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Valentine’s Day

Find DIY projects and recipes for Valentine’s Day. We have ideas big, small, and in between for your Valentines. This category features all of our favorite recipes and projects, rolled up into one, easy location. Our ideas are budget, family, and living-on-your-own friendly, and easy to follow. We’ve made every recipe featured here and our posts will let you know how much we liked it. Let’s be honest, we’ve loved pretty much everything. Leave a comment if you have one. If you’re looking for something more specific use our search bar or check out one of our other niche categories. Thanks for stopping by, hope to have you back soon!

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Anniversary Dinner

February 24, 2014
Cookies and Cream Donuts

A few weeks ago, Fatima and I celebrated our 5 year anniversary. To celebrate, we were going to go out to a dinner. However, a wonderful snow storm decided to come through NYC – again! The restaurant called the day before and said they were not sure if they would be closing early , but wanted to give me a heads up. I decided to cancel the reservations and make…

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Old Fashioned Red Velvet Donuts

March 26, 2013
Old Fashioned Red Velvet Donuts

Red Velvet?  Donuts?  Um, yum!  These were absolutely delicious.  The kind of donut you wait for at brunch after going to church in the morning.  Ugghghg…I wish we made more… This past fall, we made some yummy pumpkin donuts.  We sort of cut through that recipe and opted in for cake mix instead – it made it so much easier.  Experimenting with cake mix is always fun.  It’s easy and…

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Passion Fruit Margaritas

February 14, 2013

Add 2 shots of passion – passion fruit that is – to your MarquisRita this Valentine’s Day.  A delicious new flavor, these passion fruit margaritas, although not red, are a delicious flavor to pair with your Valentine’s Day Festivities. At our favorite margarita serving restaurant – Blockheads (RIP!) – we mixed together the Passion Fruit and Strawberry syrups to come up with a delicious new flavor, Strassin Fruit.  Although we…

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Cheesecake Bites

February 13, 2013

We love cheesecake.  Why not take this delicious dessert and make it bite-size?  Very easy to make.  Be sure to give yourself some time to bake and then let sit in the fridge.  We sort of modified our other recipe to make these.  You’ll need a mini muffin tin if you want to make these itty bitty… [recipe] Cheesecake Bites Cheesecake: Two 8oz packages of cream cheese (not fat free or…

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Red Velvet Truffles

February 12, 2013
Red Velvet Truffles

With Valentine’s Day right around the corner, the world is frantically searching for that perfect chocolate dessert. These Red Velvet Truffles are to die for! I mean you can’t go wrong when you combine chocolate, Oreos, and Red Velvet cake. When you’re living in NYC, your kitchen—wait, what kitchen? This recipe is quick to make, easy clean-up, and absolutely delicious. We made these Red Velvet Truffles two times. The first, was for…

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Spinach Stuffed Chicken

February 11, 2013
Spinach Stuffed Chicken

Thinking about making dinner for you and your someone special this Valentine’s Day?  Need to stay within budget?  Here’s a meal you can make for you and your boo for under $10!  Like our other stuffed chicken recipes, this one is equally delicious. Best to serve with a white wine, the chicken is jam packed with a sour cream-spinach mixture that will leave your taste buds wanting more.  Did we…

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