What To Cook For A First Date
If you are wondering what to cook for a first date, wonder no more because the answer is as plain as day.
Your date is coming over for a home-cooked meal, so your cooking should be a reflection of who you are.
Cook something which you have cooked before that has a proven track record of impressing others and turns out okay most of the time.
If you already know how to cook a main meal and people have previously liked it, there is a good chance that your first date will also like it. All you need to do now is add another two courses.
The trick here is to keep it simple by maintaining the home-cooked theme, and because you have done it before, it will be not be a major chore which is how you want it to look anyway.
You will be revealing yourself to your date through your cooking so express yourself freely without worrying too much about the big event. It will either be okay or it won't, so let go of the outcome and be yourself.
Going For Three Courses
If you add an entree before and a dessert after your main meal, there is a very good chance you will strike a unique combination that has not yet been experienced by your first date.
Selecting your favorite home-made soup can be a good entree choice while a desert purchased at the deep freeze section at your local supermarket is okay.
Because your soup is home-made, it will be familiar and yet unique, while a simple ice-cream can be dressed up to be something special and delicious with very little effort.
Punctuate dessert with nice strong ground coffee, some kind of soft chocolate coated after dinner mints and one kind of strong hard mints. Adding hard mints will give your first date an opportunity to freshen their breath.
Considerations
Think carefully now. The type of food you choose can make your first date either comfortable or uncomfortable. This depends on the personality of your date.
For example, your date may be shy or self-conscious. For this reason, foods which need to be handled (like chicken) should be avoided if your intention is to make your date feel as comfortable as possible.
The flip side of this is you can cook foods which need to be handled if you want to see just how self-conscious your date gets as a result of trying to use a knife and fork rather that just picking the chicken drumstick or wing with their hands.
Final Tips
Don't Ask - Don't ask your first date if they like it! If they like it, they will either tell you, or they will go for seconds and thirds.
Be Yourself - Your cooking should be a reflection of who you are in order to show the other person what they might expect in the future.
Relax - Now that you know roughly what to cook for a first date, let go of the outcome with the knowledge that it will turn out exactly how it is supposed to.
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