Valentine’s Day, a holiday dedicated to love, has been primarily devoted to couples. However, why not make this day a chance to show your friends and family that you care?
Simple and heart-healthy Valentine’s Day gifts can be thoughtful and meaningful for your family members and friends. These gift ideas will make anyone feel loved.
* Give a fresh, healthy treat. Simple fruit like grapefruits or oranges can be wrapped in cellophane bags, tied with festive ribbon, and given as Valentine’s Day gifts. This gift is unique and thoughtful, and also contains vitamin C. It is also fat-free.
* A fruit baskets is another great way to make a healthy treat a meaningful gift. They will be able to enjoy it for days.
* Are you having a Valentine’s Day get-together or dinner party? Consider giving out recipe cards to your guests as favors. The recipe card will delight your guests and they will be delighted to have the recipe. Get started with this delicious Rio Star Mini cheesecake recipe from TexaSweet.
Rio Star Mini Cheesecakes
Yields 36 mini cakes
1 Texas Rio Star Grapefruit,
sectioned
12 cup water
1 envelope unflavored gelatin
12 cup sugar
1 cup brown sugar
8 oz. Cream cheese, whipped
1 1/3 cup sour cream
1?4 cup grapefruit juice,
Sectioning is prohibited
1 2/3 cups heavy cream, whipped
1 box vanilla wafers
Mini muffin baking cups
baking tin
Put the gelatin and water in a small saucepan. Let it stand for one minute before you cook the gelatin over low heat for 3 minutes. Allow to cool down for approximately 1 minute. Mix sugar, brown sugar and cream cheese in a large bowl. Add grapefruit juice, cream cheese and sour cream. Fold in the whipped cream until it becomes thick and creamy. Put one wafer into each baking cup. Mixture should be poured into a tin and allowed to cool for at least 4 hours. Garnish with grapefruit and mint.
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