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Valentine's Day Recipes

Delicious recipe ideas for creating the perfect romantic meal. Includes entrée, main meal and dessert recipes.

Top 3 Valentine's Day Recipes

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Valentine’s Day Entrée Recipes

Pita crisps with hummus

This simple, easy-to-prepare snack is surprisingly rich in heart-healthy nutrients. Soft pita breads are transformed into crisp fingers by grilling. They pair perfectly with the creamy hummus dip

Dim sum with dipping sauce

Tasty chicken fillings make these dim sum a great starter for any meal.

Oysters Kilpatrick

A luxurious appetiser to serve for a special occasion.

Seared salmon brochettes

Fresh salmon “icy poles” lap up the citrus tang of grapefruit and creamy avocado – food with an instant holiday mood.

Valentine’s Day Dinner Recipes

Mediterranean platters

Jill Dupleix presents simple, eye-catching and delicious ways to serve up the healthiest cuisine with these platters

Peppered fish with lemon & basil

This is a fantastically healthy meal with a real peppery kick balanced by sweet basil and capsicums. Serve with ciabatta or focaccia.

This fresh salad is a great summer dinner idea. Plus mangoes are an excellent source of the antioxidant, beta carotene. If fresh mangoes are unavailable, substitute avocado slices for an equally nutritious salad.

Moreton bay bugs

Head outdoors and light up the coals for this Aussie seafood dish

Baked morrocan chicken with couscous

One of the leanest of all meats, skinless chicken breast is a superlative protein source for the health-conscious. B vitamins are a healthy bonus

Chargrilled vegetable platter

These colourful grilled vegetables, topped with a fresh tomato and basil salsa and creamy camembert cheese, make a wonderful vegetarian main course. Also great for barbies. Enjoy with toasted ciabatta slices and a green salad.

Valentine’s Day Dessert Recipes

Pikelets with berries

Pikelets are easy and fun to make and are perfect for breakfast, afternoon tea or even a simple dessert. Served with yogurt and sweet, succulent berries, they are quite irresistible.

Chocolate muffins

Use chocolate with at least a 60 percent cocoa content. You can ice the baked muffins and decorate them with chocolate sprinkles for an extra treat.

Chocolate Brownies

Few people can resist chocolate. Put it in a brownie and it gets even better. Try serving this version as a quick and easy dessert with ice cream and chocolate sauce.

Chocolate Cake

A great chocolate cake is satisfaction guaranteed, and when it is this rich and this good, you miraculously find you need only one slice (at a time!).

Chocolate panna cotta with warm berries and honey

Spoon warm blackberries and honey over the panna cottas and serve, with a bowl of rich yellow cream on the side.

Rum Truffles

Take a bite and delve into the luscious layers of goodness.

Strawberries in balsamic vinegar

Strawberries are a great-tasting healthy dessert choice. Try this great dessert idea tonight.

Vanilla rhubarb with strawberries

Rhubarb stewed with white wine and vanilla bean is topped with strawberry puree.

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