What shall I cook for "Date Night"?

[yeknomyeknom]

I'm not a bad cook but I'm running out of ideas. I want to make something that shows thought and effort but don't want to be prepping for hours. Any ideas?

[cactus]

I'm a bit late if date night was tonight!

However something like - tuna steaks, sweet potato mash, tomato salsa & green beans or

duck, cherry sauce, dauphinoise potatoes?

[AllBrick]

Za and Da.

Banoffee pie always wins with me, homemade of course.

Wait, man cooking for lady or vice versa? Makes a big difference.

[yeknomyeknom]

Date night is Fri. Woman cooking for man.

I adore bannofie but make all the time so not date night worthy. Tuna sounds interesting. I'm not very good with fish but husband likes it so I might give that a go.

[sylviamaria]

I would steak with home made chips, greens and Bearnaise sauce (or any sauce you like) and a chocolate souffle (easier than it sounds) or panacotta for desert. mmmmm

[yeknomyeknom]

Steak has been done too unfortunately. One of our faves.

I think im going to go with tuna steak with an Asian dressing and an Asian tomato salsa.

Any more ideas for future meals greatfully received.

[AllBrick]

Thai green curry is a good one to pull off. Tuna steaks are great. Poached salmon, easy peasy and tasty. Pies always win blokes over, myself included. Sounds old fashioned but it's still yummy, bread and butter pudding with custard for pudding, feels like the right time of year to eat that.

[vch]

What a sweet and thoughtful idea!

Tuna and Asian dressing sounds yummy! Are you going to serve it with rice? Noodles? For the salsa, maybe go easy on the raw onions...in case the conversation gets a bit more intimate later?! ;)

For future meals, why not recreate a previously enjoyable meal? Something that you had while on honeymoon? Or when you went on holiday? I recently made a Korean bibimbap...probably not authentic, but it got us talking about when we almost froze to death in Seoul one Christmas.

[yeknomyeknom]

Ok I have purchased my menu:

Chicken and ginger broth with floating prawn dim sum parcels (bought) for starter

Asian tuna and salsa

Coconut rice pudding with ginger ice cream, lime sorbet and mango

I'm happy.

We do date night every Saturday as we have a young child and babysitting is expensive. We take it in turns to cook and choose the evenings entertainment and music. No iPads, phones or tv allowed. We sit at the kitchen table. It's nice.

It's really helped us tune back in to each other. For that day at least :)

Love all your ideas. Thanks so much. It's me again in two weeks so keep them coming.

[sylviamaria]

Good menu and what a lovely idea! Might give it go ourselves!

For future (and for me to remember if we decide to do it):

starters - moules mariniere with crusty bread or caponata served with burrata?

mains - fish pie or coq au vin?

desert - creme brulee, flourless chocolate cake, sticky toffee pudding?

Mmmm I'm getting hungry now!