Surprise Your Sweetheart With This Special Valentine’s Day Meal

Posted on Feb 09, 2021 Topic : Women's Christian Living

Say "I love you" with this delicious home-cooked dinner and dessert, a perfect pairing to share with your sweetheart on Valentine's Day.

Spicy Shrimp Pasta

Ingredients

1 lb. angel hair pasta

1 onion, chopped

1 red bell pepper, chopped

extra virgin olive oil

salt and pepper

1 lb. cooked and deveined frozen shrimp thawed per package directions

1 ½ teaspoons red pepper flakes (use less for mild)

1 cup chicken stock

2 cups fresh spinach

Instructions

Boil pasta to al dente (about five minutes). Meanwhile, in a big skillet over medium-high heat, sauté your chopped onion and bell pepper in a drizzle of olive oil with a pinch of salt and pepper. Cook about 5 minutes.

Next, add in your shrimp and red pepper flakes and cook about a minute. Pour in your chicken stock and deglaze the pan (scrape the little bits off the bottom). Reduce heat to low.

Drain pasta and add to skillet. Stir in fresh spinach and let it wilt down about a minute.

The angel hair pasta cooks up in minutes and the shrimp is already cooked, so all you're doing is heating it through.

Dark Chocolate Raspberry Cake

Ingredients

1 box chocolate cake mix

2 small boxes instant chocolate pudding

½ cup vegetable oil

1 ¼ cups water

4 eggs

1 cup chocolate chips

1 ½ cups raspberry jam

4 cups powdered sugar

½ cup butter, softened

2 tablespoons dark chocolate cocoa powder

3-4 splashes of milk

1 teaspoon vanilla extract

Fresh raspberries to garnish

Instructions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees and grease a 10-inch Bundt pan. In mixing bowl, combine cake mix, puddings, oil, water, and eggs with electric mixer. Stir in chocolate chips.

Pour half the the batter into prepared pan, spread jam over the batter in the pan then pour the remaining half of the batter on top and bake 40-45 minutes or until toothpick inserted comes out clean.

Let cake rest on counter in pan for 10 minutes. Invert cake onto serving plate to finish cooling.

To make the frosting, beat butter with powdered sugar, cocoa powder, and milk until creamy. Stir in vanilla extract. Spread on cooled cake and top with fresh raspberries