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Wednesday, February 16, 2011

Because I Love You, Dang It!

Sorry this took me so long. Lots of pictures to go through. I really need to take a photography class...

This year for Valentine's Day I continued my masochistic tradition of serving a heart-shaped dinner. We've been stuck in a pizza rut for too long so this year I didn't give the family a chance to pick that again. Democracy is over-rated when I'm the one that has to do all the work.

Last year, I used heart-shaped cupcake liners to make individual cakes. They were cute so I put them to work again this year as liners for sloppy joe buns. I call these "sloppy kisses."


And I had to include pears.

These I soaked overnight in pear juice mixed with grenadine and red food coloring. Not only did they have a gorgeous red color but they had a spectacular taste. Probably could have heated them up, added a little chocolate syrup, and had dessert.


While I'm not exactly the salad eating type, we needed vegetables on the table. I briefly considered beets. Very briefly. I stuffed veggies into a heart-shaped bowl and called it good. Instead of Sprite with heart-shaped fruit juice, I made sparkling pink lemonade and used black cherry for the ice cubes. A little too much on the sweet side. When the ice cubes melted, the darker color stayed on the top and looked pretty cool. The jell-o was a big flop this year...I thought I had a good idea but was attempting to multi-task and that's just not smart for airheads.

And now for dessert. My favorite part.


Cupcake, heart strawberries with cream, and heart candies. I couldn't stop myself. The cupcake was really the star of the show. My pictures were horrible so go check out the site where I got the recipe for the magic: Bake it in a Cake. And yes, I made the Laffy Taffy frosting.

But I wasn't finished yet.

You might remember that the Boy is quite the picky eater, even turning up his nose at kid-staples such as mac n' cheese and pizza. Still, he couldn't escape my madness:

Heheheh...I am evil.

8 comments:

Kristina P. said...

Holy crap, you really have gone on out!

Bonnie the Boss said...

I so want to be you in my next life!! Or at least married to you. You rock!

Kristie said...

It all looks so yummy!! :)I want to come to your house next year for Valentines! Am I invited over? :)

Jillybean said...

Wow!
You are a good mom!
I didn't even make dinner for my kids on Valentines day. (My mom came over at dinner time, bringing 6 large pink frosted, heart shaped cookies. We called it dinner)

Lady of Perpetual Chaos said...

Great job! You're awesome. I ordered a heart shaped pizza from papa johns and figured that was cool. Of course, it was burnt, but there were cupcakes so it was all okay.

Cranberryfries said...

Oh so many fun ideas I can use for next year! The only fun things I did was pink foods and $1 store table clothes, heart plates, cups etc.

Emma said...

Our Valentine dinner was a flop. The kids enjoyed it but is just wasn't what I envisioned. I love all the heart shapes.

Cheryl said...

AMAZING! You put the rest of us to shame girl! Amazing things to came up with!

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