An OS Valentine's meal?

hamish222

Steak and Chips for us. Will maybe do a Prawn Cocktail starter as well. No alcohol as I am nightshift so start work at 2200 hrs on 14th.

worbikeman

Ready meal for one if you must know:(:p

squeaky

If you want some inspiration for the day....

Valentines meal recipe ideas?? Chicken based

Ideas for a Valentines meal on a budget

kittycat204

for those that are interested in chocolate, these are really really easy.
the mixture makes loads so half it for 2 and it will prob be enough. i use small ramekins and usually put some raspberries at the bottom or cherries from a tin. don't let souffle put you off, they don't really rise and fall and go wrong. they are nice when they have gone cold too. they go into a firm dense mixture.


Chocolate souffles
· 100g dark chocolate , chopped
· 75g butter , cut into cubes plus extra for the ramekins
· 3 eggs
· 84 g!sugar
· 62g plain flour
· Heat the oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Butter 6 medium ramekins. Melt the chocolate with the butter in a bowl over simmering water or in a microwave. Beat the eggs with the sugar until they are very light and fluffy and then fold in the flour. Fold in the chocolate mixture.
· Divide between the ramekins. Bake for 8-12 minutes, the souffl!s should rise and form a firm crust but you want then still to be slightly runny in the middle. Serve with cream.

Pitlanepiglet

OH won't be back until late'ish on Tuesday so we're having a nice meal tonight, it'll be steak (probably BBQ'd - there's something romantic about standing around a hot BBQ in the dark when it's freezing cold!) served with oven chips.

Probably no dessert, although the Choc Souffl!s above look lovely - I am trying to lose weight so we'll swap dessert for a bottle of Cava I suspect!

We don't really "do" very much for Valentines, I try to value what we have all of the time and not just one one day. Sorry that's not meant to be as smug and cringeworthy as it sounds! Just that we do treat ourselves with cheap but lovely treats fairly often - because we're worth it!

Oh and I've got a free CardTown card from the MSE email the other day so no cost there


Edit: How funny, the autoformat changes an e with an accent at the end of Souffl!s to an ! We're not all going made and making the same typo!

mmmsnow

I'm making little pink, heart shaped meringues for dessert

anguk

Are we the only ones who don't do anything special on Valentines Day? When we were younger before we had the kids we'd maybe go out for a meal or I'd cook something special but to be honest we don't really bother with Valentines Day now, it's just like another day to us.

cyclingyorkie

No - not at all!

I've got a slimming world weigh in at 7pm, so I'll be eating on my own at about 8.30pm, hopefully with a weight loss behind me!

VJsmum

anguk wrote: »

Are we the only ones who don't do anything special on Valentines Day? When we were younger before we had the kids we'd maybe go out for a meal or I'd cook something special but to be honest we don't really bother with Valentines Day now, it's just like another day to us.

Nope, we don't do much either. I can't really be doing with it, if I'm honest. I have got him a card but I resent that a bit - he may get me some flowers but i'm not holding my breath. I don't think there'll be much of a special meal. The kids will be there anyway and i'm not paying to go out just cos the card companies say we should

Bah Humbug! :rotfl:

linzmac_2

Ehm...leftover pate and toast with the two younger men in my life (DSs aged 3 and 1)!! DH has a squash match and will be fed there.

We don't usually make a big deal of it anyway, just swap cards and DH maybe gets me flowers (pre kids we would have a nice meal...but just really as an excuse to eat something a bit special!) but have decided this year not to bother with anything and save the money for something else.

Other people's meals sound yummy though...hope you all enjoy and have a lovely evening, whatever you may be doing!