16 Valentine's Day Breakfast/ Brunch Ideas

For four of the recipes below you will need a heart shaped cookie cutter (metal is best.) There's a wide selection at the Cake Craft Shop (they even have lip shaped cookie cutters too.) Amazon  has a 12cm heart cookie cutter or you can find some on ebay here.

1. English Cooked Breakfast

If you want to fry heart shaped eggs or insert them into your toast you will need an adjustable metal heart cookie cutters or normal cookie cutters. Homey Oh My shows you how to fry heart shaped eggs.If bacon is the way to your partner's heart then try the heart shaped bacon from The Paper Mama.

Top left: Homey Oh My Top Right: Sainsburys  Bottom Left : Sainsburys Bottom Right: The Paper MamaA

2. Healthy-ish 

Bring out the strawberries! You can add chopped strawberries into your usual oatmeal see here or go all out and carve these strawberry roses which look stunning! Just click on the tutorial by Holly from Spend with Pennies or this step by step picture. Another simple way of cutting hearts from strawberries can be found here (courtesy of Homey Oh My.)  The ice cube strawberries and chocolate from Haley at the Cheap Recipe Blog look impressive and are super easy to do! I'm not sure about keeping the stalk though, it doesn't look as pretty but it does give you something to hold while eating them. If you or your partner hate strawberries but like fruit, then use a metal cookie cutter to cut hearts out of melon slices and fill with berries or other fruit to up your game with minimal effort!

Photo Credit Top Left Spend with Pennies Top Right :Ethan Calabrese Bottom Left: Soulouposeto Bottom Right Cheap Recipe Blog

3. Traditional Sweet Breakfast Classics With A Twist 

If you have a waffle iron hiding in a cupboard that's been sitting there since the novelty wore off then get it out to make some red velvet waffles! Sharon from What the Fork shows you how here. While traditional French toast is just eggs and bread, this banana and chocolate French toast takes it to another level! The recipe is from My Recipes here.  Tonya from The Gunny sack will show you how to make buttermilk pancakes, just stack 'em high and layer them with Nutella and raspberry juice on top. You can also step up your pancake game with these pretty lace pattern hearts, they're just waiting to be Instagram-ed and they look so fun to make! You can see a step by step tutorial for this at A Designer Life.

Photo Credit: Top Left: What The Fork Top Right The Gunny Sack Bottom left A Designer Life Bottom Right My Recipes

                                                                    4. Valentine Treats

Cupcakes are fairly practical to eat in bed and these Martha Stewart chocolate cupcakes  look yummy and you can pipe whatever message you like on them. Truffles are simple to make and these 'red velvet', amaretto, gluten-free ones are perfect for Valentines day (They're a no bake as well.) Pop over to Lazy Cat Kitchen and Ania will show you how to make them. The mini chocolate cheesecakes are also a no bake recipe which you can find at Delish with Rachel Connors. Then just sit back and enjoy the day together drinking these strawberry mimosas by Baking Beauty which you can find here !

Photo Credit Top Left Baking Beauty Top Right Lazy Cat Kitchen Bottom Left:Rachel Conners Bottom Right Martha Stewart

Valentines Day Gift Guide

l always thought that personalised valentine marshmallows from Boomf would make a great valentines present. Download photos from Facebook, Instagram or your photo roll and Boomf will print them on a box of marshmallows for you! You can also create your own designs or chose from ones provided. They come in vanilla or strawberry and are gluten free although they're not suitable for vegetarians, best of all they are only 24 Kcal! Boomf also have free world wide shipping!


Also I've fallen in love with the couples watch stand as i'm someone who often loses things and this gift is both practical as well as romantic. I also think having a watch engraved is pretty romantic too. I found these valentine couple socks which are so cute! They also come in black and white and have socks for same sex partners as well!

Fragrance is another great valentine's gift. I've chosen these two fragrances because Boss Bottled won the Editor's choice at the GQ Magazine's 2017 Grooming Awards while Mr Burberry made The Daily Telegraph's best fragrances hit-list Alternatively a bottle of their (or your) favourite aftershave /cologne would go down well too. I also love the cute and witty 'You stole my heart but I'll let you keep it' mug and the couple mason glass is made for Instagram!

You cab spend Valentines day reminiscing about the cool things from your childhood with the build your own retro box, choose a DVD, a mug and fill with retro pick n mix sweets. They have a choice of 57 DVDs (mostly from 80's and 90's) and 24 pick n mix sweets and 38 mug designs. If that doesn't rock your world Funky Hampers have a build your own sweet box and hamper.

I also came across this We Met Here Jigsaw and hadn't seen anything like it before. You type in the address of where you met your partner and they send you a jigsaw in a presentation box with a personalised message. The centre of the puzzle is heart shaped and eight pieces are letters that spell I Love You. Another thoughtful present would be a digital photo frame that displays your favourite pictures and reminds you of your favourite memories together.

 1. Box of 9 Marshmallows with Photos   £15 Boomf
2. Personalised Kissing Couple Socks £12  Sparks Clothing at Not On The High Street
3. Couples Watch Stand With Ring Dish £36 Mijmoj Design at Not On The High Street 
4. Mr Burberry EDT 50ml £48 Debenhams Boss Bottled EDT 100ml £47.95 Fragrance Direct
5, Personalised 'You Stole My Heart Mug £10  Hope and Halcyon at Not On The High Street
6. Build Your Own Retro Box (DVD, Mug, Sweets)  £19.99 Funky Hampers
7. We Met Here Postcode Jigsaw £24.95  PrezzyBox 
8. Couples Personalised Mason Jar £9.56  Sophie Victoria Joy at Not on the High Street
9. Bush Digital Photo Frame 7 inch £34.99 Argos

5 Handmade Valentines Day Gift Ideas

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Updated May 2020

1. Write out the lyrics of your partner's favourite song or a quote they like and frame it. You could handwrite them or if you don't like your handwriting get on a computer and choose a pretty font, print out and frame. You can also cheat by using free  printables such as the ones below. The links and credits are below. 
Eyes To use The Girl Creative 9 free signs/quote prints
Creatively Southern You are the Ham to My Sandwich
My favourite quote about love is this one below: Corinthians 13:4-8. by The Girl Creative
Your my Lobster choose from 24 Free Valentine printables from Classy Clutter
Sincerely Sarah 

 2.  Get busy with a sharpie pen and design a pair of mugs, one for each of you.Fleecce Fun with template 
3. They say the way to a man's heart is through his stomach so make breakfast in bed....for recipes and inspiration take a look at my post 16 Valentine's Day Breakfast in Bed Ideas.

4. Or make a lovely cake, I love this white chocolate cheesecake with stunning raspberry heart decoration from Tracey's Culinary Adventures.  Or this strawberry, Oreo Cookies and Cream Cake by Jo The Baker.

5. Create a Story of Us info graphic using a graphic programme like Canva. include where and how you met, where you had your first kiss, anniversary memories, where you got engaged etc. Etsy has some ideas that can show you what I mean. Or more simply a list of your favourite memories you have together. Print out and Frame.