Easy, Elegant Dinner Ideas for Valentine's Day

Celebrate Valentine's Day with dinner this year! These easy, make-ahead recipes are perfect for a romantic and delicious dinner at home.

Our favorite way to celebrate Valentine's Day is with a really great dinner at home. No fighting for reservations, or overpriced meals, but enjoying a delicious meal at home. Whether you are cooking for your family, your sweetheart or friends, these dinner ideas are perfect for celebrating those you love.

We've included a couple of salads that would go with any entree, one of our favorite bread recipes and lots of easy and delicious entrees to choose from. And we didn't forget about dessert! Look for that post coming soon. Let us know what you're planning to make this year in the comment section below.

 

This Orange Fennel Watercress Salad with Lemon Ginger Poppyseed Dressing is a heavenly combination of fresh, beautiful, seasonal ingredients!

 

Think you don't like kale salad? Think again! This delicious Tuscan Kale Salad with crisp, buttery bread crumbs, salty, savory Parmesan cheese and a fabulous lemon basil dressing will have the most adamant kale hater requesting seconds!

 

This Ridiculously Easy Rosemary Bread takes 5 minutes to prep, 10 minutes to shape and it looks like it comes from an artisan bakery! Oh, and it's ridiculously delicious too!

 

This super tender Marry Me Chicken with rosemary and sun-dried tomatoes is so delicious that it just might seal the deal on a proposal! It will definitely garner brownie points for you! No one has to know how easy it is!

 

With a creamy, brown butter-tomato-wine sauce, this Brown Butter Tomato Shrimp and Grits recipe is easy enough for weeknights, but also VERY dinner party-worthy! This fabulous meal in a bowl also features barely cooked fresh cherry tomatoes, sweet, tender shrimp and smoky Andouille sausage served over a bed of white cheddar grits.

 

Need a fancy and delicious but easy meal? You can have these delicious Prosciutto-Wrapped Chicken Breasts on the table in 30 minutes, start to finish!

 

This make-ahead, Homemade Manicotti is beyond delicious with an Italian sausage marinara and tender melt-in-your-mouth pasta.

 

This Honey Bourbon Glazed Salmon is deliciously company-worthy, yet everyday easy! The sweet, sticky, spicy, gingery glaze/drizzling sauce is unbelievable!

 

A fresh, yet hearty entree, this Steak and Potato Arugula Salad is easy enough for every day, elegant enough for a dinner party!

 

This Italian Sausage Puttanesca is a delicious entree for a dinner party, but it's also great for a weeknight meal. It can be made ahead, freezes well and its a big hit with young and old alike!

 

This fabulous Chicken in Mushroom Wine Sauce is one of those delicious dinners that comes together quickly, enough to serve on a weeknight, yet it's perfect for a fancy dinner party.

Thought for the day:

Now to Him who is able to do immeasurably more
than all we ask or imagine,
according to His power that is at work within us,
 to Him be glory in the church
and in Christ Jesus throughout all generations,
forever and ever! Amen.
Ephesians 3:20-21

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