Valentine’s Day specials
Feb 14, 2012 Baking, Recipes, Restaurant news/reviews
Chocolate cake from Bread Craft, Roanoke. File photo.
Happy Valentine’s Day, my lovely blog readers.
Hopefully you’ve already figured out what you’re doing to mark the occasion, if anything. But if you are still trying to decide, Downtown Roanoke, Inc. has several restaurant specials listed on their website. The following places all have something different going on:
202 Market
Blue 5
Bread Craft
Horizon Bar and Grill
Martin’s Downtown
METRO!
The Regency Room
Table 50
The specials include tasting dinners, chocolate fondue for two, champagne cocktails or a sweet box of desserts. Click here to see all of the details.
Want to make something extra delicious for dessert tonight? I recommend Inside-Out Chocolate Strawberries, Chocolate Creme Brulee, Chocolate Souffle, Mint Chocolate Pots de Creme (for diabetics – 16 g total carbs, 11 g total sugars), or the Chocolate Waffle with Hot Fudge Sauce.
Not a big fan of chocolate? How about some apple dumplings for your dumplin’? Here’s the easy version.
If your sweetie could make or bring you ONE DISH that would win your heart, without any doubt, what would it be?
For Valentine’s Day, that one dish would have to be… something chocolate… there are so many wonderful things to choose from. One year he baked me a chocolate cheesecake from scratch!
Comment by Laura — February 14, 2012 @ 9:56 am
Aw, you have a good man
Comment by Lindsey Nair — February 14, 2012 @ 10:33 am
Thanks for the recipes, Lindsey. I was surprised to note that the Mint Chocolate Pots de Creme from a diabetic cookbook gave sugar count instead of carbohydrates since carbs are what diabetics have to count.
Comment by Vickie — February 14, 2012 @ 10:56 am
Hmm. That is interesting. And I’ve given that book away in a contest since then, so I can’t check it. My apologies.
Comment by Lindsey Nair — February 14, 2012 @ 11:33 am
Wait a sec, Vickie! I do still have this cookbook. And it looks like my error when I entered the recipe in the database. The book does provide additional info, which I have added to the recipe now. But the quick answer is that the recipe contains 16 grams of total carbs.
Comment by Lindsey Nair — February 14, 2012 @ 11:40 am
I LOVE STRAWBERRIES DIPPED IN DARK CHOCOLATE!!
Comment by SARA — February 14, 2012 @ 1:35 pm
If my Sweetie fixed me anything other than scrambled eggs or spaghetti (the extent of his cooking expertise), it would win my heart. Of course, I am not complaining – our arrangement is I cook, he does the dishes, so not a bad deal!
Comment by Alison — February 14, 2012 @ 3:47 pm
I have the same arrangement, Alison. Aren’t we lucky? But I have tried to clean as I cook more, because I do make a big mess
My sweetie could win me over with macaroni and cheese any day. But it would have to be good mac ‘n’ cheese. That or an apple pie.
Comment by Lindsey Nair — February 14, 2012 @ 5:56 pm
Thanks for the carb info, Lindsey! It’s probably surprising for anyone who isn’t familiar with diabetic cooking to learn that the carbohydrate count is what has to be watched. You automatically think sugar grams, but carbs turn into sugar in the body. Keep up good work, Lindsey! I really enjoy Plateup.
Comment by Vickie — February 15, 2012 @ 11:59 am