Time is precious and everyone is stressed over a lot of things these days, however, don't forget to take a break and plan for something special for your significant other coming this weekend - Valentine's Day. To ease your anxiety and stress, we put together a little perfect plan to make your Valentine's Day a little more special.

An Afternoon Spa

Massage those stress out with Mineral flowers Body & Massage Lotion. With the aroma of Jasmine combines with 26 minerals from the Dead Sea, this water-based formula will leave your skin feeling soft to the touch and seductive. This water-based lotion does not leave behind the sticky feeling of oil-based lotion and is suitable to be used as daily body lotion. Mineral flowers Body & Massage Lotion - $9.99.

Soak yourself and your partner with a few drops of J.R. Watkins Body Oil added to the bath for a steamy surprise. Watkins's body oil is an all-natural and known for its luxurious blend of natural oils rich in anti-aging and nourishing qualities.  J.R. Watkins Body Oil - $7.99.

A Chocolatelious Dinner 

Dinner for two at your kitchen - Organic Polenta Porcelet and Gelee au Chocolate, both features a very appropriate and special ingredient for Valentine's Day - Green & Black's chocolate.

Green & Black's Organic Polenta Porcelet
Soft Polenta
1 shallot finely chopped
4 tbsp butter
4 oz instant polenta
8 oz chicken stock
1 oz mascarpone cheese

Directions: 

In a medium size pot, sauté shallots with half the butter until translucent.
Add chicken broth and bring to a boil. Reduce heat to medium.
Pour all the polenta in the broth, whisk vigorously to avoid any clumps. Cook for 4-5 minutes.
Add the remaining 2 tbsp of butter, salt and pepper and mascarpone cheese.

Porcelet
Ingredients:
4 x 2 oz of porcelet chops
4 x 2 oz of porcelet loins
4 x 2 oz of pork belly

Directions: 

Porcelet chops and Porcelet loins should be seared in a pan until done.
The pork belly, which has been marinated in Hoisin sauce and five spice is cooked sousvide for at least 6 hours or braised for 1 ½ to 2 hours before being cut intro strips. It is then cooked in a cast-iron pan, skin -side down until the skin is crispy.

Green & Black's Veal Jus Reduction
8 oz veal jus
1 star anise
1 cinnamon stick
2 tbsp butter
1 tsp 70% Green & Black's Organic chocolate

Directions:

Reduce the veal jus in half.
Add star anise and cinnamon.
When reduced; pass it through a cheesecloth and incorporate butter into the sauce.
Grate chocolate into sauce before serving.
Serve with seasonal vegetables.

Green & Black's Organic Gelée au Chocolat

Ingredients:
½ L 35 % cream
½ L milk
160g sugar
2 x ½ tsp of Agar Agar
270g Green & Black's chocolate

Directions:
Bring mil and cream to a boil.
Add sugar and Agar Agar.
Bring to a simmer for 30 seconds.
Add the simmering mix to the chopped chocolate with a hand blender.
Mix for a few minutes.
Pour into mould and set aside for 2 hours.
Once the chocolate has been set, it can be served warm or cold. Heating the chocolate in microwave oven for 30 seconds (it won't melt it).
Garnish with strawberry or other berries.

*Recipe courtesy of Green & Black's Organic Cooking Classes with Marc Thuet 2009.

A "HIS + HER" Randevu

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Wishing everyone a Happy Valentine's Day from ShopToronto.com