I had received advice from my older brother early on in my dating career to make sure that you always had one or two 'more impressive' dishes that you could nail on short notice to impress someone you're bringing over (date, boss from work, etc), so as I was young, I started setting out for a few different dishes that I could throw out there that would be flavourful, and look like a ton of effort was put into. As a result, I've honed my cooking skills to a degree where I'm no slouch, but I wouldn't consider myself someone who should be applying for masterchef either. My current go-tos for company are some crispy shrimp tacos with a kimchi mayo and some salsa. Another classic that I've gone to again and again is a mushroom risotto. Risotto really requires quite a bit of attention, but once you've made a specific one a few times, you're able to bang it out pretty easily and hopefully without Gordon Ramsay yelling at you.