The Inevitable First Home Cooked Meal

I sat with my friend chatting about dating, years ago. She invited the guy she was dating over for dinner and as we kept talking it clicked: this is a definite, standard step in the relationship. Almost all my girlfriends do/did it. I did too.

My friend always makes the same dish (for different guys) lamb ribs or something. I don't know, it sounded fancy. She said it's the dish she's most comfortable making that has the greatest reward. (I guess that it's fancy.)

Note: remember in Ways to Lose a Guy in 10 Days he made her lamb rib or something and she said she was a vegetarian. Hahaha. I think I would cry if someone made me something like that and they were so proud. I would feel terrible.

I've never had a specific dish. I would just make what I felt like, but I do remember Mike coming over for dinner the first time. I can't seem to remember what I cooked...chipotle gnocchi or something.

It's a bridge that is so frequently crossed.

My sister's go to is chicken and rice. She knows how to make it comfortably and pretty much everyone likes it. Easy choice.

What's your go to meal for guests (or someone special)? Any other funny dating rites of passage you can think of?

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