Home Cooked Dinner – Recipe For Success

One big hurdle to get over when dating a woman is the first invite to your house where you prepare dinner. Obviously there are advantages to having her over to your place for a quiet night together, but if dinner doesn’t go well, it could spoil the entire evening. Here are some simple tips to consider before undertaking such an important event.

If you have been smart enough to ask her on previous dates what her favorite take out foods are, then coming up with a suitable menu to order in is a cake walk. It has a couple of benefits in that you are not stressed about cooking, and if she does not particularly like it you can blame someone else. Just make sure that you do not promise her home cooked when you invite her. If you are handy enough in a kitchen that you are willing to actually do the cooking yourself, here are some easy tips to follow:


Menu Do's

Wine. A good wine. It loosens you and her up, and sets a romantic mood. Don’t cheap out, but don’t go crazy with cost. Pick something that compliments the food. Drink some water too – getting too drunk is a definite turn-off.

Even if she is not into Japanese sushi or maki, then picking up some simple vegetarian California rolls ahead of time and keeping them in the fridge would be appropriate.

A pot roast can be fine because you can leave it on for longer than planned and it will still be okay. Stay away from an open roast, or lamb chops which will be ruined if she is delayed for some reason. Anything that can be kept on warm in the oven after cooking is a good choice. Anything that can be cooked in a few minutes after she arrives is a good choice. Anything that takes a while to cook and has to be served within a few minutes of being cooked, or something that does not do well being kept warm is a bad choice.

Ask about any allergies or diet issues she might have – otherwise your dessert might have to wait until you get back from the emergency room. Having an over the counter anti histamine like benedryl in your medicine chest for emergencies is always a good idea. It has a pretty long shelf life, so will likely still be good even if you do not tap into it for a couple of years.

Speaking of, you should keep the meal light – that way if you do have dessert and then want some “adult times”, you won’t be too full of food to really “move it”.

Candles are always appreciated for dinner, as they add intimacy. You can even have several around your digs for atmosphere as well. Rap and Hip Hop are never acceptable for a date. Many classics are actually overtures that can be booming at times. Elevator music is too boring. Stay to ballads or light jazz. Nora Jones or Diana Krall are great choices as they tend towards sultry intimacy in their songs.


Things Not To Do

Stay away from anything that you have not cooked before at least twice successfully. Stay way from meals that are too fussy or require you to be stirring constantly for long periods of time. You are looking for something where either the stove does all the work by itself, or else something that might require fussing but only for a few minutes maximum.

If you are cooking with curry, garlic or onions, keep it light and make sure you have some after dinner mints around. But it is just better to stay away from both of those nasty, nice breath unfriendly ingredients.

Don’t serve your meal on paper plates, and don’t serve your drinks in plastic cups. You don’t have to break out the fine china, but you don’t want it to look like a cookout in the bush..

Burping puts a damper on romance, so avoid serving beer or soda pop. Also do not over spice dinner, and avoid gas producing vegetables like cucumber.

Desert

Light deserts are the right choice. So sherbets, ice cream, fruit cocktails are in. Cheesecakes are out.

To top of your successful evening, keep several appropriate desert toppings in the fridge just in case. My standards are redi-whip, smuckers caramel syrup, smuckers strawberry syrup, and any good chocolate syrup I can find in the supermarket.

Here's to your success!

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