The phrase "a simple dinner of" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it when describing a meal that is uncomplicated or easy to prepare, often followed by the specific items being served.
Example: "Last night, we enjoyed a simple dinner of pasta and salad."
Alternatives: "an easy meal of" or "a modest dinner of".
In a new book, "The Farm," he chronicles a year of cooking with mostly farm-grown ingredients, including a simple dinner of soft-boiled eggs with peppery greens, ricotta and black walnuts from trees around the farmhouse.
For a simple dinner of, say, fat organic asparagus, new lettuces, wild King salmon and sautéed soft-shelled crabs, these were my favorites: Domaine Labbé Abymes Vin de Savoie 2009 ($14, pale, green grass, green apple, delicious).
After a simple dinner of Chinese noodles, we went to sleep early, soon after sundown, with our sore bodies resting on Thermarests looking up into a clear cool starry sky.
When you're holed up in a Guatemalan jail held as a "person of interest" in a murder case, and your lawyer is only able to procure for you a simple dinner of sweet butter-poached lobster with ruby-red grapefruit, sunchoke, young fennel, and bacon drizzled with a juniper balsamic, you learn a hard lesson about security.
The whole place exuded a "Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil" feel that made for good conversation over a simple dinner of salad, bread and Dungeness crabs that the Buckles had pulled from traps in their cove that day and steamed for us.
Music wafted over the Bang & Olufsen stereo, a simple dinner of chicken and fruit was served and Liston realized Lindahl "pretty much knew everything about the project".
Sprinkle with toasted hazelnuts and this salad works well as a simple dinner on its own, served with a cool glass of wine, or a substantial side.
In the opening scene, Mr. Barceló is seen sharing a simple dinner with some of his Dogon friends, joking and arguing with them about whether fishermen used to catch dolphins in the Niger River that crosses Mali.
Even a simple dinner becomes a game of conversational chess, without all the pieces.
The satisfaction of eating a simple dinner alone on a small island, the notion of feeling free as a hobo, vanishes when night falls.
