Sweetie on Valentine’s Day.
I realize that not everyone likes Valentine’s Day. However, I like to think of it as a day to love anyone important in your life. Whether it’s your significant other, your children, your parents, or a close friend or neighbor. You can show anyone you love them just by sharing a delicious plate of food with them.
We want to help you share the love of food!
And you know what else?
It is totally fine if you share a great meal with yourself because you deserve it!
Breakfast Recipes
If you don’t have time to cook dinner. What about breakfast?
Crab Cakes Eggs Benedict With Skillet Browned Potatoes
Crab Cakes Eggs Benedict: Rich crab cake nested on an English muffin, topped with a silky poached egg smothered in Hollandaise sauce with skillet potatoes.
Christmas brunch? Try this stuffed croissant French toast! Buttery, flaky croissants stuffed with blueberry cream cheese, drenched in warm maple syrup.
These delicious carrot cake muffins are lightly spiced and topped with cream cheese frosting and sprinkled with walnuts, an irresistible breakfast treat!
Ready in just 30 minutes, mushroom spinach soup combines garlic, onions, and herbs with earthy mushrooms and wilted spinach contrasted with crunchy croutons.
Fresh carrots never tasted better, than in this Curried Carrot-Coconut Soup! Roasted carrots, onions and garlic, puréed with hints of curry, in coconut milk
Sweet. Salty. Crunchy. Tangy. Healthy. Hearty. All words that describe this delicious blueberry spinach salad. A vegetarian recipe for Meatless Monday!
Apple Pecan and Blue Cheese Salad with Dried Cherries
Try this healthy apple pecan and blue cheese salad with dried cherries, made of mixed greens, crisp apples, pecans, dried cherries, and creamy blue cheese!
10 Minute Cranberry-Almond Salad With Goat Cheese and Raspberry Vinaigrette
Ready in just 10 minutes, this gorgeous Cranberry-Almond Salad has many delicious and bright flavors, like spring salad greens, sweet cranberries, crunchy almonds and tangy goat cheese drizzled with a delicious homemade raspberry vinaigrette. This simple salad is one you will want to enjoy all year long!
Penne With Portobello Mushrooms, Caramelized Onions and Goat Cheese
Penne pasta with beefy Portobello mushrooms, sweet caramelized onions, and tangy goat cheese. A quick and easy Meatless Monday meal ready in just minutes.
Inspired by Julia Child, this Chicken À L’Orange uses a sweet and savory chicken roasted with shallots and basted with a rosemary, orange marmalade glaze.
Halibut fillets with a caper butter sauce made of capers, garlic, wine, and butter. Make a romantic meal in just 25 minutes following this easy recipe!
Does your valentine have a sweet tooth? Here are several recipe options that are guaranteed to satisfy the need for sweets! Some of them take a little time to prepare, but your valentine will fall head over heels in love with any of these delicious desserts!
Pavlova
Pavlova is an impressive, and elegant meringue dessert that can be served from everything from a romantic dinner for two or any dinner party.
Creamy, silky and ultra-smooth cheesecake with cream cheese, ricotta and sour cream complete with a buttery graham cracker crust. The best cheesecake ever!For best results, all ingredients should be mixed together at room temperature.
Homemade Tiramisu is a cake with layers of coffee-flavored ladyfingers divided by a fluffy custard of Mascarpone cheese, topped with chocolate and cocoa.
Strawberry Shortcake Surprise is made with light fluffy shortcake cupcakes covered in thick syrupy strawberry compote, fresh strawberries, and whipped cream.
Chocolate Cake with Chocolate Buttercream Frosting
A made-from-scratch dense, rich chocolate cake with layers of cake nestle inside a thick fluffy layer of velvety smooth chocolate buttercream frosting.
Hi, my name is Debbie, Author and Photographer at The Mountain Kitchen, a blog that shares delicious homemade recipes using clean food ingredients, and stories about mountain life.
Hey! My name is Debbie Spivey and this is my husband David. We live on the side of the Blue Ridge Mountains, in Virginia.
I am the author and photographer here at The Mountain Kitchen, where I share delicious homemade recipes using clean food ingredients, and stories about mountain life.