Wedding Reception Food
Wedding reception food looks like a simple issue, at least until you get to take care of it. It could cost a lot and give you generous headaches or it can be easily solved with the help of some really good caterers.
What you probably need in this stage of the wedding preparations is a some sort of guidance regarding what options you have. Therefore, let us take things one at a time.
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Time of the day
As you can easily guess there are only three major moments of a day when you could consider having the reception and serve some sort of food: morning, noon and evening. The so-called morning reception is probably the most affordable for any couple who sets a budget wedding. Any morning food can be used, from omelets and pancakes to pastries and, obviously, plenty of fruits and juices. The reception planned at noon is similar to the first choice. You can serve your guests either with hot dishes or with salads, sandwiches and finger food. Finally, the dinner reception is the most expensive and formal one, requiring various dishes, from appetizers to considerable desserts and, above all, a lot of drinks.
Other point of views
Now that you have made up your mind for the right time, you should know there are options regarding the serving as well. There are the sit down meals, where the guests will not move a finger and only hired caterers, no matter what foods you are having, will serve them. And there is the buffet meal, which involves a huge table with all the food you can count on, from where the guests will come and have whatever they please. Obviously, a buffet is not that recommended for a reception late in the evening. How would it be for your friends to grab forks and try to carry steak, fish, vegetables and many others on their plates?
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Finger food saving the moment
With finger food, you have so many interesting and relatively cheap options. Rolls, sliced breads and breadsticks, with various types of cheese, barbeque sauce, vegetable rolls, stuffed mushrooms, pate, sushi, meatballs, chicken salad, picnic favorites such as stuffed celery or deviled eggs as good quality food. Then come the sweets – fruit tarts, cookies, cream puffs, chocolate candies and the famous cupcake wedding cake. In addition, you can bring all sorts of beverages, juices and cocktails to please everyone. The most important aspect is that you could go in this direction for any type of reception, no matter what time of the day it is.
Wedding Candy Buffet
A wedding candy buffet is not an idea to often cross a bride’s mind. Even when many couples consider more and more often to have budget weddings, not so many of them get to have this really saving idea. And you are about to find out in a moment what makes it such a good choice.
Why having a candy buffet?Because candies come in hundreds and thousands of different shapes, colors and flavors and are something that nobody will have the guts to refuse. No one can resist to such a delicious temptation.
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If you organize a budget wedding, you could skip the heavy reception meal and only have three medium buffets – one with appetizers, one with drinks and one with candies. You can imagine where everyone will spend most of the time… If money are not your problem, you can always use a candy buffet to bring a color spot on your reception.
Candy buffet with cookies
Yeah, cookies are candies as well. Anything sweeter than salt could work in there. You can choose to have some friends helping you with preparing the cookies. You can directly order them from a specialized store. And probably the best idea would be to ask your guest to come each one with a plate of homemade cookies. It will not be a huge effort to them and you will have an impressive buffet in the end. It is one thing to have the help of a few persons and another one to have all your guests contributing.
Candy buffet with candies
Talking about lighting up the atmosphere, a candy buffet with all sorts of candies placed in jars and glass bowls or other interesting containers will bring a special visual effect. You can decorate it with anything that fits your wedding theme, but the most important aspect would be to have as many different colors and shapes as possible. Use ribbons, tulle, organza, bows and even cute cards with sayings like “check this out”, “try me”, “eat me” and so far. It will be a real attraction.
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Wedding favors on a candy buffet
Wedding favors are a must. Candies are a popular option from this point of view. All your guest will probably take their favors at the end of the reception. In the meantime, would not it be a good idea to have all the favors exposed on a candy buffet? You do not even have to place names on them as long as you make sure there are more than enough for everyone.
Wedding Menu
Establishing a wedding menu might seem scary to those who have little knowledge and experience with catering. However, if you do your homework and keep in mind some clear steps that need to be followed, you should have no major difficulties on this chapter.
What to think first?
Well, you cannot establish a menu without knowing what theme is your wedding going to have and which will be the moment and the place of the celebration. A winter wedding, with a serious and elegant dinner, will be differently treated than a summer one, with an afternoon reception.
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A bigger picture of the event will give you details regarding the particular aspects. Now you must ask yourself what menu you would like, if you would enjoy some finger foods or a full meal and, most important, if you will hire a caterer or you will ask some friends to prepare the food. When you know what food and drinks you want, it would not hurt to do some math and see which will be the costs. Do you afford them? What is to be done? Should you cut some dishes from the list or you could find some alternatives?
The menu
The most common things you could serve on a wedding are salads and dressings, dinner rolls, one dish of pasta, fried chicken, chip and candy, wedding punch and the cake. If you want finger foods, try mini hot – dogs, crackers and cheese, some cold cuts, pickles, cheese squares, sausages and Ice tea. As for a full meal, even other dishes might be included. Nevertheless, the most important aspect would be for you to choose only those foods that you really love. It is about you feeling well first of all, and then taking care of the guests. Some might be vegetarians, others might simply avoid pork and the list can go on. If your budget allows it, prepare various dishes and print them on a menu card that will be handed to your guests. In this way, they will get to choose a specific menu from a wide range of offers.
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Special touches
Special touches can be made when including in the menu a family recipe or if you combine some foods of the two families’ heritages. A cocktail reception followed by a dessert one will sure break the pattern and help you save money as well.
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