Date Night doesn’t have to be at a restaurant to be special and delicious! These 22 Recipes for Date Night at Home will help you plan a gourmet meal without setting foot in a restaurant!
Do you love Date Night? Do you get excited about a chance to dress up, eat delicious food, and stare dreamily into each other’s eyes? I do!
Sometimes, however, date night also means making a reservation, parking blocks away from a restaurant, paying to park, and handing over a credit card for obscenely expensive meals. If the chilly winter wind has you dreading the walk to your destination, if your credit card needs a break, or if you simply want to impress your significant other with your mad-crazy cooking skills– keep reading!
These 22 Recipes for Date Night at Home will have you romancing your way through the night with decadent, gorgeous food from the comfort of your own space.
Cocktails
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This list of at-home date dinners starts with homemade cocktails– from the spicy Rosa Picante Margarita to the sweeter Lychee French 75, these drinks will help you look terribly impressive with your bartender moves!
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- Rosa Picante Margarita – from Sugar and Soul
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- Grapefruit Rosemary Moscow Mule – from Domesticate Me
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- Lychee French 75 Cocktail – from Super Golden Bakes
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- Cranberry Orange Rye Manhatten – from The Rhubarbians
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- The Red Queen – from Super Golden Bakes
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- Lavender Lemon Bourbon Sour
Dinner
Next– the main attraction– dinner. Stay vegan with lemon risotto, or break out the fancy-schmancy seafood with seared ahi tuna, pan seared halibut, and this king salmon recipe.
Want more even dinner ideas? Check out this recipe for sea bass, and this one for halibut cheeks!
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- Sesame Seared Ahi Tuna with Ginger Soy Sauce
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- Kentucky Bourbon Seared Halibut
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- Miso Ramen – from Killing Thyme
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- Vegan Lemon Risotto with Roasted Cauliflower
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- Rainbow Noodle Salad – from Lauren Caris Cooks
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- Grilled King Salmon with Plum Sauce
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- Roasted Asparagus with Charred Lemons
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- Pasta Pomodoro – from the Life Jolie
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- Spiced Fish: Cod with Sweet Potato Mash
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- Baked Eggplant Parmesan
Desserts
Finish your meal with something sweet, and maybe even some dessert! This is where I pause awkwardly for my joke to register.
From the sticky toffee pudding to the adorable heart-shaped cookies— these sweet treats will be the finishing note to a fabulously chic, and simultaneously cozy, stay-at-home date night!
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- Chocolate Lava Cake
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- Sticky Toffee Pudding – from Krumpli
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- Chocolate Fruit Crisp – from The Organic Dietitian
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- Prosecco Tiramisu – from Peas and Peonies
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- Lavender Chocolate Panna Cotta – from Lavender and Macarons
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- Love at First Bite Butter Cookies – from Meg is Well
Um, date night can be me, by myself, eating all of this right? Great gathering of recipes, and thanks for including me!
of course!!! Make yourself one of everything and get a movie– sounds perfect! 😀
Well this gives me 22 reasons to stay home for a date now! I love all of them!
Thanks!! Enjoy!
These recipes look AMAZING! I never cook for date nights, but it might be a good idea to try that!
It’s fun to do once in awhile!
What a beautiful roundup of date night recipes! I have to laugh though because my husband and I have a “not so private joke” — date night for us is when we buy a box of Just For Men — and I color his hair!
LOL… throw in a cocktail and you’ll have a party! Hehehe
What a great idea for a post! Now if only we had a night alone without the kids. 😉 All looks delicious!
So many beautiful meals and delicious drinks – I can do date night this way. GREAT ideas!!
What a great collection! Looking forward to trying them out. Yum!!
I love date night! And I especially love date night spent at home with comfy clothes on! While going out every now and then is fun, nothing beats staying at home and enjoying a good meal all cozied up in the warm, especially this time of year. Great collection of recipes here. I would be more than happy with any of these!!
So, I basically want all the cocktails and desserts right now. Not discounting the dinner options – they look delicious too, my palate is just craving alcohol and sweets right now! 😉
I want them toooo and I’ve sworn them off until February! (Sadness!!! Lol)
Date Night, here we come! Thanks for all these beautiful pictures and recipes.
I love this recipe round up – what great inspiration for a date night! My sample menu from these choices would include the Rosa Picante Margarita, Tomato Soup to start, Crusted Sea Bass as the entree, and finished with those adorable heart-shaped Butter Cookies. Thanks for the fabulous ideas!
Ok, I think I want to date you. In our house, “date night” is a glass of wine and a package of “Just For Men” hair color – don’t ask.
Lolololol.. hey at least there’s wine! ????
These look Perfect! Such lovely photography.
Such a beautiful collection! Everything is romantic, pretty, and oh-so-delicious looking!
What a great collection of ideas Sarah! Basically we have date night every night though. Cause I’m always cooking 🙂
Haha yes but I don’t have cocktails and desserts every night! ????
These all look great!! Perfect date night!!
These all look like winners: I’ll have a hard time choosing!
Wow. I could eat and drink everything here, not in one sitting, mind you 😉 It’s a great line up!
I want to eat it all too!
There are some wonderful date night recipes here! Several caught my eye including the salmon and the caramel sauce over the delicious brownie!
I love having date night at home! No worrying about parking and we can stay all cozy in our house. This is a great roundup of ideas. I’m not sure what I’d want to eat first! Though all the those drinks do look very inviting. 🙂