Elegant Dinner Recipes For Your Elegant Party

Elegant dinner recipes are here for you to try. Since I'm mostly not about food here at The Elegant Woman but rather the essence of elegance in everyday life, I've decided link my favourite dinner party elements for your inspiration.

There are many schools of thought for putting together an elegant dinner and a big part of the success is not just the recipes, but the composition of foods. There must be a balance between sweet and savoury, adding a slight twist and surprise and comfort in the old favourites.

Food is very important in my family and loved ones, and we are more excited about dinners than amusement parks. It is also an extremely passionate conversation topic, a tradition in my family and culture.

Remember, it is not about how much food you have, but the quality of it and also a very well created combination. Serve as many courses as you like and remember to give your guests a treat by having an exciting desert. If it is your first party, go simple!

Most of all, have a great time.

Dinner Party Menu for Two to Four
Elegant Menu #1 - Light & Healthy

Wild Mushroom Toast

Salmon with Lemony White Beans

Seasoned Grilled Potatoes

Awesome Apples Dessert

Elegant Menu #2 - Classic Dinner

Fresh Bread with Butter

French Onion Soup

Roast Chicken with baked asparagus with lemon & herb

Asparagus

Elegant Menu #3 - An Seafood Twist

Scallops Yakitori

Shrimp Pasta Salad cooked with champagne

Green Leafy Salad

Blueberry Macadamia Cheesecake

Elegant Dinner #4 - Gourmet Impression

Waldorf Salad

Creamy Broccoli and Stilton Soup

Wagyu Steak Recipes

Traditional Apple Pie

Elegant Dinner #5 - Oriental Spin

The directory of links can be found atElegant Japanese Bento Box Dinners

Elegant Dinner Recipe #6 - Spice Islands Cuisine where I grew up!

Pretty exotic, if you want something different to the western traditional fine dining cuisines. I couldn't find anything I would totally rely on online, and honestly I don't think those vendors back home do much but pass down recipes through their families.

There are a few select books where many new foods not seen anywhere else but little foodstalls in the respective countries. Here they are:

Dinner Party For Four - Twelve

Elegant Dinner Recipes by Grilling

Grilled Portobello Pizzas

Grilled Asparagus Rafts

Grilled Stuffed Portobello Mushrooms

Grilled Shrimp Tacos

More Cocktail Food Recipes:
Cocktail Party Food Recipes

Other Suggested Reading:
Elegant Entertaining
7 secrets to meal planning
Dinner Party MenusSearch for more Elegant Dinner Recipes!

Dinner For Two by ccc333 on Polyvore.com

After Dinner Cheese and Wine

After Dinner Cheese and Wine by Timov on Polyvore.com

Wow, this page was a lot tougher to create than I realized. I did enjoy browsing through my recipe books and recollecting my experiences with dinner parties.

You might be interested in:

Dinner Table Etiquette
The Basic Essentials of Good Dinner Table Etiquette, from Gourmet-Food-Revolution.com

All the best to your dinner party!

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