Jan
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[NEWSLETTER] Wow your partner this love month! 🍝
We thought to inspire you this month to bust out your pots and pans and cook a nice meal with your significant other. Often these small gestures mean the most to the person you love and it’s a nice time for both of you to take time out of your busy schedules and really focus on the two of you.
What is also great is that you can either choose to make it a comfy chill Valentine’s Day dinner or you can spice things up by dressing up and snapping pictures in your living room like you’re at a five-star eatery.
Men it’s honestly the best of both worlds because when was the last time a restaurant gave you the best table in the place, control the music and let you bring your dog?
These TikTok recipes work for couples, throuples, boys nights or just chilling with yourself with a bottle of red and your fav movie
Risotto
Risotto is a great metaphor for a relationship. Both take time, attention and cannot be left alone. I know it may sound daunting but with two people working together to make the risotto, it will be easier.
@zenaskitchen Mushroom risotto – one of my favourites! #risotto #recipe #foodtok #foodtiktok #fyp #foryou #learnontiktok ♬ Send Me on My Way – Guy Meets Girl
Penne Pasta with Vodka Sauce
I think pasta is synonymous with romantic dinner ideas maybe it’s because of the dogs sharing a piece of spaghetti in Lady and the Tramp. But a spicy rigatoni with vodka sauce is so easy to make that you can spend more of your romantic evening together watching romantic comedies or… making love.
@themodernnonna Penne alla vodka #pasta #pastatiktok #penneallavodka #vodkasauce ♬ Volare – Dean Martin
Homemade Pizza
What’s more romantic then pizza? Eating homemade pizza in sweatpants on your couch!1 You can even go as far as making the dough yourself or you can skip the process and go with store-bought dough. The best thing about homemade pizza is that you can personalise it however you would like.
@nutrientmatters Floppy pizza lovers unite 🤝 full recipe + instructions will be on my IG, in the caption ✨ #pizzarecipe ♬ Sauce – Naïka
Steakhouse Dinner at Home
This is a classic you can never go wrong with. Bring an elite steakhouse dinner home with a great piece of meat, cooked together perfectly with mashed potatoes and asparagus. This dinner requires managing multiple recipes, so it will be a fun activity to prepare you for your romantic evening inside.
@daphneoz How to Make Restaurant Quality Steak at Home 🥩 in 4 easy steps! #steaktiktok #steakhouse #steaktok #steakschool #steaks #steakdinner #steakdinner #steakrecipe #daphneoz #howtomakesteak ♬ original sound – daphneoz
Men let us know in the comments below which recipe you will be trying throughout the month of Feb?
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I am definately trying these recipes with my partner. Awesome!
I am definately trying these TikTok recipes with my partner. Awesome!
Thanks for the article!
Let’s get cooking men.dads.partners.
So easy to follow. I’m trying these recipes 😋 for sure.
I want to try the steakhouse dinner at home. My wife is a steak person so she will definitely love this.
I will definitely be trying the homemade pizza again with different toppings this time.
As we embrace the month of love, let us remind each other of ways of showing love. There are many ways of expressing love, and most people have one or two ways that they most commonly demonstrate affection. These are also usually the same ways that they best identify and understand love when it’s offered to them. It’s important to understand how you and your partner feel and show appreciation, so that you can recognize when they are showing love, and adjust your own way of offering love to them so that they can truly feel it.
Gifts
Some people express and feel love through gift-giving. Giving flowers, clothes, a favorite treat, or a handmade item is one way people demonstrate that they are thinking about you.
Acts
Another way to express love is to do something kind or helpful for another person. By doing a chore or making a meal for your loved one, you can show them that they are important to you.
For this Valentines, l took my wife and kids together with our parents for a weekend away. It was lovely. I cooked for them the whole weekend and we tried the homemade pizza and it was lovely. Manbox has taught me to be a better cook and l really appreciate it. No one said men dnt have to cook. Lets try these recipes gents.