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So I’m sitting here quietly in my office, working on a few bigger issues today. My wonderful wife (Jessica) just popped up on my gmail chat screen to sweetly alert me that today apparently is “National Men Make Dinner Day.” Now, truth be told, most of the time Jessie makes dinner. She is a fantastic cook (and an even better baker) and I know that I’m very lucky to have her take care of most meals. However, recently I’ve been trying to make dinner more often. She loves it when I make dinner, and when my schedule is not crazy, I don’t mind to make dinner once in a while.

This past weekend, when we sat down to talk about the week ahead, I told Jess that I would make dinner on Thursday night. I picked out what I was going to make (Turkey chili), looked up the ingredients, and even cracked open a few cookbooks to find the best recipe. I’m ready to make the chili, and plan to start it when I get home from work tonight.

How ironic. It is National Men Make Dinner Day — yet I seemed to have a sixth sense that today was the right day to volunteer to make dinner. Thankfully, the recipe does not include any of the following (specifically called out as “no-no’s” on the National Men Make Dinner Day website:)

Foods that should “not” be part of Men Make Dinner Day (text courtesy of National Men Make Dinner Day website)

Although some of the foods that I am about to list may sound like a tempting addition to your meal — they should never be part of “National Men Make Dinner Day”:

* chewing gum
* cotton candy
* take-out pizza
* pogos
* left-overs from last night
* sandwiches from office vending machine
* neighbors left-overs from last night
* anything bar-b-qued

To all of my faithful blog readers: celebrate this holiday. Share this post. Visit the National Men Make Dinner Day website. Use MyPunchbowl to send a last minute “National Men Make Dinner Day” invitation. And mark it down on your calendar for next year. I think this is a holiday that is only going to get bigger.

(Image courtesy of the National Men Make Dinner website)