When planning a wedding you can expect to spend a lot of your budget on food, and do not view it as a fixed sum since it is normally influenced by the menu and how elaborate it is as well as by the number of guests that may also vary quite a lot until the big day arrives. A budget wedding menu may seem like a strange and unfamiliar notion to a lot of you. Yet with a bit of wit and creativity you can have a delightful yet money-saving wedding menu.
Try to schedule your wedding at a time of the day when people will not be expecting a meal so that you can make do with snacks, finger foods and desserts. A lunch or a dinner menu will obviously be more expensive than a snack menu even if you just choose a three course meal. If you want to go with this idea, the best time to set your wedding reception would be between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., as it is too late for lunch and too early for dinner. The buffet style is the most suitable for this type of wedding reception, not to mention a budget menu, as the wedding guests can make up their own plates of appetizers and snacks.
Ideally a budget main menu should consist of cake, drinks and hors d'oeuvres, and the snacks can be a variety of no-crust mouth-watering sandwiches elegantly displayed on the buffet tables. This will be followed by desserts and a money-saving and elegant arrangement of delectable cookies and candies is a great choice. You could also use Danish wedding cookies and/ or small chocolates for an expensive looking three tiered display. With such a variety of food on the buffet tables you can be certain that your wedding will have an elegant and classy feel about it and your budget won't suffer in the least.
When you are budgeting the drinks for your wedding, you should consider sodas, bottled water and punch, rather than alcoholic drinks since these can really put a hole in your wedding budget. This way you can offer your guests a variety of beverage yet keep the cost under control.
At any wedding party you are bound to find at least one or two guests who are more concerned with their health and weight, so try to remember them when you are planning your wedding menu. A couple of vegetable trays with a variety of colorful vegetables should be perfect for them. The good news is that you won't have great expenses even if you have a wide array of vegetables on large trays. Go for vegetables of different colors like carrots, sliced bell pepper in different colors, celery, cauliflower, cucumber etc.
Instead of sea food or beef opt for chicken or a vegetarian menu; a chicken entree should be ideal if you intend to serve a full meal. And do not forget that a sit-down style meal will not go well with a budget wedding menu, but with a buffet style you can't go wrong. You can couple a lot of finger foods with a substantial entree like vegetable lasagna or a chicken dish.
Try to schedule your wedding at a time of the day when people will not be expecting a meal so that you can make do with snacks, finger foods and desserts. A lunch or a dinner menu will obviously be more expensive than a snack menu even if you just choose a three course meal. If you want to go with this idea, the best time to set your wedding reception would be between 2 p.m. and 4 p.m., as it is too late for lunch and too early for dinner. The buffet style is the most suitable for this type of wedding reception, not to mention a budget menu, as the wedding guests can make up their own plates of appetizers and snacks.
Ideally a budget main menu should consist of cake, drinks and hors d'oeuvres, and the snacks can be a variety of no-crust mouth-watering sandwiches elegantly displayed on the buffet tables. This will be followed by desserts and a money-saving and elegant arrangement of delectable cookies and candies is a great choice. You could also use Danish wedding cookies and/ or small chocolates for an expensive looking three tiered display. With such a variety of food on the buffet tables you can be certain that your wedding will have an elegant and classy feel about it and your budget won't suffer in the least.
When you are budgeting the drinks for your wedding, you should consider sodas, bottled water and punch, rather than alcoholic drinks since these can really put a hole in your wedding budget. This way you can offer your guests a variety of beverage yet keep the cost under control.
At any wedding party you are bound to find at least one or two guests who are more concerned with their health and weight, so try to remember them when you are planning your wedding menu. A couple of vegetable trays with a variety of colorful vegetables should be perfect for them. The good news is that you won't have great expenses even if you have a wide array of vegetables on large trays. Go for vegetables of different colors like carrots, sliced bell pepper in different colors, celery, cauliflower, cucumber etc.
Instead of sea food or beef opt for chicken or a vegetarian menu; a chicken entree should be ideal if you intend to serve a full meal. And do not forget that a sit-down style meal will not go well with a budget wedding menu, but with a buffet style you can't go wrong. You can couple a lot of finger foods with a substantial entree like vegetable lasagna or a chicken dish.
