Valentine’s Day is approaching and we all want to make a delicious and special meal for our family and loved ones, but with our busy lives, we need something easy that doesn’t take a day to prepare. That’s why I prepared this Easy Valentine’s Day 3 Course Meal.
With this menu, your family will definitely know how much you love them., and will be thankful for a delightful dinner.
Menu
Duck Confit Salad with Raspberry Vinaigrette
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Pesto Shrimp Linguine
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No-Bake Mini Cheesecakes with Raspberry Coulis
Ingredients
Salad
Mixed greens
2 tablespoons of sliced roasted almonds (how to roast sliced almonds)
2 tablespoons of dried cranberries
1 duck leg confit cooked as per instructions on package
Vinaigrette
1 French shallot diced
2 tablespoon of sliced chives
1 tablespoon of honey
6 tablespoons of good quality olive oil
3 tablespoons of raspberry vinegar
Salt and pepper to taste
1- Mix together the ingredients for the vinaigrette and reserve in the fridge.
2- Remove the duck meat from the bone and pull the meat apart. Reserve.
3- Place mixed greens in 4 bowls. Top with duck meat, almonds, cranberries and vinaigrette to taste.
Ingredients
1 cup of cooked shrimps
(I buy the uncooked ones, pealed and deveined and I cook them 1 min. per side in butter and olive oil)
Cooked linguine for 4 person
2 tablespoons of olive oil
3 tablespoons of store bough pesto
1/3 cup of sliced sun dried tomatoes
1/3 cup of sliced black olives
Put cooked pasta in a pot, add the olive oil, pesto, cooked shrimps, olives and dried tomatoes. Mix well and heat for about 5 minutes at low heat. Place pasta in serving plates and top with grated parmesan cheese.
Ingredients
Crust
1 cup of Graham crumbs
1/4 cup of soften margarine
1/4 cup of sugar
Filling
1 container of cream cheese 250 g.
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
1 cup of icing sugar
1 teaspoon of vanilla extract
1 cup of whipped cream (cool whip)
1- Cover a 12 muffin pan with a large piece of Saran Wrap
2- Mix together the ingredients for the crust and press well at the bottom of the muffin tins (over the saran wrap)
3- With a mixer, mix together the cream cheese, lemon juice and vanilla extract. Add the icing sugar and mix well. Add the whipped cream and mix until blended. Poor over crust.
4- Place in freezer for 1 hour and then in the fridge for 2 hours. Delicately remove from muffin pan.
5- Top with Raspberry Coulis.
Raspberry Coulis
1 pack 400 g of frozen raspberries unfrozen
1/3 cup of sugar
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
If you have left over mini cheesecakes, you can keep them in the fridge in an air tight container.
1- With a spoon, mix together all the ingredients and reserve in the fridge until ready to serve over mini-cheesecakes.
I hope you and your family enjoy this delicious meal.
Happy Valentine’s Day!
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I would probably use chicken instead of duck but other then that–I am sitting here drooling!!
That shrimp recipe looks fantastic (and easy). Going to have to try that out myself!
It’s delicious and your right really easy to make.
What a beautiful and tasty looking 3 course meal – you have done a fab job – and sharing it with us like this – yep I want it now! Thank you 🙂
My pleasure, my family really enjoyed it!
That dessert looks divine! I’m coming to your house for V-day!
LOL! No problem.
You had me with the cranberries. I think those make any part of a meal taste better! 🙂
Your right, dried cranberries are delicious!
Wow! I think my husband would really enjoy this, especially, the cheesecake.
My husband and kids sure did!
Delicious! Sounds like the perfect valentine’s dinner to me. . .especially the dessert!
The dessert is to die for!!!
Looks great! But I have a question. For the dessert, for the cream cheese filling, you mention mixing together the cream cheese, sugar, vanilla, and lemon juice, then you say to add the icing sugar… but you only have icing sugar listed in the ingredients? Help!! =]
Sorry Emily your right… I corrected it. There is just icing sugar in the recipe. Thanks for making me notice.