For just me? No...I eat a salad, or some stew or a steak and veggie etc.
when I have guests, no matter how informal, there always are hors d'ouvres not so much a formal appetizer...always a salad course, often served before the main course, the main course and dessert. sometimes I serve a soup course in there too and if I do that the salad is served with the main course and often after the main course is finished.
But I don't do the fish, pasta, meat course amuse bouche and palate cleanser thing at home.
Linda C

Unless I am entertaining, I eat what makes me feel good.
i.e., listening to my body. And although I cook for my family each day, of course, but I may not always eat what I cook.

I do the same as Linda when I'm alone. I'll eat some leftover soup, make a sandwich, or perhaps have a salad with some type of meat tossed on it.

When I'm entertaining it really depends on what my main dish is. If I have a pasta dish then I have a salad, pasta, bread and dessert. If I have say fried pork chops, then I'll sometimes have soup first, then the pork chop with a veggie or two, dessert and bread. If I'm having a casserole, it will usually contain noodles or rice and I'll have a green, red or yellow veggie with it, bread and a dessert.

I can't really eat too many courses, no matter how small because I gain weight so easily. Even when I serve the above I usually do not eat much of it myself.

For the two of us it's generally a salad for Clive and just the main for me. I always serve him his salad first. We rarely , if ever eat dessert.

When I have company, other than my family, I like to serve several courses. Usually a starter of some sort followed by salad or soup, the main course and always dessert.

If it's my family everything gets served at once family style. Dessert if someone else brings it, if not no dessert! LOL

Like Chase, when it's family, everything gets served at once, family style. Sometimes when it's company I do that too.

For company, though, I'm more likely to have an appetizer course, a salad course, entree with a vegetable and a starch, bread and probably dessert.

When I'm by myself it's usually an egg and potatoes, or a bowl of cereal, or I'll make a pot of beans and eat them for a week...

Annie

It's a lovely thought but I'm rarely that organized!

I figured most of us did a modified version of it, similar to LindaC's. I have been at formal dinners at a table with Naval Admirals, in full dress uniforms, gowns, etc. and still not ever had a full course dinner. If not then, when? Beyond that, I figured some of us were hardcore enough to whoop it big time (meaning more than the appetizer, salad, meal, dessert courses) at least once a year for a wedding anniversary or Christmas, etc. I'm actually surprised no one said so. I am still interested in knowing what the courses are, but I bet many of them have gone by the wayside.

Surprise, surpise, I'm most like Annie, my little non-olive buddy!

;)

At dinner parties, it is usually something like hors d'oeuvres, salad, starter and/or soup, one or two main dishes and a couple sides, dessert.

I have done dinners with many courses but just as a stunt or experiment, not typical. Most recent example would be the tuna dinner which I think was 8 courses, though each was small, like tapas-quantity.

For everyday dinners we tend to do just the dish du jour and one side. Keep it simple.