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A Low Fat Valentine’s Day Menu

<SCRIPT LANGUAGE= "javaScript" SRC="http://guidepolls.about.com/lowfatcooking/2689262177/poll.js?linkback="> Flowers are nice, chocolates are nicer, but dinner at home with my husband is what I like most about Valentine's Day. Quite honestly, it doesn't have to be anything terribly fancy, just something we both enjoy eating. The advantage of eating at home is that it's easier to stick with your healthy eating plan; and even if you choose to indulge a little more than usual, you can control portion sizes. For example, if you choose to cook your sweetie some steak as a special treat, you can limit yourselves to a nice, lean 4-ounce filet mignon, served with some skinny mashed potatoes and your favorite steamed vegetables. Then you might serve some ruby-red strawberries dipped in a little dark chocolate for some dessert. That sounds pretty nice to me. At your local steakhouse, you might be tempted to have the lobster tail with butter, followed by a "small" 10-ounce steak with creamy mashed potatoes and vegetables drenched in butter. Then there's the whole matter of dessert: mile-high cheesecakes, decadent chocolate mousse, and so on. By the end of the evening, you'll have consumed at least a day's worth of fat calories in one meal. So if you want to enjoy a nice, light romantic meal with your loved one, consider eating at home. Keep things simple rather than attempt your first ever soufflé or some other potentially tricky culinary technique. Instead, serve one of your favorite light dishes but dress it up with pretty napkins, candlelight and some romantic music. If you're stuck for dinner ideas, here's my low fat Valentine's Day Menu. A Low Fat Valentine's Day Menu originally appeared on About.com Low Fat Cooking on Sunday, February 7th, 2010 at 00:01:18.Permalink | Comment | Email this
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