Romantic dinner ideas for two

If you’re planning a romantic meal at home whether is for valentine’s day, an anniversary, special birthday or a date night, these romantic dinner ideas will give you some perfect menus to make the night extra special. All the menus have a plan of what to cook and when, making your romantic meal stress free!

What to cook for a romantic meal for two at home

Whatever the occasion, we have the best ideas to make your romantic dinner for two to go perfectly why not try

• A casual romantic meal for two
• Romantic dinner for two Italian style
• A romantic Indian dinner for curry lovers
• Romantic gourmet meal to impress your date
• For an easy romantic dinner go American
• Extra special romantic meal go Middle Eastern with candles and cushions
• Fun romantic meal go chinese with chopsticks
• Summer romance with a Caribbean dinner for two

Keep it casual with this simple valentine's dinner

This meal is perfect when you want to keep it simple and have a fun valentines’ dinner or date. It starts with a simple goat’s cheese salad, followed by chicken wraps for the main and a strawberry and cream dessert to finish.

Casual romantic dinner recipes

Start the meal with a baked goat’s cheese and pear salad, thick slices of goats cheese on rounds of ciabatta bread, to make it extra romantic cut the goats cheese and ciabatta bread into heart shapes with a heart cutter. Serve the goats cheese toast with a rocket and roasted pear salad

For the main course delicious chicken goujon wraps with oven baked goujons, creamy avocado and roasted tomatoes topped with a creamy garlic mayo. Serve all the elements separately and wrap them at the table.

A romantic meal must be finished with a strawberry and cream dessert, this easy to make strawberry mille feuille is ideal, simple layers of puff pastry and cream with sliced strawberries easy to make but looks impressive.

Spend your date in Italy with some delicious romantic Italian dishes

Italian food makes the ideal romantic menu start the meal with gooey mozzarella stick, followed by a chicken and mushroom risotto and finish with a chocolate and strawberry tart

Romantic Italian dinner recipes

The starter is mozzarella sticks coated in crispy breadcrumbs with a herby tomato dipping sauce flavoured with garlic, oregano and basil. Serve on one dish with the dipping sauce in the middle for the perfect sharing starter.

The main is a chicken risotto, the chicken is marinated in a herb and lemon dressing and the risotto is made from creamy cheesy rice with slices of mushroom and shredded spinach mixed in.

The dessert is a strawberry tart filled with creamy mascarpone cheese flavoured with orange and honey and topped with sliced strawberries

Spicy up your romantic date night dinner with a curry night

This date night meal idea is probably best suited if you are both curry lovers, with delicious spicy mushrooms to start, and a hot chicken and spinach curry for the main finishing with an Indian upside-down cake for dessert

Romantic curry night recipes

The starter is mushrooms stuffed with ricotta cheese, cashews, peas, and spices, cooked in a warmly spiced tomato sauce

The main is a hot and spicy chicken curry, the chicken is cooked in a spinach tomato and onion sauce spiced with scotch bonnet chill, cumin, cardamom, and cloves. Serve with crispy popadoms and lentil rice.

The dessert is an Indian take on a traditional English pudding pineapple upside down cake, fresh pineapple slices in a cardamom caramel topped with an almond sponge.

Meals to impress your date

If you’re looking for a menu for a fancy dinner date then go French and try this delicious menu of creamy mushroom soup to start, followed by lamb shank stew with lentils and finish with a lemon tart citron

Romantic French dinner recipes

To starter a light creamy mushroom soup with intense bursts of mushroom from the whole mushroom slices and flavoured with garlic and French herbs, serve this tasty soup with crusty French rolls

The main course is a slow roasted lamb shank cooked in red wine, tomatoes and olives and it’s served on a bed of bay flavoured green lentils

To finish this sophisticated meal a fresh lemon French custard tart served with a dollop of crème fraiche

For an easy romantic dinner go American

For a simpler romantic meal American cuisine is ideal we suggest a simple leek and blue cheese tart for starters, southern fried chicken with slaw for the main and a simple blueberry cheesecake to finish

Easy romantic meal recipes

Start your romantic meal with a simple leek and blue cheese tart, if you’re not fantastic at pastry then buy some ready-made pastry, puff pastry or shortcrust will be fine

For the main course crispy southern fried chicken coated in medley of herbs and spices, serve with a posh coleslaw of red cabbage apples, pears and peanuts, and a spicy chipotle mayo

Finally for dessert an American style cheesecake with a biscuit base and a creamy white chocolate topping with swirls of blueberry sauce, served with extra sauce on the side

For a really romantic meal go Middle Eastern

For a very romantic valentine's or date night why not serve a middle eastern menu, go all the way, and sit on the floor with cushions and romantic lighting. This menu is a spinach, cheese, and pine nut filo tart for starter, a sticky harissa chicken for the main and a chocolate orange tart with flavours of the middle east

Romantic meal recipes

The starter is a crunchy filo pie filled with three cheeses halloumi, mozzarella and feta, pine nuts, figs, and shallot. The tart is flavoured with lemon, garlic, and fresh herbs: - parsley, mint, and coriander.

The main course is Harissa chicken, roasted thighs in lemon and hot pepper harissa served with a pilaf rice, made with red onion, cherry tomato, pomegranate seeds, toasted pistachio and salted black olives. Serve this mouth-watering dish with creamy yoghurt.

The meal is completed with a chocolate orange tart, orange zest and allspice flavoured pastry , packed with a chocolate orange ganache. Served with sliced fresh oranges marinated in cardamom, honey, and lime, and a dollop of creme fraiche.

For a Fun Date night or Valentine’s dinner go Chinese and use chopsticks

This delicious menu is the perfect fun valentine’s meal, the food is ideal for chopsticks although the Chinese chicken wing might be a challenge!

Fun romantic dinner recipes

The starter is crispy chicken wings coated on a hot peppery Sichuan sauce made with Sichuan pepper, chilli flakes, soy sauce, garlic, ginger, and brown sugar. Serve the sticky chicken wings sprinkled with chop nuts and chilli flakes

The main is char sui duck, delicious duck legs cooked in a char sui sauce of garlic, ginger, chilli, honey, and soy sauce baked in the oven till crisp. To serve strip the duck meat from the bone and serve on a spicy Asian slaw salad of carrots, cabbage, celery, cucumber, and herbs, dressed with a lime, honey, ginger and soy sauce dressing

These crispy pineapple fritters finish the meal perfectly, lightly battered pineapple pieces are cooked till golden brown and then serve with a spicy toffee sauce 

For a romantic summer dinner idea in the winter go Caribbean

Go all the way with this one and find some delicious cocktails to serve with this Caribbean delight. Crispy mango prawns to start followed by Jamaican jerk chicken and then try a twist on a traditional English pudding with our Caribbean Bakewell tart.

Caribbean romantic meal recipes 

The starter is prawns cooked in a crispy coconut coating, and served with a delicious mango mayo

The main is chicken marinated and oven baked in delicious jerk spices, serve with a root vegetable and black bean stew flavoured with scotch bonnet chillies, allspice, cinnamon, and nutmeg

Finish the meal with a traditional Bakewell, tweaked with tastes of the Caribbean, a lime jam base and a rum flavoured topping.

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