10 Ways to Heat Up the Kitchen
We all love a candlelit dinner, but why wait for the meal to start the romance? If you like to cook, you might find the kitchen brimming with opportunities to create intimate and tasty moments with your special someone. Even if your partner isn’t as big of a cooking fan, there are plenty of ideas that don’t involve them anxiously slicing and dicing.
One way to keep a relationship healthy is to try new things together. Even if you’re used to being in the kitchen together, you can always mix it up by varying the mood, the recipe, or your cooking approach. Try out some of these ideas to keep things sizzling.
Don’t mind making a little mess? Cook up something saucy that would taste just as good on your partner’s neck.
Grab a naughty paperback read aloud while the other person cooks. This is also a good way to involve a non-cooker. Since your attention will be split in two ways, I recommend cooking something you know well. Try The Big Book of Submission: 69 Kinky Tales or Best Women's Erotica of the Year, Volume 2 for pieces that are quick and delightfully dirty.
Show a little skin. Make sure all your sensitive parts are covered when you’re working near a hot surface, but I’m sure you can be smart and creative about what you bare. What’s sexier than an apron with no pants? Maybe an apron with no shirt!
Start with some aphrodisiacs while you’re cooking. Nibble on strawberries and white wine, and of course, feed each other. This juicy finger food brings your fingers to your lover’s lips, just where they ought to be for amazing tasting foreplay.
Prepare one of your partner’s favorite dishes. Knowing what someone likes can be a major turn on.
Use the intimate space of a kitchen to stay close. Be intentional about touching them when you pass by or give them a backwards hug. This intimacy creates more than just good foreplay—consistent non-sexual touch can help keep a couple happy and more capable of resolving conflict.
Try Date Night In: More than 120 Recipes to Nourish Your Relationship four easy recipes for two. Or check out the Newlywed Kitchen cookbook, complete with stories of happily married cooking couples.
Praise their skills. Are they badass with that spatula? Let them know. Boost their mood to boost their sex drive.
Don’t forget the mood lighting! Place candles strategically out of the way of your work areas and dim your overhead lights. Just make sure you can still see what you’re doing.
Try planning ahead to rev up the excitement. Mix food talk with not-so-subtle innuendos you’re interested in more than just cooking. And if you never finish your meal, there’s always take out.
