37 Ideas for What to Cook for Your Next Date Night In

So, yes, tomorrow is Valentine’s Day! Yay!!

How are you celebrating the day? Or are you doing anything at all?

Kyle and I always keep this holiday pretty chill. We make dinner at home.

There isn’t a lot of fanfare. No cards. Sometimes there’s chocolate.

But there’s always always ALWAYS dessert!! Are you surprised?

Valentine’s Day is always our favorite date night in and excuse for a decadent dessert! And now with Riley, we have even more of a reason to cook something delicious at home and then snuggle up under a blanket.

Meal Ideas to Cook for a Date Night In

Over the past few weeks, I’ve had a bunch of requests from you guys asking for date night in meal ideas. We’re always on the same page!

So I put together a list of recipes that you can cook for a date night in. As always, these are recipes we’ve made in our own kitchen.

They are recipes we’ve made often more than once (and sometimes more times than I can count!) and I can guarantee that they are delicious.

This list of ideas for what you can cook for your next date night in is broken into 3 categories:

• Appetizers
• Main Course with some Side Dish suggestions
• Dessert

You can mix and match the recipes from each of the categories to make your perfect meal! Shall we get started?!

P.S. – If you’re looking for more inspiration, you can always browse through my recipes in each category below right here: Appetizers | Main Course | Dessert

Date Night In: Appetizers

• baked brie with fig jam and honey

• grilled crostini 3 ways

• homemade marinated fresh mozzarella

• sun-dried tomato pesto

• cheesy chorizo and caramelized onion dip

• brie and caramelized onion tartletts

• roasted tomatillo salsa (salsa verde)

Date Night In: Main Course

• cabernet short ribs ragu with parmesan polenta

• one pot creamy sausage pasta and
• cheesy garlic pull apart bread

• shrimp, feta, fresh herb mac and cheese and
• greek salad

• foil packet halibut with chile compound butter and black beans

• spinach lasagna and
• garlic parmesan pull apart bread

• seafood gratin and
• cheesy hasselback potatoes (fancified potatoes au gratin!)

• tequila lime chicken tacos with zucchini ribbon slaw

Date Night In: Dessert

• red velvet brownies with white chocolate buttercream frosting

• fudgy chocolate peanut butter cake

• caramel and peanut topped brownie cake
  

• linzer cookies with raspberry jam filling

• peanut butter pie

• decadent double chocolate mousse

• chocolate chip cookie dough whoopie pies

• chocolate peanut butter truffles

• salted caramel brownies