Valentine’s Day Recipes: 40+ romantic dinner ideas to make at home
This February 14th set the right mood with these easy Valentine's day dinner ideas. Here it is a selection of 40+ decadent, heart-shaped, red recipes to impress your loved ones.
This Valentine's Day don't get caught unprepared, February 14th is right around the corner. Whether you're alone or sharing this day with special people like your partner, family or friends, set the right mood with these 40+ easy Valentine's Day dinner ideas.
Making each course with your own hands is a proof of love that is sure to impress your sweethearts. Think of a personalized menu designed for your Valentine.
You don't have to be a culinary expert to show love. You simply need to be passionate, creative and very eager to amaze your guests to make this February 14th the most romantic of all. Let yourself be enchanted by the heart-shaped designs, red and pink colors to stay in theme with Valentine's Day.
Are you still undecided on the menu to plan? Check out these 35 easy, romantic Valentine's Day dinner ideas to leave your loved ones speechless. Get the ball rolling with dishes that are tasty, elegant and quick to prepare. Make creamy pastas, juicy chicken, fancy lobster main and decadent chocolate desserts or romantic heart-shaped cookies. Don't forget some healthy Valentine's Day dishes too, pairing all of them with wine or pink cocktails to make the atmosphere even more romantic.
After all, love is in the air, as is the delicious smell that will win over your loved ones.
If you're looking for an ultra-tasty, easy-to-make appetizer that you can make in no time, you'll love this simple crab cakes recipe. Made from jumbo crabmeat and seasoned with mayo, mustard, hot sauce, and parsley, these Maryland crab cakes are crispy on the outside and creamy and tender on the inside.
With a creamy velvet-like texture and rich taste, lobster bisque is an elegant soup you can serve as a starter or even a main dish on special occasions. It's easy to make this delicious French soup.
Bacon roses are an easy, fun appetizer recipe. Perfect for Valentine's Day, the super crispy, thick bacon slices are rolled, baked and attached to a long toothpick to recreate a rose bouquet.
If you're looking for a fast, easy seafood recipe that's sure to impress, try making seared scallops. This simple recipe is the best way to get restaurant-style seared scallops at home. With a slightly sweet, caramelized flavor, rich golden-brown crust, and incredibly tender texture, seared scallops taste as good as they look.
Mussels au gratin are a delicious seafood appetizer. Mussels with the shells are stuffed with a soft yet firm filling based on breadcrumbs, grated cheese, garlic, lemon and parsley.
Lobster mac and cheese is an elegant, rich dish to serve on special occasions. It's made with succulent lobster tail, pasta, and a creamy three-cheese sauce.
Shrimp scampi is an elegant, fast dish to serve for special occasions too. It's made of shrimp cooked with garlic, white wine, lemon, and butter served over al dente pasta.
Creamy salmon pasta is an easy main recipe perfect for special occasions. It's made of baked salmon, spinach, and al dente linguine served in a creamy white wine-based sauce.
You'll love this super easy hearty Tuscan chicken mac ‘n cheese. It's a fast, delicious one-pot meal that's perfect for busy weeknights – you can make it under half an hour. Tuscan chicken mac ‘n cheese is a protein-packed dish with savory cheesy, spinach, juicy chicken, and boasts a silky, creamy texture.
Everyone loves pasta and its endless combinations, even if nothing beats the most classic pasta recipes. Spaghetti Bolognese is an easy and delicious pasta recipe everyone likes. It is an authentic delight the combination of a vegetable stir-fry, minced meat of good quality and tomato sauce, together with herbs and spices that give it the winning flavor.
Lobster tail is a perfect recipe to serve during special occasions. With its rich, buttery flavor these tender, juicy lobster tails are sure to be a hit.
If you've been searching for a nutritious dinner you can make on busy weekday nights, try broiled salmon. This pink-fleshed fish is full of healthy fats and other nutrients, making it a great addition to any diet. The beauty of this broiled salmon dinner is that it's not only absurdly easy to make, it also takes less than 30 minutes from the time you start cooking to the moment you dig into your first bite.
With its delicious citrus-soy-honey marinade, orange-glazed salmon is a seriously delicious dish you can whip up in under 20 minutes. Just pop the salmon in the pan, add the orange juice, garlic, honey, and soy sauce, and reduce the mixture until you get a gorgeous, ultra-flavor sauce. You won't resist!
When you're trudging your way through a busy week, you might find yourself with little energy left over to cook. For those busy weeknights when you want something fast and healthy that doesn't skimp on flavor, make garlic butter shrimp. This quick garlic butter shrimp recipe is an amazing way to get your seafood fix when you want to whip up a quick but tasty dinner.
Beef Wellington is a rich, impressive main course, perfect for holidays or special occasion. Beef tenderloin fillet is coated with mushroom paté and ham, wrapped in buttery puff pastry and finally baked.
Marry me chicken is an easy, tasty recipe. Made from juicy, tender chicken in a rich, tangy, creamy sauce, it's said to be so good, it'll make your partner propose.
Prime rib roast is tender, juicy main dish to serve on holidays and special occasions. Rich and flavorful, you should serve it rare or medium, and never well done.
Chicken parmesan is a tasty Italian-American recipe everyone loves. Tender, moist chicken breasts is coated in crispy breadcrumbs, topped with marinara sauce and mozzarella and baked until golden brown.
Coq au vin is an easy French chicken stew made by marinating chicken in red wine, then cooking it with onions, mushrooms, bacon, herbs, and simmering it in beef stock and tomato puree.
Caprese Chicken incorporates all the wonderful ingredients of a Caprese salad, into a quick and easy dinner. Basically, Italian Caprese ingredients are stuffed into pockets into the chicken breast, covered with an egg and sour cream mixture, and baked to perfection.
Valentine's sugar cookies are tasty heart-shaped sugar cookies. They're decorated with colorful royal icing, so you can draw different themed designs and write sweet messages on them.
Heart-shaped cake is an easy dessert for Valentine's Day. Lighter-than-air, moist and soft, you don't need a heart-shaped pan to make this vanilla-chocolate cake.
Hidden heart cupcakes are perfect Valentine's day cupcakes. A soft and moist cupcake is decorated with a creamy frosting, and once you bite into it, you reveal a pink heart.
Valentine cake pops are a fun sweet treat perfect for 14th February. They're made of a chocolate cake and buttercream mixture shaped into a ball or heart and dipped in a pink coating.
This Valentine's Day impress your date with this no-bake heart-shaped cheesecake. It's made of a crunch crust, raspberries, cream cheese, Greek yogurt and topped with raspberry sauce.
Valentine's Day cupcakes are a sweet dessert perfect for celebrating 14th February. Rich in chocolate flavor, they're topped with pink cream cheese frosting and decorated as you want.
Red velvet cake balls are a fancy dessert recipe perfect for special occasions. Simply shape some balls from the red velvet muffin-frosting mixture, then dip them in melted white chocolate.
Do you want to tell in a special way that you love him or her? Surprise your great love by serving this delicious dessert after a romantic dinner. And if you still do not have a partner, it is also a nice way to show your friends how much you love them, I am sure that after giving them to try this delight, they will love you much more.
Chocolate raspberry truffles are an incredible homemade treat that is virtually effortless to make. With a rich, slightly bittersweet chocolate flavor swirled with a delicious hint of raspberry, these bite-sized desserts are perfect for those moments when you want to whip up an easy-to-make dessert.
Crème brûlée is a fancy, popular French dessert recipe. With its rich, creamy vanilla-flavored custard and sweet, caramelly, crispy top, it's perfect for special occasions.
Red velvet cake is an American dessert that gets its name from its velvety texture and stunning red color. It's mildly chocolatey with a subtle hint of vanilla and has a moist, soft crumb.
Air Fryer Lava Cake is an easy, quick recipe to make molten cake in the air fryer. Perfect for special occasions, this cake is soft with a gooey chocolatey center.
Chocolate fondue is an easy dessert recipe that's ideal for special occasions like Valentine's Day or anniversaries. It's fun, delicious and you can customize it as you want.
Red velvet cupcakes are delicious baked sweet treats with a velvety soft texture and a bold red color. The've a chocolatey vanilla taste with a rich, tangy cream cheese frosting.
This cupcake bouquet is an easy, impressive recipe for special occasions like Mother’s Day or Valentine’s Day. Chocolate cupcakes are frosted like roses to make a great bouquet.
Chocolate cobbler is a Southern dessert recipe that's quick and easy to make. With its brownie-like topping and fudgy bottom layer, chocolate cobbler is similar to a lava cake.
Red velvet whoopie pies are delicious sweet treats, half cookie and half cake in texture. These chocolate-vanilla red velvet whoopie pies are stuffed with smooth cream cheese frosting.
Pear cobbler is an easy, delicious Southern dessert. It's packed with ripe, juicy, sweet slices of pear layered over cinnamon-spiced sweet cake-like batter.
Red velvet brownies are an easy dessert recipe perfect for special occasions. Super sweet, they're chewy, fudgy on the inside and topped with a tangy cream cheese frosting.
Chocolate martini recipe is an easy drink recipe. With its rich, creamy texture and boozy chocolatey flavor, it's the sweet dessert version of the classic martini.
The Cosmopolitan is a strong classic American cocktail based on vodka but it is a drink that immediately makes you think of New York. In fact, served in a cone glass, the Cosmopolitan cocktail was drunk for the first time by the singer Madonna at the Rainbow Room in New York City but became famous for the Sex and the City tv series.
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