Wedding Menu

[amolibertas]

I have had a vegan wedding in the works for a year now. In the last two months, I have got a lot of things settled. I'm doing a lot of renting rather than buying in the vein of "reuse

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[ehhhhnotreally]

What time of day is the event? We had a vegan wedding in 2008 (I think there may be a post on it in this community actually) and we're paying or everything ourselves too... We struggled with the food as well because (aside from living in south Texas--not super vegan friendly) no one n my family is veggie and some are very hostile towards the idea. We ended up having an afternoon wedding to save money by not having to offer a full meal. We served vegan appetizers via catering by Whole Foods. We had couscous, field roast fingers with a special sauce, fried avocados with dipping sauce, spiced apples wrapped in kale, and maybe a couple other things, I forget! Anyway, it ended up being more cost effective that way, and people were free to do their own dinner... And we didn't mind having any leftovers! Best of luck :)

[amolibertas]

Ceremony is at 2:30 with a sit down dinner at 5p. We're very attached to having a sit down meal.

My local whole foods has a catering menu on their website and it's pathetic so I hadn't bothered with them.

Thanks for the suggestion though. ^^

[heathergalaxy]

Middle eastern? Vegan southern?

[amolibertas]

I am trying to do a Vegan Southern of a sort. Just didn't know of anything specific other than corn bread and green beans and fried "chicken"

[iammightee]

Southern is easy-peasy

[amolibertas]

I added fried green tomatoes to the list of possible sides ^_^

[eidna]

To me, a summer wedding would be great for light dishes, lots of fruit and grilled veggies - maybe some cold salad dishes? Could buffet style be an option?
I had a very simple home wedding, but it was also summer and that's more or less what we did.

[amolibertas]

There is a chunk of time for 90 minutes to 2 hours for pictures where I intend to buy a crap ton of hummus, vegan ranch, and vegetables to dip into both for the guests to freestyle during that time. Oh yeah, and some fruit.

Buffet style = food wasted and I prefer the feeling plated service would give.

I'm not just wanting to feed my guests; I'm also want to use food as a form of activism and show them in grand delicious style that "vegan" can fill you up and be amazing.

[megamuphen]

We had an Italian-ish buffet... Ravioli and soe kind of sauce, linguini with pesto, and a primavera something or other. Or maybe there was lasagna? I don't remember! :X Plus bread and salad. Apps were things like bruschetta, tapenade, etc.

[noire]

For a summer wedding, what about a tea menu? Elegant little sandwiches, cucumber and watercress, all very pretty, with hummus and bits of dill and maybe edible flowers on things. I had edible flowers in the salad at my wedding and I'm not sure if anyone noticed anything else about the food...