Celebrity chef Travis London gives tips for Valentine's Day

Clients include Jessica Alba and Housewives galore

2/9/2012

Travis is worried about you, especially if you're not a teetotaler. The chef has devoted himself to healthy living with his new company Healthy Chic Eats. Fans include Nicole Richie, Justin Timberlake and Jessica Alba. He also makes time to do a lifestyle column for England's OK! magazine. Most of London's recipes are healthful, on the dietic side, and mostly organic. He gave us some tips for Valentine's Day tips that we can surely appreciate, especially if they don't cause a mean hangover:

Cooking for your loved-one? Ginger not only spices up your food, but can put some extra spice in your love life. It improves blood flow through the body and contains Vitamin C, zinc and magnesium—a sure bet to heat things up between the sheets. · Cook with coconut as it can act as an aphrodisiac. The smell of coconut triggers certain sensors in our body that alert us of the present of the opposite sex. For the single ladies:

Single this Valentine’s Day? Take your girls out to brunch. Upgrade your Bellini or Mimosa by opting for low-calorie cocktails made with Rose Brut Sparkling Wine. Skipping the beer and sodium-packed Bloody Mary’s will allow you to indulge in a sweet treat for dessert. · Have your friends over before a ‘girl’s night out’ and mix-up some easy, flirtatious cocktail recipes that will get you ready to hit the town. Add a strawberry to any cocktail as they are incredibly high in anti-oxidants and have the lowest glycemic level of any fruit. This means you can dance all night as they provide sustained energy at the cost of only a few calories.

Some of Travis's sexier cocktail suggestions included - naturally - X Rated Fusion liqueur. Here's a few:

X-Rated Bellini

Mix 1 ½ oz. X-Rated Fusion Liqueur2 1/2 oz. Mango PureeTop with Rose Brut Sparkling Wine In a cocktail shaker add X-Rated Fusion Liqueur, mango puree, and ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a champagne flute rimmed with rimming sugar. Top with sparkling wine.

Be Mine Bubbly Combine 1 ½ oz. X-Rated Fusion Liqueur 1 oz. SKYY Infusions Ginger½ oz. Ginger Simple SyrupTop with Champagne In a cocktail shaker add X-Rated Fusion Liqueur, SKYY Infusions Ginger, simple syrup and ice. Shake vigorously and strain into a champagne flute rimmed with sugar. Top with champagne.

Love Goddess is 1 oz. Chocolate Liqueur1 oz. X-Rated Fusion Liqueur3 Strawberries½ oz. SKYY Vodka In a cocktail shaker place all ingredients and muddle the strawberries until completely mashed. Add ice, shake vigorously, and strain into a martini glass rimmed with red rimming sugar and garnish with a strawberry slice.