I truly hope that you are now reading this as a newly clean-smelling, attractively clothed and shod man who has an impeccably clean apartment to which you can confidently invite the woman of your choice. So what excuse are you going to give to invite said woman over? It certainly wouldn't be the smoothest choice to invite a girl over with no plan whatsoever for what to do. I mean, sure, you hope she'll stay longer than the intended activity calls for, but you've still got to call her up and say "Hey, would you like to come over to ______?" It wouldn't be prudent to insert some lame (or rude) activity in that blank space.

So what do I suggest? Dinner. And not a crappy takeout or a sad microwaved meal, no. I think it's incredibly impressive for a man to offer a woman a home-cooked meal. Am I saying that you should be a five-star rated chef? No, but I am thinking it would behoove you to know how to cook at least one really awesome meal with confidence. Think about it; soft lighting, a bottle of wine, food you've prepared especially for her... what woman wouldn't feel adored and attended to? She will surely be putty in your hands.

First, some tips for entertaining. When she first arrives, dinner does not have to be ready immediately. In fact, it's great if there's something cooking in the oven that doesn't need too much tending, smells great and has at least 20 more minutes still to cook. This gives you a chance to take her bag or coat and hang it up for her, offer her a drink and an appetizer of some sort, and just chat for a little bit. Put some baby carrots or some cut up broccoli on a plate and pour some ranch dressing in a little bowl for dipping. That's a great and easy food she can nibble on while waiting for dinner and you get bonus points for being an awesome host. As an aside, white wine should be chilled, whereas red wine should be room temperature but you probably already knew that, right?

It's also a really good idea to have some music on. It can make it less awkward if you have to leave her to tend to the cooking food for a minute or if, heaven forbid, there's a lag in conversation. Definitely play music that you like since that could lead to some discussions about each of your music preferences, but try and keep away from anything loud or that features any kind of heavy metal-type screaming. It's just not so easy to talk with that kind of music attacking you.

I'm sure you're wondering at this point, what in the heck am I going to make? I've got just the recipe for you; easy, tasty, it doesn't take a lot of work and it fits in a single dish!

First, make sure you have a casserole dish. The grocery store will usually carry some 9" x 13" rectangular pans if you don't already have one. Now, go grocery shopping and pick up the following:

• Four chicken breasts
• 6 oz. block of Swiss cheese
• 1 can of condensed Cream of Chicken soup
• 1 bottle of white wine (any kind you like, but try a pinot grigio if you're unsure)
• Stuffing mix (it's best if you don't use Stove Top. Use the stuffing that sort of looks more like salad croutons)
• Butter (easiest if you buy the butter in sticks rather than in a tub)
• 1 bag of salad
• Salad dressing (any kind you like)

About an hour before your date is supposed to arrive, turn on the oven to 350 degrees and make sure the oven rack is in the middle of the oven. Take out your casserole dish and place the four chicken breasts in the casserole pan, laying them side by side along the bottom of the pan. Slice up the entire 6 oz. block of Swiss cheese and put those slices on top of the chicken.

In a bowl, mix your can of soup with half a soup can's worth of white wine (use the empty soup can to measure) and dump this mixture over the top of your chicken and Swiss cheese in the casserole dish. Next, sprinkle 1 cup of stuffing mix over the chicken breasts. This doesn't have to be an exact cup, if you are lacking measuring cups. Then, slice ¼ cup of the butter. There are measuring lines on the side of each stick of butter. ¼ cup should be half of a full stick of butter. Dot those butter slices all over the top of the chicken breasts.

Place the casserole dish, uncovered, with your chicken concoction on the middle rack of the oven. Bake it for 90 minutes. Don't worry if the top gets a little crispy looking, it's really good this way!

If all goes well, your date should arrive with about twenty minutes left in the cooking time for this dish. That's perfect! You can play the good host and set her up with a drink and the appetizer we discussed earlier, turn on some music and talk with her a little. You can also get two plates out and put some bagged salad on half of each plate but don't put the dressing on until the last minute! That could make the salad lose its crunchiness!

Before you know it, the chicken dish will be ready. Place one chicken breast on each plate and spoon a little of the sauce on top. Then you can both sit down to a home-cooked meal that you took the time to prepare especially for your date. She'll feel really special and you will have scored major points in her book for making something so good!