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Home » Valentines Day » 15 Romantic Valentine’s Day Recipes

15 Romantic Valentine’s Day Recipes

Published: Feb 11, 2020 · Modified: Mar 1, 2021 by Genevieve Morrison · This post may contain affiliate links

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Planning a special evening for two? Help yourself to these romantic appetizers, dinners, cocktails and desserts and create a perfectly decadent menu!

Ornate appetizers on marble with a title that says "15 Romantic Valentine's Day Recipes."

I love Valentine’s Day! It’s a day dedicated just to showing someone that you love them, and my favorite way to show someone I love them is with tasty, romantic, decadent, heart-warming recipes, made just for 2. Every one of these recipes is perfect for a cozy, candle-lit night in!

Decadent Dinners & Sides

1. Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon

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Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon
This exquisite Instant Pot Beef Bourguignon recipe is the most perfect meal for a cozy, casual night or a fancy dinner party. 
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2. Homemade French Onion Soup

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Easy French Onion Soup
This easy french onion soup recipe is quite rich, not too sweet, not too savory and sure to warm your chilly winter bones. It also takes less than an hour to make!
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3. Stuffed Cornish Game Hen with Garlic and Sage

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Stuffed Cornish Game Hen with Garlic and Sage
This tender garlic and sage Cornish game hen is stuffed with delicious, homemade Anjou pear and baby bella mushroom stuffing. The best recipe for an elegantly rustic dinner party with friends!
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4. Sage Butter Scallops with Brie & Roasted Garlic Basmati

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Sage Butter Seared Scallops with Creamy Brie & Roasted Garlic Basmati
These sage butter seared scallops are so simple, so luscious and so impressive, especially when served with creamy brie basmati rice with a roasted garlic, red onion whisky sauce.
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3 seared scallops on top of creamy rice, garnished with a sprig of parsley.

Romantic Appetizers

5. Romantic Valentine’s Day Deviled Eggs

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Romantic Valentines Day Deviled Eggs
Want to create the prettiest Valentine's Day deviled eggs? All you need is some mustard, mayo, sour cream and a little drop of dye or all-natural beet juice color. They’re so pretty, they’ll make cupid’s wing flutter! 
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6. Bruschetta with Mozzarella, Seared Tomatoes & Roasted Garlic

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Bruschetta with Burrata, Seared Tomatoes & Roasted Garlic
This delicious bruschetta recipe with fresh burrata, seared cherry tomatoes and roasted garlic is the most decadent appetizer at your Italian dinner party, the most elegant appetizer at the bridal shower or a luxurious evening snack for one! 
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7. How to Make a Bacon Rose Bouquet

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How to Make Bacon Roses
Nothing says “I love you” like a perfectly crispy bacon rose! Learn how to make exquisitely crispy, lifelike bacon roses and arrange them perfectly in a beautiful bouquet!
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8. Beautiful Spring Canapés

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Beautiful Spring Canapés
These perfectly easy canapés can be made ahead of time, are served cold, and are simply perfect for a fancy Spring or Summer celebration!
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9. Deviled Eggs with Bacon Roses

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Deviled Eggs with Bacon Roses
This deviled egg recipe is creamy and smooth with just a touch of Old Bay seasoning, and when topped with precious bacon roses, they’ll be the prettiest, most impressive crowd-pleasers at your next party!
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Dangerous Deserts

10. White Chocolate Cheesecake Mousse with Raspberry Compote

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White Chocolate Cheesecake Mousse with Raspberry Compote
This no-bake, creamy, decadent white chocolate cheesecake mousse recipe is ribboned with raspberry-rosemary compote. It’s gluten-free, silky and sweet, tart and delicately hinted with rosemary essence.
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11. Lemon and Raspberry Cheesecake Bars

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Lemon and Raspberry Cheesecake Bars
These beautiful lemon and raspberry cheesecake bars are both tart and sweet,  perfect for garden parties or picnics, and so very easy to make! 
You’ll require a food processor and 15×10 pyrex for this recipe.
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12. Cranberry Apple Crisp with Maple Granola

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Cranberry Apple Crisp with Maple Granola
This delightful cranberry apple crisp recipe is sweet, tart, crispy, chewy and crunchy! It’s so easy to make and can be made without oats and vegan, too!
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Romantic Cocktails

13. The Divine Damiana Valentine Cocktail

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The Damiana Valentine Cocktail
If you’re looking for a cocktail to really put you in the mood, this Damiana tea and sake cocktail is a divine Valentine aphrodisiac. Cold steep your tea over night for the sweetest flavor.
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14. White Rosemary Rose Coconut Cocktail

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The White Rosemary Rose Coconut Cocktail
This White Rosemary Rose coconut cocktail tastes like winter white magic! With coconut milk, white rum, honey and rosewater, it’s not too sweet and not too floral. It’s delicate, dreamy and makes such an elegant, rosy cocktail!
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15. Spicy Mexican Chocolate Liqueur

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Spicy Mexican Chocolate Liqueur
This spicy Mexican chocolate liqueur is exquisitely creamy, dreamy and deliciously dangerous! Add it to coffee or sip it all on its own at your next elegant fiesta!
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I hope you enjoy these Valentine’s Day recipes!

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