Did you have a special meal for supper on Valentine's Day 2026 February 14?

[taxlady]

I had another try at a chicken recipe that I thought just needed a little tweaking. I will probably use it as inspiration, but I won't be following it again. It's for garlic chicken in the oven. I used both halves of a chicken leg. The sauce was far too thick. The onions just didn't seem to go with it, so I quit eating them. Other than that it was tasty. I also made an old favourite, beets with lemon and butter. And a Danish mushrooms in cream dish. I added a few more seasonings and liked it so much that I wrote down what I did.

 

[Shining Wizard]

Fettuccine al a Funghi

MrWiz surprised me with a chocolate bouquet

 

[dragnlaw]

Bought a frozen Chicken PG pie. Couldn't figure out why it wasn't as good as remembered. Sigh... in my happiness at seeing the label I didn't really focus past the PG or Chicken.
It was their Chicken Pot Pie, which is good but not the same as their Chicken & Mushroom Puff Pastry.
Ahhh well, wake up dragn! Pay attention. I want to buy a couple to take back with me. So I better get the right ones!

I just might scrap out the balance and make a sneaky Chicken Vol au Vent out of it.

Was an easy meal, tasty along with some salad, so not a complete failure. Happy Valentines Me!

 

[forty_caliber]

Cheese burgers in paradise. Heaven on earth with an onion slice....

Cooked on the black stone at the campsite. White tail deer were grazing nearby.

Strawberries and cream for dessert

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[pacanis]

Good to see the date corrected.
Although it was the 15th for a lot of us when this thread was started

I was going to make Austrian Gulasch last night for supper, but the local store no longer carries marjoram.
So I finished off the last of the Smith's smoked ham on a potato bun with cheese and mayo.

I wasn't really that hungry anyway. Someone had given me a bag of Romolo chocolate covered pretzels that were oh so good

 

[medtran49]

My mother's version of Swiss steak and mashies.

 

[pacanis]

I've duplicated my mother's version of Swiss steak a few times.
The only thing missing is I can't find a steak cut that still includes the marrow bone.
Meat cuts have changed so much from when I was a kid.

 

[caseydog]

Cheese burgers in paradise. Heaven on earth with an onion slice....

Cooked on the black stone at the campsite. White tail deer were grazing nearby.

Strawberries and cream for dessert

.40

I take it you were in East Texas, or near there. Down at the lake house, in the Davy Crockett National Forrest, we had deer passing through the yard every day. The dogs used to go out and hang out with them, but never chased them, which surprised me.

I've had a Blackstone for well over a year, and have used it once. It works great, but for one person, a cast-iron skillet does the same job. I'd gladly give it to someone on the forum who would used it regularly, but it won't be cheap to ship.

CD

 

[dragnlaw]

no longer carries marjoram.

I thought the substitute for marjoram was oregano - just don't use quite as much. Thyme on an equal basis but yeah, it changes the outcome. But it's close if you're desparate.

 

[pacanis]

Standing there in the store I did not have a plan B.
Plus you should know by now that when I follow a recipe I like to make it verbatim

I did look it up when I got home and from the 3 or 4 sites I visited, the only thing the same between marjoram and oregano is they both come from a green plant, lol.

But we'll see if my palette notices when I open the jar.

And when I bought some more ghee I got it at Walmart. It's right on the way back home and almost half the price as Giant Eagle. And there was the marjoram staring me in the face again.

I wasn't the only one hunting for something specific. There was someone my age looking for Celtic salt for something he was baking.... because the recipe called for it

 

[medtran49]

I've duplicated my mother's version of Swiss steak a few times.
The only thing missing is I can't find a steak cut that still includes the marrow bone.
Meat cuts have changed so much from when I was a kid.

We used a 7 bone steak/roast. We have to go to the primarily butcher shop market to get a nice thick one, or order in advance at the regular supermarket, as they don't always have them and, when they do, cut them really thin.

 

[blissful]

Nohing really special yesterday. I made some red pepper no-cheeze sauce for eating with veggies or pasta or oil free chips.
There is an apple plant based cheese cake I'll be making in 10 days, that'll be our special Feb celebration.

 

[Katie H]

We had our special Valentine's meal on Friday at Texas Roadhouse and had plenty left to enjoy on the "real" day.