We love a simple Valentine’s Day at Home. Crafting a homemade meal for your family for Valentine’s Day calls for something special, but with easy instructions, lots of flavor, and of course, made from scratch with love. These are our favorite 17 recipes for Valentine’s Day at Home!
Recipes for Valentine’s Day at Home
I have always been a big homebody. I just love being home with a candle lit, a good meal cooking, and some cozy music playing in the background. Valentine’s Day is one of the holidays I really enjoy having at home. Acts of service are my love language, so naturally, cooking a homemade meal for my husband and son is what I enjoy doing most. The best part about cooking for Valentine’s Day at home is that you can do it pretty easily, and there is truly no gift that is better than a nice batch of homemade cookies after dinner!
When putting this list together, I wanted to choose recipes that taste impressive, but are simple to make for home cooks of every skill level. My hope is you find this list helpful for your homemade Valentine’s meal for years to come! I’ve included our favorite steak recipes (because, I had just had too!), a couple simple sheet pan style dinners, and a few of my favorite sweet treats.
xoxo, Rachel
Reverse Seared Steak
Reverse Searing Steak is a simple, and sure-fire way to cook restaurant quality steak at home, using both the oven and stovetop. In this ultimate steak cooking guide, we’ll show you how to make the most tender, delicious, melt in your mouth steak, using the reverse sear method!
Pan Sauce for Steak
If you’re making steak, you need a pan sauce for steak to really amp it up! Nothing is better than a tender, mouth watering steak, but add a shallot and thyme infused pan sauce and you have yourself a restaurant quality meal! This pan sauce comes together in only 5 minutes, and it’s the perfect topping for any steak. An impressive Valentine’s classic.
Marinated Turkey Tenderloin
My favorite part about this Turkey Tenderloin with Balsamic and Rosemary is that it makes for a unique twist on a weeknight dinner, little different than the usual chicken breast. This one is so aromatic, makes your kitchen smell delicious!
Ground Chicken Pasta Skillet
This is one of our most popular recipes. It’s all made in one pan but the flavor payoff is so good! Ground chicken and tender pasta cook in tomato sauce. We like to top it with fresh basil and parmesan cheese. An easy Valentine’s meal the entire family will love (plus leftovers!).
French Chicken
One Pan French Chicken Recipe -Tender chicken, potatoes, carrots and mushrooms all cooked up in a delicious creamy broth! If you ever wanted to bring the flavors of France into your kitchen without spending hours behind the stove than this French Chicken Dinner Recipe is for you.
Braided Salmon
Braided salmon is an easy way to make any salmon filet into a beautiful main course. A quick braid technique combined with honey mustard and fresh dill makes this dish have so much flavor. This easy braided salmon is simple in prep, but beautiful enough for a holiday dinner, party, or even just a weeknight dinner.
Fall Off the Bone Ribs
Ribs are such a treat. This recipe is perfect because it can still be chilly during Valentine’s Day, but all you need is an oven and a sheet pan to make perfect fall off the bone ribs! These ribs only have 3 steps, a simple dry rub, and you finish them off in the oven with some tangy, sweet BBQ sauce. These 3 Step Fall Off the Bone Oven Baked Ribs are foolproof!
Strawberry Basil Lemonade
If you need a really easy, delicious and festive red beverage to enjoy to celebrate your Valentine, look no further than Strawberry Basil Lemonade. My son and I picked fresh basil from the garden and muddled it with farmers market strawberries for the freshest tasting, Strawberry Basil infused Lemonade. So good, and so fresh!
Marinated Cheese
We love an easy appetizer recipe and Marinated Cheese is a unique recipe that guests go crazy for. It’s the perfect make ahead appetizer for a gathering of any size. Chunks of gouda, pepper jack, mozzarella, and cream cheese are layered in a dish and topped with an easy, herb and roasted red pepper filled vinaigrette.
Croissant French Toast Bake
An easy make ahead breakfast, or serve breakfast for dinner to celebrate Valentine’s Day! This Croissant French Toast Bake is so easy, decadent, and is the perfect breakfast casserole for holidays. We finish it off with fresh berries, powdered sugar, and some maple syrup for the ultimate sweet treat breakfast casserole.
Baked Chicken Parmesan
This Baked Chicken Parmesan is tenderized and double breaded with a mixture of panko crumbs, breadcrumbs, and a special parmesan blend, all coated with marinara and delicious parmesan.
Tuscan Shrimp and Orzo
This is an easy one pan meal that the entire family loves. Tuscan Shrimp and Orzo Skillet! Sautéed onion & roasted red peppers season golden orzo, then shrimp is added in the last 5 minutes for a quickly cooked, one pan meal with loads of flavor. We top ours with a little bit of parmesan!
Pan Seared Steak with Compound Butter
How often can you have restaurant quality steak? Whenever you want at home with this recipe. We’ll show you how to cook steak in a pan at home that’s restaurant quality, and delicious! We include the recipe for compound butter to top it with for a little bit of something extra, making it perfectly special for a Valentine’s Day dinner.
Cream Wafer Cookies
These creamy little cookies are incredibly easy to make with only three ingredients. Make them into any shape size or color you choose, for any holiday. We love pink for Valentine’s Day! These wafer cookies have only three little ingredients, (not including the frosting). Butter, flour and cream. No levelers like baking soda or baking powder and the only sugar used is what you dip the dough in, so they bake up really light and flakey.
Honey Mustard Salmon
Another easy salmon recipe! This time, we mix together a homemade honey mustard sauce and slather it over salmon, then bake it for an easy weeknight meal thats healthy and super flavorful. This is one of our household favorites!
Fresh Strawberry Bread
This Fresh Strawberry Bread is made with fresh strawberries and tastes like a delicious, bakery style muffin. It makes for a delicious breakfast or snack for days. It’s not too sweet, but it still fills a desert void. It is one of my favorite treats to bake!
Sheet Pan Fajitas
Sheet Pan Fajitas are SUCH an easy meal for the whole family! Easy. Healthy. Versatile. Sold!
Tender fajitas with chicken, fresh veggies, all cooked up on the same sheet pan! Serve with tortillas, on top of a salad or wrapped up in a lettuce wrap.
Side Dish Recipes for Valentine’s Day at Home:
- Homemade Rice-a-Roni
- Tomato Orzo
- Pesto Orzo Salad
- Roasted Vegetables
- Twice Baked Potato Bites
- Cheesy Potato Casserole
- Mashed Potato Salad
- Crunchy Mediterranean Salad
Cheers to easy delicious recipes from scratch! – Kathi and Rachel
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Happy Valentine’s Day!
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