Skip the crowded restaurants and celebrate your sweetie with a few homemade “sweets”. We have selected three courses from some of our favorite brands to inspire a nice home-cooked meal for the ones you love.
Brunch
For brunch, surprise your sweetie with a delicious plate of crepes. This Crepe recipe by SubZero, Wolf, and Cove shows just how easy it is to make a restaurant-quality breakfast from the comfort of your own kitchen.
Ingredients
1 cup water
1 cup milk
4 eggs
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 1/2 cups flour
Instructions:
Place all ingredients in a blender container or food processor bowl with cutting blade.
Process on high about 1 minute or until smooth.
Allow to rest for at least 30 minutes.
Preheat 6-inch skillet on Wolf cooktop over medium-high heat for 2 minutes or until drops of water dropped into skillet pop.
Using 1/4 cup measure, pour batter into hot skillet.
Cook crepes for about 2 minutes on first side or until edges brown.
Then, carefully turn it over and cook it for one minute.
You can choose to dress up this simple dish with this Fruit and Cream Filling recipe by Taste of Home:
2 ounces cream cheese, softened
3 tablespoons plus 1/2 teaspoon confectioners’ sugar, divided
4 teaspoons 2% milk
1/8 teaspoon vanilla extract
1/3 cup each fresh blueberries, strawberries, and raspberries
In a small bowl, beat the cream cheese and 3 tablespoons of confectioners’ sugar, milk, and vanilla until smooth. Spread 1 rounded tablespoon on each crepe, top with 1/4 cup of fruit, and roll it up. Sprinkle with the remaining confectioners’ sugar.
If you are having Mimosa with your brunch, try this Sparkling Raspberry Lemon Mimosa recipe by Aberdeen’s Kitchen.
4 ounces chilled Brut Champagne or sparkling wine, cork just popped
2 ounces raspberry lemonade, pulp strained out if desired
Fresh raspberries sprinkled with white granulated sugar
Dinner
For dinner, we recommend treating your sweetheart (and yourself) with a perfectly cooked steak! No need to worry if you haven’t mastered the art of the perfect steak. This Ultimate Steak by Frigidaire has a few expert tips and a delicious rub recipe to use on your meal. Pair with your favorite vegetables, and you have a hearty, home-cooked meal worthy of celebrating any occasion.
This recipe will take your steak game to the next level.
Ingredients:
4 x 1 1/2inch thick boneless rib-eye steaks
1 TBSP. butter
3 sprigs of fresh rosemary
3 cloves of garlic
For the spice rub
1/2 cup brown sugar
1/4 cup paprika
4 TBSP. sea salt
3 tsp. ground black pepper
1 tsp. ground coriander
2 tsp. onion powder
2 tsp. garlic powder
2 tsp. celery seed
1 tsp. cayenne pepper
Instructions:
In a small bowl, combine all of the ingredients for the spice rub and mix together. Set aside.
Place the steaks on a large cutting board and pat dry with a paper towel. Coat each steak with 2 teaspoons of olive oil and rub them to get the beef well coated. Season both sides with salt and pepper.
Rub each steak with about 2 tablespoons of spice mix, ensuring that all sides are well coated. (Any leftover steak spice will be kept in an airtight container for 2 months)
Use a large cast iron skillet and heat over medium-high. Place the steaks in the hot pan and cook for 4 minutes. Flip the steaks over and add 1 tablespoon of butter to the pan. Top the butter with the garlic and rosemary. When the butter has melted, angle the pan slightly so that a pool of butter collects near the base of the pan. Using a spoon, baste the tops of the steaks to get them nicely coated in the flavored butter. Cook for an additional 4 minutes (8 minutes total, for a steak cooked medium rare).
Rest the steaks on a plate for at least 5 minutes to allow the juices to settle. This will result in an extremely moist, succulent steak.
Transfer to a board and slice your rested steak against the grain into thin strips. Serve.
Crank Up your Cooking tip:
For the best sear, heat a cast-iron pan to high heat before adding the steak. The PowerPlus® Burner on the Frigidaire Professional Range will quickly heat the pan.
Desert
Our favorite part of Valentine’s Day is, of course, the desert. And what celebration would be complete without some kind of chocolate, right? Sure, you could go the traditional route and make a chocolate cake or a chocolate mousse of some sort, but why go traditional when you can have S’mores!? Either snuggled up next to a fire pit or by using your Lynx Napoli Oven!
Ingredients
8 graham crackers, broken in 1/2
2 milk chocolate bars broken into squares
8 marshmallows, cut in halves
- Preheat Napoli Oven to Medium for 30 minutes with the door on.
- Lay 1/2 of the broken graham crackers on a cookie baking sheet. Place chocolate pieces on top and 2 marshmallow halves on top of that.
- Bake until the marshmallows are puffed and golden brown, about 3 to 5 minutes.
- Remove from Napoli oven and top with the remaining graham crackers, pressing down to make a sandwich. Serve while still warm.
