We put these recipes together with lurrrve in mind. Each dish contains aphrodisiac foods guaranteed to tantalise more than just your taste buds.

Oysters

The king of aphrodisiac foods.

Feeds: 2

Cooking time: N/A

Ingredients

• A dozen oysters
• 1 whole lemon

Method

• Cut the lemon in to wedges and serve the oysters with these along side.

Sensuous salmon

Sensuous and light, this dish is delish without leaving you too full to continue on to your devilish dessert of choice…

Feeds: 2

Cooking time: 30 minutes

For the marinade:

Ingredients

• 3 tbsp. coconut oil
• 1 tsp. grated turmeric root
• 1 tsp. grated ginger root
• A good squeeze of lemon juice
• 1 tsp. ground cumin
• Pinch ground chilli
• 1 tsp. minced garlic
• Pinch salt and pepper

Method

• In a clean bowl, mix all of the ingredients well until they form a paste.

For the rest:

Ingredients

• 2 Fresh salmon fillets
• ½ A butternut pumpkin
• 8 Asparagus spears
• Coconut oil or olive oil spray
• Pinch Himalayan salt

Method

• Rub the 2 fish fillets with a generous amount of the marinade and sit each on to a sheet of backing paper, place to one side while you prepare the remainder of the meal.
• Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees.
• Cut the pumpkin so it resembles fries. Line an ovenproof dish with baking paper and place the fries so that they are evenly spaced in the dish, spray with the coconut/olive oil spray and sprinkle with the salt.
• Cook in the oven for 20-30 mins.
• Spray and heat more oil in a griddle pan over a medium to high heat. Add the salmon fillets, skin-side down, and fry for 2-3 minutes, or until the skin is crisp and the flesh is almost cooked through.
• Remove the fish from the pan and place on a sheet of baking paper to rest for a minute or 2.
• While the fish is resting add the asparagus to the same pan (not rinsed) and cook through.
• Transfer the fish, fries and asparagus to two serving plates and enjoy.

Top tip: This dish tastes great when the fish is marinated for only a few minutes, but if you marinade over night it creates a delicious depth to the flavours if you have time.

Suggestive Steak

Feeds: 2

Cooking time: 30 minutes

They say the way to a mans heart is through his stomach. If that’s true this dish will definitely win him over.

Ingredients

• 2 Grass-fed steaks
• 2 Sweet potatoes
• 2 Handfuls rocket
• 2 tbsp. pine nuts
• 1 Fig, chopped
• Coconut oil spray
• Pinch Himalayan salt
• 1 tbsp. olive oil

Method

• Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees.
• Cut the potato so it resembles chunky chips. Line an ovenproof dish with baking paper and place the chips so that they are evenly spaced in the dish, spray with the coconut spray and sprinkle with the salt.
• Cook in the oven for 20-30 mins.
• Spray and heat more oil in a griddle pan over a medium to high heat. Add the steak and cook to your (and your mans) liking.
• Remove the steak from the pan and place on a sheet of baking paper to rest for a few minutes.
• While the steak is resting add the rocket, fig and pine nuts in to a bowl and mix, drizzle with olive oil.
• Remove the potato from the oven, transfer the steak and chips to two serving plates and serve with the rocket salad.

Top tip: To add a bit of spice (and another aphrodisiac), throw some dried chilli flakes in with the potato while it cooks.

Seductive strawberries

This romantic recipe is so simple, yet so seductive.

Feeds: 2

Cooking Time: NA

Ingredients

• 1 punnet of fresh strawberries, washed
• 1 bar 85-90% dark chocolate

Method

• Melt the chocolate in a glass bowl over a pan of simmering water
• Lay the strawberries on a plate and serve with the melted chocolate in a bowl along side.

Top tip: Feed the strawberries slowly and seductively to your date.

Red-hot Chocolate love bites

Spice things up with this taste explosion.

Feeds: Makes 4 bites

Cooking Time: NA

Ingredients

• 20g extra virgin coconut oil
• 20g raw cacao powder
• ½ tsp pure stevia
• ¼ tsp red chilli powder
• ½ tsp cinnamon
• Pinch Himalayan pink rock salt
• 4 Hazel nuts, toasted

Method

• Mix all of the ingredients apart from the hazel nuts together in a clean bowl until they form a smooth paste
• Place a dollop of the smooth mixture in to 4 sections of a love-heart shaped ice tray and place in the fridge for around 60 seconds and allow to set slightly.
• Remove the tray from the fridge and press one each of the hazel nuts in to the centre of each heart.
• Place the tray in to the freezer and allow to set for at least 2 hours or until you are ready to get spicy.

Top tip: These are great served with a glass of good quality red wine, but make sure you keep it to just the one.