5 Easy Valentine’s Day Dinner Ideas (Recipes) for Singles

“Who needs a significant other when you can have a significant plate of delicious food?”

This valentine’s week you must hear Miley Cyrus singing…

“I can buy myself flowers,

I can take myself dancing,

I can hold my hand”

So put your favorite song on play and cook these tasty day dinners especially made for singles on this valentines.

5 Valentine’s Day Dinner for Singles

Hey, will you be my valentine?

Waiting for your response here is a list of yummy recipes for Valentine’s Day.

These hot Valentine’s Dinner for Singles will linger your taste buds. Valentine’s Day is special and so are you.

Watching everyone around you celebrating Valentine’s Day with their loved ones may make you feel lonely but hey, you are not alone because you got these tasty Valentine’s Day Dinner Recipes for Singles.

#1. Grilled Chimichurri Chicken

First in line, is soft, juicy, and mouthwatering chicken for you, the scrumptious flavor of this chimichurri chicken will leave you in awe of it. Let’s dig into the recipe for this special dish.

Process

• Preparation for Marinate– In this, all the ingredients are added in a bowl including fresh parsley, cilantro, green onions, garlic, chili, oregano, and dried basil. After this spices are added with vinegar and olive oil.
• Now this mixture is thoroughly blended for a few minutes
• Marinate chicken- To completely cover the chicken, drizzle about a third of the chimichurri sauce over it. Further to serve with the chicken, save the remaining chimichurri and leave the chicken for marination for 15-20 minutes.
• Grill time– Now, to grill this freshly marinated chicken, you have to prepare barbecue or you can also preheat the grilling pan, adjust the heat of the pan and grill the prepared chicken for 6-8 minutes until it’s properly cooked.
• Enjoy the bursting flavor of chicken and garnish it with the Chimichurri sauce.

Tip: It’s a party that never stops! You can eat it for 3 days without spoiling its taste by refrigerating it.

#2. Three Ingredients One Pot Pasta

When even pasta needs just one pot then who says you need one more person to celebrate Valentine’s Day?

Well, who doesn’t like pasta?

It’s so good when you need only one spoon to finish the flavorful dish and don’t even need to share the last bite with anyone. The same goes with the recipe, you need one pot for this dish and it’s ready.

This uncomplicated, satisfying dinner can be made in just 45 minutes with very little trouble.

Process

• Prepare ground beef. Cook ground meat in a sizable pot over medium-high heat, breaking it up into small bits including marinara. Stir in water and marinara on low flame.
• Cook pasta. Stir in the spaghetti and cook for about 15 minutes. Once again stirring, add 1 cup of water and boil for another 15 minutes or more, or until pasta is tender.

Tip: Add fresh basil leaves and parmesan cheese as garnish. Dispense and savor!

#3. Black Valentine Bean and Roasted Tomato Chilli with Quinoa

You are not alone this Valentine’s Day you got chilli.

Chili is a terrific way to experiment with different spices, peppers, and beans because there are so many combinations and flavors.

Process

• Remove any beans that float after soaking the dried beans in 6 cups of water for the entire night.
• Drain the beans and put them in a big soup pot after they’ve soaked. Boil the water with onion, bell pepper, and garlic in the pot.
• After the bean mixture boils, lower the heat to a simmer and cover the pot; cook for an hour or half the beans are cooked.
• Drain the beans when they have softened, saving 1 to 1/2 cups of the cooking liquid. Beans and cooking liquid should be set saved for future use.
• Heat the broiler to high. Cut side down, and arrange the Roma tomatoes, jalapenos, and poblanos on a baking sheet coated with aluminum foil to slightly brown the tomatoes and peppers, and boil for few minutes.
• Immediately remove from the heat and let cool to room temperature. Place the tomatoes and peppers in a food processor once they have cooled, and pulse until the ingredients are diced and blended. Place aside.
• Add the tomato and pepper mixture, chili powder, cumin, salt, pepper, oregano, beans, corn, and the leftover bean cooking liquid to a sizable slow cooker set over high heat.
• Stirring occasionally, cook for around half an hour on high. Stirring to combine, add the quinoa and tomato sauce to the slow cooker. Cook on high for an additional hour, or until the Quinoa is fully cooked.

Tip: Enjoy the chili after topping it with avocado cubes!

#4. Roasted Broccoli

The one dish that will blow your mind.

This can be an ideal side dish for almost any meal and since it adds flavour to your mouth, it can be a delightful idea for Valentine’s Dinner for Singles.

Process

• Firstly take a dry broccoli as a base and rinse it with water.
• Then spread olive oil-coated broccoli in a baking pan.
• Add five tablespoons of olive oil and garlic to the broccoli.
• Then add a little pepper and salt as per your taste requirement.
• Add peeled garlic to it to get exactly the thin slices.
• Sprinkle spices and mix it with olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper and add it on top of the broccoli that is placed on a baking sheet.
• Roast it for 20 minutes till it turns crispy and forms a browning effect.
• Take out the broccoli from the oven and then mix it with lemon juice, lemon zest, olive oil and Parmesan cheese.
• And that’s how it’s done, now enjoy your roasted broccoli with grated Parmesan cheese on top of it.

How can we forget about dessert??

#5. Grapefruit and Yogurt Cake

This sweet flavor of grapefruit is as sweet as a love relationship between couples. Yogurt is the special and most important ingredient in this Cake Recipe. It’s a refreshing and light dessert that’s perfect for summer.

Process

• Set the oven’s temperature.
• Use the nonstick baking spray to coat the loaf pan, then cover the bottom with parchment paper.
• Sift the flour, baking soda, and salt in a small bowl.
• Whisk the yogurt, 1 cup sugar, eggs, grapefruit juice, zest, and vanilla in a medium bowl.
• Blend the dry ingredients into the wet ones gradually. Melted butter should be well mixed in with a spatula.
• Pour the batter into the prepared loaf pan, and bake for 45 minutes, until a knife or skewer inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.
• In the meantime, heat the honey and 1/3 cup grapefruit juice in a small saucepan until the honey is dissolved and the liquid is transparent.
• Allow the cake to cool in the pan for ten minutes after it has finished baking.
• While the cake is still warm, remove it from the oven and place it on a baking rack over a sheet pan.
• Drizzle the grapefruit-honey mixture over the cake and let it soak in.

Tip you can serve this dish with Grapefruit segments garnishing for a beautiful look.

“Ditch the flowers, bring on the wine and dine with fellow singles!”

Hope you enjoyed the cool recipes listed above, share the recipes with your friends and family and let them know the quick and Healthy Valentine’s Dinner Ideas for Singles.

Go, get started with preparing your dinner coz it’s the time to show some self-love.