Valentine's Day is the perfect time to get out your old standby recipes, but also a great time to try something new. These easy and fun recipes are from my Valentine's Day Dinner Date Cooking Class, enjoy these and all of my other recipes and cookbooks at: http://www.ginameyers.com
Have a great time,
Gina
Spice-Rubbed Salmon
with Cucumber Relish & Capers
The bold spice rub works well with rich-flavored salmon and would also
be tasty on pork. Serve with an angel hair pasta, mashed potatoes or even a
spinach salad.
1 Tablespoon of brown
sugar
1 teaspoon of garlic
powder
1 teaspoon of dried
oregano
1 teaspoon of ground
cumin
1 teaspoon of chili
powder
1 teaspoon of paprika
½ teaspoon of salt,
divided
¼ teaspoon of dried
thyme
4 (6-ounce) salmon
fillets, skinned
Extra virgin olive
oil or Olive Oil Cooking Spray
2 cups of chopped
cucumber
½ cup of chopped red
bell pepper
¼ cup of chopped
onion (red preferred or white onion)
2 Tablespoons of
chopped fresh mint
1 Tablespoon of
capers
1 Tablespoon of cider
vinegar.
Directions: Preheat
the broiler. Combine first six ingredients, ¼ teaspoon of salt, and dried
thyme; rub evenly over fish. Place fish on a jelly-roll pan coated with cooking
spray. Broil eight minutes or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork.
Combine ¼ teaspoon of salt, cucumber, and remaining ingredients; serve with
fish. Yield: 4 servings (serving size: 1 fish fillet and about ½ cup of the
cucumber relish)
Calories: 312, 39%
from fat, 13.6 grams (saturated 3.2 g, mono 5.7 g, poly 3.3 g); protein 37.3g,
fiber 2.3 g, Chol 87mg; iron 1.7mg; sodium 450mg; calc 53mg.
Easy Chocolate
Raspberry Mocha Cheesecake
2 teaspoons of
espresso powder
1 package of cream
cheese, softened
2/3 cup of sugar
3 Tablespoons of
unsweetened cocoa powder, sifted
2 teaspoons of
vanilla extract
1 container of
whipping cream
1 graham cracker pie
or chocolate pie crust
1 pint of fresh
raspberries, washed.
Directions: With an
electric mixer, beat cream cheese, espresso powder, sugar, cocoa powder and
vanilla extract, mix until smooth. Fold in the whipping cream, mix well. Spoon
mixture into prepared chocolate pie crust. Refrigerate for three hours. Dust
with cocoa powder or powdered sugar.
