Anti-Valentine's Day Celebration

- people who've had a recent ugly break-up or crushing heartbreak and are jaded about love

- disgruntled singles sick of couples being reminded of nauseatingly happy couples

- happy singles who are offended by the notion that they need to be involved in a romance to feel "fulfilled"

- people who hate frilly things and the color pink in general, and have a low mush tolerance

- people offended by the gross commercialization of love and romance by the greeting card, floral, candy and stuffed animal industry>

- couples who refuse to fall into conventional traps and feed into consumerism, and resent feeling pressured to celebrate their feelings for eachother in an extravagant way on a specific day

- people who respect real love and commitment, but are fed up with the fairy-tale, media-perpetuated unrealistic concept of "love" and all the misery this illusion causes

- people who just like to be rebellious and go against the grain

Recipe #1: Bleeding Heart Cookies

1 package of ready made sugar cookie dough
½ cup of jam
Royal icing, chocolate, food dye, sprinkles, etc.

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.

Mix food dye into your cookie dough, if desired, to tint them. Work a few drops or red or black into the dough thoroughly with a pastry cutter or food processor until the color is even. Chill your dough at least ½ hour.

Dust your work surface with powdered sugar. Roll out your sugar cookie dough to 1/8 inch thick.

Use a heart-shaped cookie cutter to cut out your cookies. Place ½ the cookie sheets lined with parchment paper. Space them about 2 inches apart.

Spread ½ teaspoon of jam on each heart. Raspberry or strawberry jam will make them bleed bright red, but mix in some blackberry jam with them if you want a dark red, bloody, clotted gory filling.

Cover the filling with another heart-shaped cookie dough cut out.

Put them in the center of the oven. After 5 minutes, turn the tray. Bake for another 5 to 7 minutes until the edges begin to turn light golden brown.

Remove cookies from the oven and slide the parchment sheet off the hot tray to a counter or cool tray. Allow them to cool at least one hour.

Decorate your cookies as desired. You might want to tint royal icing black and spread it over them, or sprinkle them with red sugar, or drizzle melted chocolate over the top.

Recipe #2: Nacho Lover (or "Not Your" Lover) Appetizer

1 bag of tortilla chips
½ cup shredded cheddar
½ cup shredded Pepper Jack cheese
1/2 cup of canned refried beans
½ pound of ground beef
1/4 cup tomato sauce
1/4 cup chunky salsa
1 package taco seasoning mix
One small tin of sliced olives, drained
1/4 cup shredded carrots
Sliced jalapenos (optional)
Sour Cream

Place a large skillet over medium-high heat. Put in the chop meat and brown it. Drain the fat.

Add the refried beans until they melt and mix with the chop meat. Add the tomato sauce, salsa and taco seasoning packet. Reduce heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes.

Spread your tortilla chips on a baking tray. Sprinkle them with the mixed cheese. Put them in the oven at 350 for a few minutes until the cheese melts.

Spoon the meat mixture onto the nachos. Sprinkle the olives and shredded carrot over the top. Add sliced jalepenos, if you wish. Top with a dollop of sour cream.