Jessie James Decker knows the way to her man's heart — and it involves a little spice.
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The country singer revealed how she won over her husband, Eric Decker, after just one weekend together.
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"I mean we all know he loves the jambalaya that's how I sealed the deal and had him fall in love with me after one weekend," Jessie, co-author of "The Secret Sauce," told Fox News Digital.
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More than 13 years into their marriage, the former NFL wide receiver is still one of Jessie's biggest fans in the kitchen — although the singer admits that food isn't just fuel in the Decker household.
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"I couldn't have married someone that didn't just enjoy food," Jessie emphasized.
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"And there's people out there that are like that.
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When Jessie and Eric met, the country singer said he was "a Midwestern guy" who had never had Southern Cajun food.
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Now, the "Cajun Queen" chapter of her new cookbook, "The Secret Sauce," which she wrote with her mother and sister, has earned a special place on his plate.
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I would say the ‘Cajun Queen’ chapter is probably one of his favorites because that's what I started cooking because my mom pretty much fed us ninety percent Cajun growing up and… Cajun food has so much flavor."
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He’s also become one of his wife's most trusted taste testers, although Jessie said he tends to tread lightly when a dish doesn't quite hit the mark.
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"He'll just be like, 'it's good, it's good,'" she said, explaining that he usually asks a tactful question rather than coming right out and saying he doesn't like something.
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Eric has also supported his wife in a saucy way: by posing nude with nothing but her cookbook covering him.
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In a video posted to Jessie's Instagram, the former NFL star made some cheeky puns to promote her new cookbook.
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"Morning buns anyone?" he asked as the camera pulled back to reveal his backside — covered by nude-colored underwear.
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"Need something hot and ready?" Eric asked as the camera pulled back to reveal him standing in front of a pizza oven wearing nude-colored underwear.
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It's become something of a tradition.
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Eric previously stripped down to promote Jessie's other cookbooks.
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With four children — Vivianne, Eric Jr., Forrest and Denver — and busy schedules packed with sports and school activities, Jessie said protecting family time takes effort.
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One tradition, however, remains nonnegotiable: eating dinner together as a family.
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"Something that I'll always protect is sitting down at the dinner table all together and eating and just talking about our day," she told Fox News Digital.
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The family ritual includes bread and oil in the middle of the table and Denver's requests for more butter.
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"Those moments will just always be my favorite, and no matter what life brings, we always find our way at that dinner table," Jessie said.
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Jessie is sharing her family's culinary secrets in her fourth cookbook, "The Secret Sauce," written with her sister, Sydney Rae Bass, and their mother, Karen Parker.
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The book celebrates the family's Southern, Sicilian and Cajun roots with recipes, entertaining tips and treasured traditions designed to bring loved ones together.
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But cooking with family doesn't always mean following the rules.
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When asked who makes the biggest mess in the kitchen, Sydney didn't hesitate.
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Jess and I, we don't fully follow directions in the kitchen.
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We kind of look at recipes and go, 'All right, I got it,' and then we kind of just throw our own little flair in there."
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Their mother, Karen Parker, told Fox News Digital the family once treated its recipes almost like a closely guarded superpower before deciding they were too special not to share with the world.
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"I really hope that when people cook these recipes and serve their family, that they realize that they're creating their own traditions now," she said.
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"So, these may have been our family's traditions, but now they belong to you."
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