Posting in the group: Holiday menu
A romantic dinner arranged by candlelight is not only an opportunity for two lovers to tenderly and reverently express their feelings, but also, after many years, looking at an old photo, to again experience the charm of unique home warmth and comfort inspired by memories. Scientists from Sweden have found that such a date can have a positive effect on heart health.
How to organize a romantic evening at home?
Initially, people communicated on a verbal level, as in childhood, when body language and gestures served as a guide. The atmosphere of the upcoming dinner should speak for itself, without unnecessary words or explanations, from the first seconds of the meeting to produce the effect created by the atmosphere.
Thematic ideas for an evening reception can be anything - classic style, romantic relaxation in the pool or in a small bathroom with candles and foam balls floating in aroma lamps, a cozy place by the fireplace, an impromptu “picnic” on the balcony/loggia or even on the roof of the house.
After the date scenario has formed into a single image, you can begin to decide on the following important details of the dinner:
- Subject. This is the red line of the upcoming “romance”, which will be matched by thoughtful interior elements of the room, table setting, and dinner menu. For example, you can arrange a home theater to watch films with neutral and, at the final stage, sexual content. A good option for a meeting would be home photo shoots, playing your favorite board games (making puzzles, completing quests). Evenings of bard songs or poetry are filled with special romance, creating a reverent atmosphere of a mesmerizing holiday.
- Fragrances. This element is an essential part of the interior design. For these purposes, you can use aroma stones made of gypsum or clay, scented candles with a variety of perfume compositions with relaxing and delicate floral and fruity scents.
- Dishes. The style of the dinner should correspond to its menu. Properly selected dishes will become a sophisticated and elegant accent. Plates can surprise you with their unusual shape (square, oval) and color; cups and glasses with a double bottom allow you to use them for drinks and original interior decoration. A dish decorated with a monogram will eloquently convey the love overtones of an evening for two.
The strongest emotional emotions are evoked by the musical background that can accompany the entire evening - stylish jazz, tenderly intimate shimmers of the saxophone, the reverent sound of the guitar, unobtrusive lounge.
Festive atmosphere and how to create it
The holiday begins long before the appointed time. There are many little things that contribute to this. Try to provide for everything:
1. Take out the most beautiful dishes from cabinets or distant kitchen shelves and use them for table setting.
2. An immaculate tablecloth and clean, beautiful napkins always decorate the interior. Especially if they are crisply starched and ironed.
3. Get out of the bins all the unusual, beautiful little things that do not find use in everyday life. You can use products from specialized stores. They are ready to offer many ideas and ways to implement them.
Table setting for a romantic evening
4. Beware of turning a romantic evening into a telephone call center or a movie theater. Put away all phones, turn off the TV.
5. Music, of course, won't hurt. On the contrary, she should become your ally. Therefore, it’s great if the songs that are played are those that are pleasant to your partner or that evoke your best memories together.
Creating a menu for a romantic dinner. Light snacks, alcohol
A dinner for two by candlelight (a photo of the decorated table can be left in the family album) will certainly be a success with a carefully thought-out menu. For the ideal choice of dishes and drinks, you need to know in advance about the guest’s gastronomic preferences. You should not clutter the table with food that is difficult to digest, because the purpose of the evening is given a slightly different, more romantic role.
It is advisable to include in the menu such ingredients as chocolate, strawberries, mango, whipped cream, oysters, nuts or celery, which are natural aphrodisiacs.
You can use the following menu option as a basic one:
- For an appetizer, you can prepare a light and fresh salad with seafood.
- An excellent table decoration will be exquisitely decorated canapés, which are most often present at buffet receptions, baskets filled with ham salad or goose liver.
- For main course, it is recommended to bake a piece of juicy salmon in foil, dressed in a creamy sauce with lemon seasoning. Another great option would be grilled pork steaks in the Chinese sweet and sour sauce.
- As a dessert, you should serve frozen fruit and berry sorbets or multi-colored ice cream.
Drinks for a romantic meeting should be chosen especially carefully.
Popular cocktails have excellent taste:
- "Margarita";
- “White Russian” (with vodka);
- "Aperol spritz";
- "Mint mulled wine";
- “Daiquiri”, “Mojito” (with rum).
A safe option for holiday alcohol is champagne and light wines that match the dinner menu. For example, mozzarella, canapés, and seafood go best with pinot gris, sauvignon blanc, and beauiolas. Such fresh and aged drinks contain up to approximately 13% alcohol.
Canapes with melon, mozzarella and prosciutto
The presented appetizer in the Italian version requires the use of Parma ham, which does not contain any additions other than sea salt. The word prosciutto means “ham,” so another type of quality dry-cured meat can be used.
What ingredients will you need?
The table shows the components required to prepare the dish:
Grocery list | Quantity |
Olive oil | 35 ml |
Mozzarella cheese" | 200 g |
Melon | 800 g |
Lime | 1 fruit |
Prosciutto | 200 g |
Arugula and basil | 100 g each |
Kiwi | 180 g |
Fine salt, pepper | 1–2 pinch each |
Step-by-step cooking process
Sequence of stages for creating a snack:
- First, you need to combine the squeezed lime juice in a bowl, add olive oil, “Extra” salt and freshly ground pepper. The resulting mixture must be thoroughly mixed until smooth.
- Now you have to free the melon from the peel and seeds; the resulting pulp should be cut into cubes, then left in the resulting sauce for about 10 minutes.
- In the meantime, you need to peel the kiwi, then cut the fruit into the same shape as the melon.
- Next you have to assemble miniature sandwiches. To do this, alternately thread a rolled arugula leaf, a piece of melon, a ball of mozzarella, a slice of pasciutto, and a slab of basil onto skewers.
Canapés can be decorated in different variations. For example, each sliced piece of melon and ball of cheese should be wrapped in a strip of meat, green leaves should be added to the food, and then carefully pierced into the “structure” with a skewer. Better yet, roll thin layers of ham in the form of roses, place a piece of melon and cheese inside the “buds,” place plant leaves, and pierce the portions with sharp sticks.
What can I add?
In this version of the dish, it is possible to replace the melon with small cherry tomatoes, which will make the appetizer especially elegant.
Dinner for two by candlelight can be varied with a delicious appetizer: canapés with melon, mozzarella and prosciutto.
Peeled, sliced apples and peaches are perfect as additional ingredients.
Serving rules, decoration
The formed “kebabs” should be sprinkled with the remaining sauce, the appetizer should be placed on a serving bowl with small sides, and the food should be decorated with sprigs of fresh herbs.
Dance for your beloved husband, or what a woman is capable of
Psychologists and sexologists do not recommend being shy about your partner, since excessive isolation can alienate and provoke cheating. Sexy dance will help you completely relax. A woman can go to a striptease studio in advance and learn it professionally. It can simply undress beautifully in front of a loved one, and not always to the music.
To ensure that the movements are not awkward, you need to rehearse in front of the mirror several times. What looks beautiful in a video for a professional dancer will not necessarily work out effectively in life for a woman who does not have the necessary stretching and muscle strength.
Beautiful clothes will help create additional ambiance. It would be a good idea to wear stockings, high-waisted thongs, and a bra with extra straps. A preview of an erotic film will help an unprepared woman get the necessary liberation and get in the mood for dancing. A slightly excited woman is prone to explicit movements.
Proper striptease at home: where to start?
It’s good if the man doesn’t guess about the dance. A woman should appear impressively in beautiful lingerie or a sexy outfit. You should sit your loved one opposite, turn on pleasant music, and serve a glass of drink.
Movements should be light, relaxed and sexy. You can stroke, kiss, cuddle with revealing parts of the body. He needs to feel comfortable and not be embarrassed.
Salmon with mushrooms and truffle oil
Dinner for two by candlelight (a photo of this dish should be taken as a souvenir immediately after its preparation) involves the use of gourmet products. The oil from white truffles creates a literally explosive aroma in the treat, while the taste and smells of the same product made from the black “underground inhabitant” do not ascend, but seem to creep.
What ingredients will you need?
To prepare the treat you will need:
- truffle and olive oil - 4 tsp each;
- salmon fillet - 600 g;
- table salt, lemon juice, a mixture of peppers (black and red) - to taste;
- porcini mushrooms - 600 g;
- garlic cloves - 4 pcs.
Step-by-step cooking process
Sequence of cooking steps:
- First, you need to wash a piece of fish and pat it dry with disposable towels.
- Now you need to combine ½ amount of truffle oil with a pepper mixture, lemon juice and table salt in a convenient bowl.
- The resulting composition must be thoroughly mixed, then rubbed onto the processed salmon.
- Mushrooms should be blotted with a damp cloth, rinsed quickly if necessary, dried with paper towels, and divide the product into large parts.
- After this, you need to place the mushrooms on the bottom of a mold treated with olive oil, sprinkle them with garlic passed through a press, sprinkle with truffle oil, and place the prepared fish on top.
It remains to send the workpiece for approximately 15–20 minutes. into an oven heated to 200 °C.
Baking time depends on the thickness of the salmon piece.
What can I add?
It is recommended to supplement the recipe with dried tarragon and grainy mustard, which will help create a rich aroma and a somewhat piquant taste in the dish.
Serving rules, decoration
To present the treat, use a flat serving plate lined with lettuce leaves. As a decoration, it is better to take olives and thin lemon slices.
Tips for organizing a holiday
Despite the fact that no two holidays are the same, and all events are good in their own way, there are general rules and features that are inherent in all romantic meetings. By following them, you will be able to grasp the main features and use them as recommendations.
Lighting
When the conversation is about a romantic meeting, bright light that illuminates everything around is not welcome. This is not a rule. But the atmosphere of penumbra itself sets the mood for a romantic, mysterious mood. Twilight is created quite easily:
1. Remove bright overhead lights. You can leave some non-central zone illuminated.
Turn off overhead lights
2. Light with additional sources of dim light. Place candles around the room. The size and quantity may vary greatly. The main thing is that the twilight does not limit your movements, and you are well oriented in space.
Place candles around the room
3. Try to organize additional dim electric lighting. Someday the candles will burn out and you need to have a good replacement for them. Even a New Year's garland hidden in the closet can serve you well. Don’t be confused by its thematic purpose; it will create a romantic festive mood. Moreover, there are several lighting modes, you are sure to find one that suits the color and rhythm.
The garland will help create a romantic mood
4. Aromatic compositions have little to do with lighting. Of course, certain smells are arousing, but it is better to first become familiar with your partner’s attitude towards aromatic oils and scents.
Order
It’s hard to imagine a romantic evening in an uncleaned room, with a pile of laundry on the chairs or unwashed dishes in the sink. But in addition to the ideal order, it is necessary to take into account such a feature of the holiday as impromptu and possible surprises. Therefore, be prepared for the fact that the party may move to the floor, move to the bathroom. Order, or rather the lack thereof, should not limit your imagination and impromptu.
Example of bed linen for a romantic evening
Change the bedding, let it be unusual and unusual. The goal is not to put your partner to sleep, but to motivate him to perform great deeds. The most exciting, aggressive colors and tones will be in place: red, black, silky rustling quality.
Rabbit in creamy mustard sauce
The proposed dietary dish is not only 1.5–2.5 kg of amazingly tasty meat, but also a whole range of useful substances.
What ingredients will you need?
To receive a holiday treat you will need:
- butter - 150 g;
- onions - 4 large heads;
- rabbit carcass - 2 kg;
- white wine - 1 tbsp.;
- dried thyme - 2 tsp;
- heavy cream - 1 tbsp.;
- mustard - 1 tbsp;
- parsley sprigs (chopped) - 7-8 tbsp. l.;
- drinking water - 1 tbsp.
Step-by-step cooking process
Step-by-step creation of food:
- The first step is to remove excess fat and remaining entrails from the rabbit, then rinse the carcass well and pat it dry with paper towels.
- After this, you need to divide the rabbit into portions, salt them, and leave them in this form for about 30 minutes.
- Now you should fry the meat in oil until golden brown, then remove the golden pieces onto a plate, instead of the rabbit, saute the peeled, diced onion for about 4-5 minutes. with periodic stirring.
- Next, you need to pour wine into the container, increase the heating intensity of the dishes, add 1 tbsp to the composition. bottled water, table salt and thyme, then bring the mixture to a boil.
- It is time to return the rabbit to the frying pan; after a new boil begins, reduce the heat to low and simmer the product for 40 to 60 minutes. closed. At the maximum simmering time, the meat will freely lag behind the bones.
- The finished rabbit should be removed from the dish, the sauce formed in it should be boiled over high heat until half the composition has evaporated.
All that remains is to add wine, heavy cream and parsley to the liquid mixture, put the pieces of meat back into the frying pan, stir the mass, and heat the food for 2-3 minutes.
Serving rules, decoration
Place the cooked rabbit in a deep bowl, pour over the aromatic sauce, and sprinkle with chopped herbs.
White wine goes well with this dish.
Chocolate Greek Yogurt
A dinner for two, arranged at home by candlelight, is unthinkable without dessert, which even in the photo looks like a bright element of the set table.
What ingredients will you need?
To prepare the dessert you will need:
- cocoa powder - 4 tbsp. l.;
- vanilla - 1 tsp;
- Greek yogurt - 1 tbsp.;
- ground cinnamon - 1 tsp;
- cane sugar - 6 tbsp. l.;
- cayenne pepper - on the tip of a knife.
Step-by-step cooking process
The sequence of stages for obtaining a drink:
- First, you need to place all the ingredients specified in the recipe in a convenient container.
- After this, you need to arrange the process of mixing the products, which will take approximately 3-4 minutes.
- As a result of the work done, brown sugar should completely dissolve, combining with the other ingredients, and the resulting mass should acquire a uniform dark color.
It is recommended to store prepared yogurt in the refrigerator.
What can I add?
A more tasty and colorful presentation of the created dish will be the addition of fresh or frozen raspberries and other fruits to the recipe.
Serving rules, decoration
For an elegant presentation of the dessert, you need to place several berries on the bottom of the bowls, add chocolate yogurt on top, and present the delicacy to the table along with cookies, marshmallows, and fresh fruit.
Ready.
Bedroom decoration
If your main focus is on decorating your bedroom, then all decorative elements should be as safe as possible: form compositions from candles and move them away from the bed, do not put roses on the sleeping place, they can prick at the most unexpected moment.
Bedroom decoration for a romantic evening
Beautifully decorating a bed with rose petals is a classic of the genre. But the cape and canopy over the bed, which were created specifically for this evening, look even more interesting.
Traditional bed decoration with rose petals
At first glance, the bedspreads and pillows are ordinary, but in red color they support the romance of the interior and look special.
Brie cheese baked with nuts and cranberry sauce
An incredibly tasty and very interesting fondue appetizer, which includes the world's softest French Brie cheese, made from natural cow's milk. The delicacy product is sold in the form of small heads.
What ingredients will you need?
To create a treat you will need:
- pine nuts - 4 tbsp. l.;
- balsamic vinegar (preferably dark) - 2 tbsp. l.;
- Brie cheese - 250 g;
- dried cranberries - 4 tbsp. l.;
- Amaretto liqueur - 2 tbsp. l.;
- maple syrup - 4 tbsp. l.
Step-by-step cooking process
The sequence of stages for creating delicacies:
- First you need to heat the oven to 180 °C.
- In the meantime, you need to combine all the liquid ingredients in a microwave-safe container - liqueur, maple syrup, balsamic vinegar.
- The resulting composition must be sent for no more than 20 seconds. in the microwave for easy heating.
- After this, you need to remove the container with the products from the unit, add cranberries and nuts to the resulting sauce, then mix everything well.
- Next, you need to place the brie cheese in a low mold intended for baking, then you should apply a shallow mesh on the surface of the crust without disturbing the integrity of the head.
- Pour cranberry sauce with nuts over the prepared cheese, then send the preparation for 10 minutes. into a heated oven.
At the same time as baking the cheese, you can bake crackers made from diced baguette, after sprinkling the pieces of bread with olive oil.
Serving rules, decoration
Dinner for two by candlelight (a photo of the set table will capture the exquisite beauty of the created treat) requires adherence to etiquette when serving each dish.
Place the prepared cheese on a flat plate and top it with a beautiful mixture of nuts, apples and cranberries.
Cheese cheese and baked pumpkin salad
For fans of the yellow berry, there is the opportunity to decorate a romantic dinner with a healthy, deliciously decorated salad.
What ingredients will you need?
The table lists the components necessary to create the dish:
Product composition | Quantity |
Unrefined sunflower oil (you can use sesame, olive, flaxseed) | 4 tsp. |
Brynza | 500 g |
Ripe pumpkin | 750–800 g |
Oregano | 1 tsp. |
Pumpkin seeds | 4 tbsp. l. |
Table salt, granulated sugar | taste |
For refueling | |
garlic cloves | 2 pcs. |
Liquid honey | 2 tbsp. l. |
Dijon mustard | 2 tsp. |
Lemon juice | 2.5–3 tbsp. l. |
Vegetable oil | 100 ml |
Salt, black pepper | optional |
Step-by-step cooking process
Step-by-step creation of a dish:
- When using cheese that is too salty, it is recommended to soak the product in drinking water or milk. Before this procedure, the cheese must be divided into plates up to 3 cm thick, then the water must be changed every 2 hours, tasting the pieces.
- Pumpkin seeds can be used raw, or if desired, lightly toasted in a dry frying pan.
- Now you need to peel the pumpkin and remove the seeds with a spoon.
- Then you have to cut the pulp into slices 1 cm thick, sprinkle them with oil, add a little salt, and sprinkle with granulated sugar to taste.
- The processed vegetable should be baked in the oven for 20 minutes. at t 190 °C, then cool the product.
- In the meantime, you need to cut the cheese into large cubes, place them in a bowl, pour oil over the cheese, sprinkle with oregano, and leave the product in this form for a few minutes.
- Next, place chopped garlic and liquid honey in a small jar (the thick mixture must be heated in a water bath), add all the other ingredients included in the dressing, then close the container and thoroughly shake its contents until a homogeneous texture is formed.
All that remains is to cover the dish with lettuce leaves, place the cooled pieces of pumpkin on them, carefully place the infused cheese slices on top, sprinkle the food with vegetable seeds, and generously pour the fragrant dressing over the salad.
Serving rules, decoration
The proposed dish can be consumed both warm and cooled - in any state the food will be equally tasty.
Bathroom decoration
It doesn't matter which room is chosen as the main one for the evening. You need to be able to create the required atmosphere in it. The bathroom has great potential in this regard. Candles are reflected beautifully in the water, the water surface looks amazing under the rose petals. Candles burning in small vessels on water among flower buds look beautiful.
Bathroom decor with flowers and floating candles
But when decorating the space, you should not forget about the main disadvantage of the bathroom: its small, cramped dimensions. Therefore, put all decorations away, out of reach.
But you can compensate for the inconvenience by the presence of red color, hearts on tiles, mirrors. All your good ideas in the bathroom are doubled or even tripled when reflected in the water surface and mirrors.
Preparing the bathroom for a romantic evening
All of the given decor ideas for a romantic evening are for recommendations only. Try to take interior ideas for lovers as a basis, add your own options, don’t be afraid to experiment, and bring your fantasies to life. The main thing is to have desire and a good mood before decorating a room for a romantic evening. And ideas will appear on their own.
Pork baked with honey
A dinner for two by candlelight, the photo of which cannot convey the appetizing aromas around the table, will receive the highest rating for the skillfully baked pork with honey.
What ingredients will you need?
To create the dish you will need:
- soy sauce - 60 ml;
- liquid honey - 100 g;
- pork (it is better to have neck tenderloin) - 1.5 kg;
- garlic cloves - 7–8 pcs.;
- table mustard - 40 g;
- table salt, freshly ground pepper - optional.
Step-by-step cooking process
Sequence of preparation steps:
- First you need to rinse the meat well and pat the piece thoroughly with paper towels.
- Now you need to combine mustard, soy sauce, liquid honey, spices and coarse salt in a deep bowl. The resulting composition must be mixed well.
- After this, you need to peel the garlic, make deep punctures in a piece of pork with a knife, then introduce a clove of spice into the cavities.
- The processed meat should be rubbed with the resulting mixture, wrapped in 2 layers of foil, tightly connecting the ends of metal-like paper, place the decorated meat in a baking dish, and leave the product in this state for about 35–40 minutes.
- Next, you need to send the workpiece for 2–2.5 hours in an oven heated to 180 °C.
In about 10 minutes. Before the end of the process, the pork should be freed from packaging, placed on a wire rack, a baking tray placed under it to collect the dripping fat, and the piece should be browned on all sides.
Serving rules, decoration
To present the meat, it should be cooled, cut into not very thin slices, carefully placed on a plate in a circle or in another shape, and garnished with sprigs of fresh herbs.
Living room: interior ideas for lovers
Most often, a romantic evening is transferred to the living room. There is a place to comfortably place a table with a romantically decorated and prepared dinner. The living room has enough space to implement design ideas. It has sound equipment to create a background of musical compositions.
There are several decor ideas for your consideration:
1. Decorate the surfaces of an unused table, shelves, fireplace, free space in the corner of the room with fresh flowers and/or candles. All shades of red fit best into the atmosphere. Candles can differ in size, color, even shape. Wax hearts will tell about your feelings better than words. The main thing is that they do not burn out quickly and are stable.
Living room table decoration for a romantic evening
2. Place in a central place a photo of you together or a relic that is related to your common pastime and dear to both of you as a memory. Be sure to emphasize its significance with fresh flowers or candles located nearby.
3. You can decorate the interior either with single compositions of flowers and candles, or placed in disorder throughout the room.
Arrangement of flowers and candles for a Romanite dinner
4. Any hearts added to the interior complement the atmosphere well: garlands, pillows, pictures on the wall, hearts laid out on the surface of fresh flower buds, candles arranged in the shape of a heart.
Various options for garlands of hearts for room decor
5. A beautifully set table also decorates the interior. You should not choose nutritious and high-calorie dishes. Pay closer attention to their presentation, design and decoration.
An example of table decoration for a romantic date
6. It's time to rummage through your New Year's supplies once again. Surely bows and beads are stored there, which will diversify the interior and give it a holiday flavor.
Decorating a chandelier for a romantic evening
7. As a light source, a chandelier can be superfluous at a romantic dinner. But it can be a place to place decor. Throw on a beautiful airy fabric, hang several hearts of different sizes and at different heights. They sparkle from the glare of candles - this is a bonus to the decor.
Raspberry dessert with cream
The presented delicacy is distinguished not only by its ideal taste, but also by the possibility of varied and original design for serving as an exquisite dessert.
What ingredients will you need?
To create sweets you will need:
- chocolate cookies - 200 g;
- rum or cognac - 2 tbsp. l.;
- powdered sugar - 2 tsp;
- raspberries (fresh or frozen) - 4 tbsp.;
- cream - 500 g;
- chocolate chips - 6 tbsp. l.
Step-by-step execution of the recipe:
- First of all, you need to put the cookies in a blender glass, then grind the mixture to coarse crumbs.
- Raspberries should be washed and kept in a colander to drain excess moisture. Frozen fruits should be thawed.
- Then you should beat the cream well with the powder, distribute the mixture over the bottoms of small bowls or wine glasses.
- Now you need to sprinkle the formed layers with cookie crumbs, sprinkle each portion of food with rum or cognac, and place raspberries on top.
Next, you need to continue decorating the containers by placing successive layers in the same order. At the final stage, spread the whipped cream, sprinkle it with chocolate chips, and decorate the sweetness with fresh berries.
Serving rules, decoration
Before presenting a dessert intended for dinner for two, the raspberry delicacy should be kept in the refrigerator for up to 2 hours, then be sure to take colorful photos of this wonderful and fabulously elegant treat by candlelight.