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It can be very difficult watching your calorie and fat consumption during Valentine's Day simply because everything looks and tastes so delicious. Having dessert (or at the very least, chocolates) is pretty much a given, so save yourself some calories on the appetizer or main course so that you are able to indulge with a little less guilt. Over the next few days I'll be writing up some menu ideas that work well simply because you won't slip into that food-induced sleepy coma, because really...who wants that on Valentine's night? In the meantime, here are a few tips to get you started on your menu planning:- If you want to serve pasta, make it as an appetizer and fill small bowls or plates rather than serving a full portion. If you are serving dessert later, try to avoid heavy cream or cheese sauces and stick to lighter, tomato-based options like marinara instead.
- You can rarely go wrong with salad as a starter, and soup works well too as long as it doesn't have a heavy cream base. I'd also avoid thick and hearty soups like minestrone.
- Choose menu items that you can prepare mostly in advance. You don't want to be stuck in the kitchen the whole night, especially between courses.
- Prepare a small fruit and cheese plate in advance, place it in the fridge, and have it available for a midnight snack. Chances are good you might be hungry later on.
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2-09-2007 @6:53AM Sophie said... Minestrome is not a heavy soup. it doesn't have a flour base, no cream, only lots of different vegetable. you can avoid adding potatoes in it and it will be a healthy soup.
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2-13-2007 @3:40PM Jo Lavende said... What kind of a cheap bast**d makes his/her significant other cook for them on V-day? Even if s/he wants to?
Send out for takeout if you wish to dine in. Most decent restaurants will deliver. No fuss, no muss, no kitchen duty. Clean-up is limited to a couple of plates and discarding food cartons.
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2-13-2007 @3:41PM Jo Lavender said... What kind of a cheap bast**d makes his/her significant other cook for them on V-day? Even if s/he wants to?
Send out for takeout if you wish to dine in. Most decent restaurants will deliver. No fuss, no muss, no kitchen duty. Clean-up is limited to a couple of plates and discarding food cartons.
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2-13-2007 @3:41PM Jo Lavender said... What kind of a cheap bast**d makes his/her significant other cook for them on V-day? Even if s/he wants to?
Send out for takeout if you wish to dine in. Most decent restaurants will deliver. No fuss, no muss, no kitchen duty. Clean-up is limited to a couple of plates and discarding food cartons.
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2-13-2007 @3:29PM Father Richard Byrne S.J. said... How 'bout the gas problems with some veggies?
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2-13-2007 @4:25PM BARB said... BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I AM ONE WHO PREFERS TO FIX DINNER FOR MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF ON VALENTINE'S DAY, OR ANY OTHER HOLIDAY. IT IS MORE ROMANTIC FOR ME TO COOK FOR HIM..I ENJOY THE COMPLIMENTS, ETC. SAVES MONEY TOO...CAN BE MORE ROMANTIC THAN GOING OUT WITH A LOT OF FOLKS AROUND!
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2-13-2007 @4:27PM BARB said... BELIEVE IT OR NOT, I AM ONE WHO PREFERS TO FIX DINNER FOR MY HUSBAND AND MYSELF ON VALENTINE'S DAY, OR ANY OTHER HOLIDAY. IT IS MORE ROMANTIC FOR ME TO COOK FOR HIM..I ENJOY THE COMPLIMENTS, ETC. SAVES MONEY TOO...CAN BE MORE ROMANTIC THAN GOING OUT WITH A LOT OF FOLKS AROUND!
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2-13-2007 @4:47PM Barb said... The BEST Valentine's Day I remember was when my children, then aged 10 and 12 cooked Valentine's Dinner for the two of us.They set up a bridge table near our fireplace,and served us frozen dinners they had bought on a supermarket trip.They had printed up menu's from our old 1983 Apple PC. I still have the menus and those wonderful children are now grown up with kids of their own. Hope their children one day give them a Valentine's day to remember as they did for me/us.
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2-13-2007 @5:04PM Carol said... I like to cook in too. My thoughts are-- if Valentine's Day is about being elbow to elbow in a crowded restauant-- on a day they're so rushed they won't be at their best-- you are missing the point. I cook in-- and serve in my best French Maid Lingerie! This is about love, isn't it? Always red food, always couer la creme with strawberries. Makes me wish it was tomorrow!
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2-13-2007 @7:42PM Maggie said... These are all just condiments. When you lose your Valentine, you realize it isn't the romantic dinners, the chocolates or the cards that make it special, it's being with the one who makes your heart beat faster..... each and every day the two of you are together.
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2-13-2007 @6:56PM Diana Keller said... Jo, not everyone lives where there is food delivery, here, we can't even get a pizza delivered! I'd rather cook a delicious Valentine's dinner than share my Valentine's Day with a crowd of people and noise.
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2-13-2007 @6:43PM Devynn said... i'd rather stay in myself as well and see there are good pieces of advice in this article. since it's cold and snowing and icy out where i am, it's MUCH better if we did stay in. we can cook our food the way we want, have the beverages and desserts we want and all when we want. no waiting. no going in and out of the cold, etc. if more ppl did it, the better vday would be for ALL! :)
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2-13-2007 @7:15PM Pete said... Some of the most romantic times for me was staying in for a home cooked meal...and being cheap?..well far from it!
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2-14-2007 @8:29AM Sandra said... I, too, think that it will be more fun to eat at home than to stand in line for hours waiting for a table at just about any restaurant, even the local hamburger joints will be crowded. My family and I can enjoy a good meal, good conversation and all the dessert we want. I am hoping for help cleaning up, though.
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2-13-2007 @10:46PM Russ said... I prefer to stay in and cook something special,like Beef Wellington or Maine Lobster to surprise my wife. We can go out to eat anytime.
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2-13-2007 @10:31PM Debbie Randall said... I agree with Maggie - I lost my soul-mate on 2/21/04, but he went in the hospital on Valentine's Day, 2004. However, three days before he went into the hospital, he bought me a vase with a bear wrapped around it, with a dozen roses in it.
Try thinking about being in an emergency room for 11 hours on Valentine's day, being told your husband would die within days, when the years before, that had been his special day for getting me "stuff" and I would ask him what he wanted me to cook "special" just for him. He had certain things he wanted me to cook just for him so he could enjoy it and have leftovers the next day. Otherwise, his 3 teenage sons would eat the leftovers in the middle of the night!!!
So.. be thankful for who you have in your life and always remember, don't sweat the small stuff because you'll be sweating all the time! And.. you can always table an argument until the next day - if you really love your spouse, significant other, etc., kiss each other goodnight and tell each other that you love one another, then you can fight like hell in the morning!!
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