Is your wife/partner a tired Mum or mother to be? If so, read on for the perfect Valentines Day gift to brighten up her day! As a busy Mum of baby and a 2 year old toddler, these little treasures would certainly put you in my good books!
Booja Booja Special Edition Gift Collection
RRP of £12.95 per box, with 12 truffles in each box.
Beautifully elegant, eye-catching gift boxes with a soft velvety finish; the Special Edition Gift Collection is perfect for chocolate connoisseurs who appreciate a quirky and imaginative twist to chocolate truffles.
There are four boxes available in the Special Edition Gift Collection:
Truffle Selection No1
Cherry Cognac Truffle: A tipsy sour cherry and Cognac truffle
Stem Ginger Truffle: Blended with temptingly tangy, aromatic ginger
Around Midnight Espresso Truffle: Made with freshly roasted Mexican coffee
Fine de Champagne Truffle: Delightfully inebriated with organic Fine de Champagne.
Truffle Selection No2
Rhubarb and Vanilla Fool Truffle: British rhubarb muddled with a creamy vanilla fool
Almond Caramel Truffle: Made with chewy, gooey caramel and roasted almond
Hazelnut Truffle: Made with sweet-roasted Italian hazelnuts
Banoffee Toffee Truffle: Creamy, rich toffee and banana.
No3 Hazelnut Truffles
No4 Fine de Champagne Truffles
Available in stores:
For more info visit www.boojabooja.com
Green and Blacks Connoisseur Collection
RRP £17.99
Perfect for snacking with a cuppa between feeds or playing with the kids, or as an evening treat with a tipple: the Green and Black’s Organic Connoisseur Collection provides a selection of her favourite chocolate bars alongside tasting notes, outlining which dessert wine, port, sherry or spirit compliments each bar best. To help guide the pairing experience, the collection is equipped with its own Tasting Wheel, the ultimate ‘cheat sheet’ for pairing food with drinks. The collection also includes recipe suggestions for experimenting in the kitchen.
Founded by husband and wife team Craig Sams and Jo Fairley, Green and Black’s Organic was born in their flat in Portobello Road in 1991. Green and Black’s Organic is committed to creating great tasting, innovative and ethically sourced chocolate.
The whole range is available from stores nationwide, or via the online store at www.greenandblacksdirect.com.
Green People Valentines 'Red for Her' Gift Set
RRP £15
from www.greenpeople.co.uk
For pregnant ladies or Mums who are breastfeeding, and for any eco and health conscious woman, the Green people range is the perfect choice for skincare. Their lovely natural products are safe, nasty and cruelty free, and organic.
This gift set contains an essential skincare duo to lift a tired face and give naturally radiant skin:
Vita Min Fix 24 Hour Cream (50ml) - packed full of vitamins and minerals and containing Evening Primrose, Avocado and Seaweed.
Booja Booja Special Edition Gift Collection
RRP of £12.95 per box, with 12 truffles in each box.
Chocolate is a tired girl's best friend.
BoojaBooja is my very favourite chocolate truffle brand. They are organic and dairy free (fully
vegan like me!) and made with healthy coconut oil, which takes the
guilt away from scoffing lots of them! These truffles melt on the tongue
with a rich yet light flavour that is soooo more-ish!!
For a tired mum or a
mum-to-be; these are the perfect choice. I know I would LOVE to receive some!!
There are four boxes available in the Special Edition Gift Collection:
Truffle Selection No1
Cherry Cognac Truffle: A tipsy sour cherry and Cognac truffle
Stem Ginger Truffle: Blended with temptingly tangy, aromatic ginger
Around Midnight Espresso Truffle: Made with freshly roasted Mexican coffee
Fine de Champagne Truffle: Delightfully inebriated with organic Fine de Champagne.
Truffle Selection No2
Rhubarb and Vanilla Fool Truffle: British rhubarb muddled with a creamy vanilla fool
Almond Caramel Truffle: Made with chewy, gooey caramel and roasted almond
Hazelnut Truffle: Made with sweet-roasted Italian hazelnuts
Banoffee Toffee Truffle: Creamy, rich toffee and banana.
No3 Hazelnut Truffles
No4 Fine de Champagne Truffles
Available in stores:
Good independent health food shops, delicatessens and chocolate shops.
Or online:
Buy from goodnessdirect.co.uk or Ocado
Buy from goodnessdirect.co.uk or Ocado
Green and Blacks Connoisseur Collection
RRP £17.99
Perfect for snacking with a cuppa between feeds or playing with the kids, or as an evening treat with a tipple: the Green and Black’s Organic Connoisseur Collection provides a selection of her favourite chocolate bars alongside tasting notes, outlining which dessert wine, port, sherry or spirit compliments each bar best. To help guide the pairing experience, the collection is equipped with its own Tasting Wheel, the ultimate ‘cheat sheet’ for pairing food with drinks. The collection also includes recipe suggestions for experimenting in the kitchen.
Founded by husband and wife team Craig Sams and Jo Fairley, Green and Black’s Organic was born in their flat in Portobello Road in 1991. Green and Black’s Organic is committed to creating great tasting, innovative and ethically sourced chocolate.
The whole range is available from stores nationwide, or via the online store at www.greenandblacksdirect.com.
Eisberg Non-Alcoholic Wine
RRP £3.50
www.eisberg.co.uk
The Eisberg alcohol free wine tastes like a real glass of wine, but without the alcohol units, and with just a third of the calories! Made in the same way as her favourite wine, the alcohol is then gently removed using one of the world’s most advanced techniques to ensure that as much of the original character and flavours of the wine are kept intact. The result is an alcohol-free wine containing less than 0.005% alcohol, only 34 calories per 125ml glass and the real flavour of the wine varieties that you know and love. Available in Chardonnay, Riesling, Rosé and Cabernet Sauvignon.
RRP £3.50
www.eisberg.co.uk
A bottle of Rose to
wash down her fave choccies, with all of the taste yet none of the
alcohol, this is perfect for pregnant or breastfeeding mums. This really does taste like the real thing but without the
alcohol.
The Eisberg alcohol free wine tastes like a real glass of wine, but without the alcohol units, and with just a third of the calories! Made in the same way as her favourite wine, the alcohol is then gently removed using one of the world’s most advanced techniques to ensure that as much of the original character and flavours of the wine are kept intact. The result is an alcohol-free wine containing less than 0.005% alcohol, only 34 calories per 125ml glass and the real flavour of the wine varieties that you know and love. Available in Chardonnay, Riesling, Rosé and Cabernet Sauvignon.
The full range is available in Morrisons and selected varieties in Asda, Waitrose.
Green People Valentines 'Red for Her' Gift Set
RRP £15
from www.greenpeople.co.uk
For pregnant ladies or Mums who are breastfeeding, and for any eco and health conscious woman, the Green people range is the perfect choice for skincare. Their lovely natural products are safe, nasty and cruelty free, and organic.
This gift set contains an essential skincare duo to lift a tired face and give naturally radiant skin:
Vita Min Fix 24 Hour Cream (50ml) - packed full of vitamins and minerals and containing Evening Primrose, Avocado and Seaweed.
I found this a great consistency-creamy but not too light or too heavy. Smells fresh and lovely. My skin looked great after a couple of uses.
Rejuvenating Eye Cream (10ml) - Rich in essential fatty acids with active vitamins, minerals and antioxidants (Evening Primrose, Seaweed, Perilla Seed oil and Avocado) to help moisturise and soothe the delicate skin around the eyes.
Rejuvenating Eye Cream (10ml) - Rich in essential fatty acids with active vitamins, minerals and antioxidants (Evening Primrose, Seaweed, Perilla Seed oil and Avocado) to help moisturise and soothe the delicate skin around the eyes.
Similar consistency to the face cream but in a roller format or squeeze onto fingertips to rub on. Feels smooth and soothing and doesn't sting at all like some eye creams.
Gro-clock
£19.95 from John Lewis www.johnlewis.com
If your lady has a toddler or young child, then a Gro-clock is a great Valentines present, because it means she may actually get a lie in! The idea is that kids stay in bed until they see the sun on the clock face. This clock uses fun images of the stars and sun to communicate when to go back to sleep and when it's time to get up.Also perfect for clocks going forward next month.
£19.95 from John Lewis www.johnlewis.com
If your lady has a toddler or young child, then a Gro-clock is a great Valentines present, because it means she may actually get a lie in! The idea is that kids stay in bed until they see the sun on the clock face. This clock uses fun images of the stars and sun to communicate when to go back to sleep and when it's time to get up.Also perfect for clocks going forward next month.
White Company Heart Oak Wood Chopping Board
£25 from www.thewhitecompany.com
This beautiful heart shaped board is made from American white oak, and hand carved in Thailand. This will cheer her up when she is cooking the family dinner!
£25 from www.thewhitecompany.com
This beautiful heart shaped board is made from American white oak, and hand carved in Thailand. This will cheer her up when she is cooking the family dinner!
Read My Lips Chalk Writer
£5
Available from www.frology.co.uk
Let her know you appreciate her with these fun, lipstick-lovely liquid chalk markers to leave a message on her mirror. They write on almost any smooth surface like mirrors and wipe off easily.
Heart Nail Files
£1.95 from www.madbeauty.com
Asda:
Asda have some lovely little bargain bits and pieces for Valentines Day at a very reasonable price. Buy in-store or online. Examples are:
Asda Heart Shape Silicone Ice/Chocolate Tray
£2
This is great for both ice cubes for your romantic drink after the kids are in bed, or for making raw chocolate and freezing it, yum! Here is a recipe if you want to surprise her:
Melt 1 quarter of a cup coconut oil, remove from heat and add cacao or cocoa (2 thirds of a cup), add nut butter (cashew preferably) and sweetener such as a dash of agave syrup to taste. Takes 10 mins. Then freeze until solid. Yum!
Asda- Love Hearts Tea Lights£2
Melt 1 quarter of a cup coconut oil, remove from heat and add cacao or cocoa (2 thirds of a cup), add nut butter (cashew preferably) and sweetener such as a dash of agave syrup to taste. Takes 10 mins. Then freeze until solid. Yum!
£3
