Here are the printable replies we got when we asked vegans what their favourite aphrodisiacs were...

"You can't beat alcohol and chocolate."

"On the other hand any well prepared vegan food in a restaurant can be recommended. You don't have to use all your energy shopping, cooking, washing up etc."

"Aphrodisiac? Food that is sensual in itself ... Off the top of my head - young asparagus, dark gooey (boozy) chocolate anything, marzipan, my husband's apple and marzipan tart - most amazing! Cherries dipped in dark chocolate. Creamy avocado? Roasted aubergine that melts in your mouth. can't think of more now... I love almost all vegan food. "

"Even a hearty thick soup lends for a cosy, snuggled up evening by the fire?!"

"Anything with chocolate!!!!"

"Tomato sauce, fresh basil leaves on top, with pasta - Glass of expensive Sancerre wine. And to be served by a good looking naked waiter."

"Perhaps a box of vegan violet chocolates after."

"Off the top of my head I can't think of anything specific, except that sharing a meal with someone you love, sitting opposite each other at a table narrow enough so you can hold hands while eating using only one hand, or between courses, gazing into each other's eyes, while wearing something you feel good in and you know you look good in & the other person thinks you look good in, not rushing the meal because you feel you have the rest of your lives to make love to each other ............ But, if it has to be food, then how about a big piece of nice squidgy chocolate cake with vanilla Swedish glace?"

"Ripe avocado sliced with a spicy fruit coulis, as a starter.
Dry mango curry,(big chunks eaten with fingers),with roasted breadfruit cooked on an open fire and vegi marg. (must be cooked by the muscular rasta with no shirt!)
Bananas baked in rum and brown sugar, so they go caramelly, served with vegan ice-cream.
And a bottle of champagne each! "

Wow, my mouths watering!

I will keep a report on the aphrodisiac state of things but I have to say Green and Black's hot chocolate made with organic soya milk with molasses in does it for me every time!!!!!!!

Vegan loving and seduction has become really easy now you can wander into a supermarket and get all the essentials, vegan chocolate, Vegan Candles, Vegan Champagne, vegan cosmetics and even vegan condoms. With a bit of forward planning you can even get Vegan Caviar and Vegan chocolate body paint.

Get home a little bit earlier than your loved one - have a vegan candle lit hot bath waiting with ylang ylang bubble bath and incense sticks and a chilled glass of vegan champagne ( or good vegan German lager if they prefer )

Lots of snacky food that takes no preparation, dips and biscuits or see recipes below if you have the time.

Melt some Mayan gold chocolate in the microwave and mix it with some vegan cream and Cointreau to provide a delicious (messy) chocolate dip for strawberries, figs, apricots, cherries, dates, brazils, almonds and other nuts with essential nutrients in them.

Get a book on Massage and some massage oil with ylang ylang.

http://www.vegsoc.org/news/1999/forget.html

http://www.vegsoc.org/valentine/

http://www.vegsoc.org/cordonvert/recipes/valentine.html

For breakfast get up early and have those bake yourself croissants from Sainsbury wrapped around a chunk of vegan chocolate (10 mins in the oven) or plain with Swedish soft cream cheese and strawberry jam served with tropical bucksfizz ( Tropical fruit juice and champagne)

No food really makes me feel romantic although Yoghurt and Soya cream are good foods to use when your are in a romantic mood (ie. Have a stiffy).

Vegan meat and two veg, and lunch packets? And melons. And knobs of vegan butter and stalks of celery.