Little-Known Aphrodisiacs To Get You In The Mood

As stores stock their shelves with boxes of chocolates, stuffed animals, and balloons, it's hard to find something outside the figurative heart-shaped box to get our loved ones in the Valentine's Day spirit. With so many restaurants serving the same prix fixe menus at outrageous prices, wouldn't it be more fun and adventurous to celebrate the holiday by cooking together at home? (Photo Credit: AndersSchnnemann)

Slideshow: Little-Known Aphrodisiacs to Get You In the Mood

On Valentine's Day, a few of the known aphrodisiac foods come to mind -- oysters, chocolate, and strawberries. These seductive foods provide the body with lots of energy and nutrients needed for a "good time." But if chocolate-covered strawberries and oysters seem cliché, what's a lusting couple to do? To spruce up the evening, try serving some of the lesser-known aphrodisiacs to get you both in the mood. Popular foods like avocados and ginger can also light that spark and easily enhance a dinner for two.

Margot Greenwald, The Daily Meal

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Comments

[Diana Lelle]

04:51 PM on 02/22/2012

Where are the links to the recipes?

[CommentingKaren]

05:28 AM on 02/24/2012

You have to click on the link in the actual article, which will send you to another page with a slideshow with recipe links. :-)

[joelaf]

04:28 AM on 02/15/2012

I made a cold salad of sliced avocado and grapefruit for a friend recently. She bragged to everyone about it being "brilliant".

[Y3rMawm]

03:50 AM on 02/15/2012

OK..now I'm hungry.

[Dream Machine]

12:40 AM on 02/15/2012

Take you partner and blindfold them .
Offer little pieces of different foods.

Everything becomes an Aphrodisiac.
( please leave your tips in the change jar...thank you )

[Coasterr]

11:51 PM on 02/14/2012

If you want to get laid give your lady a magnum ice cream.

[Mr Crabs]

11:33 PM on 02/14/2012

MDMA kicks all of these so called aphrodisiacs butt. In a real controlled setting this isn't some cross your finger hope it works placebo. It's been shown to actually increase feelings of love between people, actual love and connection, not just horniness.

[HellBank]

11:12 PM on 02/14/2012

Chile might be a great aphrodisiac, unfortunately, due to its other effects, we'll never know.

[If6was9]

11:11 PM on 02/14/2012

Cornbread & Buttermilk.......no really,stop laughing.

[Sophia BD]

09:45 PM on 02/14/2012

Another great aphrodisiac: Ryan Gosling's picture.

[BarefootArizona]

09:39 PM on 02/14/2012

All of these foods are PALEO-FRIENDLY.

I would like to invite people to try out the paleo lifestyle. I have tried many diets and the Paleo diet is the best for HUMAN BEINGS.

GO PALEO!!! Ok, I'm done preaching........peace : )

[Coasterr]

12:00 AM on 02/15/2012

Why do you even diet? I just eat whatever I want and I'm super healthy too.

[BarefootArizona]

03:26 AM on 02/15/2012

I didn't mean "diet." I eat pretty much all day long, plus I smoke weed. This is one of the main reaspns that Paleo works for me. If I get the munchies, then I eat apples, grapes, cassava chips, kale chips, beef jerkey, cashews, and many other foods that satisfy that hunger without polluting your system. I was just giving people something to think about. If nobody told me about it, I would still be in the dark. Same goes for going barefoot. Peace : )

[BarefootArizona]

09:35 PM on 02/14/2012

You guys should try to go totally Paleo for 1 month and see what happens to your libido.

Avacado's, Pine Nuts, Oysters, and many other Paleo foods will fire you UP! Add to that strong legs, ankles and feet from going barefoot and you're a force to reckon with ; )

[liberalbug]

09:22 PM on 02/14/2012

Guacamole, the ultimate sex food.....Make guacamole all night long:

http://www.mojvideo.com/video-texas-tornados-guacamole/472256666a3445414f1f

[EthnicHeart]

12:58 AM on 02/15/2012

x2 F&F

[KOisGod]

08:25 PM on 02/14/2012

A couple of glasses of wine works really well.

[chaapai]

03:45 AM on 02/14/2012

A sense of humor is my favorite aphrodisiac.

[Mr Crabs]

11:31 PM on 02/14/2012

Do you date comedians? They seem to make a lot of jokes about how they're constantly single.

[orthobobsuruncle]

05:05 AM on 02/15/2012

Absolutely. Nothing is more relaxing than a spontaneous, unexpected laugh. And nothing is sexier than relaxing. (Sorry, way to overanalyse, I know.)

[ray christl]

04:15 PM on 02/13/2012

Try a little cannabis & remind her it's safe & efficacious medicine (unjust laws are NO laws at all-MLK)...kissing is so much fun !!!