Chocolate and peanut butter are a classic combination. The biscotti recipe sounds terrific, but if you're longing for PB and Chocolate without all the work, you've got to try PB Loco's Peanut Butter with Dark Chocolate Duo. I enjoy this PB by the spoonful or with a nice ripe banana. You can't go wrong with creamy peanut butter and decadent dark chocolate swirled right inside the jar--yummo!
I can't agree with you more. Receiving a single rose 12 times a year is far better than getting a dozen roses once. My philosophy on Valentine's Day is the same. My fiance and I have been together for 6 years and I think we celebrated Valentine's Day the first year and that's about it. How can you get too excited about getting flowers or chocolates on Valentine's Day, when that is what has been spoon fed to your man for the 4 weeks prior? In my opinion, flowers, chocolate, a homemade dinner, a dinner out, a massage, or jewelry--all these things are far more exciting and meaningful when they appear on random days of the year than February 14th.
My husband and I just use it as an excuse to buy each other bottles of really lovely bourbon & rye. It's unofficially become Bourbontine's Day. Otherwise - screw it.
I'm glad I live in a country where they just don't bother... I suppose that about sums it up (although the shops are trying to push Valentine's Day themed goods, nobody seems particularly interested).
Which brings me to my suggestion: if you were considering taking a holiday in another country at some point in the upcoming year anyway, why not take it it so that it falls around Valentine's day, and in a country that doesn't celebrate it? Then you can have yourselves your very own private and personalised Valentine's Day. True, the weather can be drab, now but prices are great (low season), darkness and rain can be romantic, and if you're interested in food, it's possible to spend a lot of time indoors when it's too beastly outside to walk about much.
The only time we enjoyed Valentine's Day was when our daughter was young, she gave everyone in her class a card and a small package of the Valentine candies that have a cute saying. She enjoyed doing it and looked forward to signing the cards and putting together the candies tied with a ribbon. Valentine's Day is for the very young.
Once my husband and I went to a restaurant for Valentine's day and soon discovered that they ONLY had a double-regular-price fixed-price dinner. It was more than we had to spend at the moment, so we went and got beer and Pizza instead. A much better choice.
My partner and I have been together 29 years. At first we'd do the whole Valentine's Day thing but as the years went by we realized that we gave to each other (in many ways) throughout the year that making a big deal over a made-up holiday was just silly. Dinner at home, no gifts, no flowers, no candy. Just each other. (I know it sounds maudlin but there you have it!)
I looked my husband straight in the eye last week and said, hey, how about instead of flowers, you go get the best Fat-Cab you can, something from Napa or Sonoma, and my gift to you is I'll make you an amazing dinner to go with.
It took him about a half-second to go "Deal!"
I am in graduate school and am currently single, as are many of my friends so this year, we all made reservations for dinner at a local restaurant to celebrate our friendships and the support we have all given each other over this past school year. My feeling is that Valentine's Day is a day to celebrate love, whether it is for your spouse, your significant other, or your very good friends who are always there for you :)
That's the spirit! We never celebrated Valentine's Day because it seemed like gloating -- we had so many single friends who found the day depressing, as we once had ourselves. So we made it a point to never celebrate. Then, one year, we decided to go out for a quick, casual dinner right after work, and during dessert, my then-boyfriend pulled a diamond ring out of his pocket and proposed. He couldn't have picked a better day to shock and surprise me. (In fact, he tells me I was so stunned I never actually said "Yes.") That was 11 years ago, and although we still don't do anything special on Valentine's Day, we keep surprising each other all the time.
Totally agree. It has been a tradition in our family to host a Valentine's Day Brunch on the Sunday closest to the day. The tradition started when we were all just childless couples with lots of leisure time. The day has since graduated into couples plus a zillion kids. We eat basics like ham, scrambled eggs, croissants, mini-muffins of all sorts, fresh fruit, blueberry french toast casserole, and for dessert - dozens of boxes of chocolates that our guests bring. This is all washed down with plenty of champagne, mimosas, and coffee. We celebrate our love not only for each other but our love for our family and friends.
I agree. You can't buy romance, but the only thing required to make it is some imagination and genuine affection.
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