As Valentine's Day rounds the corner, the blogosphere is inundated, really, with posts about Valentine food and gift ideas. I like looking at "food porn", plus I do like the inspiration which comes to my mind when looking at these imaginative and creative food creations, so I decided to do my very first Valentine's Day Food Roundup for this blog =)
These are a few ideas, food ones of course, for you to make for the coming Valentine's Day. Of course, you don't really have to make it on 14 February itself, because love between two people should be celebrated every day, all year round. But if there's a special day that the world set aside just for celebrating love, jump in and celebrate! I'm not one for a restaurant meal on Valentine's, because all the hype results in superly inflated prices everywhere. A few days again, the telly was just telling me that a romantic dinner for 2 on the Singapore Flyer is in the region $300-$400. Like what?!! Well, maybe because I'm still a student and also because I'm particularly stingy, but $400 for a meal just seems over the top, especially if it's not a hatted meal.
Onto the pictures - I claim no ownership for any of the pictures or ideas - all pictures have been linked to their respective blogs and recipe pages, so click on!
I'll be doing a roundup of what I have been doing at home (all heart-related) at a later date, because I'm just too lazy to take out my CF card to upload the photographs for the time being. Also, I know that all the pictures below are "heart" related, which is cliched, but I really do like hearts (and butterflies) and what better time than Valentine's to have heart-shaped food? =)
Surprise your loved one with a hearty breakfast (pun-intended):
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| French toast perhaps? |
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| Or some crepes if you are so inclined? |
And perhaps for lunch, what about some heart-shaped pasta? =)
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| A simple pasta, shaped in a heart |
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| Heart-shaped pizza AND heart-shaped pepperoni? |
And for tea, here's a smorgasbord of ideas!
And onto my favorite parts - dessert!!!
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| Red velvet cupcakes - the recipe is similar to the one I use |
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| I like the two-tone frosting here :) |
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| Perhaps give a hint with your Valentine ring cupcakes? |
If you're really short of time, why not just dip some strawberries into chocolate - just be different :)
And who can forget cookies?
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| Be more literal with heart-shaped macarons perhaps? Btw, do check out Steph's blog - she has really creative ideas and wonderful photographs to match :) |
For those who love flowers and cupcakes, why not this?
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| Or cakes disguised as chocolate truffles |
Finally, a little crafting to end the post
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| Use felt to make an envelope to keep a note for your loved one |
There's tons of ideas on the internet to give you inspiration, so have a wonderful Valentine's! If you are without a valentine of the opposite sex, it's no time for consternation - use the opportunity to spend more time with your family, or your besties! They too deserve (and enjoy) love from you!
PS: I've not done any round up from local blogs because I believe most of them will be entered into Aspiring Bakers #4 and that round up will be done by Ellena at the end of the month!
3 comments:
thanks for the post! such a lovely montage. so much inspiration to draw from.
wow, looks like there are too much choices again, I like the "cake within a cake", it's like glowing!! magic?? hehe
Happy Valentines' Day
TOO CUTE!! =)
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