Step 1: Get take out food from nice restaurant

Try not to get anything too fancy. If you can’t pronounce it, your significant other will never believe you cooked it.

Step 2: Take catered food out of boxes and put on cooking pans

Messy, used dishes are a great way to look like you really slaved away at making your significant other the perfect meal.



Step 3: Dispose of boxes in a dumpster

Most importantly you do not want to go through all this effort just to have bae find out. This would lead to a very unpleasant Valentine’s Day. Be smart and throw the box out!



Step 4: Make food slightly imperfect

If your girlfriend/boyfriend already knows you’re a bad a cook then you must make it seem slightly well, like you cooked it. Best way is to put one of the side dishes in the oven for a few minutes to slightly burn it. I do not recommend ruining the main part of the meal.

Step 5: Reflect on how much time/money you just spent pretending to make bae a meal

Hm, well, maybe this isn’t the “lazy” way out of doing Valentine’s Day. In fact, it seems like much more work than just cooking a meal. Oh well, there’s always next year!