Make this Valentine’s day more personal, give a touch of love to everything, make it delightful and romantic…

This V-day skip making a reservation to a restaurant, instead whip up a delightful  dinner in your kitchen in under 30 minutes. Oh ya, you heard me, Valentine’s day dinner in under 30 minutes which includes appetizer, main course, salad and dessert. If you think that you can’t make restaurant style fancy dinner at home, then you are totally wrong. If I can make it, you can make it too.

Here are a few special dishes I whipped up in under 30 minutes which could be made for V-day dinner. It’s not about just cooking food, give your special touch to everything you make, get creative and you will see the magic. Everything will turn out as perfect as you want.

Also, while serving food for special occasions, do spend little time on plating and arranging the table. Make it simple and it will look elegant!

Appetizer:

• Onion Rings: Click for recipe

• Scallion Tempura: Click for recipe

Main Course:

• Baked Succulent Salmon: click for recipe

Salad:

• Romaine Sweet Hearts: click for recipe

Dessert:

• Chocolate Pistachio covered Strawberries: click for recipe

Fruits:

• Strawberry and Raspberry

Sharbat:

• Rooh Afza

Refresh your meal with this deliciously light and crisp salad…

Romaine hearts has been always close to my heart. I might consider eating a salad with the presence of these hearts loaded in them. And a bag of romaine hearts always come in handy for me, most of the time to decorate a dish and for platting purpose. None of them ever got wasted. I love the subtle flavor and the crispiness of the leaves.

While making a fancy salad, I first mixed mayonnaise, lemon juice scallions and a hint of pickled jalapeno. Topped the romaine lettuce with this and for a sweet touch added raspberries.

Romaine Sweet Hearts

• Romaine lettuce from the heart, fresh- 5 leaves

• Mayonnaise- 4 tbsp
• Fresh lemon juice- 1 tsp
• Scallions chopped- 2tsp
• Pickled deseeded Jalapeno, minced- 1/2 tsp
• Fresh or frozen raspberries- place 2-3/ leaves

Preparation:

• In a small bowl, combine mayonnaise, lemon juice, scallions and jalapenos.
• Place the romaine lettuce leaves on a platter, top with mayo spread and add raspberries on top.