Wedding in Red – Perfect Marriage

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1. 
   Kristy

   It might be a good idea to have an assorted meat skewer, if you know your family is up to trying new things. This can be in addition to or in place of the skewers already there. This isn’t necessary but it would be interesting. Have a skewer with Lamb, Chicken, Buffalo or beef and Pork.
   The wings would seem messy to me. You could have a chicken skewer with a buffalo or BBQ dipping sauce.
   Maybe have a vegetarian version of the sushi. You can do a assorted vege one or a cucumber or avocado. (Avocado would taste especially good with the carne asada and chicken skewers).
   A nice summer salad is a spinach salad with strawberries, mushrooms and pine nuts then tossed with a raspberry vinaigrette.
   One thing I’ve done before that is nice is you roast some beef the day before, cool it, slice it and then the day of make some mini Yorkshire puddings, heat up the meat and stuff the yorkies with the meat and serve with a brown gravy and horseradish sauce.
   Mini meatballs with a variety of dipping sauces is also nice. You could also have Gyoza which would go with the sushi.

   October 26, 2009 10:02 am | #1
2. 
   poopster

   It seems like a decent selection. I would add the standards: mini pizza, mini quiche, pigs-in-blankets, chicken fajitas, mozzarella sticks. I would also consider strawberries and other fresh fruit for dipping with chocolate sauce and/or yogurt dip.
   Good luck!

   October 26, 2009 10:04 am | #2
3. 
   Oot n Aboot

   A great way to tie it all together is to have the center be a focal point. Try a fruit and cheese display that has multiple heights by putting risers under the table cloth. Risers can be anything from a book to a box. Just make sure the display is easy to eat as well. Then you can put everything else on there own platters to the right and left and try to group similar items together. Some other ideas that are easy and well liked are mini quiche, shrimp cocktail, and scallops wrapped in bacon. If you still feel theme-less try going on wedding catering websites to view there sample menus for themed ideas.

   October 26, 2009 10:36 am | #3
4. 
   TWilliam

   Include a nonspicy dipping sauce. My guests really liked peanut satay sauce, but I had to come up with low salt, non spicy option and it worked well.
   Really, a nice selection. You don’t NEED a theme, but you have touched in many places to serve many palates. I did not serve sushi rolls, but did include a couple of appetizers from Sam’s club that only needed reheating. One was a cheese thing (I had a couple of vegetarians) and one was beef.
   Also, I found having a table with lots of ice water to be more popular than anything other beverage.

   October 26, 2009 10:46 am | #4
5. 
   TotalRec

   I mean it certainly seems like enough choices, and although they aren’t in the same “category” of food, you don’t want them to be.
   People like different things so having a bunch of things is easier. I think wings are difficult though! In place of those maybe try doing chicken skewers with peanut sauce/teryaki sauce. Wings are just messy and when you have hors d’oeuvres you want them to be as easy as possible!
   Everything else sounds like a great idea – bravo on the stuffed mushrooms and onion/brie crackers – yum!!

   October 26, 2009 10:55 am | #5
6. 
   Taken by a Texan

   Hors D’Oeuvres suck. You want food that people will eat. We had a whole load of dipping sauces and dips (cheese fondue, spinach dip, ect) with stuff to dip in them like fruits and crackers and chips. We also had chicken fingers, which were insanely popular.
   I urge you to avoid serving weird stuff, even at a black tie affair. No one will like it and you’ll have a bunch of hungry, grumpy, headachy guests. I like the skewers and the kabobs, but make sure you have some simple sauces, too. Lots of people hate spicy.

   October 26, 2009 11:02 am | #6
7. 
   Lynn G

   do away with the salads & add a veggie tray/ kabobs
   i would use baguette or crackers for the spreads & brie
   incl other cheeses with the fruit
   wins are soooo messy – think @ that one
   could add meatballs or crabcakes
   phyllo pastry – fill with spinach or meat or cheese
   deviled eggs
   mini quiche

   October 26, 2009 11:52 am | #7
8. 
   yogiT

   There is a lot of really messy things on there. The wings are a bad idea. The sushi seems like a strange choice to me. You seem to be lacking the more traditional ones people expect like meatballs, shrimp and such.

   October 26, 2009 12:21 pm | #8
9. 
   Luv2Answ

   1st

   October 26, 2009 12:52 pm | #9