You don't have to be a Martha Stuart to be able to entertain for fun. We all make it so difficult and we give up. So here it is I have done my share of entertaining in my life and some have been great successes and some have been total flops. We have had a lot of great laughs over the burnt brie or the potato slop, but we have also enjoyed many evenings relaxing in the calm of the perfectly executed meal.
It isn't really that much harder to cook for ten or twenty than it is to cook for two. don't let the number go to your head.
Planning the meal or food is usually the best place to start and this may include a theme of an ethnic region just remember to keep it simple. If you are not much of a home cook then take help from the store, don't try to do it all yourself, there is no reason to make spinach dip from scratch when you can buy it cheaper in the deli of any supermarket and it taste great. If you are doing Apetizers pick four, don't try to do ten, everyone will think it is amazing even if you keep it simple. Start with things you know, don't try to Chinese the first night. Mexican is always safe and easy, or just do your favorite soup in the crock pot make some biscuits and everyone will love it.
Also a big part of entertaining is the first impression of the house, so if you burn something that is ok, just make sure that you air things out so that the first thing your guest smells is not their burnt dinner. A five dollar flower bouquet cut low and put in your own vase goes along way to say I spent time on this dinner and wanted it to be extra special. If it is summertime pick flowers from your own garden and eat outside if possible, Using tea lights and holders is also another great way to set the mood, whether it is winter and you want the feeling to be warm and cozy or it is summer and you are outside and you want to enhance the starlight candles are a great cheep option.
Have fun get a few friends together and enjoy time spent together.
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