Valentine's Day is synonymous with red roses, Godiva chocolate, and love letters. If you're like me, you'll want to spend the evening with your honey. But this sweet holiday comes with expectations and a price tag. Magazines are filled with eye candy, luring us with a Martha Stewart-Meets-Julia Child siren song.
Day by day, the world around us moves faster. We are expected to do more, more, more--and with less time, energy, and money.
Sometimes we heap pressure upon ourselves. We want to cook a five-star meal, something that begins with a hard-to-make appetizer and ends with a 57,000 ingredient dessert.
Day by day, the world around us moves faster. We are expected to do more, more, more--and with less time, energy, and money.
Sometimes we heap pressure upon ourselves. We want to cook a five-star meal, something that begins with a hard-to-make appetizer and ends with a 57,000 ingredient dessert.
What if you want to serve something special to your loved ones, but you're tired, got the "pip," or you're pressed for time?
Rattlebridge Farm has investigated the matter, and we've come up with simple solutions for exhausted cooks.
Grocery store cupcakes can be dressed up with wrappers and sweetheart roses. (Just remind your sweetheart to remove the garnish!)
Grocery store cupcakes can be dressed up with wrappers and sweetheart roses. (Just remind your sweetheart to remove the garnish!)
Chocolate-dipped strawberries take minutes, but they possess the Wow Factor.
If your sweetheart loves peanut butter (and mine does),
make him a batch of So-Simple-a-Cave woman-Can-Do-It Reeses Bars.
make him a batch of So-Simple-a-Cave woman-Can-Do-It Reeses Bars.
Egg salad bundles are elegant and easy.
Need a tablecloth?
Check your linen closet for red sheets and coverlets.
A sprig of ivy sends a coded message to your beloved:
"I'm all tangled up in you."
Polka dots, plaid, and roosters add whimsy.
Is your sweetie watching his weight?
Don't have time to bake?
Buy adorable, beribbened cookies at Big Lots.
Nothing says "I love you" like red velvet cupcakes.
Are you completely frazzled but still want to celebrate?
Tuck a candy message in your honey's pocket.
Leave clues at the breakfast table.
Happy Valentine's Day!
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