Easy Recipes to Try Out for Your Next Date

You’ve decided to whip up a nice home-cooked meal for your sweetie but what next? You need a well-thought-out menu and if you’re a noob in the kitchen, easy recipes. We’ve done the homework for you. Check these out.

Wake up and smell the strawberries. This makes for the perfect start to the day. Breakfast in bed, anyone?

Ingredients Plain yogurt- 500 gms Granola- 400 gms Strawberries- 2 cups Honey- 4 tbsp Method Take four glasses and line them up together Add 2 tbsp of yogurt into each glass and smoothen it out Add 2 tbsp of granola into each glass, then add strawberries Top this with honey and repeat the layers till the glass is full

Because, sometimes it’s okay to be cheesy.

Ingredients Grated cheddar cheese- 1 cup, Grated Parmesan – 4 tbsp, Butter – 8tbsp Egg whites- 8, Egg yolks- 4 Flour- 4 tbsp Milk- 1 cup Mustard powder – 1/2 tsp Salt and pepper to taste Method Preheat oven to 200° C. Grease ramekins with butter and sprinkle the parmesan Melt the remaining butter in a heavy pan and add flour. Stir and cook over low heat. Whisk in the milk and season with salt, pepper and mustard powder.Lastly, whisk in the egg yolks In a separate spotlessly clean bowl whip egg whites till soft peaks form. Lightly fold in the whipped whites and Cheddar cheese into the butter-egg yolk mixture Fill ramekins halfway and bake for 20 minutes

Keep it hot. Keep it sweet with the cranberry version of mulled wine.

Ingredients Cranberry juice- 1 1/2 cups Sugar- 1/2 cup Cinnamon sticks- 2, Star anise- 2 pieces Dry red wine- 3 cups Fresh cranberries- 1/2 cup Method In a large saucepan, combine the cranberry juice, sugar, cinnamon sticks, and star anise. Simmer for 15 minutes Stir in the wine and cranberries. Bring to a simmer. Serve warm

Because any good date is incomplete without chocolate! PS: You have to start the prepping for this recipe a day in advance.

Ingredients Dark chocolate {broken into pieces}- 150 gms Low fat cream- 175 ml Canned prunes- 100 gms Juice of 1 orange or keenu Cocoa powder- 2 tbsp Method Cover prunes with orange/keenu juice and leave to soak overnight Place dark chocolate and cream in a bowl and microwave Place prunes with juice and 2 tablespoons of melted chocolate mix in a blender and process until blended and smooth. Add back to bowl and mix well. Refrigerate for a couple of hours Drop teaspoonfuls, one at a time into cocoa powder, shake to coat and roll into balls. Chill until firm, then toss into cocoa again

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