This is a freak of nature but I found this perfectly heart shaped potato in my bag of potatoes. That will never happen again! But even if you don't find a heart shaped potato, you can still make a nice inexpensive, romantic dinner for your sweety. For my meal I wanted a nice plate. I found this one at our pottery outlet and due to a slight defect it was on sale for $2.00. Perfect! I found the shell dish at the same store for $.50. Now what to put in them.
I baked my heart potato, spread a little sour cream around the outside edge and sprinkled it with bacon bits. Since heart shaped potatoes aren't easy to come by, you shouldn't have a problem finding a small heart shaped dish to serve your potato in. Then you simply baking your potato, take it out of the skin, mash and serve in your heart shaped dish.
In the shell dish I served steamed crab legs in butter. You can find these ready to eat at most grocery stores in the fresh seafood section. This makes dinner preparations easier for you and you end up with perfect pieces and no mess.
My salad was basic and my bread was multi-grain with a notch out out to make a heart. Add a little wine or your favorite drink, a candle and you have the perfect Valentine's Day Dinner.
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2 comments:
That potatoe is cool. My hubby found a heart shaped rock and gave it to me. I'll have to post a picture of it.
How cool!!! A heart shaped baked potato!
I just wanted to let you know that I put up a link on my post to your blog. I'm leaving the post up in the headline posts for a day or so. I do apologize for the drop in the blog hop.
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