What is the first meal you cooked for your significant other?

Question

Can you tell me the story about the first meal you made for your significant other and give me the recipe of what you made too? I would especially love the stories that are funny, and the ones that won him/her over! Don't forget the recipe!

Answer 1

The first meal I ever made for my significant other was a recipe I got off the Food Network Website. It took a little prep work, but turned out awesome! Come to find out, Chicken Marsala was his favorite; I had no idea! I guess it was meant to be... a year later and he still asks me to make it for him at least once a week.

Enjoy!

Chicken with Mustard Mascarpone Marsala Sauce Recipe

1 1/2 pounds boneless skinless chicken breasts, each breast cut crosswise into 3 pieces
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
2 tablespoons olive oil
5 tablespoons butter, divided
3/4 cup chopped onion
1 pound cremini mushrooms, sliced
2 tablespoons minced garlic
1 cup dry Marsala wine
1 cup (8 ounces) mascarpone cheese
2 tablespoons Dijon mustard
2 tablespoons chopped fresh Italian parsley leaves, plus whole sprigs, for garnish
12 ounces dried fettuccine

Sprinkle the chicken with salt and pepper. Heat the oil in a heavy large skillet over high heat. Add the chicken and cook just until brown, about 4 minutes per side. Transfer the chicken to a plate and cool slightly.
While the chicken cools, melt 2 tablespoons of butter to the same skillet over medium-high heat, then add the onion and saute until tender, about 2 minutes. Add the mushrooms and garlic and saute until the mushrooms are tender and the juices evaporate, about 12 minutes. Add the wine and simmer until it is reduced by half, about 4 minutes. Stir in the mascarpone and mustard. Cut the chicken breasts crosswise into 1/3-inch-thick slices. Return the chicken and any accumulated juices to the skillet. Simmer, uncovered, over medium-low heat until the chicken is just cooked through and the sauce thickens slightly, about 2 minutes. Stir in the chopped parsley. Season the sauce, to taste, with salt and pepper.

Meanwhile, bring a large pot of salted water to a boil. Add the fettuccine and cook until al dente, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes. Drain. Toss the fettuccine with 3 tablespoons of butter and season, to taste, with salt and pepper. Swirl the fettuccine onto serving plates. Spoon the chicken mixture over top. Garnish with parsley sprigs and serve.

Answer 2

I made the following meal for Valentine's Day - I really wanted to impress my boyfriend with my cooking skills...I made simple meals before I took on these recipes - breaded porkchops, chicken pot pie, steak; simple, but the usual fare.

I made four courses and the dishes were pretty tasty:

First course: pumpkin carrot soup; I saw this on the TV show "Cookin' In Brooklyn" - it made me hungry. I am not a fan of pumpkin, but it was sort of sweet yet savory at the same time.

Second course: I made a salad (I bought a bag of French mixed lettuce) from a Michael Chiarello recipe that had a citrus vinegarette - it was too tart (two lemons and two oranges,) but adding sugar may cure that. The salad also called for cocoa nibs, so that was a nice and weird addition.

Third course: seared pork tenderloin with cocoa spice rub; I was feeling ambitious. It smelled wonderful, but I don't think I let it sear enough - after I put it in the over for the alotted time, it wasn't fully cooked. I let it cook through, but it was a bit dry. The seasoning tasted marvelous, though. I just have to try again and let the mixture linger on the meat - to bring the flavors together.

Fourth course: Limoncello cheesecake squares; I thought this was going to be the toughest one, but it was surprisingly easy. I used a recipe from "Everyday Italian" and the cake was quite lemony, but the crust was the best part.

My boyfriend was highly impressed and loved everything - I think I may have found my calling.

Answer 3

Shrimp Scampi because it's easy and always turns out well. It is butter with lots of herbs served with noodles. (don't have the recipe right now) Not too much to tell it went OK. We knew each other a long time before I cooked for him.

Answer 4

We were not dating; he and two other guys came over and I made spaghetti. They were poor starving college guys and I was a friend who didn't mind cooking; I grew up in a family of 6 so I like cooking for a crowd. I guess he liked it because later we started dating and now we have been married almost 5 years!

Answer 5

on our first date, we didn't go anywhere, we stayed at his house and watched movies. we lost track of time and had peanut butter cookies and dr. pepper for dinner. but the actually first meal i made for him was a chicken and stuffing bake off the back of the pepperidge farms stuffing bag.

Ingredients:
1 1/4 cups boiling water
4 tbsp. butter OR margarine, melted
4 cups Pepperidge Farm® Cubed Herb Seasoned Stuffing
6 boneless chicken breast halves
Paprika
1 can (10 3/4 oz.) Campbell's® Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup OR 98% Fat Free Cream of Mushroom Soup
1/3 cup milk
1 tbsp. chopped fresh parsley OR 1 tsp. dried parsley flakes

Directions:
MIX water and butter. Add stuffing. Mix lightly.
SPOON stuffing along center of 3-qt. shallow baking dish. Arrange chicken on each side of stuffing and sprinkle with paprika.
MIX soup, milk and parsley. Pour over chicken. Cover.
BAKE at 400°F. for 30 min. or until done.

Answer 6

At the time I was newly wed and couldn't cook anything. My dad was military and had a surplus of "M.R.E.'s". I boiled water and added it to whatever he had and fed it to my husband. POOR GUY! That was 21 years ago. I've since learned to cook foods of many cultures by learning from others as well as cookbooks. Good Luck to you.

Answer 7

the first meal i cooked was christmas eve all his family was coming and he got drunk it was ham potatoe salad

Answer 8

ramen noodles.