Eric and I decided to do a series where we turn a simple movie night into an at-home date by watching iconic 90s movies we’ve somehow never seen! This week we are watching When Harry Met Sally.

Instead of just lounging on the couch, we made it special by dimming the lights, grabbing cozy blankets, and pairing each movie with dessert and drinks that go with the movie. It’s the perfect way to stay connected with each other and make elevate movie night to date night. If you’re looking for an easy but fun date night idea, this one’s a must!

Activity

Watch the movie When Harry Met Sally.

Streaming it on Amazon Prime or Apple TV.

Drinks

Hard Apple Cider

• 2 ounces whiskey
• 2 ounces fresh apple cider
• 1/4 ounce fresh lemon juice
• 1/4 ounce real maple syrup
• Apple slices and rosemary sprig for garnish
• Cinnamon Sugar

Directions

• Add whiskey, apple cider, lemon juice, and maple syrup to a cocktail shaker with ice and shake.
• Dip the rim of a glass into water and then cinnamon sugar to rim the glass
• Fill your glass with ice
• Strain the whiskey mixture into your glass of ice
• Garnish with apple slices, rosemary sprig, and a cinnamon stick

SHOP

Food

Dinner – Pastrami and turkey sandwiches or Cobb salad

Dessert – Apple Pie A La Mode

We don’t do dinner with our movie because we do date after we put the kids to sleep and we have already eaten.

The iconic scene, “I’ll have what she is having” is at Katz deli and they are famous for their pastrami sandwich. Harry is eating the classic pastrami on club bread and Sally is eating a turkey sandwich on club bread. Both sandwiches are served with pickles, a side of coleslaw and a Dr. Browns soda (a Jewish deli staple!)

Or you can make a cobb salad because Sally also eats that in another scene.

For dessert, Meg Ryan’s character orders apple pie al a mode with strawberry ice cream. So I made my homemade apple pie and caramel sauce. I knew Eric would want the pie without ice cream so I served him that. But I had apple pie ice cream. I bought vanilla ice cream, cut up 2 slices of pie, and mixed them together. Drizzle with a little caramel and goodness!

I knew apple pie a la mode was part of the movie but I didn’t know it was strawberry ice cream until we were watching so vanilla it is.

SHOP

Set The Mood

You’re going to be watching a movie so no need to set the mood with sounds but we need to make the room cozy.

Then you want to dim the lights and light a candle or two.

Grab a blanket to share, and get cozy together.

SHOP

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