Raspberry Milk on Valentine’s Day ⋆ Design Mom

Happy Valentine’s Day! Are you doing anything fun to celebrate?

St. Valentine’s Day isn’t a big thing here in France. I mean, you can see it on the calendar. And there are a few stores with hearts in the windows. But there are no Valentine exchanges at school, and I haven’t seen any restaurants offering a sweetheart’s menu. Though I did see quite a few Valentine-themed flower bouquets in the shops today.

Our family tradition is a Valentine Breakfast with pancakes, our traditional raspberry milk (notes and recipe below), and a little gift on each child’s plate. Something small — a token really.

Wherever you are, I hope you’re offering an extra dose of love to the people in your life. Happy Valentine’s Day!

Raspberry Milk Instructions & Recipe

Raspberry Milk is super simple and will take you about 1 minute to make in your blender.

Blend 1/2 to 1 cup frozen raspberries, 3 cups cold milk and 2 tablespoons of sugar (or whatever sweetener you prefer) until it’s super frothy and the palest of pink.

Those 3 cups of milk will get so frothy they’ll fill your whole blender! So I always work in 3 cup batches. Also, I usually eyeball the proportions when I make it, so sometimes is tastes a little more tarte or a little more sweet. But I measured out a batch just for you, so the numbers above are a good place to start. You can make it tarte or sweet as you prefer.

That’s it! I don’t know what it is about this simple concoction, but my kids adore it, and it doesn’t feel like Valentine’s Day at our house without it.