Keep it simple

This applies especially with entertaining. Think quality not quantity.

• A two-course meal is perfectly acceptable, especially if it means you spend more time outside the kitchen than in.
• Buy a few really good quality ingredients (fresh fish, free-range chicken, finer cuts of meat, fresh-as-possible veg) and prepare them simply.
• Serve a couple of good cheeses with fresh fruit instead of a complicated dessert.
• Don't set yourself up for disappointment by serving fussy, un-tried dishes to guests. Save the experimentation for family.

Above all, don't stress. At the end of the day, it's not brain surgery, only dinner.