How to Cook a Romantic Dinner and Get Sexy Results
Prepare a sensual meal chock full of aphrodisiacs—and prepare for a night to remember.
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You Will Need
- Salami
- Cheese
- Oysters
- Fish
- Crushed pecans
- Figs
- Almonds
- Asparagus
- Artichokes
- Pumpkin pie, doughnuts, or anise cake
- Ginseng tea
- Chocolate
- Brie cheese
- Cinnamon buns
Steps
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Step 1
Put out salami and cheese
Start with a platter of salami and cheese as nibbles. Both contain phenylethylamine, the euphoria-inducing chemical your body produces when you fall in love.
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Brie cheese contains a fatty acid that makes women secrete a scent that triggers a powerful sexual response in both men and women.
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Step 2
Start with oysters
Serve oysters as the first course. They’re loaded with zinc, which may increase testosterone levels and promote vaginal lubrication.
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Step 3
Serve fish
Prepare salmon, tuna, catfish, flounder, grouper, cod, or snapper as the entree. All are high in L-arginine, an amino acid that may boost sexual function. Sprinkle on some crushed pecans to add a dose of zinc.
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Avoid serving meat. It’s difficult to digest, so it leaves diners sluggish. Plus, one study found that the smell of flame-broiled meat reduces blood flow to the vagina!
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Step 4
Serve sensual sides
Serve sensual side dishes that you can eat with your fingers, visually stimulating your partner. Try asparagus dressed with butter, almond-stuffed figs, or a whole artichoke.
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Go easy on the booze. Alcohol may put you in the mood, but too much will make the follow-through more difficult.
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Step 5
Choose the right dessert
End the meal with pumpkin pie or doughnuts if your guest is male. If you’re entertaining a female, serve a dessert that smells like licorice, such as anise cake. Studies have indicated these aromas increase blood flow south in the respective sexes.
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If you’re expecting your dinner date to spend the night, have cinnamon buns on hand for breakfast: A study found that some men found women more attractive when they smelled cinnamon in the air.
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Step 6
Pour tea
Serve ginseng tea with dessert instead of coffee. Some Asian cultures traditionally prescribe ginseng as a sex-drive enhancer.
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Step 7
Offer some chocolate
Open a box of chocolates. Besides containing the love chemical PEA, chocolate has a small amount of cannabinoids, the same chemical compounds that give marijuana its relaxing properties. Is there a tastier way to put you both in the mood?
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Legend has it that ladies’ man Casanova began each day with 50 oysters--which he ate off his mistress’s breasts!
