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Valentine’s Day

Here at The Wooden Skillet we love to celebrate Valentine’s Day with our spouses, kids, or just the girls for a Galentine’s Day! No matter who you are celebrating with, we hope you enjoy some delicious food, like Grilled Crab Legs, Fresh Lemon Butter Scallops, or some perfectly Grilled Steaks!

Bowl of shrimp scampi pasta garnished with fresh parsley and parmesan cheese.

Shrimp Scampi Pasta

30 minutes or less

GFGluten-Free 3030 mins or less

Top down shot of a baking sheet filled with baked crab legs and clarified butter.

Baked Crab Legs (how to cook crab legs)

W30Whole30 PPaleo GFGluten-Free

The best grilled oysters recipe.

Grilled Oysters (+ herby butter)

The best butter poached lobster tails recipe.

Butter Poached Lobster

30 minutes or less

W30Whole30 PPaleo DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free 3030 mins or less

The best recipe for grilling a perfect steak.

How to Grill a Perfect Steak

W30Whole30 PPaleo DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free

Bowl of pork belly ramen with bok choy and poached egg.

Crispy Pork Belly Ramen

Smoked pork belly in foil.

Smoked Pork Belly

W30Whole30 PPaleo DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free

The best recipe for braised beef short ribs.

Braised Beef Short Ribs

W30Whole30 PPaleo DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free

Sides & Other Valentine's Day Recipes

A large marble stone with the word "love" surrounded by deli meats, grapes, olives, nuts, and slices of green apple.

Romantic Valentine’s Day Dinner for Two

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free

Three twice baked potatoes on a plate topped with cheese, bacon and green onions.

Twice Baked Potatoes

A cast iron skillet with noodles and homemade alfredo sauce and a spoon and fork sticking out.

Homemade Alfredo Sauce

30 minutes or less

GFGluten-Free VVegetarian 3030 mins or less

How to make classic spaghetti alla carbonara - thewoodenskillet.com

Creamy Spaghetti alla Carbonara

All Valentine’s Day Recipes

A bowl of lobster salad with fresh herbs and lemon wedges.

Light + Creamy Lobster Salad

30 minutes or less

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free 3030 mins or less

Lobster tails being grilled with someone brushing garlic herb butter over top.

20-Minute Grilled Lobster Tails + Herby Garlic Butter

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free

A glass of a Kentucky Buck with ice inside and a strawberry next to it and sitting on the rim with a bottle of ginger beer in the background.

Strawberry Basil Kentucky Buck

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free VVegetarian

Close up top shot of a grilled crab roll with a top cut hot dog bun with grill marks and stuffed with grilled crab meat.

Warm + Buttery Grilled Crab Roll

30 minutes or less

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free 3030 mins or less

Two racks of lamb on a plate leaning on each other with herbed oil on top.

Herby Garlic Rack of Lamb

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free

Sliced steak au poivre in a cast iron skillet.

Steak au Poivre

30 minutes or less

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free 3030 mins or less

Top down shot of a slice of beef tenderloin with a creamy mushroom sauce over top, whole black peppercorns and fresh thyme.

Grilled Beef Tenderloin + Creamy Mushroom Sauce

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free

Top down shot of a cast iron skillet with creamy mushroom sauce inside and a wooden spoon sticking out.

Creamy Mushroom Sauce

Broths, Stocks and Sauces

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free

A cast iron skillet filled with cajun chicken pasta and parsley garnish.

Cajun Chicken Pasta

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free

Top down shot of a platter of 3 loaded baked potatoes with sour cream, cheese, bacon and green onions on top.

Loaded Baked Potato

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free

A mason jar filled with a strawberry shortcake parfait with layers of pound cake, macerated strawberries and a whipped cream filling.

Strawberry Shortcake Parfait

Top down shot of two ribeye steaks cooking in a cast iron skillet with melted butter and fresh thyme.

Ribeye Steak (+ garlic herb butter)

The best recipe for mussels in white wine sauce.

Mussels in White Wine Sauce

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free

Top down shot of two new york strip steaks cooking in a cast iron skillet with melted butter and fresh thyme.

New York Strip

Top down shot of a pan of sushi bake with rice, cooked salmon, avocado and drizzled spicy mayo.

Sushi Bake

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free

The best crab cake recipe.

Crab Cakes

Top down shot of boiled crab legs in a pot of water.

How Long to Boil Crab Legs

DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free

Top down shot of a cookie skillet with three scoops of vanilla ice cream and two gold spoons sticking out.

Cookie Skillet

Top down shot of a cast iron skillet filled with garlic butter steak bites with fresh parsley as garnish.

Garlic Butter Steak Bites

30 minutes or less

W30Whole30 PPaleo DFDairy-Free GFGluten-Free 3030 mins or less

The best recipe for an easy lobster pasta.

Lobster Pasta

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