Thursday, February 14, 2008

Valentine Surprise!

I wasn't expecting to be writing a second post today!
However, when I arrived in front of my computer first thing this morning, I found a couple of little surprises that I want to share with you! The lovely little wooden heart is an ornament for the Christmas tree and the plate of goodies come from a Deli near where Embee works. Just look at the name of the Deli which is very apt for today!

I tried the biscuit (cookie) and it was flavoured with lavender. I have seen recipes using lavender in cooking but have never tried it myself, despite having a bush growing in the garden! So I now have some lovely treats for my coffee breaks for the next few days!!

Thank you Embee I know you will be reading this~ just one thing where did you hide the champagne!!

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29 Comments:

At 14/2/08 13:07, Blogger FH said...

How lucky are you Chris!! Arvind didn't even know it's V day today!!:D
Enjoy. It snowed 2" overnight here, a surprise snow for V day!:))

 
At 14/2/08 13:13, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Enjoy the treat, love and attention!

 
At 14/2/08 14:05, Blogger Dea said...

How sweet Chris! Sounds wonderful. And will Embee have any surprises??? ;-)

 
At 14/2/08 14:51, Blogger Jen said...

Yum! I need to look up how to make those....

 
At 14/2/08 14:57, Blogger Steffi said...

That´s so sweet,Chris!Enjoy your day!

 
At 14/2/08 15:00, Blogger Unknown said...

Oh he's so sweet! Enjoy your loving comfort. :)

 
At 14/2/08 15:27, Blogger Unknown said...

Enjoy, that is sweet!!

 
At 14/2/08 16:54, Blogger Sandy said...

Awwwwwww! What a sweetie! Happy St. Valentine's Day.

 
At 14/2/08 17:01, Blogger ChrisB said...

Deborah he got a pot of the marmite hehe!

 
At 14/2/08 17:08, Blogger Attie said...

How Sweet!!
Happy Valentines Day!!!!!!!!!!!!

 
At 14/2/08 17:17, Blogger Beckie said...

Sweets and a heart from your sweetheart! Enjoy!

 
At 14/2/08 18:21, Anonymous Anonymous said...

can embee send instructions on how to be sweet to the man please?

 
At 14/2/08 18:34, Blogger Alix said...

oh lovely, enjoy!

 
At 14/2/08 19:00, Blogger Sam said...

He hid the champagne in the marmite pot of course. duh!

Don't you remember the salty sweet lavender almonds you tried in Napa recently?

 
At 14/2/08 20:00, Blogger Jennie said...

We have a lavender farm near where we live and they have a tearoom with all sorts of goodies. I was a bit apprehensive about their lavender scones but my parents said they smelt and tasted wonderful (I have no sense of smell unfortunately). I know there are quite a few recipes you can use lavender for.
I hope you enjoyed your valentines treats!

 
At 14/2/08 20:28, Blogger Sauntering Soul said...

That's so wonderful!

Enjoy your Valentine's Day!

 
At 14/2/08 22:39, Blogger ChrisB said...

Sam I do remember those but I wasn't too keen on them. This biscuit was much nicer.

jennie I keep saying I'm going to be more adventurous with the lavender!

enidd now remember where the glue goes so not sure that he wasn't being a bit too sweet!! I'm sure you wouldn't want him to encourage the man into bad habits!

 
At 15/2/08 01:50, Blogger Sagari said...

looks u had a wonderful v'day

 
At 15/2/08 05:04, Blogger frannie said...

happy valentine's!! sounds like your sweetie did a good job of surprising you!

 
At 15/2/08 05:40, Blogger Joy T. said...

Lucky lucky you! It looks so good and that wooden heart ornament is pretty. Happy Valentine's Day!

 
At 15/2/08 06:50, Blogger Emma in Canada said...

Awww...that's so sweet.

 
At 15/2/08 07:51, Blogger my4kids said...

What a sweet gift. I love the little heart ornament. I've never heard of baking or cooking with lavender!

 
At 15/2/08 09:22, Blogger ChrisB said...

sagari thank you for dropping by again. By the way I love the look of your carrot cake. I'm going to try that recipe sometime. I have just found a recipe of my mother's for carrot cake, made with honey so I'm going to try this one first!

 
At 15/2/08 12:09, Blogger Beccy said...

Mmmm, I gave Joules Lavender creams yesterday...he hasn't opened them yet!

 
At 15/2/08 12:45, Blogger katy said...

how sweet, did you find the champagne yet?

 
At 15/2/08 14:33, Blogger thefoodsnob said...

Good for you, Chris! I'm glad it turned out a little better than expected ;)
Now where did you and Alix get that lovely marmite jar?


Lisa

 
At 15/2/08 16:17, Blogger ChrisB said...

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At 15/2/08 16:18, Blogger ChrisB said...

Lisa I got mine from my local supermarket~ Sainsbury's.
I have just emailed you hope I have got the right email address!

 
At 16/2/08 15:23, Anonymous Anonymous said...

They all sound yum, now i really want anything with lavender in it

 

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