Valentine Salad Recipe

Ingredients:

    * 1 can cherry pie filling
    * 1 can sweetened condensed milk
    * 1 small can crushed pineapple, drained
    * 1 (12 ounce) container Cool Whip
    * Pecans (if desired)

Directions:

Mix all ingredients together and chill.

Valentine Sandwiches Recipe

Ingredients:

    * favorite sandwich
    * heart-shaped cookie cutter

Directions:

Make your kids favorite sandwich. Use a heart shape cookie cutter to cut the sandwich. PB & J sandwiches cut the easiest; meat filled sandwiches may need to be cut before making the sandwich because the meat may be to difficult for the cookie cutter to cut through.

Valentine Shake

Ingredients:

    * 3 cups milk
    * 1 cup strawberries
    * 3 ice cubes

Directions:

Put all ingredients in blender. Mix. Pour into glasses.

Valentine's Day Red Cake

Ingredients:

    * 2 1/2 cups self-rising flour
    * 1 1/2 cup vegetable oil
    * 1 teaspoon vanilla
    * 1 1/2 cup granulated sugar
    * 1 teaspoon white vinegar
    * 1 cup buttermilk
    * 1 teaspoon baking soda
    * 1/4 cup red food coloring
    * 1 teaspoon cocoa
    * 2 large eggs

Frosting

    * 1 1/2 sticks butter -- softened
    * 1 pound powdered sugar
    * 10 ounces cream cheese -- softened
    * 2 cups chopped pecans

Directions:

Heat oven to 350F degrees. Mix together all cake ingredients with mixer until well blended. Spray 3 (9-inch) round cake pans with non-stick coating. Pour batter into the pans.

Bake for 20 minutes. Cool 10 minutes and remove from pans to cool completely before frosting.

To prepare frosting, combine butter, cream cheese and Big Chief powdered sugar in a bowl and beat until very fluffy.

Fold in 1/2 cups pecans to decorate top of cake. Refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving.