New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 32

HOME COOKING with Mary Ann Esposito
Kisses for the Cook
Serve up Valentine's Day love at home.
IT CAN BE A DILEMMA deciding how
to celebrate Valentine's Day, a feelgood
moment in time when the world's
troubles seem to hit pause and romance
is in the air. Chocolates, flowers, cards
and dinner out are all predictable ways
that many of us will choose to show
affection to the one we love.
An evening at home creating a special
dinner for two is another option,
especially when you consider that
snagging a reservation could be next
to impossible unless you booked way
ahead of time. Besides, preparing a
dinner for your valentine is a great way
to say " I love you, " and it gives you an
opportunity to impress by putting all
your culinary skills on display.
My suggestion is to plan an easy menu,
nothing too complicated, because you
don't want to spend all your time at
the stove. Think about your valentine's
favorite foods and build the dinner
around them. Have fun with designing
the menu. Maybe go with a red theme
or include foods that may have sentimental
value, like pasta with vodka
sauce or chocolate cake with raspberry
coulis. Think about a course or two
that can be prepared ahead of time.
My menu includes a red salad of
pomegranate seeds, raspberries and
red grapes mixed with curly red leaf
lettuce, radicchio and dried cranberries.
For the main course, chicken
breasts stuffed with spinach and
Fontina cheese will do nicely, and for
dessert, velvety and dense chocolate
amaretti pudding.
For do-ahead, the salad minus the
dressing can be combined in a bowl
and refrigerated until serving. Make
the dressing several days in advance,
refrigerate and bring to room temperature
several hours before tossing with
the salad. The chicken can be prepared
several hours ahead of time and
refrigerated until ready to cook. The
dessert can be made two days ahead
BY MARY ANN ESPOSITO | PHOTOGRAPHY BY JOHN W. HESSION
30 New Hampshire Home | January / February 2023
of time and refrigerated. All this advance
preparation will allow you and your
valentine to enjoy a leisurely glass of
wine or your favorite beverage while
dinner cooks.
Consider creating a romantic tablescape
a day or two ahead of time as well.
Candles and soft background music set
just the right mood to convey just how
much your valentine means to you.
NHH

New Hampshire Home January-February 2023

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of New Hampshire Home January-February 2023

New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 1
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 2
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 3
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 4
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 5
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 6
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 7
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 8
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 9
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 10
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 11
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 12
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 13
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 14
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 15
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 16
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 17
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 18
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 19
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 20
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 21
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 22
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 23
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 24
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 25
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 26
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 27
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 28
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 29
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 30
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 31
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 32
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 33
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 34
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 35
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 36
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 37
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 38
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 39
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 40
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 41
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 42
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 43
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 44
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 45
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 46
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 47
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 48
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 49
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 50
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 51
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 52
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 53
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 54
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 55
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 56
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 57
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 58
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 59
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 60
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 61
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 62
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 63
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 64
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 65
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 66
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 67
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 68
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 69
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 70
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 71
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 72
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 73
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 74
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 75
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 76
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 77
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 78
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 79
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 80
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 81
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 82
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 83
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 84
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 85
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 86
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 87
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 88
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 89
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 90
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 91
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 92
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 93
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 94
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 95
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 96
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 97
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 98
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 99
New Hampshire Home January-February 2023 - 100
https://www.nxtbook.com/yankeepublishingnhgroup/NewHampshireHome/new-hampshire-home-march-april-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/yankeepublishingnhgroup/NewHampshireHome/new-hampshire-home-january-february-2023
https://www.nxtbook.com/yankeepublishingnhgroup/NewHampshireHome/november-december-2022
https://www.nxtbookmedia.com