The Gift of Great Food
The Gift of Great Food
Present Profile: Your
Other Half & the Gift of Great Food
It’s been a tough year for a lot of people and gift buying can get really expensive, but there are plenty of good ways to get around a lack of funds to show loved ones you care. By getting creative with the gifts you give, you may end up with sentiments that are even more special than the standard purchased fare. To that end, here some idea for low-cost gifts you can do for your significant other using your grill to get creative.
Dinners to Order
Want to give your significant other that steakhouse experience, right at your dinner table? Instead of getting gift certificates or reservations at a fancy restaurant, try doing something like a Dinner to Order coupon book.
Each ticket has space for them to write in what they want to eat. Often during the year, weekly meals get planned and people get bored; but this way, your other half can get exactly the meal they want, made to order. It brings that being waited-on feel into your home, to make the experience more unique.
You can do one coupon per month or per week, depending on how much you cook during the week. The coupons don’t have to come in a booklet – you can even write them up on your computer and print them out on regular paper. It’s a low cost gift, but the work you’re going to put in doing all the work throughout the year will end up meaning a lot to the person receiving the special treatment.
Sunday Football Concession Stand
Does your husband or boyfriend wish every Sunday during the season that you’d just leave him alone and let him watch the game? Well, why not do one better and bring the concession stand/tailgate party to your house?
It’s simple – just make a ticket book for some Sunday games during 2010 football season (or whatever other sport is his fave). Each ticket lets him order concession stand and tailgate food for that event – hamburgers, hot dogs, strip steak nachos, the works.
Then, instead of getting hassled to do chores or run errands on that Sunday, he has a guaranteed pass to sit on the couch and watch the game. Not only that, but he gets all his favorite game-day foods served up right at the house.
Recipes in a Bottle
This one is fun, because it’s like a recurring surprise that happens every month or week – depending on how often you want to do it. There’s less of a made-to-order aspect than the first two ideas, so this one keeps you away from the danger of outlandish requests, but still offers special home-cooked meals with great food.
Simply sit down and think of every recipe you make that your significant other absolutely loves. Write each recipe name on a separate slip of paper, then roll them up and put them in a bottle or jar that you wrap and give as the gift. Each week/month, they draw a different recipe out and you make the meal it says.
This is a great way to make sure your significant other is being taken care of in getting what they like to eat. It may even make you remember a few dishes you possibly haven’t cooked in awhile, so they’re especially surprised and pleased to get something they may not get every week.
However you do it, home-cooked meals can be a great low-cost gift – basically, just the cost of the food throughout the year and you’d have to be eating anyway, so it shouldn’t break your budget. If it’s the thought that counts, then even an hour of specialty cooking each week is worth millions. Just make the delivery as special, unique and creative as you want, then the gift just keeps on giving all the way to the end of 2010.
