Valentine's Day Blueberry Muffins
Ingredients : Breads, Fruits, Breakfast 1/2 c Butter 1 c Sugar 2 Eggs 2 c Flour 2 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Salt 2 c Blueberries 1/2 c Milk 1 ts Vanilla Sugar, for topping
Preparation :
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time. Mix until blended. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt; add to butter mixture, alternating with the milk and vanilla. Mash 1/2 cup blueberries; stir into batter. Add remaining whole berries (coating the blueberries with some flour will prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the bowl). Grease muffin tins; pile batter high and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 25 to 30 minutes. Makes 12 muffins.


Austrian Chocolate Balls
Ingredients : 2 Squares chocolate1 cup Sugar1/3 cup Margarine1 Egg yolk1 Egg1 1/3 cups Flour1/2 teaspoon Vanilla1 Square chocolate1/2 cup Nuts, finely chopped?1/4 teaspoon Vanilla1 tablespoon Margarine2 tablespoons To 2 tbs milk1 cup Confectioners sugar
Preparation :
Chocolate and margarine are to be melted together in a medium saucepan. After removing it from heat stir in sugar, egg and yolk and vanilla. Mix well. Stir in flour and nuts. Shape into 3/4 inch balls. Place on ungreased cookie sheet. Bake at 350 for 8-12 minutes. Melt 1 sq. chocolate and margarine. Remove from heat. Add remaining ingredients. Blend well. Dip cookies into glaze to cover. Allow to dry completely before storing in tightly covered container with waxed paper in-between layers.


Clam Stuffed Mushroom Caps (valentines day)
Ingredients : Appetizers 1/2 c Butter 2 lb Mushrooms, 1-1/2" to 2" in diameter 1 c Minced clams, with liquid 1 Clove garlic, minced 1/2 c Dried bread crumbs 1/3 c Parsley, chopped 3/4 ts Salt 1/4 ts Ground black pepper Lemon juice
Preparation :
Melt butter in sauce pan. Remove and dice mushrooms stems. Dip mushroom caps in butter and place, rounded side down, on a rack on a cookie sheet. Drain clams and reserve liquid. In melted butter, saute mushrooms stems and garlic. Add clam liquid and simmer until mushroom stems are tender. Remove from heat and stir in the bread crumbs, parsley, salt and pepper. Spoon mixture into mushroom caps. Broil about 6 " from heat for about 8 minutes, until mushrooms are tender and tops are lightly browned. Sprinkle a few drops of lemon juice on each and serve hot.


Blackberry Wine Cake for Valentines Day
Ingredients : Cakes, Alcohol 1 ea Box white cake mix 1/2 c oil 1 c blackberry wine 3 oz pkg blackberry jello 1/2 c pecans 4 ea eggs Glaze:1 1/2 c powdered sugar 1/2 c blackberry wine
Preparation :
Combine the cake mix, oil, blackberry wine, blackberry jello, pecans; add the eggs 1 at a time. Grease heavily and flour Bundt pan. Pour batter in pan (batter will be thin). Bake 50-60 min. at 325 degrees F. Glaze: Mix together the powdered sugar and blackberry wine; bring to a boil. Leave cake in pan and pour 1/2 mixture over the cake. Let stand 30 minutes. Turn out and pour remainder of glaze over cake.


Valentine's Day Blueberry Muffins
Ingredients : Breads, Fruits, Breakfast 1/2 c Butter 1 c Sugar 2 Eggs 2 c Flour 2 ts Baking powder 1/2 ts Salt 2 c Blueberries 1/2 c Milk 1 ts Vanilla Sugar, for topping
Preparation :
Cream butter and sugar. Add eggs, one at a time. Mix until blended. Sift together the flour, baking powder, and salt; add to butter mixture, alternating with the milk and vanilla. Mash 1/2 cup blueberries; stir into batter. Add remaining whole berries (coating the blueberries with some flour will prevent them from sinking to the bottom of the bowl). Grease muffin tins; pile batter high and sprinkle with sugar. Bake at 375 degrees F. for 25 to 30 minutes. Makes 12 muffins.


Pecan Pudding
Ingredients : Desserts, Low-fat 1 tb Butter Or Margarine1 ea Large Beaten Egg White 1/3 c Dark Corn Syrup 1/4 ts Vanilla 2 tb Unbleached Flour 1/8 ts Baking Powder 1/4 c Chopped Pecans 1 x Powdered Sugar
Preparation :
In a 15-ounce custard cup microwave the butter or margarine, uncovered, on 100% power for 30 to 40 seconds or just till melted. Swirl the butter in the custard cup, coating sides and bottom. Pour the excess butter from the custard cup into the beaten egg. Stir in the dark corn syrup and vanilla. Stir together flour and baking powder. Stir flour mixture into egg mixture. Gently fold in chopped pecans. Pour the pecan mixture into the buttered 15-ounce custard cup. Microwave, uncovered, on 50% power for 3 to 4 minutes or till the pecan mixture is just set, rotating the custard cup a half-turn every minute. Sift a little powdered sugar atop. Serve warm with light cream, if desired.


Unbaked Candy
Ingredients : Cookies, Candies, No-bake 2 c Sugar 1 Stick oleo 1/2 c Peanut butter 3 c Quick oats 1/3 c Cocoa 1/2 c Milk 1 ts Vanilla
Preparation :
Put butter, sugar, milk and cocoa in pan. Boil 1 or 2 minutes. Add peanut butter, oats, and vanilla. Drop on wax paper; cool.


Fireside Coffee for a Romantic Valentine's Day
Ingredients : Beverages, Alcohol-no2 c Hot Cocoa Mix 1 c Instant Coffee 1 ts Cinnamon 2 Non-dairy Creamer 1/2 Sugar 1/2 Nutmeg
Preparation :
Mix together the cocoa mix, instant coffee, cinnamon, creamer, sugar, and nutmeg.

History of Valentine Day

Valentine's Day celebration dates back to the ancient times when the 'Feast of Lupercal' was celebrated in the honour of the Roman God of Fertility. This day falls on the 15th of February every year. According to a time worn custom, on the eve of Lupercalia (14th of Feb) a ritual of 'name drawing' was followed, during which a young man drew the name of a girl from the lot, who was to be his sweetheart for the whole year. Romance, has, of course always made the world go round but we must say that these Romans knew how to make it official. Since then, this day (14th of Feb) has been considered as the day of Cupid, the mischievous son of Venus -the Roman Goddess of Love. Lovers through the ages have taken this day as their own - a day to celebrate the finest human emotion. The reason for celebration is ageless, but it was much later that a great lover gave the day his name.

The eternal lover that gave us the famous word 'Valentine' and originated the tradition of writing love letters on this day, is believed to be Bishop Valentine. He was a priest in Rome when, the city was ruled by 'Claudius the Cruel'. Inspite of the fact that Claudius had forbidden Christian conversions and Christian marriages, the Bishop refused to surrender to Roman Gods and carried on his religious duties in secret. He was imprisoned for disobedience, but even in prison he converted the convicts. While he was in prison, the jailer's daughter became his friend and was loyal to him through his ordeal. When Claudius came to know that imprisonment had not broken his enduring Christian spirit, the bishop was executed. However, on the day of his death Valentine wrote a note to his friend, 'the jailer's daughter' and signed it - 'From Your Valentine'. This great man who died for his beliefs, for his enduring love of the Christian God, was chosen as the patron Saint of lovers. 14th February has since been celebrated as Valentine's Day. Romantic souls all over the world have preferred to focus on the romantic twist of this tale, the story of the man who united lovers in the holy bond of marriage; a man who loved his jailer's daughter and started the tradition of writing love notes.

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