Valentine's Day is a romantic holiday, but people spend way too much of the night waiting for expensive food to be prepared on one of the busiest nights for restaurants. Join the ranks of smart couples who skip the wait to have a great meal in their Lake Oswego apartments.

Valentine's Day Date Ideas

Setting Up

Choose a small table for more intimate dining. Cover it with a red, pink, or red-and-white checked tablecloth. For convenience, you can use LED candles with low intensity, or you can go old school and use one or two tapered candles in small candleholders to set the mood. Depending on your budget, you can bring home real or fake rose petals to scatter on the table. To finish the look, place a single rose, tulip or carnation in a small vase for a lovely centerpiece.

Delicious Dinner

Nothing says romantic like a delicious Italian dinner. You can enjoy a fabulous Italian meal that takes about 30 minutes to prepare! You'll need a bag of salad mix and your favorite dressing, a box of penne pasta, and a jar of marinara spaghetti sauce. You can also add 1 pound each of ground Italian sausage and mozzarella cheese. Make the pasta per the instructions. Cook the Italian sausage or prepare it ahead of time to make date night go more smoothly. Then mix the cooked pasta, cooked sausage and the sauce together with your preferred seasonings.

You can eat the meal at this point, spreading the cheese over each plate as you serve it. Alternatively, you can place the mixture in a small baking pan, cover it with cheese, wrap it in foil, then bake it for 25 to 30 minutes at 350 degrees. You just need to leave it in long enough to melt the cheese.

Easy Dessert

Vanilla or strawberry ice cream are natural shoe-ins with Valentine's Day decor. Top your choice of ice cream with strawberries or cherries and serve to complete the meal. 

This is a great way for couples or families to enjoy the evening in apartments in Lake Oswego, OR, without wasting half the night waiting for food in a crowded restaurant.

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