Lorraine's Valentine's Dinner Menu

If music be the food of love, eat on! As we all know, the way to a lover's heart is through a lovingly made meal - so to help inspire your Valentine's soirée I've created this simple yet sophisticated menu - complete with some lighter options of your classic date-night dishes.

These recipes have been collected from How To Be A Better Cook, Fast, Fresh and Easy Food and A Lighter Way To Bake.

A great way to start the day...

Homemade Valentine's gift: White chocolate lollipops with dried cranberries

(From Fast, Fresh and Easy Food)

Valentine's breakfast recipe: Mixed Berry & Cinnamon Muffins

(From A Lighter Way To Bake)

Cocktail

Recipe: Strawberry and Mint Mojitos

(From Fast, Fresh, Easy Food)

Starter

Recipe: Asparagus and egg puff tarts with parmesan and basil

(From How to be a Better Cook)

Mains

Recipe: Lovely, lighter lasagna with courgette 'pasta'

(From A Lighter Way To Bake)

Or

Recipe: Prawn linguini with chorizo & cabarnet tomato sauce

(From Fast, Fresh, Easy Food)

Dessert

Recipe: Plum & almond frangipane tarts in a sticky amaretto glaze

(From A Lighter Way to Bake)