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Offering to make someone breakfast is a clichéd pickup line for a reason: throwing together some eggs and bacon for your sleepy-eyed love is an objectively sexy thing. If you’ve never done it, now is the time to start (or at least try!). The key here is to make it seem almost effortless, as if you regularly just whip up the kind of breakfast people wait forever to eat at fancy brunch spots. It should be casual, and it shouldn't take more than 15 minutes.

In other words? Be prepared. There is nothing sexy about leaving that same sleepy-eyed love hanging so you can run to the grocery store, or spend an hour making something called a “sausage bake” you found online. Here are a few things to keep on hand in case of sleepover—you don’t need to have all of them on hand all the time, just pick a couple you like and you’ll be in business.

Coffee

If you have nothing else, keep some coffee stocked. Even if you don’t drink it, your groggy beloved might appreciate it—especially if it’s a work day. Unfortunately, there aren’t great ways to store coffee long-term if you don’t typically have some in the house, so consider buying some ground beans as part of your date night prep. That and a French press will make even the most reluctant morning person happy. Well, happier, anyway.

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Eggs

Step two: get some eggs. Thankfully, eggs last quite a bit longer in the refrigerator than coffee, so you’ll be good with these for awhile. (Although fresher eggs will taste better.) Crack a few per person—depending on how hungry you are—and whisk them together with salt and pepper, then cook them in a pan with a bit of butter on medium-low heat until they’re more or less set, but still a little wet. Voila: you scrambled some eggs. Maybe serve with some toast; you can keep those healthy-ish loaves of sliced bread in your freezer. Breakfast is served.

Meat

Both bacon and breakfast sausage keep beautifully in the freezer, so buy your breakfast meat of choice and have it on hand at all times. Give it a quick blast in the microwave—less than a minute—to separate off the pieces you need, then cook the meat in a frying pan over medium heat until browned and cooked through.

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Pancakes

Okay, this one is bit more complicated than straight-up bacon and eggs, but you can handle it, promise. Assemble everything you might need for a simple pancake recipe—or, heck, even the boxed mix if you like—and make sure you’ve got real maple syrup as well. (Get out of here with that cheap fake stuff. Only the best for your boo!) If you want to be really fancy, add a sprinkling of chocolate chips, fresh fruit, toasted coconut flakes, or chopped nuts to the batter after you pour it into the pan but before you flip it.

Toast & Jam

Cooking skills not up to pancakes? You can still satisfy a sweet tooth. Keep some bread in the freezer, preferably something a bit sweet like a brioche. Cut off slices and toast them, then slather them with softened butter and—this part is important—the fanciest jam you can get your hands on. No Smuckers allowed! Fancy jam is a) shockingly pricey and b) worth every penny. So go on, get your strawberry-rhubarb on.

Bubbles

Morning booze is not for everyone, but it does add a bit of luxurious sparkle to breakfast on the weekends. Don’t open a whole bottle for just a couple cocktails, though. Keep some cans of champagne in the refrigerator for your morning after brunching. Yup, cans. Like Coppola Winery’s Sofia Blanc de Blancs. Each can will make two mimosas (you’re going to want to have some juice around, too), plus they come in four packs in case your morning takes a turn for the bubbly. Cheers!

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