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Valentines Day Menus

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Being able to cook for you other half is always a good thing to be able to do – it’s cheaper than eating out, the both of you can get involved if wanted and you can have much more fun too!

Valentines Day

If you’re trying to impress a new beau, or cooking a classic dinner for an old flame then look no further; these meal ideas will be a sure-fire hit, regardless of your ideal outcome!

For the rest of this week, there’s going to be a few different posts going up on different menus – based around the time taken to cook (i.e., last minute ‘oops I forgot’ menu or big and extravagant), the different ingredients and level of cooking skill required, so hopefully there’ll be something for everyone.

Some of the menus will have a slightly modern twist – not everything has to be candles and soft music after all! For best results, practice the dishes before you serve it, so that you can make sure that there are no hidden surprises, and that you’ll like the tastes and textures that are in the meal. And, of course, so that you can seem much more confident whilst explaining how you lightly glazed the vegetables before roasting them, or how you marinated the meat for two or three hours to improve the flavours, textures and aromas in the dish.

Photo Courtesy of: jonathanb1989

Ideas for Adult Halloween Parties

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You never outgrow Halloween. You just change the trick and treats.

Adult Halloween Party

Decorations

Decorating the venue is a big area to make the difference. Make it spookier, rather than cute like you would for a childs party. Try to get enough small tea-light candles, and not use the main electric lights. Of course, be careful with these, you don’t want to burn it down though!

You can get Candle Holders with spaces for Plastic to give the lights a spooky orange or red glow – these are great for different events throughout the year – blue and white around Christmas, and all sorts of bright colours at New Years and Birthdays.

Of course, decorations will look out of place if the music isn’t right. Some spooky organ music would fit in perfectly, but a quick online search comes up with plenty of free results.

Food

Let loose your creative side. Turn donut holes into Eyeballs, decorated with Jam and icing sugar, Pumpkin Pies can easily be made into spiderwebs or pumpkins, Pizzas can be made using French breads and transformed into broken-off arms or legs! You could have bowls of popcorn or crisps with small suprises in them (but not too small people wouldn’t realise if they ate a big handful!)

Drinks

The main part for an Adult Halloween Party. Create a range of different cocktails, which are easy and quick to make, or have a dedicated bar-person for the night!

You could try some of these, or create something completely random:

White Witch

½ cup Vanilla Ice Cream
30ml Vodka
30ml White Crème de Cacao

Add all of the ingredients into a blender, and blend for at least ten seconds, until they’re smooth and creamy. Serve in a tall glass, with a spooky straw.

Black Cat

30ml Vodka
30ml Cherry Brandy
Cranberry juice
Ccola

Pour the Vodka and Brandy into a highball glass filled with ice and gently stir together, before topping the glass up with Cranberry Juice and Cola.

Bull Frog

30ml Vodka
12.5ml Crème de Menthe (Mint Liquer)
1½ Shots of Cream
1½ Shots of Milk

Shake all the ingredients together over Ice. Strain into a fresh Glass over fresh Ice.

Photo courtesy of Rusty BoxCars