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[quote=Anonymous]Make a big lasagna or chicken pot pie (both crowd pleasers). Both can be baked in advanced and warmed up in the oven just before people come. Make a big salad, although don't toss with dressing until the last minute. Roast vegetables or cold steamed vegetables in light dressings can be made in advance. Put out nibbles as appetizers when people first come, such as hommus, cheese and crackers, grapes, olives. Or platters of sliced tomato and mozzarella. Serve a cake with sliced strawberries and ice cream afterwards.

If the menu seems a bit mundane, remember that a nicely set table goes a long way to establishing the mood! As someone who's thrown many dinner parties over the years I've come to realize that most people are just as happy with a well-cooked mundane meal as they are with a "gourmet" complicated meal.

If you want to step it up a notch, you can do a roast beef or lamb in advance. When it comes out of the oven, wrap it securely with foil and kitchen towels to keep it warm and it will stay warm for a hour or two before dinner (I take my Christmas beef out of the oven two hours before we carve it and it's still quite warm and a perfect medium rare). Serve with horseradish sauce, roast potatoes and steamed carrots and a big salad, all which can be prepared in advance and quickly heated up if needed.

Good luck! And congratulations on the graduation![/quote]

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