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3 Easy Desserts for Valentine's Day
3 Easy Desserts for Valentine's Day
by Katherine Fava
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
Chocolate Covered Strawberries
One mouth watering and easy treat to make is chocolate covered strawberries. This recipe will make your heart sing. It is a very simple and quick treat to whip up right before your Valentine’s day activities.
What you will need:
Delicious red strawberries
Semi-sweet melting chocolate
Festive sprinkles
Recipe
Wash and thoroughly dry the strawberries
Melt the chocolate using a double boiler (a pan filled with water under a small bowl on the stove) or use a microwave.
Carefully dip your strawberries in the melted chocolate and place on a piece of parchment paper
Immediately add the festive sprinkles and let dry.
Enjoy your delectable dessert!
Valentine’s Day Cake Pops
Valentine’s Day Cake Pops
Another delightful dessert that is satisfying, sweet, and simple is a cake pop. This recipe takes a little longer than the chocolate covered strawberries but it's definitely worth the extra time!
Ingredients :
Whatever cake mix you prefer
3 sticks butter
1 ½ cups powdered sugar
1 tbsp of vanilla extract
2-3 tbsp of milk
Melting white chocolate
Festive sprinkles
Recipe:
Make your cake according to the instructions on your cake mix.
While the cake is in the oven, using a hand mixer mix the butter until smooth
Add the powdered sugar slowly and mix thoroughly
Add vanilla extract and milk to the frosting and mix until well combined .
Crumble up the cooled cake and mix in your frosting.
Use your hands to roll the cake pops into a heart shape and put it through a skewer.
Melt the chocolate and dip your cake pop in it. Immediately sprinkle the sprinkles on the drying cake pop.
Let the cake pop cool and enjoy your tasty treat!
Valentine’s Day Milkshake
Valentine’s Day Milkshake
Even though this treat is cold, it's tasty, festive and effortless. This is a chilly treat that will make you fly with joy . Just make sure you eat this indoors with the heat on.
Ingredients:
4 large scoops of strawberry ice cream
¼ cup milk
Strawberries
Hot fudge
Whipped cream
Festive sprinkles
Recipe:
In a blender combine the ice cream and milk. Until well combined
Put the milkshake into a glass and add the whipped cream, hot fudge, and festive sprinkles.
Cut the strawberries into hearts and place on ice cream.
Finally enjoy your cold treat while curled up in a blanket.
Milk or Dark Chocolate?
Milk or Dark Chocolate?
By Phillip Wong
Chocolates remain the saving grace that pulls us through it all, whether it's a 3 a.m. snack or something to satisfy your sweet desire in the midst of the day. A taste of this delectable dessert has a way of making us forget about our problems.
While simple chocolates are delicious, a little more flavor does not harm anyone and actually benefits your palate. Chocolate flavor trends are changing at a rapid rate, just like the rest of the world's trends. Some of these flavors include almond, cherry, orange, and caramel. The chocolate brand Godiva does these flavor trends really well. Every year, new chocolate flavors arrive, and some of them become our all-time favorites.
Without a doubt, milk chocolate is the best type of chocolate. Milk chocolate's main flavor is sweetness, which makes it delicious on its own and in combination with other dishes.
Dark chocolate will always lose to sweet, creamy milk chocolate. There's a lot of lovely dark chocolate out there, but there's also a lot of it that's nearly inedible. The same may be said about milk chocolate. Dreadful milk chocolate is bland and sweet to the point of being painful. A well-made one, on the other hand, celebrates cocoa's complexity while providing all of the flexibility of milk's flavors, which range from warm caramel to acidic tang. This is why milk chocolate is the superior.
Cheesy Baked Ziti
Easy Baked Ziti
Easy Baked Ziti
By Mia Zhong
It’s a cold evening and you are hungry but you want to cook something simple but you aren’t sure what to cook. Here is a simple recipe for a cold winter day, that includes a side! What’s better than a simple baked warm ziti!
Ingredients for 6-8 Servings
1 pound/16 ounces of ziti or penne ( if the store doesn’t have any you could definitely substitute any pasta)
Kosher/ sea salt and black pepper ½ a teaspoon add more if needed later on
1 tablespoon of olive oil
1 pound of ground beef, pork, or any ground meat you like
1 large onion or two small ones diced
3-5 cloves of garlic minced
Any seasonings you would like, perhaps Italian, red chili flakes or fresh rosemary and basil
4 cups of store bought pasta sauce (I think the brand Classico pasta sauce tastes great!) or your choice or homemade!
8 ounces of shredded mozzarella cheese
1 cup of parmesan cheese freshly grated and 1 cup of ricotta cheese
Ingredients for 2-4 Servings
¼ of this recipe since it’s very large recipe for a lot of people
1/4 pound/4 ounces of ziti or penne ( if the store doesn’t have any you could definitely substitute)
kosher/ sea salt and black pepper 1/8 a teaspoon add more if needed later on
1/4 tablespoon of olive oil
1/4 pound of ground beef, pork, or any ground meat you like
1/4 large onion or two small ones diced
3/4-1 1/4 cloves of garlic minced
Any seasonings you would like, perhaps Italian, red chili flakes or fresh rosemary and basil
1 cup of store bought pasta sauce (I think the brand Classico pasta sauce tastes great!) or your choice of homemade!
2 ounces of mozzarella cheese
¼ cup of parmesan cheese freshly grated and 1 cup of ricotta cheese
Steps
1) Boil 4 - 6 quarts of water for your pasta (make sure to salt the water), make sure when you put the pasta in there should be about 2-3 inches of water above it.
2) Read the instructions on how long to boil the pasta, stir about every 2-3 minutes.
3) Preheat the oven to 350 degrees Fahrenheit or 176 degrees Celsius.
4) After your pasta is done boiling mix in the 1 tablespoon of olive oil.
5) Cook your ground beef until it is brown and cook your onions in the beef fat until it's brown as well.
6) Add in all your pasta sauce and mix .
7) Get a 9 x 13 inch casserole pan and place a not too thin layer of pasta sauce then layer sauce and pasta as you go until you run out and put the last bit of pasta sauce on the top of everything.
8) Spread all your cheeses on top and make sure not to put it all near the edge of the pan or it might overflow.
9) Bake uncovered at 350 degrees Fahrenheit for 20-25 minutes.
OPTIONAL SIDE DISH Garlic Bread
To make this all you have to do is buy breadsticks or garlic bread and reheat using instructions and serve all food together or eat it yourself!
Top 5 Pizza Spots in NYC
Top 5 Pizza Spots in NYC
Phillip Wong
1. Joe's Pizza
1. Joe's Pizza
This is my go to pizza place in Brooklyn, New York. Joe Pozzuoli established this place in 1975. It has served the classic New York style pizza for over 47 years.
Address : 216 Bedford Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11249
2. Prince Street Pizza
2. Prince Street Pizza
Prince Street Pizza is most known for its square pizza. My favorite pizza from this place is called SPICY SPRING which consists of their sauce Fra Diavolo Sauce, Fresh Mozzarella, Spicy Pepperoni and Pecorino Romano.
Address: 27 Prince St A, New York, NY 10012
3. Keste Pizza and Vino
3. Keste Pizza and Vino
My favorite pizza to get here is their margarita pizza. The pizza may be simple but it will give you a flavor explosion.
Address: 66 Gold St, New York, NY 10038
4. Patrizia
4. Patrizia
Patrizia is well known for their pizza calzone. The combination of a pizza on one side and a calzone stuffed with cheese. The perfect filling meal. Patrizia also serves a chocolate calzone ( It's chocolate, what’s not to like.)
Address: 35 Broadway, Brooklyn, NY 11249
5. Rubirosa
5. Rubirosa
The Rubirosa Supreme is the best pizza here. It consists of tomato, mozzarella, pepperoni, mini meatballs and roasted garlic. The perfect combinations of flavors.
Address: 235 Mulberry St., New York, NY 10012
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