Updated January 13, 2021
If you’re looking for date night meals, these 30 + Fabulous Valentine’s Dinner Ideas from different food bloggers will inspire you! Find romantic dinner recipes to your taste, made with pasta, meat, fish or seafood and comfort food. Surprise your beloved one with one of these meals for dinner.
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Valentine’s dinner ideas with RAVIOLI & PASTA
1. Creamy Mushroom Pasta with Tomatoes – Cooking Journey Blog
Creamy mushroom pasta with tomatoes is one of our favorite easy recipes for dinner. Penne pasta is covered with mushroom sauce and tomatoes. This pasta dish is great for special date night at home.
2. Beet Heart Ravioli with Ricotta and Thyme – Pina Bresciani
Get extra festive this Valentine’s Day with these ombre heart ravioli! Make one batch of your favorite color, or make them all to create a beautiful plate once cooked.
3. Vegan Alfredo Sauce Recipe With Fettuccine – Eat with Clarity
This creamy and flavorful vegan Alfredo sauce is a healthier twist on your favorite pasta dish! Even the pickiest of eaters will love it!
4. Creamy Pasta with Scallops and Asparagus – Wednesday Night Cafe
Creamy Pasta with Scallops and Asparagus is the perfect dinner idea for your Valentine’s date night. You will love sweet buttery scallops and tender roast asparagus, served with cheesy pasta.
5. Lemony Goat Cheese Spaghetti with Garlic Herb Pangrattato – Frydae
This is a simple pasta dish with creamy goat cheese and bright lemon notes. Topped with rustic pangrattato or bread crumbs that are toasted in melted butter with garlic and herbs. Delicious main or side dish for Valentine’s Day!
6. Baked Lobster Ravioli with Lemon Butter Cream Sauce – Delicious Table
Heart shaped lobster ravioli is a romantic dinner idea! You won’t need any boiling pots of water, because these lobster ravioli are baked in a Lemon Butter Limoncello Cream Sauce.
7. Shrimp Scampi with Pasta – Crayons and Cravings
This easy shrimp scampi recipe is served over pasta and perfect for Valentine’s Day dinner. The best part is that it takes just 15 minutes from start to finish!
Date night dinner ideas with MEAT
8. Entrecote à la Bordelaise (Red Wine Sauce Steak) – Cooking Journey Blog
Delicious and exquisite meal for two! Red wine sauce steak with skillet potatoes is a special dinner meal for Valentine’s date night.
9. Beef and Potatoes – Cooking Journey Blog
Another amazing beef and potatoes idea for dinner! Simple and filling meal for two that is baked in clay pots.
10. Pistachio Crusted Lamb Chops with Red Wine Cherries – Running To The Kitchen
Pistachio crusted lamb chops, served with creamy parmesan polenta. The meal becomes fancier with simple and delicious red wine cherry sauce on top.
11. Lamb Curry with Coconut Milk – Lowcarb Africa
This Valentine’s day, enjoy a lovely, romantic dinner of Lamb Curry with Coconut Milk at home with your loved one. This can be made ahead in the instant pot while you chill and enjoy a glass of wine!
12. Ricotta meatballs with spicy tomato sauce – Everyday Delicious
Melt-in-your-mouth tender ricotta meatballs with spicy and aromatic tomato sauce, served over linguine.
13. Steak au Poivre with Fingerling Potatoes – Renee’s Kitchen Adventures
A steak dinner recipe for two that is a restaurant quality meal. Good news that you can have on your table in just about 30 minutes!
14. Easy Grilled Venison Backstrap – Bitz’n’Giggles
The best way to prepare venison backstrap is to cook it on the grill for Valentine’s Day. This is such a delicious and flavorful meal with no gamey taste!
15. Taiwanese Pork Belly Bao (Gua Bao) – Wok And Kin
Authentic Taiwanese pork meal that is tasty and beautiful for your Valentine’s Day party. Juicy pork belly with crunchy pickled mustard greens.
16. Pork Tenderloin with Blackberry Bacon Sauce – Urban Bliss Life
Making this elegant Pork Tenderloin with Blackberry Bacon Sauce is surprisingly easy, with impressive results! Makes for a beautiful and delicious Valentine’s Day dinner.
17. Saltimbocca Milanese with White Wine Sage Sauce – Windy City Dinner Fairy
Super crispy Italian cutlets with a white wine sage sauce cooks up in 10 minutes and is sure to impress and the perfect romantic dinner for your sweetheart.
18. Rosemary Grilled Lamb Chops with Mint Apple Sauce – Downshiftology
Flavorful rosemary grilled lamb chops, served with homemade mint apple sauce. Great Valentine’s Day dinner idea!
Romantic dinner meals with POULTRY
19. Chicken Enchiladas – Cooking Journey Blog
Chicken enchiladas is an easy dinner idea that you can make ahead of time for date night. This is one of the best chicken recipes to serve for Valentine’s Day!
20. Rosemary chicken – Baked chicken thighs – Cooking Journey Blog
Rosemary chicken is tasty and inspiring one pot dinner idea for two. Tender chicken thighs become a special meal, when baked in mandarin orange sauce that gives a sweet and sour taste.
21. Baked Chicken Gnocchi – Wanderlus And Wellness
This baked chicken gnocchi is sure to please your beloved one! Serve soft potato gnocchi with a rich white wine sauce and chicken thighs for Valentine’s Day.
22. Sous Vide Duck Breasts with Quick Orange Chocolate Sauce – Beyond Mere Sustenance
Sous Vide tender and succulent duck breasts in a gorgeous sauce. This dish will wow your fabulous partner for sure! A special meal for two for your Valentine’s Dinner at home.
23. Chocolate Strawberry Chicken and Tortellini – Messy Cutting Board
Chocolate-strawberry dessert turned into more savoury meal that is a perfect date night dish. Fancy dish for a special occasion.
24. Thai Green Chicken Thigh Curry – Whole New Mom
Juicy chicken with a crispy skin is simple, but truly delicious dish for your Valentine’s celebration.
25. Creamy Tuscan Garlic Chicken – Gonna Want Seconds
This heavenly good chicken dinner will transport your romantic dinner in Florence! It is so rich and filling, it’s perfect for special occasions.
Romantic dinner recipes with FISH AND SEAFOOD
26. Baked Trout with Asparagus – Cooking Journey Blog
Baked trout with asparagus is low in calories and good for a healthy Valentine’s Dinner.
27. Date Night Oven Baked Garlic Butter Prawn Risotto – My Kitchen Love
Flavorful romantic dinner idea. Relaxed, delicious and special meal for two.
28. Sriracha Glazed Seared Scallops – Peas and Crayons
Seared scallops with homemade Sriracha pan sauce that will be ready under 10 minutes!
29. Easy Broiled Lobster Tail – What A Girl Eats
This easy broiled lobster tail recipe will turn any meal into an elegant and special dinner for two!
30. Steamed Clams with Garlic Butter- The Art of Food and Wine
Steamed Clams with Garlic Butter are a quick and easy way to your Valentine’s heart! Looks beautiful but takes no time at all.
31. Salmon en Papillote with Lemon Dill Compound Butter and Gremolata – Sweet Tea and Thyme
Salmon en Papillote is actually a pretty fast and easy recipe that makes a lovely date night meal! Delicious salmon baked with a flavorful lemon dill compound butter. Serving with fresh gremolata makes it more fancy!
COMFORT FOOD for Valentine’s Day
32. Cauliflower Gratin – Cooking Journey Blog
Great spicy dish for Valentine’s dinner. It is easy recipe for two, yet full of flavor. Cheesy cauliflower with vegetables, baked in individual ramekins for no-fuss serving.
33. Cheesy Hashbrown Casserole – Cooking Journey Blog
Cheesy hashbrown casserole is a perfect dinner main side dish for Valentine’s day. It is a simple and flavorful potato dish for two servings that is ready in 45 minutes.
34. Irish Lobster Mac and Cheese Pie – All Thats Jas
It is one of the Irish-style dishes that you would order in restaurant, but you can make it at home. Ultimate comfort food for Valentine’s date night!
35. Sun Dried Tomato & Parmesan Polenta with Crispy Chickpea – My Millenial Kitchen
This easy, 30 minute meatless entree is full of bold flavors, like parmesan, mushrooms, and sun dried tomatoes! The crunch of the chickpeas along with the creamy polenta will make any date night extra tasty.
36. Tastes like chicken vegan pot pies – Rhubarbarians
Tastes like chicken vegan pot pie recipe! These individual mushroom and vegetable pot pies is a quick and easy Valentine’s Dinner idea.
What are your plans for Valentine’s Day? We will have a date night at home, and I plan to cook one of these delicious meals. Now it’s time to choose the one. But even after Valentine’s day you can use this dinner meals list to cook delicious food for the special people in your life!
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