Valentine Bagel

There have been some pretty neat Valentines food items in " Blog World" this Valentines day season.  Heart shaped breakfast, lunch and dinner. Heart shaped snacks, eggs, vegetables and meat.

 And of course every baked good one can think of has been turned into a heart.

If you don't have time for hours of baking, or if your family is too busy for a sit down breakfast.....There is still hope that you might be able to serve a special Valentines day treat!

 I present The Valentines day Bagel!

 ( and no. Not heart shaped homemade bagels...)

Just buy store bought bagels and turn the circle hole into the shape of a heart!

( have gone off the deep end this time?....yes...yes I think so)

So I cut out a heart in the middle of the bagel.

Toasted the bagel.

Spread cream cheese on the bagel.

And for a hint of Valentine spirit. I filled the middle with cherry jam!

There you have it! The 5 minute Valentines day breakfast!

Valentine Food Extravaganza!

I have decided that anything can be heart shaped if you want it to be. 

This Valentines day season on "Make the best of everything" I have been showing off my heart shaped goodies for Valentines day. 

On my Blog, you might have noticed  my

Heart shaped tortilla chips                                                                            Heart shaped potato skins

Heart shaped tortilla chips and potato skins, just to name a few. It turns out that a heart shaped cookie cutter can be used for almost anything.  

However, I also wanted to share some amazing Valentines day food ideas that I have seen  on the web that I wish I would have thought of myself!

A salad with heart shaped beets! ( I LOVE beets!)  Learn how to make this at Fly away Vegan

Heart shaped Ravioli at Christines Cuisine

Heart Shaped Carrots at Projects by Carm

Calzone hearts! from Six in the Suburbs

Hope you enjoy my picks!

Happy Almost Valentines Day!!!

Heart shaped frozen Banana pops

Have you ever had frozen bananas?  I was introduced to frozen bananas by a magazine called YM when I was a preteen.  ( I do not think this magazine still exists)

Freezing bananas is an extremely healthy way to have a treat!

I used my smallest heart cookie cutter to make some heart shaped frozen banana pops!

And its Easy!

I used a banana and a pack of lolly pop sticks.  I used my mini heart cookie cutter to cut hearts in the banana.

Then, I wrapped them up in tinfoil and froze them for about 2 hours. When you put them in the freezer, they are a little slimy. but after they are frozen, they should stay up on the sticks just fine.

These turned out great.  They are very healthy. and I ate all of these shortly after they came out of the freezer

Baby food Valentines

2011 was a BIG year of babies among people I know! Including me!

I had my little boy on October 30 ,2011.

But before that, four of my good friends and three of my cousins all had baby girls!!!

I thought it would be super cute if my son, being the only boy in the group, sent Valentines to all his little girlfriends and girl cousin playmates!

I might be creating a monster with this.....or maybe he will grow up and get mad at me for doing this to him. Who knows.

I came up with baby food Valentines for the girls!

For Katelyn. Peas! because she is a " Sweet Pea!"

Bananas for Brenna!

Pears for Emma.

For Hadley. Apples.

These next three are for 'cousin' baby girls.  so I needed to make the phrases. 'cousin' appropriate. 

( I grew up in the Chicago area....our family is not like THAT)

Alayna and Madison are getting sweet potatos.

And a Blueberry treat for Ariana!

Hope all the girls enjoy their Valentines.  As a girl myself, I know how important Valentines day is to the girls!

Heart shaped potato skins!

Now presenting another heart shaped treat from my kitchen! Also, I won't be offended if you all think I have completely gone off the deep end!

My husband was surprised last night when he came home to find yet another heart shaped meal in January!

And I know I said " healthy" Valentines day treats for my Valentines day food extravaganza. But I served these with a very colorful salad.

These actually turned out much nicer than I thought they would. 

I cut a potato into slices. ( Two of these slices were flat, and the two "end" slices were rounded on the bottom)  and used my heart shaped cookie cutter set to cut out hearts.   

I ALWAYS leave the skins on potatos. They are the part of the potato with all the vitimans!

I used two sizes of cookie cutters.  Just so I could use as much of the potato as possible.

Layed them out on a baking sheet. brushed with olive oil and salt.

Of course I also cooked the " scraps". I am not a waster.

They came out nice and crispy! Just how we like them in my house!

I added. Cheese and bacon bits to each potato.  And thats it!

The best part is? I made this super cute treat and used ingrediants I already had!

Heart shaped tortilla chips

Heart shapes are not only for Valentines Day!  You can make heart shaped snacks for birthdays, mothers day, anniversaries or just because!

I made my " Homemade tortilla chips", but made thm heart shaped!

I followed my " Homemade tortilla chips" recipe. you can find it Here.

I used my heart cookie cutter to cut corn tortillas into hearts.

I served it with some " Hot" Salsa!

Easy. AND super cute!

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Heart shaped apples

Welcome to the second edition to The Valentines day food extravaganza 2012!

Here is a simple way to make a  healthy Valentines day treat for your family!

Valentine Hearts are Red.  Apples are also red. 

I sliced apples. excluding the core.

Used this cookie cutter to make hearts out of the apples.  For the larger hearts, I just used a knife to cut out hearts.

Heart healthy!

Valentine Pasta Dinner

Hello. Welcome to Valentines day season 2012!  I have only been blogging for about a year now, and I have decided that Valentines day is by far my favorite time of the blogging year! Its all about the love people!

This is the first post for 2012's " Valentines day food extravaganza!" I have been brainstorming Valentines day food for some time!

If you have any fun Valentines day food that you would like me to share with my followers and Facebook followers, please e-mail Makethebestcrafts@gmail.com.  I also require that you like us on Facebook. 

I know I don't have the most followers in the world, but I hope this can be fun for everyone.  I am looking for submissions of " out of the box" Valentines day food. 

The point of this, is to think healthy.  Families can still celebrate valentines day without loading up on candy and cakes.

I will start with my Valentines day pasta dinner.

This is a simple dipping plate with Olive oil and a heart made with tomato paste ( tomato paste that comes in a tube). I got inspired for this Valentines day appetizer, when recalled a visit to" Little Ital"y in New York City.   My husband and I  received our bread dipping plate it had olive oil and tomato paste mixed together.  We both love it!

I purchased this heart cookie cutter set at Hobby Lobby to use for my Valentine pasta dish.

I cut a zuccini with the two smaller cookie cutters to make them look like hearts. Cute. Right?

I also cut a few hearts out of a red pepper. ( although this didn't go with the same ease as the zuccini).

I sauted the veggies in some olive oil. 

I threw them over pasta with a white sauce. 

Wa la!

Easy Valentines day pasta dinner!