While we are all hunkered down, learning to appreciate the great indoors, we are learning inventive ideas to make life a little more pleasurable with the little touches inside our home. While most of us do not fine-dine everyday, we should also adhere to making this a special experience and the perfect treat for a relaxed weekend indoors. Here is how to incorporate fine dining at home:
1. Plan to have a 3-5 Course Meal
(Plan at least a few days prior)
Set the cuisine and menu for the evening, and plan for an appetizer, a main, and a dessert to incorporate fine dining at home. You may even print the menu if you really want to be fancy. You get extra credit if you include an amuse-bouche, and a palette cleanser. Make a list for items you need to purchase and scroll below to double check any other items you may need.
2. Bring out interesting Serving Ware
Set out plates and serving platters you would normally entertain with. It doesn’t have to be fine china or crystal (but by all means, go ahead), you can be adventurous with colored plates and glasses that you already may have.
3. Set the Table
Whether you have cooked or ordered take-out, present a nice dinner table. Roll out the mats, silverware, and cloth napkins. Have a theme if you’d like. If you have a balcony or outdoor space, use it.
4. Bring out a nice wine to accompany your menu.
Château Margaux?
You get props if you also make a cocktail and after-dinner drink with a cheese plate.
5. Add Music, Candles, Flowers
Add candles and have your favorite tunes play in the background. Fresh flowers in a colored glass will do wonders. Table for 2? Add some of these foods to spice up the mood.
Some inspiration to Incorporate Fine Dining At Home:
-Christine Philip
6 comments
What a treat. I’m spending my time sheltered-in-place reading, praying, making simple healthy dishes, and nursing my body back to good health. Your photos are beautiful. The flowers reminded me of my garden at my home which I sold last year and moved into a complex with no garden but a beautiful stream flowing behind my window. Gratitude is my word for this month. Stay safe and blessed
This is amazing and right on time! I am preparing a dinner for my wife tomorrow and in all honesty I had no idea how to go about it lol…Thank you so much,.
What a wonderful idea! For those of us with small kids at home, it’s a bit difficult to have a romantic dinner. But this would be something fun to do for a fancy family dinner. Just maybe without too much wine.
I love the idea of doing a course style meal at home! I am going to plan something like this for my family soon!
We’ve done date night as a family. We hosted a pizza night with the kids the other day. it was nice to make things feel normal for the family. I’ve been meaning to host a date night for the hubs and me. I’ll be using some of these pointers.
Such a fun idea! I would love to do this for my husband and I as a date night. Break out our wedding china!