Valentine’s Day Breakfast
Thursday, February 10, 2011 RecipesNew York has blown us over, buried us in snow, and chilled us to the core. Winter is more than half over, but Spring feels oh so far away. We thought to ourselves, what would we want for this Valentine’s day ? This year cozy and close to home sounds much better than glitzy or grand. So we went to work creating a treat you could easily throw together this weekend if you’ve left pampering your Valentine to the last minute. We started with the idea that nothing is more special than a quiet nourishing breakfast made by someone you love. We chose a clean palette of white linens, a white plate, and a few unique blooms for a peek of color. The flowers + greenery are so beautiful on their own we just popped them in a small champagne glass. We chose a deep red peony + a purple sweet pea for our setting. Our cutie pie wooden heart, menu card, and lined stamp we bought online at a new favorite : Olive Manna.
You can find most of our ingredients in your fridge, and the rest at your closest grocer. We baked eggs with cream + truffle salt, sauteed kale with olive oil, sea salt and a squeeze of fresh lemon, and made sweet little heart butter patties with nothing more than some chopped cherries + an ice tray. Serve this all with some delicious local bread, and your Valentine’s day will be off to a great start.
Of course it wouldn’t be February 14th without some sweets, even if it is first thing on a monday morning. For that, we grabbed a bar of our favorite Mast Brother’s Chocolate, and bought (shh !) a yummy cupcake + sparkle heart cookie. And the special little gift you bought ? We love it wrapped in yesterday’s paper with Olive Manna’s simple cotton ribbon.
We hope this helps you if your last minute scrambling ! This is easy as pie, and thoughtful as can be. Maybe most importantly in this corner of the world, it’s cozy + quiet. Happy Valentine’s day ! Let us know how it goes.
Karen Mordechai: Styling + Photos - Lizzy Sall: Writing + Styling
Sources: Menu Tag, Stamp, Red Ribbon + Red Heart at Olive Manna/ Chocolate at Mast Brothers/ Flowers at Sprout
Your pictures are so inspiring! I love the small details and great looking flowers and food! Everything looks dreamy!
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Wow….so beautiful. Lovely post.
Hello.
Can you describe what the little hearts are made of? Butter and cherries? So you just deformed the butter into the heart shaped mold and added cherries?
Thank you for the answer!
Oh please may I join you for this darling little breakfast? I’m not sure I’m capable of conjuring up anything half as lovely…
Beautiful! The perfect way to celebrate Valentine’s Day!
Karen, this is so sweet and perfectly lovely! I also love that you use Olive Manna, they are my fave!
Simply perfect for breakfast in bed and I have always wanted to try baked eggs.
I heart your butter hearts!
so beautiful…i was only just saying to my husband last night “are we going to do anything for valentines this year?”……he suggested a bottle of french bubbles….but i can better that with your lovely suggestions. thank you.
Hi Sara ! At the bottom of the post there’s a recipe card that has all the instructions and recipes
This looks so pretty. I love the photos.
I just adore this and your photography is phenomenal.
This is beautiful! And since I have found myself scrambling at the last minute, I might just need to do this!
xo
Liz
And another gorgeous post–Karen’s photography is just breathtaking! The recipe is so simple, yet exactly what I want to make this weekend. Thanks for sharing the beauty…
Love the post, love the new (to me) look of the site. I’m sorry it’s been so long since I’ve stopped by. I’m embarrassed, and clearly have a lot of catching up to do. Simple and so very lovely. Hope to catch up with you sometime, Karen. ~ Allison
absolutely love your blog!!! i’ve been avidly following for some time…can’t wait to try out the baked eggs!!!
Beautiful … the lightness of everything! Makes me want to knock out a few walls in my townhouse …
The photographs are stunning – what a beautiful way to spend Valentine’s. Everything looks so tasteful and not too stressful!
This is such a beautiful post and makes me smile!
Ahh, this post is so lovely, love the red ribbon with the newsprint paper.
-Naomi
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I am in love with those pictures! the hearty shaped butter!!! I am melting!!
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Just happened upon your blog, and wanted to tell you the pictures are
beautiful : )
Wow, those heart shape cookies look delicious…the photography is amazing on this blog…
What a beautiful post. The first photo was the best–I love gifts wrapped in newspaper!
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Beautiful pictures, as usual. What a lovely valentine’s specially b/c you get to share it with a brand new baby.
Wow – I’ve just found your blog. The pictures are beautiful. I’m so excited to have found your blog. I can’t wait to find more kitchen inspiration here.
What wonderful food, if only I had seen this myself just over two weeks ago – I doubt I could have got the presentation as superb as yours, but how imaginative. Fantastic work. I know a few chef’s who will be referred to your blog!
As always- I am in love.
sorry if you already mentioned it in the post, but i didn’t see it if you did… where is that adorable mini-crock that the eggs were baked in from? it’s perfect.
I’ve searched everywhere and can’t find any plates quite like the ones pictured here, would you tell me where to get them, please?
Hi Ashley ! the dinner plates are from crate and barrel (but from a few years ago so I can’t find them on their site currently) the baked egg dishes are from williams sonoma here’s the link : http://www.williams-sonoma.com/products/large-double-handled-soup-bowl/?pkey=cdinnerware|tbldnwspb
hope that helps!
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like Ashley above I absolutely adore the plates etc you have in the shoot but i am from Australia
after searching i found some in my Target at home and also on the Peter’s of Kensington website… i think i might even have written a post about them on my blog under ‘shopping list’ a brand called Arzberg also makes some
btw love your amazing styling and recipes
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Great photos as always!!
Love the newspaper wrapper in the first photo!
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These images are beautiful and inspiring. I plan to make this breakfast, just haven’t done it yet!! I pinned and posted the butter images here: http://stuartgrace.blogspot.com/2012/02/pinterest-interest-february.html
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Stunning images. Was so inspired I included one of them in a post today! Thank you
Holly
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