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Drinks and a VERY NICE CHEESE PLATE are all you need: copy a pinterest one and set it out half an hour before guests arrive. I'm talking a hard, a soft, a crowd-and-kid-pleaser like cheddar or havarti, grapes of both colors, candied nuts if no one is allergic, olives, fig and pepper preserves, cornichons, some salami and pepperoni, and some strawberries thrown around for fun. You can spread this across a few platters. Have baguette slices and water crackers and TJ's everything crackers.

For drinks offer red, white, sparkling apple cider, water, juice for kids, and something like orange pelligrino soda.

Dinner:
A nice meat: what is that to your family? Salmon broiled with lemon and dill? Filet with bernaise? Roast chicken with lots of garlic and beautiful roasted veggies under it to catch the drippings? You can begin this after guests arrive.

Mashed potatoes please everyone (except my dad, who has acid reflux) OR orzo tossed with olive oil, lemon zest, roasted or sautéed garlic slices, sun-dried tomato pieces, and handfuls of spinach  (will wilt) and salt and pepper. You can literally make this last minute - deal with the garlic ahead of time and just make the pasta and toss it all together right before serving.

Green salad: mixed greens, thin persian cucumber slices cut on a bias, thin slices of purple carrot, red pepper slices, grape tomatoes and a nice balsamic vinaigrette - simple and clean and very pretty. You can make this before guests arrive.

Fresh asparagus or green beans, plan with butter and salt and maybe lemon.

Fresh rolls or bread and butter.

Dessert:
Buy it if it stresses you out: a pretty cake + a few pints of ice cream (peppermint, pistachio, vanilla) and candies (can also be bought). Coffee and tea.

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