We are preparing for Valentine's Day with special trepidation. I would like to please my soulmate with attention, a bright gift, unforgettable emotions and a delicious dinner. This time we bring to your attention 10 ideas original dishes by February 14th. With these simple recipes even an inexperienced hostess will cope, and the “secret” of the dishes lies in natural aphrodisiacs, designed to add spice to your evening. So let's go.

1. Bruschetta with salted fish
As an appetizer for a festive dinner, bruschetta with salted fish is perfect. It's tasty, fast, looks very appetizing, and red fish has the necessary aphrodisiacs. Your favorite will sweep this appetizer off the table in 5 minutes.

2. Tomato soup with basil and croutons
If you plan to cook the first thing for dinner, be sure to try cooking tomato soup with basil. This soup has a very delicate texture and, importantly, it is quite light. And the color of the soup will increase your favorite appetite!



3. Caesar with shrimps
On a festive evening, you simply cannot do without your favorite Caesar salad. But we recommend replacing chicken with shrimp. Firstly, this way the salad will look more festive and original. But the main thing is that shrimp have libido-boosting properties!

4. Salad with mussels
diversify festive dinner on February 14, you can have a salad with mussels. To add spice to the salad, you can make it spicy. Your beloved will be delighted with this culinary masterpiece.

5. Beef entrecote with pepper sauce
If your significant other loves meat, we recommend cooking beef entrecote. If ordinary steaks are already a little boring for everyone, then juicy beef with pepper sauce- the most what you want to surprise your lover. Entrecote will charge a man with energy. So a boring evening is guaranteed.

6. Chicken fillet with pesto sauce
As a main dish for Valentine's Day, we also recommend preparing the most delicate chicken fillet with pesto sauce. The meat is very juicy and flavorful. Yes, and the color of the dish will cause an appetite.



7. Fish in the oven
If your loved one prefers fish, we recommend cooking fish in the oven. It is better if it is sea fish, as it has all the same properties we need. You should not fry fish - after all, this evening fragrant candles and flowers should be fragrant in your apartment, and not a sharp smell of fish.

8. Citrus drink with ginger
Citrus drink with ginger is not only perfect way not get sick, but also natural, and most importantly, tasty way increase libido. Fill your glasses with it instead of water or juice. It will also help to kill the tastes of other dishes and freshen your breath.

9. Strawberries with mascarpone and ice cream
It just so happened that on the holiday of February 14, you can not do without desserts using strawberries. It is insanely delicious, and such sweets look very tempting. If you are tired of strawberries with cream, we advise you to try a delicate combination of strawberries, ice cream and mascarpone cream cheese.



10. Meringue hearts
We hope your loved one will take care of sweets in the form of hearts, and we advise you to prepare air hearts from meringue. Serve this delicate delicacy to end your dinner with champagne!

A romantic evening for two is the best end to Valentine's Day. Yes, February 14 came into our lives quite recently, but not only children, young people, but also older people have already liked it. Why not, if there is an additional reason to show your feelings for relatives, friends, most importantly - your soulmate, say, and give cute valentines.

How to properly organize this celebration for two, what can be done and what are the main rules? we already wrote, it's time to dream about this foreign holiday.

Valentine's Day has been celebrated since the 13th century, but it only came to us in the 90s. It is customary to celebrate it on February 14th. It was then, according to legend, that the authorities executed a priest named Valentine, who dared to marry lovers.

It is believed that at that time the Roman emperor Claudius II sent his forces to conquer new lands. For these purposes, he needed a strong army, but the soldiers gave a lot of strength to the family. A way out was found - to prohibit subordinates from marrying until the end of military service.

And only an ordinary priest agreed to marry couples, spitting on the taboo. For this, he was arrested and later executed, but in captivity the guy managed to find his love, the guard's blind daughter, and completely heal her. Before his death, the priest wrote a note to his beloved, signing simply "your Valentine." Since then, lovers give to their loved ones as a sign of deep feelings.

You can spend this day in different ways: big company, a public place or just the two of you. We offer several interesting ideas celebrations.

A romantic evening at home is the most common option, but this does not mean banal. Beautifully set table culinary masterpieces prepared by hand, or light snacks, fruits, sweets on a small table by the TV. You can organize a real movie show by choosing a tape of romantic content and turning off the lights.

Computer craftsmen can mount a slideshow or a short film with the best moments of relationships (family life, underline the necessary), in order to remember all the good things that happened and strive for new heights. A game of desires will do. For example, drawing forfeits, lovers should: kiss, say words of love, compliment, reveal a secret.

Relaxation

A day spent together at the spa will do, but treatments can be arranged even at home. It is enough to buy the necessary aromatic oils, choose slow music, fill the bath warm water add salt to it.

Erotic games

No one talks about whips or domination, although if the wife and husband themselves dream of this, please. But adding zest to an established intimate life never hurts. Enough:

• put on a beautiful, emphasizing all the dignity of the figure, underwear, stockings, a good dress
• pick up exciting music, you can shade the room a little
• learn a few erotic movements or just dance for your loved one "from the heart", you can invite him to participate
• a trick with blindfolding, hands is suitable - in the dark, each touch is felt sharper, and the inability to participate makes you want more.

Dinner on the roof

If it is possible to rent a room or simply negotiate with public utilities, organize a dinner on the roof, from where you can admire the city at night. The only drawback is the complexity of implementation, since you will have to deliver a table, chairs, tablecloth, dishes, food (yes, so that it does not cool down), blankets, because winter is in the yard. Fortunately, some companies are ready to take care of all organizational issues, of course, on a paid basis.

Sports, you are the world!

For people who love sports, a date on the street is suitable. For example, skating to test the strength of relationships even in frankly slippery situations, or skiing. Yes, just a walk around the city, because cool flash mobs are often timed to coincide with this holiday, for example, for the longest kiss!

Drive

An excursion to a beautiful city, even if it is not Paris, but we also have places to go, admire the snow-covered streets, beautiful architecture, and nature!

Cultural recreation

A great gift for a wife or girlfriend is a trip to a restaurant. Firstly, she does not have to stand at the stove, preparing delicacies for the table, and secondly, this is an occasion to dress up beautifully, show herself and see others. It’s just not worth it, like in the movies, to make an offer right in a restaurant, it’s still too personal a moment. What if she wants to refuse?

cultural trip

A cultural trip is also an option for a festive evening. A trip to the theater, cinema, or exhibition that has long been postponed can easily be timed to coincide with this date, especially since here, too, the repertoire is often dedicated to Valentine's Day.

Riddles, searches, adventures

The idea for the most active ones is a romantic quest, which is arranged in many large cities. Riddles, tasks, tests will show the strength of your feelings.

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A gift-impression is no less original, this day can be devoted to a lesson in tango, ballroom dancing, pottery, yoga, rock climbing.

Interior decoration for February 14

Decorating a room or house for the holiday of lovers is a separate topic, I propose to briefly mention the most striking ideas.

1. Candles. This invariable attribute of romance can not only add mystery to the room, but also visually makes people more attractive, hiding imperfect features, emphasizing the best. These small pieces of live fire will be appropriate on the table as additional lighting, even as a separate decoration. Just imagine how beautiful the path of tiny candles looks, leading from the threshold to your beloved! There are even floating views suitable for a relaxing romantic bath.
2. Balloons. They are easier to buy ready-made, filled with light helium. It remains to tie the strings to the furniture or release the balls to the ceiling, giving them the shape of a heart. Another option is to tie valentines with wishes, compliments, gentle words to each “tail”.
3. Hearts are a standard attribute of a holiday; when decorating a room, different things of this shape will be appropriate, but garlands hung in different directions look the most elegant.
4. Photo. Print, put in different frames photos depicting the best moments of relationships and hang them all over the room. This decoration is distinguished by one considerable advantage - such decor will bring a good mood for a very long time!

Do not forget about the little things - rose petals on the bed, beautiful, perhaps bright scarlet bed linen, a pretty bucket for champagne, sweets with hearts will create the right mood.

What to give for Valentine's Day

As a rule, gifts for this holiday are not so expensive, large-scale. They are more likely to show love, and not the thickness of the wallet. Therefore, small romantic gifts will be more appropriate here: cute photo frames, paired cups, pendants, t-shirts, Stuffed Toys, heart pillows, useful little things. Gift ideas are detailed in a separate article.

Congratulations for loved ones in poetry and prose

You can congratulate your loved ones not only in deed, but also in word. A well-chosen phrase can convey a whole bunch of emotions. It is clear that not all of us are by nature poets and writers, well, nothing - there is for Valentine's Day.

What to cook for dinner for your beloved man (husband, boyfriend) on February 14

Romantic homemade dinner best gift for a beloved or beloved (perhaps a girl or woman will be even more delighted, you don’t even have to stand at the stove that day). To festive table it is worth picking up something special, we offer such recipes.

Salads on the festive table

Salads are traditionally served first, here the scope for imagination is huge. You can cook "Male whim", because the dish is being prepared just for your loved one. The recipe is:

• take boiled beef, hard cheese, eggs, onion, mayonnaise
• finely chop the onion, marinate in wine vinegar with water
• cut the meat into cubes
• lay out the salad in layers: meat, onion without marinade, mayonnaise mesh, grated egg, grated cheese, mayonnaise again, repeat all products twice.

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Shrimp pasta

This is pasta familiar to us, but with a more original presentation. We need:

Take: spaghetti, grated cheese, milk, onion, chive, dry wine, shrimp, eggs;

• finely chop shrimp, garlic, onion
• on the hot pan fry onions with butter, add shrimp, seasonings, white wine, salt, simmer until excess liquid disappears

• heat a glass of milk, add two eggs, mix quickly until thickened, add cheese, green onions if desired
• add sauce to shrimp

• strain the spaghetti, put on plates, put the sauce on top, decorate.

You can also cook chicken breast, meat in French (LINK to an article about a romantic dinner),

Snack "Kiss Beloved"

The original delicacy is prepared as follows:

- take a lemon, hard cheese, Walnut, mayonnaise;

- cut the fruit into rings, if necessary, remove the seeds;

- grate cheese, chop nuts;

- sprinkle the lemon with sugar, put a little cheese, mayonnaise, nuts on top;

- roll everything up, secure with a toothpick at the skin.

Various heart-shaped snacks look pretty - cut tomatoes connected with a toothpick, pieces of sausage, fastened in the same way. If you have time, you can use metal molds cut hearts from vegetables, fruits, making original delicacies from pineapple, apple, watermelon. The main thing is to turn on the fantasy.

Easy and Quick Recipes for Valentine's Day

A delicious dinner can be prepared simply, quickly, easily without loss of quality. Don't believe? Read on!

Potato baked with sausages

The dish is prepared simply, even a not very economic husband can easily cope with the process.

potatoes, carrots, onions, hunting or other thin sausages, spices, salt, butter;

• peeled products cut into rings, mix

• pour everything with melted butter, salt, pepper, mix

• put on a baking sheet, bake at 190 ° until the potatoes are soft
• serve with greens.

Chicken Chops with Cheese

They prepare quickly.

It is necessary to prepare:

• 0.5 kg fillet
• two eggs,
• mayonnaise
• vegetable fat

• wash the breast, cut into pieces 1.5-2 cm thick, beat off, salt, pepper
• grate cheese
• Break eggs into a bowl, add flour, mayonnaise, salt, cheese
• grease the meat with batter on one side,

• put on a hot frying pan with butter chop batter down
• top also smeared with batter

• After frying, turn over, cover with a lid.

So we found out how to organize perfect holiday lovers, pleasing their soul mate. And may love, mutual understanding, romance be present in your relationship not only on February 14, but every day! Check back often, subscribe to blog updates!

It is important to feed your beloved man tasty and satisfying on any day. But February 14 is a special holiday and for this event it is necessary to prepare a romantic dinner. Be sure to think about intimate surroundings and light menu. After all, after dessert, there should still be a continuation of the evening!

To prepare dinner for your loved one on February 14, you need to beautifully decorate the table, create a simple and tasty menu, prepare and dress up yourself. Dishes must be chosen such that are quickly prepared, and after eating do not leave a feeling of heaviness. Well, if there are more vegetables and seafood on the menu, they increase libido.

Creating a romantic setting

Everything is simple here: set the table with a beautiful red tablecloth, lay white napkins and put a white service, glasses for wine and drinks. Since there will not be many dishes, you can set a small table. Scatter rose petals and pebbles in the center. Be sure to put tall candles on the table, and make intimate subdued lighting throughout the room.

You should also definitely pick up romantic music, you can melt a few drops of aromatic oil and light a lamp so that the room is literally saturated with the aromas of love, intimacy and cosmic romance. Now you can start compiling the menu and its implementation.

Appetizer with shrimps and carrots

Required Ingredients:
8 big shrimp;
One fresh cucumber;
100 grams of carrots;
Tea spoon lemon juice and dry white wine;
Dill sprig, 40 ml olive oil, salt and pepper to taste;

Peel the carrots and cut into slices. Then boil the carrots for 20 minutes, cool and put in a blender. There also add lemon juice, a couple of tablespoons of water, where the vegetable was boiled and a little pepper. Now make a puree, gradually pouring in olive oil.

Next, you need to boil the shrimp and clean them properly. To do this, not only the shell is removed, but the vein that runs along the back wall of the entire body is also removed. Soak shrimp in wine for three minutes, then drizzle olive oil and salt. Peel the cucumber, cut into 8 slices 0.5 cm thick. Cut out the hearts from the circles. Put on each carrot puree, and on top - shrimp. Sprinkle with dill, serve common dish. As a refined alcohol can be served.

Salad with celery and pineapple

Required Ingredients:
stalk of celery;
200 grams of celery root;
200 grams of pulp fresh pineapple;
100 grams of mayonnaise and cream;
100 grams of radish;
Nutmeg to taste;

The celery root is cut into cubes and fried for five minutes in a dry frying pan. Put the ingredient in a salad bowl, add a stalk of celery, also diced, pineapple pulp and radish slices. Season with mayonnaise and cream, and garnish with nutmeg when serving. This light salad for dinner on February 14 (recipe with photo) gradually leads us to a heavier and more satisfying main course.

Beefsteak with mushroom sauce

Men love meat and nothing can be done about it. Since the main recipes in our loving menu are easy, you can please your loved one with beef for the main one. Moreover, it goes well with red wine, which should be the main drink of the festive dinner.

Required Ingredients:
Two pieces of beef tenderloin, 150 grams each;
Two teaspoons butter;
100 grams of chopped mushrooms;
100 ml beef broth;
50 grams of cream (fat 33 percent fat);
Spices, garlic, spinach;

Grate the beef with garlic on each side and sprinkle well with spices. Melt the butter and fry the meat on each side for 4-5 minutes. Put the meat on a plate. Fry the mushrooms in the same pan until the liquid evaporates. Pour in broth, cream and spices. Cook the sauce for two more minutes to thicken. Put the meat on the sauce, and fry everything in a pan for a few minutes before serving. Sprinkle with chopped spinach before serving.

Heart with marzipans

Required Ingredients:
200 grams of flour;
150 grams of butter;
One egg;
Two tablespoons orange juice;
75 grams of powdered sugar;
Cherries or strawberries;
A glass of almonds, a glass of sugar, a quarter glass of water, food coloring;

To prepare the marzipan mass, you need to mix all the ingredients from the last paragraph. Almonds spend two minutes in boiling water, then remove and let cool. Then peel the nuts and fry them for 10 minutes in a dry frying pan. Grind. Pour sugar with water and boil syrup, add chopped almonds into it and cook for another three minutes, add dye.

Now you need to sprinkle the cutting board with powdered sugar and lay out the mass of almonds, roll it out and cover cling film necessarily. Now you need to make a dough from flour, butter and sugar. Place the dough in the refrigerator for an hour. Then roll out and cut out the heart, put on a baking sheet. Mix orange juice, marzipan mass and yolk. Beat protein with powder. Connect all the hearts, apply protein along the contour, put the berries in the center. Bake for 25 minutes at 175 degrees Celsius.

At the end of the dinner, be sure to give your loved one your version of the gift and

feed the man you love delicious meals is, of course, very important. But if you want to have a truly romantic and memorable holiday, a simple meal is indispensable. The atmosphere that prevails in the house is also important, and what kind of musical accompaniment you choose, and decor, and much more. So…

Organization of a romantic dinner for Valentine's Day

Table setting

To create a romantic mood, you need to choose the right colors that are associated with such a holiday. It's red, pink and white. You can place a composition of flowers in the center of the table. Cover the table itself with a festive tablecloth and serve it with beautiful dishes and cutlery. Candles on the table look good on this holiday, and indeed indoors.

Carefully selected music

Try to find at least twenty romantic melodies or songs to create the right atmosphere. This should be enough if you put the songs on repeat.

Here is a sample list of romantic foreign songs for dinner for two (you can adjust it to your liking):

"All the Way" - Frank Sinatra

"The Very Thought of You" - Woody Herman Orchestra, Phillip Phillips

"It Had to Be You" - Billie Holiday

"The Nearness of You" - Norah Jones

"I Just Called to Say I Love You" - Stevie Wonder

"L-O-V-E" - Nat King Cole

"Anema E Core" - Perry Como

"More" - Frank Sinatra

"Call Me Irresponsible" - Michael Bublé

"Life Is Beautiful" - Tony Bennett

"You Belong to Me" - Dean Martin

"Unforgettable" - Nat King Cole

"Love Is Here to Stay" - Frank Sinatra

"My Cherie Amour" - Rod Stewart

"How Are Ya" Fixed for Love? – Keely Smith, Frank Sinatra

"That's What Love Is" - Bobby Darin

"I"m in the Mood for Love" - ​​Nat King Cole

"My Romance" - Sammy Davis

"The Way You Look Tonight" - Rod Stewart

"The Lady In Red" - Chris de Burgh

Lighting

When you decide how to arrange romantic dinner, except for the menu, first of all, pay attention to the lighting. It plays an important role in creating the right atmosphere. In the first place is the undoubted leader of romance - candles. It can be a candlestick or a lot of candles in the center of the table, creating the right lighting. You can also additionally place candles on the shelves on the walls, window sills, floor. Remember about safety - playing with fire and negligence are unacceptable.

Holiday menu

Everyone has their own approach here, but the overall picture is clear. Dinner can be divided into three stages: appetizers, main courses and a romantic dessert.

Choose light snacks. In addition, they should be those that do not cook for a long time. For example, it can be some kind of canapes, bruschetta, etc.

Of the main dishes, you should pay attention mainly to meat or fish. For example, it can be fish with vegetables, meat steak with a side dish of potatoes, etc. You can also add salads: one from seafood, for example, and the other from fresh vegetables.

Finally, the sweetest part of a romantic dinner is dessert. It is better to arrange it so that it is ideal for this holiday. That is, let the meringues or cookies be in the shape of hearts.

In principle, it is desirable that all dishes are decorated in the style of Valentine's Day. The same canapes can be laid out in the shape of a heart, or even the usual mashed potatoes, if designed appropriately, it will look like a romantic masterpiece, resembling a flaming heart in love.

Gift time

Often handmade cards or valentines are the most touching gifts on this day. Take care to make these romantic gifts for your loved one in advance, and you can give them just after dinner. Keep in mind that men prefer practical gifts. But so that they are not too banal, they need to be formatted accordingly. For example, if you are giving away a weekly journal, you can write a love letter in verse on the inside cover. If this is a watch, then a short declaration of love engraved on the watch cover is the very thing. Even on an ordinary mug, you can make an inscription that will not be washed off and will remind you of your love. And keep in mind that the main thing is not the gift itself, but how you present it during a romantic dinner.

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