Valentine’s Day is the perfect excuse to set the table, light some candles, and savor a delicious meal with the one you love. These 27 romantic Valentine’s Day dinner ideas will help you create a cozy, memorable evening right at home.
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From elegant dishes to comfort food classics, there’s a recipe here to match your mood and make your Valentine’s Day extra special. Let’s get cooking!
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Marry Me Chicken is a deliciously creamy chicken dish that you can serve over pasta or mashed potatoes. It is said to be so good that it will provoke a marriage proposal from your partner.
Maybe it is the perfect Valentine’s Day dinner, then? But it can also be a family-friendly meal.
Get the full recipe from: Noshing With The Nolands
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Making both the pasta dough and the sauce from scratch makes this Homemade Cheese Ravioli with Red Pepper Tomato Sauce bursting with flavor and freshness.
If you really want to treat yourself or wow someone with an impressive dish, this homemade ravioli is the recipe to try! You can make this for Valentine’s Day or a special romantic dinner.
Get the full recipe from: Noshing With The Nolands
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One of the most celebrated dinners is this Perfect Beef Wellington. Succulent beef tenderloin wrapped in mushroom duxelles and encased with a perfect puff pastry seems amazing but wait, we have added prosciutto in there too for an extra bonus of lushness.
A perfect roast for Valentine’s Day, Christmas dinner, or for a special Sunday night.
Get the full recipe from: Noshing With The Nolands
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This recipe for grilled lobster tail is fresh lobster that’s cooked to tender perfection, then topped with garlic and herb butter.
These grilled lobster tails are so easy to make, yet look and taste like they came from a fancy restaurant.
Get the full recipe from: Dinner A The Zoo
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This filet mignon recipe is tender steak seared to golden brown perfection, then topped with garlic and herb butter. A simple and elegant main course option that’s sure to get rave reviews from family and friends.
This steak recipe is easy enough to make on a busy weeknight, yet elegant enough to serve to company. The combination of ultra tender meat, butter and garlic just cannot be beat!
Get the full recipe from: Dinner At The Zoo
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This simple pink sauce pasta recipe boasts a creamy tomato sauce with onion, garlic, shredded mozzarella cheese, and al dente spaghetti, to create a tasty meal.
The tomatoes blend with the alfredo sauce, creating a pretty pink sauce pasta dish which is great for any occasion from Valentine’s Day to a special birthday.
Get the full recipe from: Xoxo Bella
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Pizza night just got a whole lot more adorable with our homemade gluten free heart shaped pizza! This recipe is perfect for a romantic dinner for two or a fun activity with the kids. Plus, it’s gluten free so everyone can enjoy it.
You will definitely want to try out this Valentine’s dinner idea. Add your favorite pizza toppings and you are set, remember to be creative with the toppings of choice.
Get the full recipe from: Xoxo Bella
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This Lobster Alfredo recipe has tender chunks of lobster meat, salty Parmesan cheese, and a velvety alfredo sauce.
It’s perfect for date night, entertaining, and even special occasions like Christmas, New Year’s, and Valentine’s Day!
Get the full recipe from: Food Folks And Fun
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This Air Fryer Prime Rib tastes like it took all day to prepare, and you’ll be amazed at how much time this recipe saves you. It’s perfectly cooked, juicy, succulent, and so buttery.
Here’s a mouth-watering and juicy cut of meat for special occasions like Easter, Christmas, Valentine’s Day, and Anniversaries.
Get the full recipe from: Food Folks And Fun
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Pasta with smoked salmon with fresh dill cream sauce is an elegant but easy dinner to make. Tender smoked salmon, cradled on top of fettuccine, covered with creamy fresh dill sauce.
It’s such an easy, quick and elegant dish to make. Serve it for Valentine’s Day instead of going out for a pricey meal?
Get the full recipe from: What A Girl Eats
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This is an elegant dinner which is perfect for special occasions, such as Valentine’s Day or any other romantic date
The best Instant Pot recipe when you wanna prepare an impressive dinner, but not in the mood of spending hours in the kitchen.
Get the full recipe from: Corrie Cooks
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A fast oven-baked Shrimp Boil is an easy weeknight family dinner ready in 35 minutes. Get all the deep delicious taste of this low country classic dish without the fuss .
Make this ahead on a sheet pan with wonton wrappers and baked instead of boiling the ravioli. It is a perfect recipe for the holidays or special dinners like Valentine’s Day.
Get the full recipe from: Delicious Table
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These Flank Steak Pinwheels are stuffed with cheese, herbs, and spinach. They’re an easy gourmet twist on steak.
This is a great meal for a special occasion, such as a fun family Valentine’s Day dinner, birthday dinner, graduation celebration, or to impress your guests over the weekend.
Get the full recipe from: Easy Budget Recipes
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Make a romantic steak dinner at home with pan fried Caprese Steak Dinner For Two with mozzarella, tomatoes, basil, and arugula.
Make this steak dinner for two any day of the year or bookmark it for Valentine’s Day.
Get the full recipe from: Chocolate Moosey
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Love lasagna but hate leftovers? Lasagna For Two baked in a loaf pan is a small baked pasta dish that makes only 4 slices. Made with a beef and ricotta cheese filling.
What better way to show someone you care than by taking the time to cook a homemade meal? You can make lasagna as an easy date night recipe, especially for Valentine’s Day.
Get the full recipe from: Chocolate Moosey
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This recipe for easy Pan Seared Lamb Chops with a homemade pan sauce comes together quickly to enjoy a romantic lamb chop dinner for two.
Perfect for your Valentine’s Day, small Christmas or Easter meal.
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This classic Creamy Baked Tuscan Chicken Recipe is delicious and easy. Pour a wonderful garlic-infused cream sauce over chicken breasts and bake in the oven. It’s perfect for mid-week family meals or an elegant dinner party!
The chicken is incredibly tender and soaks up the Italian herbs and the Tuscan flavor of the luscious sauce.
Get the full recipe from: Delectable Food Life
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This easy and flavorful Baked Cod recipe is an excellent way to end the day. The combination of cod, tomatoes, feta cheese, and more provides a delicious Mediterranean meal that you’ll look forward to!
Taking a step up from the typical fish and lemon combo, this cod and tomato mixture creates an irresistible pairing that will have you going back for seconds.
Get the full recipe from: Cinnamon and Sage Co
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Our Pan Seared Pork with Mushroom & Pea Marsala Sauce will become your favorite pork dish after just one bite! An amazingly yummy dinner that takes only 30 minutes!
A simple one pan recipe – Pan Seared Pork Chops with Mushroom Sauce. 9 Ingredients and it’s gluten-free, low-Carb and keto.
Get the full recipe from: Living Chirpy
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This is an easy recipe for Chimichurri Steak. A simple steak topped with a delicious Chimichurri Sauce. Only 6 ingredients and 15 minutes in total. Gluten-Free. Low-Carb. Keto. Paleo. Whole 30.
Everyone loves a perfect medium rare steak. And everyone will love it even more topped with a zingy Chimichurri sauce.
Get the full recipe from: Living Chirpy
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This Air Fryer Teriyaki Salmon is a quick, healthy, and delicious recipe that’s bold savory-sweet flavors. With a flavorful homemade teriyaki sauce that’s rich with garlic and ginger, this salmon recipe comes together in less than 30 minutes.
The air fryer creates crispy edges on the salmon while keeping the inside juicy and tender, and the dish is finished with a sprinkling of sesame seeds and scallions for a burst of freshness.
Get the full recipe from: Yum In The Kitchen
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There is nothing more romantic than spending a few hours in the kitchen cooking this Beef and Guinness Stew delicious for someone.
You can make this for Valentine’s Day and serve it with truffle mash and heart shaped pastry toppers, and it was blinkingly delicious.
Get the full recipe from: What To Have For Dinner Tonight
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Rack of lamb with red bell pepper butter sauce is one of the tastiest ways to prepare and enjoy lamb with its delicious sauce.
This lamb dish with a sauce is worthy of special occasions like Valentine’s Day, birthdays and anniversaries.
Get the full recipe from: Christina’s Cucina
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Creamy Horseradish Mashed Potatoes topped with a perfectly cooked filet mignon and Northern Atlantic lobster tail, topped with Moscato Asparagus Slaw, and buttery Lemon Cream.
This exceptional Valentine’s Surf and Turf Filet Mignon and Lobster dinner is a perfect way to let your partner know how truly special they are.
Get the full recipe from: Erica’s Recipes
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Coffee-Crusted Bone-in Ribeye with Avocado Relish, with the most amazing Habanero-Beer marinade is fast, easy, and so delicious.
This is the absolute tastiest steak you will surely enjoy. Summer is perfect, great for Father’s Day, Valentine’s Day, or just because you want to get out and grill.
Get the full recipe from: Erica’s Recipes
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Foil packet salmon is crispy on the outside, juicy on the inside — fork tender and perfectly cooked every time! Plus, you can cook veggies in the foil too!
This baked salmon in foil is amazingly moist and juicy and flakes apart with a fork. It literally melts in your mouth!
Get the full recipe from: The Soccer Mom Blog
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This grilled flank steak with Greek marinade is easy to make, full of zesty flavor and deliciously tender and juicy.
This flank steak with Greek marinade is zesty, full of flavor and wonderfully tender and juicy. Greek and Mediterranean flavors shine in this steak marinade, thanks to the extra-virgin olive oil, lemon, garlic, oregano, thyme and rosemary.
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