Christmas and New Year festivities have barely passed and yet another one is right around the corner. Valentine’s Day!
This year Interflora and The Last Detail are making it possible for one lucky winner to create a perfect romantic evening. Firstly, you can’t walk through the door without a bouquet of roses and a bottle of wine, can you? Interflora has taken care of that. The Last Detail is graciously offering a prize consisting of essential decorations to make this Valentine’s Day the most memorable one you’ve had thus far; from heart shaped chocolates to rose petals scattered on your bed. Doesn’t it remind you of romantic movies?
The prize comprises:
- 6 Red Roses
- Bottle of Wine
- Silver Heart Sparklers
- Hot Pink Organza Bags
- Hot Pink Chocolate Hearts
- Sparkling Pink Table Gems
- Rose Petals
- Hot Pink Organza Ribbon
- Elegantly Entertaining Triple Table Trivia
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What is the most romantic dish you have ever prepared? Recipes welcome.
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The winner is …
Nr. 523 – Claire Barrett
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Tournedos Rossini with a lovely, garlic infused crouton, medium rare fillet steak, pate de foie gras and a rich madeira sauce. Scrumptious!
venison al la haggis for my beautifull girlfriend Gilly
I made spicy meatballs for my dearest…Hot, and a bit of an animal, just live my partner!
A Fry up in bed!
Antipasti to start … there’s something sensual about finger foods
followed by my hubbys favourite, Steak and chips (done the french way!) For desert we had gooey chocolate pudding with pouring cream … delicious 
Spagetti arranged in a heart shape on the plate topped with salmon in olive oil,lemon and corriander, served with Pink Champagne and with melt in your mouth chocolate pudding served with strawberries and vanilla icecream – yum yum
22 day matured rib eye steak with red onions and mushrooms, homemade chunky chips and a chocolate cola cake for dessert, boyfriends favourite
The night I proposed to my wife I cooked a tomato and bulgar wheat salad, duck and pistachio ice cream. It took me all day as I don’t usually cook. Anyway, must have been OK as she said yes!
2 Years ago my partner made these and they taste great
Jam Hearts. Have ago ….. easy to make.
Ingredients
375 g ready-to-roll Puff pastry
For the filling
85g caster sugar
2 tsp ground Cinnamon
1 litre double cream
225 ml Eggs, custard, cold, thick and sweet
6 tbsp raspberry jam, (or strawberry)
1. Set the oven to 180°C/gas 4.
2. Roll out and trim the pastry, and then brush the surface with water and sprinkle with caster sugar and cinnamon.
3. Fold pastry inwards on both sides to centre.
4. Brush with water again and sprinkle with the caster sugar and cinnamon mix. Fold the pastry over to create a parcel. Cut into heart shaped slices and place them on baking tray. Cook for 7-10 minutes until golden. Cool on a wire rack.
5. Meanwhile, whisk the cream until thick and beat in the custard.
6. Sandwich the pastry hearts with a dollop of jam and the whipped cream mixture.
loverly ♥♥♥♥♥
As my other half is a true Brit and a true romantic to boot, I cooked a good old Shepherds pie with green beans and lashings of gravy. To follow it was pure chocolate heaven with chocolate Tarte m m mmmmmm
pure and simple, spagghetti bolognese, pure and simple and works well with anyone. adding extra’s like beans which taste very good
Made a pizza in the shape of a heart, followed by fruit cut into kisses and hearts for my sexy man
alphabety spaghetti on toast spelling out HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY!
Always a winner with my bloke…good old steak and home made chips with stuffed mushrooms! Mmmmmmm.
Strawberry fan made of roses in the shape of a heart.
A roast with all the trimmings is the way to my husband’s heart!
Homemade steak and ale pie…hubbie is mad on pies!!! with mixed steamed veg
We skipped dinner and headed straight for Desert
Twas very romantic!!
Malasian Chicken curry with coconut jasmin rice and bok choi
Crispy Duck & noodles, strawberries & Ice Cream
washed down with bottle of champagne.
Fillet steak, chunky chips and peppercorn sauce – delicious!
I had a gadget that left an impression of a heart on each slice of toast. He didn’t even notice
A knickerbocker glory with 2 spoons is easy to make and fun to share 
Thai Green Curry with Chocolate Pots for dessert! Yummy
Oysters -of course- from Whitstable; they worked!
(…and no cooking required)
Steak with boiled new pots and steamed veg and onion gravy, strawberry cheese cake for afters!!
Thai crab cakes
Love Heart trifle
A chocolate sponge cake in the shape of a heart.
As long as the meal ends with cheesecake and chocolates it’s always a winner!
Cheese sandwiches! (cut into heart shapes and sneaked into my husbands snack box on Valentines Day)
Nice Lasagne with tasty Strawberry Cheesecake for dessert yum yum
My romantic dish was to give my husband the gift of a beautiful baby boy. A real surprise as he wasn’t due until the 26th February!!
Heart shaped cookies dusted with icing sugar and served with cream and strawberrys.
I made my girlfriend pesto pasta with bacon and mushrooms. That was the intention anyway; I got in a bit of a mess, but we had fun and it tasted good. After making the dinner, neither of us could really be bothered to make desert, so we nipped to the shop and gorged on Ben and Jerry’s.
Good times =]
scrambled eggs with smoked salmon on bagels. it was the first valentines breakfast i cooked for my husband.
Roast beef, roast potatoes,yorkshire pudding & vegetables with lots of gravy followed by sherry trifle & lashings of cream – that’s his favourite!!!
Made a gooey chocolate cake in the shape of a heart with love hearts covering the top
Fillet steak flash fried in butter, worcester sauce, fresh chives and parsley, served with baked new potatoes, and shitake mushrooms
Green Thai curry with rice, served with spicy prawn crackers, and sweetcorn fritters.
Strawberry Shortcake Layer
- Butter Shortcake, Clotted Cream and Fresh Strawberries served with Strawberry Daiquiri.
Casoulet and red wine!
Fondu.. dripping chocolate and strawberries for sweets (start with the best first)
Mixed seafood to cook on hot rocks with varied dipping sauces
Cheese and bread fondu to warm up the tatse buds… and wash it down with a bottle of bubbley and a roaring fire!
I packed us a picnic hamper for a boating trip on the Thames – new potatoes in a creamy dressing with fresh chives, thick slices of York ham, tiny sweet cherry tomatoes, crusty farmhouse bread, delicate pink slices of smoked salmon, English strawberries and shortbread hearts, iced Pimms and champagne truffles.
Amalfi Lobster salad-Perfect for two to share with good bread and chilled white wine.
4 Lobster Tails, Cooked
Mixed baby leaves such as chard, rocket and spinach
6 Ripe plum Tomatoes
1 Red Onion (mediumish in size), Peeled And Finely Sliced
A good 4 or 5 table spoons fresh chopped flat leaf Parsley
Juice of 1 Lemon
3-4 good glugs of good Olive Oil
Sea Salt & Cracked Black Pepper
To prepare/Serve:
Remove lobster meat from the shells and chop into 1 inch pieces. Place in a bowl. Cut tomatoes into wedges and then slice the wedges in half so you have nice rustic chunks of tomato. Add to the bowl. Add the onion slices, parsley, lemon juice, and olive oil and toss well to combine. Season with salt and pepper. And serve with lemon wedges for squuezing over.
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heart shaped poached eggs, prepared by hubby – who usually doesn’t even know where the kitchen is!
It was freezing cold and raining, and my poor boyfriend had been working outside all day.
I made him a steaming hot shepherds pie and wrote an equally steamy message in the mash.
Heart shaped meat feast pizza!!!!
Sunday Roast on a Saturday night after he had spent the afternoon playing footie