Need some advice on wedding party food?!
Need some advice on wedding party food?
getting married and having a buffet need some party food ideas for both adults and children got some food in mind,need help
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Old Standbys scalloped potatoes, baked beans, potato/macaroni salad, baked ham, meatballs swedish or in spaghetti sauce. various cookies. Some people have gone to making the wedding cake out of cupcakes so they can have different kinds. Rent a fountain for a punch or pick up the chocolate fountains (49.00) and have diff dippers. Can probably borrow everyone's crockpots to keep the hot items hot. Been told its cheaper to buy a fountain than to rent one if you can get by with a little one.
deviled eggs
little carrot cake slices
quiche
sandwich shrimp crab cake chesese ball chesese cake dip
We did this for both of our daughters weddings. BBQ and italian meatballs, chicken wings, shredded pork,roasted red potatoes, pasta salad, (rolls so guests can make sandwhiches with meatballs or pork)
pitas for children sausage rolls quiches there are 3/4 different quiche crisps lettuce eggs covered with mayonnaise , lettuce salad, tomatoes, beetroot, pickles. potato salad. COUSCOUS, WITH peas sweetcorn ..... 3/4 plates of ham beef, pork, chicken, spiced chicken drumsticks , or a plain. you get onion bangies and other bits of chicken nuggets for the children. also you could make a lot of sandwiches. and get a 4/6 large gateaux for the sweets with pouring cream or
whipped cream.
Go to Sam's Club and by a round of those mini quiches. Everyone likes them, and it's one less thing you have to prepare. (Although I hope you aren't preparing this all on your own.)
Rumaki with some sweet and sour sauce. (But leave out the chicken livers, since almost no kid and many adults dislike it.)
Tea Sandwiches and other little bite sized bits (recipe ideas below):
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Serve tea, coffee, and punch.
2 1/2 cups pineapple juice, chilled
1 pint lime sherbet or lemon sherbet or raspberry sherbet
1 pint vanilla ice cream
1 (12 ounce) bottle ginger ale or 7-Up soda
1. Combine pineapple juice, sherbet and 1/2 of ice cream.
2. Beat until smooth.
3. Add 7-up or ginger ale.
4. Spoon remaining ice cream into punch.
5. Serve immediately.
When I got married, we had a seafood buffet - it also included some chicken and salads. Shrimp, crab rolls, fried perch. Delicious! Kids seem to love peel and eat shrimp and the adults enjoyed the rest of the fair.
Do an assortment of finger foods - that way everyone will find something they like. Pick several from the following: mini quiches, bacon wrapped scallops, wings, mini eggrolls, finger sandwiches ( make some pb & j for the little ones) pigs in a blanket, steamed shrimp, cheese platter, fruit tray w/dip,etc.....The size of the reception will tell how many selections you'll want.....Congrats!!
As a chef and event organiser (woo get me) I often think that simple is the way to go if you want to please a wide audience.
I would go for large joints of roasted meats with a couple of salads (say a green salad and coleslaw) with some really nice ciabatta type rolls. You should also include something for the vegetarians - a vegetable quiche or a huge spanish tortilla would do that.
The ladies can have a nice ham or chicken salad, the men have hearty doorstep sandwiches, the kids can build their own sandwiches and no one worries too much about their manners as at a really posh buffet and its a lot less hassle than preparing lots of fiddly vol-au-vonts and stufff. If you can get a couple of people in chef whites to carve the meat for your guests so much the better!
If you want you can add to this - a whole dressed salmon, different salads, a seafood salad, fruit, etc etc.
Fruit Salad
Green Salad
Bread Basket
Flavored Butters
Lemon Chicken Breast
Pilaf Rice
Green Beans
Pastries
Cookies
Brownies
sushi for the adults something a bit different from usual!
trifles for kids
my advice as a cater is keep it simple easy to eat nothing bigger than a mouthful due to nice clothing and excitement of the day .buy in as much as poss to help and not pile on stress . chicken fillets minis marinaded in various flavours .mini beef wellingtons impressive easy .salmon crutes .mini blinis pancakes with cream cheese piped on and smoke salmon on top Little dill .crudities to keep health freaks on you wife's side happy . mini sausage rolls for hubbies rugby team mates .mini bought quiches .open sandwiches crisps i know rough but good for munchies after booze . kids ermm sandwiches little sausages and nothing with strong colours no hyper activity . always to be careful if your doing food to keep packet foe allergy advice nowt worse than anafalatic shock to ruin wedding day
satay chicken skewers . most important forget the food and remember its your day and leave it to me i could take the worry away for you lol and I'm cheap . have a great wedding
How about a pig roast on a spit?Great if your feeding loadsa people & smashing crackling!You can hire someone to do it all for you.
Asparagus wrapped in ham.