Create a Wedding Food Menu That Enhances Wedding Theme

Finger Food Swing in your Theme on a Budget

When you develop your wedding theme, you may be tempted to create an entire wedding food menu around that theme with main course dishes at the reception.

Depending on your theme, creating such a wedding food menu could be extremely costly.

Instead of trying to replicate all the foods on your wedding food menu to form a complete meal for each guest, consider an assortment of much more cost-effective finger foods that enhance your wedding theme.
There are as many finger food recipes as main course wedding food menus. The majority of them can be easily made by the bride and groom or can be designated to other friends and family to provide for the wedding reception.

A wedding food menu that consists primarily of finger foods is a viable option for both formal and casual weddings and can center on any type of wedding theme.

In addition, a wedding food menu that consists of various types of finger food can address guests who are on restricted diets or are allergic to certain types of food.

Also, this type of wedding food menu does not require expensive serving plates, dishes, and utensils. "Bone China" plates are satisfactory and can be purchased in bulk at discount grocery warehouses such as Sam's

Club and Costco---and even online through Ebay.

Plastic forks, knives and spoons are also acceptable.

Remember, too, that cleanup is a breeze with this type of wedding food menu and many food service items can be recycled.

Finger Food Offers More Variety for Guests than Wedding Food Menus that Consist of Only a Few Main Dishes

If your wedding food menu consists of a variety of finger food, the sky is the limit with creativity. Such a buffet has also been labelled as "grazing" by some because an assortment of different kinds of food that tickle the palate can be sampled throughout the course of the wedding reception.

A finger food wedding food menu can contain such finger foods as:

Miniature quiche pies.
Different kinds of sushi and sashimi.
Several types of sliced bread with many kinds of spreads and butters or pre-made mini sandwiches.
Chopped and skewered fruit.
Sliced meats and cheeses.
Fondue with bowls of vegetables and meat and different sauces.
Premade vegetable, meat, and fruit shish-kabobs with different seasonings, sauces, and marinades.
Bagels with a variety of cream cheeses and other toppings such as salmon.
Different flavors of chicken wings and meatballs.
‘Popcorn' chicken and/or shrimp and ‘tater tots'.
Chocolate ‘fountain' in lieu of using the container for punch.
Soup that can be served in styrofoam cups.
Anything else you can think of that can be divided into small portions.

A Few Things to Keep in Mind with a Finger Food Wedding Food Menu

Do somehow inform guests that the wedding food menu consists of an assortment of finger foods.
Do borrow every warming tray you can find.
Do allow for the equivalent of a small handful of each type of finger food for each guest.
Do be creative with finger foods and try to tie them in with your wedding theme.
Do designate the making of the finger food to different people to make. It is much less expensive than to have this type of wedding food menu catered. In addition, it allows an "equal opportunity for people to contribute their ‘specialties'.
You can create a "Wedding Food Menu" insert with your wedding and reception invitations. Sometimes people have the wrong idea that finger food will not satisfy their appetites. By enclosing a "Wedding Food Menu at the Reception" listing the variety of finger foods, you will counter that notion.

Additional Resources for Making Finger Food for a Wedding Food Menu:

Elegant French Finger Food Recipes for your Wedding Food Menu

Create your Own Wedding Food Menu Cards

Party or Wedding Food Menu Planner