Wedding Menu Ideas

Choosing a menu for your wedding is one of the most fun parts of planning. Mostly because you get taste all of your options. Whether you are hosting a wedding in your backyard or at a hotel ballroom, when planning a menu, take all the different guests into consideration.

Depending on your site, you may have to send a dinner option with your RSVP card in your invitation. Typically there are three options of steak, chicken, and fish. You may want to add that a vegetarian meal can be requested for those guests who abstain from eating meat. If you and your groom are vegetarians or vegans, you may want to mention this somewhere on your invitations, wedding goers tend to be creatures of habit, and if a veggie wedding is new to them, it might be nice if they know ahead of time.

If you are able to custom design dishes, choose some of your favorites. Or maybe there are some special dishes from your heritage that could be included on the menu. Having a summertime wedding beachside? Raw bar and lobster tails would be terrific thematic fare. Often times a buffet dinner at a reception will allow you more choices than plated dinners. Chicken, fish, steak, pasta, rice, veggies and more may be included.

For dinners that will be ordered at the reception instead of being decided on ahead of time, have menus printed and placed at each guests table, that way the servers don't have to try and be heard over the music, and your guests will be guaranteed receive the meal they ordered.

If you have invited children to your wedding, have some kid friendly choices. It is rare that a child will be inclined to order the salmon almandine, but pasta with marinara sauce or some chicken fingers are sure to be a hit with the tots.