What's Your date recipe?
At FCE's 2023 Annual Gathering of couples who facilitate couple enrichment events, we challenged each other to create receipes for a romantic date and share them around. The activity is simple:
Make a list of ingredients
Write out the instructions
Enjoy!
Here are a few samples we came up with. We encourage you to write up a recipe and share it with your beloved!
RECIPE #1: DISCOVERY GRANOLA
INGREDIENTS:
a sense of adventure
good footwear
plenty of water and snacks
trail map
weather appropriate clothing
puppies (optional)
transportation
INStRUCTIONS
collect all your gear and deide on the destination. Ensure round trip transportation is arranged.
apply weather-appropriate clothiing, footwear and make sure your trail map is at hand for reference.
start your journey, stirring in a sense of wonder and sharing discoveries with each other along the way.
stir together your nsacks and water at regular intervals -- in your mouth! Give water to puppies if included in adventure
sprinkle the entire adventure with gratitude.
RECIPE #2
Ingredients
A basket
Something furry
A glass of wine
A litre of laughter
A scrumptious meal
A path
Generous dollop of words of affirmation
INSTRUCTIONS
Place cellphones in the basket to keep distractions at bay
Pour glass of wine, absorbing scent and sharing consumption until a sense of calm has been achieved.
Enjoy a scrumptious meal, sprinkling laughter over it liberally
While holding hands, walk along the path, continuing to add laughter
Garnish with something furry if desired
Complete with liberal dollops of words of affirmation.
What's YOUR recipe for a date night with your beloved?