Our Sweet Indoor Picnic Date!

We usually love going out on a great date, but since covid we have tried to move our dates indoors without making them feel like they are indoors. This has been no easy feat, but since we are at home the majority of the time these days, it was even more important to plan memorable dates.

Our personal favorite way to do this is to make some *restaurant* quality food.

That’s why for Valentine’s Day we decided to make a decadent spread and have a little indoor picnic. We wanted to celebrate the beauty of each ingredient so we kept everything prepared similarly to its natural state. For meals like this when we have good quality vegetables we try to enhance the flavors with simple spices rather than overpowering them with heavy sauces.

The easiest way that we’ve found to cook our vegetables quickly and evenly is with the Ninja Foodie Grill. And we promise that we’re not sponsored…but we wouldn’t be mad if we were. This device simply and efficiently allowed us to grill, roast, and air-fry our various vegetable dishes. And on top of that we used staggered cook-times to reduce the time that we spent in the kitchen.

A true masterpiece. I wish I was eating that now.

We added a few bottles of wine and a good show and our small 1 bedroom apartment all of a sudden felt like a drive-in theater. It was truly romantic.

This was one of our favorite covid dates so far and we hope that we’ve inspired you to try it out for yourselves.

Just remember the age old formula: a great home cooked meal + a good show + quality booze = romance!

Lyric & Chantelle

Here’s a link to the recipes of what we made that day, so you can share in the experience!