Italian Dinner Party

An Italian Dinner Party theme will create a festive night using traditional Italian decor and healthy Italian recipes.

Italian Dinner Party Decorations

This Vicarious Life sets the mood with a rustic Italian dinner theme. Natural elements such as wood placemats, dried leaf garlands on a simple white table cloth makes this an easy look to emulate. Use long thin breadsticks in a clear glass, sparkling natural mineral water and Moscow mule mugs for decorations. Fresh rosemary tied with twin to rolls will fill the table with a sweet Italian aroma as the guest begin to sit down.

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Sparkling Natural Mineral Water

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Moscow Mule Mugs

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Thin Breadsticks

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Wood Slice Placemat

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Eucalyptus Garland

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Inspired by This shows how to create a table centerpiece using the vegetables you will be serving in your menu. This tablescape is created with cabbage, eggplant, tomatoes, artichokes, fresh herbs and Italian bread all placed on a large piece of wood. Fresh flowers are then place sporadically about and in empty wine bottles used as vases. Very simple to do but elegant.

Style Me Pretty has a beautiful picture teaching us how to set up an olive bar for our party. A variety of olive oils, vinegars, olives and fresh cubes of bread give your guest delicious choices to fill their plates with.

Cortney over at Pizzazzerie sets her tables with red checkered napkins, fresh herbs, and shares with us how to create a fun Italian word search name card as part of the table setting.

Wunderwieb has a cute idea that is budget friendly for sure. Just save your tomato cans from the recipes you make, rinse them out well then fill with water then add fresh herbs and flowers for table decorations.

Fantabulosity shares with us a cute idea for an Italian dinner party table setting that uses the bread as decorations. In the background you can see she rolled brown paper bags and used them as serving bowls; what a cute idea!

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Black and White Checked Ribbon

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Paper Bread Bag

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Individual Glass Wine Decanters

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White Dinnerware Place Setting

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Italian Dinner Party Recipes

Treat your guest by serving a traditional fresh tomato sauce dish. The rich, delicious flavor of this homemade Spaghetti Sauce with Fresh Tomatoes is like stepping into a sweet Italian grandma’s kitchen, smelling the aroma of tomatoes and garlic roasting creating anticipation to the delicious bowl of spaghetti you soon will be eating.

Your guest will enjoy this plant-based dinner from Veggies Don’t Bit’s. They will enjoy these Vegan Stuffed Shells with Cauliflower Ricotta which are packed with good for you protein and flavor!

Try something I bet your guest have never eaten before. Fava bean pesto requires some patience and meditation in shelling the beans. The comination of shelled fava beans, a bunch of fresh herbs, extra virgin olive oil and at the end some grated aged pecorino will delight your taste buds.

Your cheese loving guest will flip for this crazy good and addictive, Italian Cheesy Pull Apart Bread.  The loaf is filled with a buttery garlic, pesto and Italian herb mixture then generously stuffed with mozzarella cheese to create each perfect bite for this pull apart Italian bread. 

Lemon Spaghetti with Spinach is a one-pot wonder of creamy light lemon and garlic flavors that is an easy healthy vegan meal your entire family will love.

Italian Dessert Recipes

When I was in Italy I spent some time with Jul’s, a sweet chef that has a heart for teaching the world how to cook authentic Italian food. Her stories and recipes are a delight.

Strawberry tart with elderflower pastry cream has a buttery shortcrust shell, an elderflower pastry cream filling and plenty of ripe strawberries, simply dressed with lemon juice and sugar it is a dessert that is sure to wow your guest.

Juls also taught me while I was in Italy an authentic Italian recipe for a slightly sweet biscotti that has hints of orange, almonds, and honey.

This biscotti would be a wonderful after dinner sweet to go with coffee and converstion.

Free Editable Dinner Menu to Print

Be sure and download your own free editable menu template. Place in a frame or as part of the table decorations