3 Ingredient Valentine's Recipe Ideas

 For those of you who get into the spirit of Valentine's Day, I thought I'd go through the blog and pick out a few ideas for you. 

I'm not planning anything for that date, other than attending a party a friend is throwing, but if you're so inclined and want to make something for your special someone's, here are a couple of ideas.

I made these Coconut Covered Marshmallows a couple of years ago, and had fun making them, as well as eating them.

Just three basic ingredients.  Large marshmallows, cream and coconut. 
You can get really wild with these, tint the coconut pink for Valentine's Day? or green for St. Patty's Day or maybe even tint the coconut the colors of your favourite football team and bring them with you on Game Day.  Just sayin...  I just toasted the coconut for this batch. 

The nuts are optional, but necessary, I think. 

January Tapas

I was feeling a little multicultural last night, so I indulged myself and made food from various parts of the world.  I channeled my Danish roots, got some Mexican, Italian and Japanese flavors going.

Having a variety of dishes is a good thing when it comes to Tapas Night.   And as usual,there was  lots of great food and conversations and general good times.

To start with, how about a couple of overviews of the table.

 And this view...

Moist Roast Chicken with Crispy Skin

You would think something like a simple Roast Chicken doesn't deserve a separate post.

But as someone who has made more than her share of rubbery skinned, pale chickens, I wanted to share this with you.

I made not only a beautiful golden chicken for dinner the other day, but one with crispy skin, which I promptly ate.

Just kidding, I only ate a little of it, the skin that is.

Dutch Baby or Popover Pancake

A couple of weeks ago I made a Prime Rib for dinner and of course had to make some Yorkies to go with it. 
Yorkies are Yorkshire Puddings, BTW, not the little four legged doggies.

At any rate...

I had some leftover batter and stuck it into the fridge overnight, and decided that there was enough batter to make a Dutch Baby Pancake.

Boat Club for January

So...
It was another great night of food, fellowship and fun last night.    Yup, it was our monthly Boat Club potluck.  Boat Club is hosted by friends of ours who are members of our local Boat Club and they are gracious and generous enough to invite us and many others to meet once a month, partake of great food and visit.   Which is a good thing.
Maybe not for the waistline, but that's OK.

And last night was no exception.   Lots and lots of food but we did seem to have a theme.   It was a Wings kinda night.