Pick your menu choices to appeal to the eye as well as to the mouth. Nutrition Consider the nutritious aspect of the meal also when choosing the foods for the menu. There is lots of information available about nutrition. But, you would be generally safe if you had one protein food, one starchy food, a fruit or non starchy vegetable, and a bread. The dessert may or may not be taken into consideration when trying to stay nutritious.
Most desserts cancel out any good nutrition points earned by the meal.
That's why they need to be so sinfully appealing as to wipe out any good intentions on the part of the diner. Again, variation is the keyword here. Do not serve all fried food, or all baked food. Vary the method of cooking to increase the appeal of the food. But you also need to vary the method of cooking in order to be able to ease your preparation time.