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Over 50 of the best date night dinner ideas for a romantic night in including seafood recipes, pasta recipes, chicken recipes, vegetarian recipes, and more!

50 Date Night Dinner Ideas

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Plan your menu ahead of time. You can prepare some of these recipes in advance, and store them in an airtight container for a few days at room temperature or longer in the refrigerator. Some can even be made much further in advance and frozen, according to recipe directions.

Prep your ingredients. If you aren't able to make something completely in advance, then prepare as much as you can ahead of time, whether that is chopping ingredients, making a sauce, or assembling the dish and storing in the refrigerator until it's ready for the oven. Anything that you can prepare in advance will make things go much more smoothly on date night.

Set the table. Take out the fancy plates, mugs, flatware, placemats, and napkins to make date night dinner even more special. If you have time, set the table early so that you don't have to worry about it later.

This great collection of Romantic Dinner Ideas is perfect for Valentine&#x27;s day, anniversaries, date nights and other special occasions. We love this super easy scallop pasta:

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pasta

Tbsp butter

olive oil

scallops

garlic,

white wine

cherry tomatoes

Tbsp parsley

Salt and pepper

Cook the pasta according to the directions on...

Cook the pasta according to the directions on the package to your desired tenderness, and drain. While pasta is cooking, continue with remaining steps.

Pat scallops dry with a paper towel and...

Pat scallops dry with a paper towel and season with salt and pepper.

Heat oil and butter in a skillet over...

Heat oil and butter in a skillet over medium high heat.

Once the pan is hot, sear the scallops...

Once the pan is hot, sear the scallops for 2-3 minutes, flip and sear the other side 1-2 more minutes. Remove the scallops to a plate.

Reduce heat to medium and add in garlic...

Reduce heat to medium and add in garlic and sauté for about a minute.

Pour in wine and simmer for a few...

Pour in wine and simmer for a few minutes to reduce it.

Add cherry tomatoes and parsley. Cook for a...

Add cherry tomatoes and parsley. Cook for a couple of minutes, until the tomatoes start to soften.

Toss in pasta and scallops, season with salt...

Toss in pasta and scallops, season with salt and pepper to taste. Garnish with freshly grated parmesan cheese.

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