Chocolate Indulgence for Valentine's Day!

Have you ever had Chili's Molten Chocolate Cake?  

It is one of my favorite desserts from Chili's!  Pure chocolate indulgence :)

The Food Network Kitchens has come up with their version . . . 

impress your sweetie with this restaurant-style dessert!  

Cooking Channel TV has the recipe!  Emeril never lets me down!  

I can't wait to make this New York Style Chocolate Cheesecake :)  

How about adding some glazed strawberries on top

to make it extra special for Valentine's Day?

Design Sponge has a recipe with photo instructions

 on how to make one of my favorite candies!  

Surprise your sweetie by making a batch of these

 homemade chocolate peanut butter cups . . . 

Karen at Mommy's Moments has an awesome recipe for

 Fudge Lovers Cream Cheese Cake that gets my vote.  

This is what I'm making for my sweetie . . .

Chocolate Covered Strawberries . . . it is as easy as melting

 chocolate chips of your choice in a double boiler and

 dipping the strawberries in the melting chocolate.  

Click here for an article with variation ideas.

White Chocolate Raspberry Cheesecake from Fine Cooking

I seriously want to try to this recipe!  My sweetie may get two sweet treats . . .

Valentine Treats

Time to start thinking about the sweets

we will be making for our sweeties.

Sweets are my favorite thing to prepare 

. . . and I love to bake.

Bad combination . . . yet good.

At least for Valentine's Day it is a good thing.

Recipes for sweets is something I go out and hunt!

From now until Valentine's Day, I'll be bringing you

recipes from other bloggers and from my collection

that are perfect for the occasion.

Here are some that I've hunted down recently . . .

Click on the photo go to the original website that

includes the post, recipe and instructions.

Krista from While He Was Napping 

found these on Hershey's Website.

Krista from While He Was Napping

whips up some awesome looking

Whoopie Pies!

Trisha from 3 Four and Under made these

Red Velvet Cookies using some common ingredients

to make them fast and easy.  Very cute and clever!

Ami from Ali Lilly

made an awesome discover that

makes these sweeties fast and easy.

Cute too!

How about printing out these cupcake holders

 and make these cute little tags to pair up

 with Ami's sweetest cupcakes ever?

Diane has taken care of all the design

work for you . . . just print them out!


Enjoy!

Battered Fish Fillet Roll-Ups

 

Gorton's is one of my favorite quick meal tricks.  I love them baked in the oven . . . I throw in some frozen french fries, make a batch of awesome tartar sauce and voila . . . a quick meal in less than 30 minutes.

There are times we deserve to be lazy in the kitchen!  Gorton's is perfect for those times :)  Go to their website for some awesome recipes using their products . . . this is one of my favorites from the website . . . I have not made it yet, but will be making it soon :)

Product:  Classic Crispy Battered Fillets

Ingredients:

6 Gorton's Classic Crispy Battered Fish Fillets

1-1/2 cup Monterey jack cheese, shredded 

3 cups iceberg lettuce, chopped

6-10" flour tortillas

3/4 cup Ranch dressing

Directions:

1. Prepare Gorton's Classic Crispy Battered Fish Fillets according to package instructions.

2. Place cooked fillet in center of each tortilla and top each one with 1/2 cup lettuce, 1/4 cup cheese and 2 Tbsp Ranch dressing.

3. Roll tortillas up and serve immediately

My variation

Use tartar sauce

instead of ranch dressing

Beef 'n Cheese Crescent Pie

This is my mom's recipe and one of my favorites from way back . . . it is quick and easy.  It is even better the next day!


Sorry I don't have photos, but will take some the next time I make this.



Ingredients:


1 1/4 lb. ground beef
1/2 cup onion
1/3 cup bell pepper
8 oz can tomato sauce w/mushrooms
1 can french style green beans, drained
Paprika
1/4 tsp garlic salt
1/4 tsp salt
8 oz can refrigerator crescent dinner rolls
1 egg, slightly beaten
2 cups cheddar cheese




Directions:


Preheat oven to 375


In large frying pan, brown ground meat, onion and bell peppers - drain - stir in tomato sauce, beans, garlic and salt.


Simmer while preparing crust.  Separate crescent dough into 8 triangles.  Place triangles in ungreased 9" pie pan.  Press over bottom and up sides to form crust.


Combine egg and 1 cup cheese and spread over crust.


Spoon mixture in crust.


Sprinkle with remaining cheese and paprika.


Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes

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