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Valentine’s Day Romantic Night In

Valentine’s Day Romantic Night In: skip the expensive and crowded resturant and enjoy a fireside romantic three-course dinner intimate night in.
Valentine's Day Romantic Night In: Fireside romantic three-course dinner, perfect for an intimate night in.

This month for our #YearOfFeasting, where we’re hosting 12 feasts in 12 months in an effort to up the fun factor around here, and be a little more intentional about making great connections with great people over great food, we kept things a little more intimate.  Since connecting with each other should always be at the top of our list, our Valentine’s Day feast was a romantic dinner for two in front of the fire at home.

Valentine's Day Romantic Night In: Fireside romantic three-course dinner, perfect for an intimate night in.

Fireside Dinner

I thought it would nice and cozy in these winter months to set up dinner in front of the fire.  Keeping with the Scandi feel I’ve been loving these days, we kept things pretty neutral with just enough soft pink.

Valentine's Day Romantic Night In: Fireside romantic three-course dinner, perfect for an intimate night in.

In front of the fire I set up a cozy little table for two.

Valentine's Day Romantic Night In: Fireside romantic three-course dinner, perfect for an intimate night in.

To create a sweet Valentine feel, I filled some pretty lanterns with some heart fairy lights.

Valentine's Day Romantic Night In: Fireside romantic three-course dinner, perfect for an intimate night in.

Flower Chandelier

Above the table, and my favourite addition for the party, was a pretty hanging flower chandelier –see the tutorial on how to make it here.

Valentine's Day Romantic Night In: Fireside romantic three-course dinner, perfect for an intimate night in.

On the table, a simple linen runner, white plates, and pretty cement heart placard holders –see how I made them here.

Valentine's Day Romantic Night In: Fireside romantic three-course dinner, perfect for an intimate night in.

Valentine's Day Romantic Night In: Fireside romantic three-course dinner, perfect for an intimate night in.

Valentine’s Day Cocktail

We started out with one of my favourite special drinks, kir royal.  It’s made of sparkling wine with a little cassis, black currant liqueur in it.  It’s sweet and fizzy and perfect for Valentine’s Day, especially with the perfect arrow stir sticks.

Valentine's Day Romantic Night In: Fireside romantic three-course dinner, perfect for an intimate night in.

Valentine’s Day Dinner

For our starter we tried a new recipe, which is always a lot of fun.  We made Delicious.net’s Bang Bang Shrimp.

Valentine's Day Romantic Night In: Fireside romantic three-course dinner, perfect for an intimate night in.

Our’’s was a little on the mild side, so we added a little extra hot sauce for the bang bang. 😉

Valentine's Day Romantic Night In: Fireside romantic three-course dinner, perfect for an intimate night in.

These were a perfect start to the evening and we really enjoyed them.

Romantic valentine s day dinner for two menu

For our main course, we made a real comfort food –Steak, Guinness, and Mushroom Pie.

Valentine's Day Romantic Night In: Fireside romantic three-course dinner, perfect for an intimate night in.

To make it a little more romantic, we made them in individual heart shape dishes.

Valentine's Day Romantic Night In: Fireside romantic three-course dinner, perfect for an intimate night in.

And for a yummy side a caprese inspired salad of lettuce, mini bocconcini mozzarella balls, grape tomatoes, pesto, and balsamic reduction.  Simple and delicious.

Valentine's Day Romantic Night In: Fireside romantic three-course dinner, perfect for an intimate night in.

This main was perfect for a cold and wintry night by the fire.

Valentine's Day Romantic Night In: Fireside romantic three-course dinner, perfect for an intimate night in.

Valentine’s Day Dessert

And then it was time for something sweet.  A cup of tea and heart shape pavlova.

Valentine's Day Romantic Night In: Fireside romantic three-course dinner, perfect for an intimate night in.

This was a lovely ending to the dinner -since it’s nice and light.  I love pavlova with mixed berries.

Valentine's Day Romantic Night In: Fireside romantic three-course dinner, perfect for an intimate night in.

For my sweetie though – real chocolate lover, chocolate pavlova -recipe here.

Valentine's Day Romantic Night In: Fireside romantic three-course dinner, perfect for an intimate night in.

We had such a nice afternoon of cooking.  While our stew cooked away we watched Breakfast At Tiffany’s -a classic.  I was surprised to find out my sweetie had never watched it.  I’ll be singing “Moon River” for days.  It really was  a perfectly romantic night.  It was fun to do something special for one another.  We had fun talking and planning our menu together, and spending time with each other in the kitchen.

I highly recommend a Valentine’s Day Night In.  Remember to share your own #YearOfFeasting photos with us on Facebook or Instagram, we’d love to see any of your parties.

With a cozy romantic dinner at home together with your Valentine, life really is a party!

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