Valentine's Day Colorful Recipies

Valentine’s Day will soon be here and we all know that red and pink are the signature colors of Valentine’s Day. What better way to incorporate this red and pink theme than in a yummy recipe to share with someone you love.

I have two recipes that are certain to be a hit and they are so absolutely simple to put together. Enjoy the Heart-Shaped Individual Strawberry Shortcakes with your family for a scrumptious, healthy desert. The kids will enjoy using the cookie cutters and helping you tint the cool whip to the perfect shade of pink. Then when the kids go to bed, you and your special someone can turn down the lights, start-up the fire and mix together these uncomplicated, but delicious, Cranberry Mimosas. Cranberry Mimosas add a red twist to the traditional mimosa.

Heart-Shaped Individual Strawberry Shortcakes

Ingredients:

Single-serving angel food cakes
Frozen strawberries, thawed
Cool Whip, thawed
Red food coloring

Directions:

1. Use a heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut the single-serving angel food cakes into a heart.

2. Spoon the strawberries on top of the angel food cakes.

3. Make your cool whip pink by adding 1 or 2 drops of red food coloring to the thawed cool whip topping. Hint: Start with 1 drop and mix up the cool whip. If the color is not as pink as you desire, then add another drop and mix. Keep doing this until you reach the desired color.

4. Spoon your dyed cool whip topping onto the strawberries and serve.


Cranberry Mimosas

Ingredients:

Cranberry juice
Chilled champagne (I like Jacob Creek’s Chardonnay Pinot Noir)

Directions:

1. Combine 2 parts cranberry juice to 3 parts champagne. You can use pure cranberry juice or for a sweeter drink you can use a cranberry cocktail.

2. Serve chilled.

Happy Valentine’s Day!