Date night delights

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Impress your date with these fantastic dinner ideas that are both easy to make and sure to please. Instead of dining out, why not prepare a delicious meal at home to guarantee that there will be a next date?

Oven Baked Chicken Thighs on a platter.
Oven Baked Chicken Thighs. Photo Credit: Cook What You Love.

Salmon with Lemon-Herb Sauce

It’s all about the sauce! Sweet, mild, and flaky salmon tastes so amazing with this NO-FAIL lemon butter and herb sauce! Impress your date with your cooking skills with this easy-peasy sauce.
Get the Recipe: Salmon with Lemon-Herb Sauce

Sausage Parmigiana

Channel your inner Italian and make this tasty riff on a classic restaurant dish! Meaty sausage topped with a luscious sauce and plenty of cheese – what’s not to love?
Get the recipe: Sausage Parmigiana

Smoked Tomahawk Steak

Smoked Tomahawk Steak
Smoked Tomahawk Steak. Photo credit: Cook What You Love.

Want to impress your date? This Smoked Tomahawk Steak is meaty, beefy, and topped with a tangy sauce. And it’s big enough to share!
Get the Recipe: Smoked Tomahawk Steak

Seafood Stuffed Salmon

Tender, flaky salmon stuffed with a seafood and veggie forward stuffing? Yes, please! Your date will love this dish but don’t tell them it’s not that hard to make!
Get the Recipe: Seafood Stuffed Salmon

Grilled Pork Chops with Grilled Pineapple Salsa

Grilled pork chops on a platter with pineapple salsa.
Ninja Woodfire Grilled Pork chops. Photo credit: Cook What You Love

It doesn’t get much more flavorful than this! Smoky chops cooked on the Ninja Woodfire Grill are then topped with a grilled pineapple salsa. A taste of the tropics in every bite – your date will be impressed!
Get the recipe: Grilled Pork Chops with Grilled Pineapple Salsa

Shrimp Alfredo with Asparagus

When you want flavor but don’t want to spend forever in the kitchen, this Shrimp Alfredo with Asparagus really satisfies! Easy, tasty, creamy, and delish, this date-worthy meal that won’t take forever to make!
Get the recipe: Shrimp Alfredo with Asparagus

Oven-Baked Chicken Thighs with Onion Gravy – Featured Image

This is the perfect set-it-and-forget-it meal, giving you plenty of time to socialize with your date. And the results are so good! Moist, meaty chicken thighs and the gravy made with roasted onions is amazing!
Get the recipe: Oven Baked Chicken Thighs

Grilled Cap Steaks

Once only found in high-end restaurants, score some of these ribeye cap steaks, fire up the grill, and impress the heck out of your date!
Get the Recipe: Grilled Cap Steaks

Chicken Paprikash

Chicken Paprikash on a platter.
Chicken Paprikash. Photo credit: Cook What You Love.

With its smoky-sweet and oh-so creamy sauce, Chicken Paprikash is a quick and easy fix in your IP so you can spend more time with your date!
Get the recipe: Chicken Paprikash

Baked Pesto Salmon

Herby pesto and salmon go hand-in-hand in this easy bake that results in moist, tender, and flaky salmon. The petso cream sauce is amazing, and is perfect over noodles or rice, or keep it low carb and spoon it over cauliflower rice.
Get the recipe: Baked Pesto Salmon

Mediterranean Chicken Bake

Don’t spend all your date time in the kitchen! Prep this flavorful dish in advance then just pop it into the oven. It couldn’t be any easier!
Get the recipe: Mediterranean Chicken Bake

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