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Valentine’s Day: putting sexy back on your plate – at home!

Immaculate Zindeby Immaculate Zinde
13th February 2020
February might be called the month of love, but it's also Healthy Lifestyles Awareness Month. Here are a couple of tips to have a sexy - and healthy - Valentine's Day.

February might be called the month of love, but it's also Healthy Lifestyles Awareness Month. Here are a couple of tips to have a sexy - and healthy - Valentine's Day.

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While Valentine’s Day may get your heart racing, February also happens to be Healthy Lifestyles Awareness Month. Creating a Valentines experience at home that shows real love by putting passion into a simple, but beautiful meal, and having a romantic night at home instead of a costly night out (with slow service), might just be the perfect night in.

Tips for eating healthy on Valentine’s Day 

#1 The darker the better!

You don’t have to go all sweet and sugary with heart-shaped choccies. Bring on the dark chocolate – it’s good for sexual and heart health! The purer the cocoa bean the better, as dark chocolate contains polyphenols and antioxidants. Think red wine and chocolate chilli-infused sauce on beef with baby potatoes and fresh greens. Love on a plate!

#2 Keep your jacket on!

Appropriate advice in the month of love when your sexual health and protection is “on top”.  But, did you know a potato with its jacket left on is far more nutritious?  Rub them with olive oil, a sprinkle of salt and a shake of chilli flakes for something hot! Or fill them with low-fat yoghurt or basil pesto with nuts. Explore your options!

Components in cocoa, which is used to make chocolate, stimulate certain areas of the brain, which may affect your mood.
Components in cocoa, which is used to make chocolate, stimulate certain areas of the brain, which may affect your mood.

BIT ON THE SIDE

Bring on the sexy potato! Before you #LOL, potatoes were originally considered an aphrodisiac in Europe, probably because they were regarded as an exotic delicacy after they first appeared on the plates of the wealthy from the Americas.

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Potatoes contain:

  • 10-19% of your daily vitamin B6 requirement
  • 15-20% of your daily vitamin C requirement
  • Calcium, folic acid, copper, zinc, iron, phosphorous, potassium, manganese, magnesium and iodine
  • They also offer a fair amount of fibre, which makes you feel fuller for longer

#3 Aphrodisiacs

What if your partner doesn’t eat the popular aphrodisiacs, such as oysters, and your bank balance doesn’t have the same rose-coloured tinge as a beautiful slice of salmon? Pilchards and sardines contain the Omega 3 oils that are needed to whet the appetite. Garlic is also known to get the blood flowing to all the right places – and if you both indulge, neither of you will notice!

#4 Couples food: snacking and snuggling

If it’s “Netflix and chill”, say no more. A platter of mixed nuts, red grapes, a few blocks of dark chocolate, low-fat cheese and crackers are packed with “the right stuff”. Pair that with a glass of red wine and you are all set. Red wine has just the right blend of antioxidants and polyphenols to get your lady “in the mood”.

A platter of mixed nuts, red grapes, a few blocks of dark chocolate, low-fat cheese and crackers is perfect for a date night.

#5 Relationships of the heart!

Make Valentine’s Day the start of a relationship with your heart. It was controversial rapper Kanye West who said he didn’t like using the term “diets” but preferred to refer to “live-its”. What he was trying to say (we think) is that the food you eat shouldn’t be a fad, or diet – it is something you should live with and be comfortable with as part of a long-term lifestyle. Tee yourself up for a long-term relationship!

# 6  Do it at home

Spending quality time in the kitchen together creates beautiful moments where you can share physical touch, affirm your relationship, chat, chop, peel, prepare and have fun doing it – any night of the week! Think baby spinach instead of kale (currently trending at a high price), chop in your walnuts, sprinkle with feta, crisp up baby potatoes into quarters for crunch, add a splash of lemon and salt and add a protein such as seared tuna, salmon or pilchards. It’ll take no time at all to prepare. After all, love is about spending quality time and creating beautiful moments. Go for it!

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