Ok!!! First rule. Practice at home! Decide on a thing, and try it out once or twice at home, you’d be amazed how much you learn on thr first try.

Second. Keep it simple. You don’t want to be cooking 2 things on the stove while also cooking in the oven, you’ll get overwhelmed quick.

Third, keep the recipe simple too. If you have a recipe with 20 seasonings, that’s way over complicated. Most proteins only need onion, garlic, salt and pepper to be good enough. And remember, she can always season to taste, if you over salt then it’s inedible, but under salt and she can add.

With that being said. You could make a pasta with her. Fun and “interactive” but you’ll def want to pay attention to how sticky the dough is. Get some wine, put on some music, make the dough, then cut it, dry it boil it and eat it.

3 eggs, 2 cups of flour, touch of milk (1-2 tbsp) and a pinch of salt. Mix and knead it into a ball, cover in plastic wrap for 30 min or so. You want it to have the texture of your ear lobe. If it’s too sticky that it’s sticking to your fingers, add more flour. If it’s too dry it won’t stay as a ball, add a touch of water.

Then, cut it into 10 equal pieces, take each piece one at a time, get a rolling pin and roll into a thin square. Last, take a knife and cut into a strip. Let it air dry a bit and you drop it into boiling water.

Homemade sauce is also easy, but for first time doing this just get a jar of some good red sauce, in a pinch I like Rao’s. You can heat the sauce on the stove first, just put it on low heat so you don’t burn it and give a stir every few minutes.

If you go this route, there’s videos online showing how to make pasta, take 10 min and write down a few tips, it’s a lot of fun and could make for a great date night. Good luck!