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Planning
Your Wedding Reception Menu
When you are planning
a budgeted menu, you must first know what your exact budget
is when it comes to the food and drink specifically. Some
people keep the food and drinks separate, but on average,
the food and drink are a part of the same bill.
If you can afford
the more expensive catering services, then by all means enjoy.
However, if you are like most of us, you will likely need
a little bit of help in creating a menu that is fitting to
your budget.
If you are hosting
an indoor reception in a hall and plan to have a dinner option,
you have to make sure that you accommodate the needs of all
of your guests which include vegetarians. You should request
that the guests RSVP beforehand so that you can get the right
amount of vegetarian plates.
The way that you
choose to serve the dinners can vary. Here are some tips
on how you can choose to serve the guests to make it a bit
cheaper for you.
- You can serve
the meals buffet style, with this option you have people
forego wedding gifts in favor of bringing a dish
- You can offer
vegetable, fruit an meat platters with dips and crackers
instead of foods
- You can ask
each guest to contribute a small amount of money to the
reception or to make donations toward the reception rather
than buying a gift
- You can offer
a soup and salad menu rather than a full blown entrée
- Offer a limited
bar which means that you offer an open bar only at certain
times such as after dinner and during toasting etc. that
way your guests aren’t paying and you won’t go broke, the
rest of the time offer a cash bar
- Offer around
the world appetizers instead of a meal. This will give
you the opportunity to offer fill ups such as crab, shrimp.
Etc. as well as casual appetizers like cheese sticks, chicken
wings, and mushroom caps etc. the around the world motif
will also provide your party with a variety of different
tastes
- Request that
each immediate family member create a dish instead of a
present
- Do not pay
for extras like servers, bartenders etc. asking a friend
or family member to do it instead as a wedding gift to
you
Outdoor receptions
give you much freedom when choosing your menu because you
can serve anything that you want including barbecue, long
group submarine sandwiches or pizza.
As long as you
offer foods that will accommodate both carnivores and vegetarians,
you will be fine. You can always find items to suit all of
your needs and every budget as long as your budget is reasonable
for the amount of people that you are planning to serve.
If it doesn’t fit, you may have to trim the invite list.
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