First Dinner You Cooked for Hubby

My first dinner to cook several boyfriends was spaghetti because....it's not expensive and I knew how to make it? I was young then. In my late 20s, I know I made my then-boyfriend, now husband beef enchiladas, rice, refried beans, and a small salad for the first dinner. I remember that because I was stressing out and on the verge of tears because the tortillas weren't doing right. My mom had to help me out (I wasn't warming them enough to roll properly and they'd crack....I remember yelling "it's gonna be ugly! it's gonna be enchilada casserole instead of enchiladas!" Very funny to think about now. My husband said the meal I cooked that "sealed the deal" was crawfish etouffe. He'd never had crawfish before, it was his birthday, and I made etouffe, salad, and french bread and a homemade cheesecake (his fave). I only had one helping. He ate the whole rest of the stuff himself! From then on, he begged me to make "something crawfish" every week: boiled, pot pie, fettucini, he didn't care what....just loved the stuff. Sweet memory. And I do know how to cook now. But "something crawfish" is good to serve if we've had an argument or it's a special night. I think it brings us both back to that time in New Orleans.

I do not even remember... I only know that I have been cooking ever since. I am married to a lazy brat!

That is funny never heard of that before my husband and I have been together for 18 years on and off, but I cooked oatmeal for his first meal...lol long story but basically breakfast for dinner. I did not make him spaghetti until after we moved in together but here we are married and lovin it.

LOL! I believe it was chicken fried steak, home fried potatoes, and corn. We were actually living together in a one room apartment, so we had a VERY small kitchen and cooking was difficult with 2 burners and a TINY oven. ANYTHING either of us cooked was special though because of the hassle we had to go through to do it. Thanks for the post, it made me smile. It's been 24 years, soon to be 25! I love him more with every passing day. Good luck! The real question is...... what can he or WILL he cook for YOU? :)

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I think i have heard the spaghetti theory :) When my husband and i moved in together it was 1995 and we were 18. I probably cooked something like hamburger helper. Back then i thought that was a great dinner...lol! I have come a long way since then :)

So funny!!! I never heard that but I am pretty sure spaghetti was the first thing I cooked & it's still one of his favorite dinners. :)

I made some kind of chicken dinner and hot German potato salad to the one I married. I've heard that spaghetti is the worst food to eat on a first date...because of the mess. : )

so long ago i can't remember. we practically moved in together from our first official 'date' (after being *just friends* for months.) i was a TERRIBLE cook back then and generally set the kitchen on fire every time i tried. it was probably loaded nachos, that was a fave back in those days.
i've never heard the spaghetti theory!
:) khairete
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I don't remember what I cooked. But it was probably spaghetti. You can't really mess it up, and it is fast and easy.. lol.

We ate a lot of dinners out and then graduated to' take out brought home' early on... well before I actually cooked anything for him. If it wasn't actual spaghetti, it was probably spaghetti pie, which we all still just love.
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I'd bet the odds are high that women do cook a lot of spaghetti for first meals together... whether they end up married to each other or not. It's about as simple as you can get... throw together a nice tossed salad (no cooking involved), and some fresh bread (bought from the local deli or bakery) and you are home free!

I don't remember what I cooked my hubby (we'd been dating forever by then), but he definitely made me pasta with homemade tomato sauce the first time he cooked--and that was before we were dating!

Well, your dad was right in my case!! Made him spaghetti in 1995, married since 2000, now with 3 beautiful baby boys. Good luck!!

Spaghetti & meatballs! And if u could ever imagine botching that up in the most horrible way, I did! Had a whole houseful of people & I couldn't do wrong right that day! What a fiasco, but if what ur dad says makes sense...been married 17 yrs (most of them happy :)!

it was my birthday actually and i did grilled steaks, grilled bake taters and corn on the cob. then we got lost in a corn field. it was fun. i love to grill. now if i would of known what he liked back then and actually knew how to make it then i would of cooked some thing else. but heck since i love to grill it was awesome.

Are you Italian? I've never heard of the first spaghetti dinner and future husband link before.

I doubt this tidbit holds true for any Asian families or cultures where spaghetti is not common fare.

The first dinner I made for now husband was a delicious scallop and bok choy stir fry in black bean sauce. We still remember that night.

And I grew up in SoCA, mainly German family, where we ate spaghetti every week.

I can't remember the first meal I cooked for hubby (probably something yucky and burnt since I am an awful cook!) but your dad is a sweet romantic and I hope his theory is true, so that your son can grow up in an intact home, with a mommy and a daddy.
Wishing you the best,
T.

Well, I can't remember what I cooked for my husband, but I DO remember the first meal he cooked for me....fettucini alfredo. I was so impressed that a guy would actually know how to make something that didn't come out of a box. I'm pretty sure that's when I decided to marry him. LOL

I can't quite remember but I do know it wasn't spaghetti. It might have been beef stew....? I can buy the theory....one would have to try to screw up spaghetti so that makes it a perfect meal, first or otherwise.

i have no clue! i was practically living with my hubby about 2 wks after we started dating and was doing most of the cooking. i can tell you it wasnt speggetti. it would have been vegatarian and low calorie though

We were 16... my mom probably made it!! hahaha! Anyways once we were slightly older I can remember making a pasta dish with angel hair pasta, veg. and chicken.... which is still his favorite 10 years later!! Maybe it's the pasta that wins a mans heart!

I first meal I cooked was a spaghetti pie. He never heard of it and everyone was raving about it. We were dating for a few weeks and on thanksgiving I brought it to his house. He fell in love with the dish. We were engaged near Valentines day and married in the summer.

We are going on 9 years of marriage. I've never heard of this particular wive tale, but maybe there is some truth to it. :)

Sounds like an old wives tale to me....OR your family is Italian and the first thing the daughters learn to cook is spaghetti...and so of course it is possible for it to be the first thing you cook for your future husband!! lol.
I don't remember the entire menu of the first meal I cooked for my husband ( he was already my husband by this time...I was still living at home when we were dating and my Mom did all the cooking). But the answers will be interesting...to see how wrong your Dad is....lol.

I'm thinking it was something grilled. Shortly after we began dating to the point of "serious" (I was then vegetarian) my now-hubby showed up with a new gas grill for my house...I guess my fridge wasn't stocked enough or something and he figured early that we would be grilling! LOL

That is funny. I made Chicken Parmesan and Spaghetti. I never heard that before but it was true in my case lol!!

baked stuffed chicken (couldn't find a turkey), beets, mashed potatoes, thanksgiving fixings. it was around thanksgiving and I was living in Holland at the time (which understandably does not celebrate Thanksgiving), and feeling a little homesick. It was WAY too much food for too people :).

deer roast was the first meal i cooked for my hubby and it was for easter dinner. He is navy and couldnt come to my family's house since it was too far away and couldnt get time off so last minute so i went to his apartment. Thats when his mom learned about me too.
yep i am a bit different and we have been married 7 yrs. The key to know if your gonna marry him is to picture you life together both good and bad times and if you can fall asleep in his arms.

Pan fried tofu over rice noodles. He must really love me, because the steak-and-potatoes guy married me anyway : )

My dad told me the same thing a long time ago. Althugh he told me it was because it's hard to mess it up and looks impressive to guys. LOL. I did pork chops, mashed potatoes and green beans. =)

I didn't cook the first time my Husband came over for dinner. He brought everything and cooked for me. He made yellow rice with chicken and black beans. I asked a few of my friends and here are some of the things that they cooked for their first time.
Baked Chicken
Taco's
Meatloaf
Stew
Deer Steak
Grilled Pork Chops..

Not one person mentioned spaghetti...so I my guess would be that maybe that is what your Mom made your Dad the first time she had him over.

First meal I made for my future husband was chicken in a white wine sauce with green beans and rice. I'm afraid this sounds like an old wives' tale to me. Since it came from your dad we'll have to call it an old husbands' tale in this case. Good Luck.