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maybeamommy
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Help me with my Valentine's day menu please!
Thinking ahead to Valentine's Day...
In the morning, I want to make cinnamon roll muffins I think...
Then for dinner...
I think maybe start with a caprese salad.. then
filet mignon au poivre
what sides?
here are some ideas... help me narrow it down! or give me other ideas...
-caesar salad
-creamed spinach
-stuffed mushrooms
-potato gratin
then for dessert, i want to try this
homemade hostess cake
(will have ganache instead of frosting outside - and maybe i'll pipe the classic swirls in pink?)
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Posted 1/26/10 8:56 PM  |
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Re: Help me with my Valentine's day menu please!
OMG Hayley-you are making me so hungry! I will do a search for good ideas for sides.
I wouldn't do Caesar salad for a side if you are doing the caprese salad.
I am thinking something with asparagus. Maybe with Hollandaise sauce? 
Can you FM me with instructions on how to cook everything? I want to make V-day Dinner like you! We are not going out because I am going to be too cranky at 37 weeks! 
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| Posted 1/26/10 10:14 PM |
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summerBaby10
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Re: Help me with my Valentine's day menu please!
omg, you are my cooking inspiration!
maybe greenbeans with those crunchy onions mixed in as a side to your filet mignon and definitely a potato of some sort.
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| Posted 1/27/10 8:24 AM |
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DiamondGirl
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Re: Help me with my Valentine's day menu please!
That sounds delish...and I think I may cook at home with DH for vday too!
For sides I love -creamed spinach
with steak...and potato gratin is delish
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| Posted 1/27/10 10:14 AM |
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Re: Help me with my Valentine's day menu please!
Posted by DiamondGirl
That sounds delish...and I think I may cook at home with DH for vday too!
For sides I love -creamed spinach
with steak...and potato gratin is delish
I agree with this.
unfortunately I can't eat it  but it sounds divine.
however, since I know Steve is a real health puff, I might do roasted potates for a starch insteand of the gratin, and keep the creamed spinach.
also, maybe just do sliced tomato and onion instead of caprese to lower the fat content even more???
unless he's known to pig out blissfully on special occassions, that it.
I am totally stealing and making the cinnamon roll muffins though. that reminds me......
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| Posted 1/27/10 10:20 AM |
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maybeamommy
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Re: Help me with my Valentine's day menu please!
Posted by Ophelia
Posted by DiamondGirl
That sounds delish...and I think I may cook at home with DH for vday too!
For sides I love -creamed spinach
with steak...and potato gratin is delish
I agree with this.
unfortunately I can't eat it but it sounds divine.
however, since I know Steve is a real health puff, I might do roasted potates for a starch insteand of the gratin, and keep the creamed spinach.
also, maybe just do sliced tomato and onion instead of caprese to lower the fat content even more???
unless he's known to pig out blissfully on special occassions, that it.
I am totally stealing and making the cinnamon roll muffins though. that reminds me......
Thanks ladies!
Steve loves to indulge for special occasions I think I'll go with the spinach and potato gratin.
Diamondgirl - what's on your Vday menu? I love that it's a Sunday this year... makes it perfect for cooking a nice meal at home! A cute dessert is chocolate molten cakes in heart-shaped ramekins (from Crate & Barrel) - I have a recipe if you want to make that! I think my mom might be with us for Vday though and so I didn't want it to be too romantic
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| Posted 1/27/10 11:43 AM |
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hunnybunnyxoxo
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Re: Help me with my Valentine's day menu please!
yummy! love the cinm rolls! i think i might make them one lazy sunday morning!
great food blog btw! how do you find all these great food blogs?
i think its easier than blindly looking up recipes! its much easier to draw inspiration from a pic!
anyhow, menu sounds great!
for ideas or inspiration what about horseradisch crusted filet mignon?
creamed soinach sounds divine!
love it all !
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| Posted 1/27/10 11:52 AM |
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maybeamommy
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Re: Help me with my Valentine's day menu please!
Posted by hunnybunnyxoxo
yummy! love the cinm rolls! i think i might make them one lazy sunday morning!
great food blog btw! how do you find all these great food blogs?
i think its easier than blindly looking up recipes! its much easier to draw inspiration from a pic!
anyhow, menu sounds great!
for ideas or inspiration what about horseradisch crusted filet mignon?
creamed soinach sounds divine!
love it all !
Lis - do you have a google account? If you do, you can use Google Reader - and I can send you a "bundle" with all of my food blog subscriptions... I have like 70! 
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| Posted 1/27/10 12:38 PM |
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hunnybunnyxoxo
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Re: Help me with my Valentine's day menu please!
awesome!
no i do not but i will make get one!
i am finding that i love food blogs!!i love the pics and ideas!
it makes me want to start one but i dont have the time to do it. plus lately i have not been cooking daily.
but i do like to have some sort of a road map for the week!
i'll let you know when i start a gmail account!
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| Posted 1/27/10 2:49 PM |
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DiamondGirl
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Re: Help me with my Valentine's day menu please!
Posted by maybeamommy
Diamondgirl - what's on your Vday menu? I love that it's a Sunday this year... makes it perfect for cooking a nice meal at home! A cute dessert is chocolate molten cakes in heart-shaped ramekins (from Crate & Barrel) - I have a recipe if you want to make that! I think my mom might be with us for Vday though and so I didn't want it to be too romantic
Oh that sounds great..would you mind posting the recipe thanks!
My DH is not a huge sweets guy so I rarely bake...but I would like to start!
I read another post about Beef Wellington--DH loves this--so I might try to make it!
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| Posted 1/27/10 9:27 PM |
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Re: Help me with my Valentine's day menu please!
Posted by DiamondGirl
Oh that sounds great..would you mind posting the recipe thanks!
My DH is not a huge sweets guy so I rarely bake...but I would like to start!
I read another post about Beef Wellington--DH loves this--so I might try to make it!
The measurements are kind of weird because the recipe is scaled down from 8 servings to 2.
1/4 cup unsalted butter
2 ounces semisweet chocolate chips
1-1/4 large eggs
2 tablespoons sugar
Pinch of salt
1 teaspoon flour (or matzo meal, ground in a blender to a fine powder)
-Preheat oven to 450 (make sure rack is in the middle position of the oven).
-Melt butter & chocolate in double boiler (or in heat-proof bowl over saucepan of simmering water), then remove from heat.
-Beat eggs, sugar, & salt in separate bowl until sugar dissolves.
-Beat egg mixture into chocolate until smooth.
-Beat in flour until just combined.
-Grease ramekins and divide batter among them.
-Bake for 8-10 minutes (keep an eye on them) until the batter puffs up on the sides, but the center isn't set.
(optional) Top with powdered sugar and/or homemade whipped cream!
FYI: What I did was made the batter and poured it into the ramekins BEFORE I made our dinner. Then about 10 minutes before we finished eating, I stuck them into the oven, so they'd be hot and fresh when we were ready to eat dessert. You can also make them a day ahead and just pour into the ramekins and cover with plastic wrap. Make sure you bring them to room temp. before baking though
ETA: sorry for the poor coloring, but here's a pic:
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DiamondGirl
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Re: Help me with my Valentine's day menu please!
Thank you hun!!!!!!!!
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Re: Help me with my Valentine's day menu please!
Posted by maybeamommy
Thinking ahead to Valentine's Day...
In the morning, I want to make cinnamon roll muffins I think...
Did you ever make the cinnamon roll muffins? I made them yesterday and they came out terrible! Not sure what I did wrong, but I would not try them again. Just wondering if anyone had any better luck with them...
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