Main Courses

yogajane

Would love to hear what people are serving at their weddings?
Jane

*May10Mrs*

We are having:
Tri-Tip steak
Artichoke and Parmesan Stuffed Chicken Breast and/or Lemon Picatta Chicken
Garden Salad with three dressings
Red Roasted Potatoes (the mini ones) with herbs and light garlic
Mixed veggie (steams and with herbs)
Rolls

Have a super day. BTW I just figured this out today, kinda stressful deciding what everyone would like...yikes.

Tasha8182

Cold Hors D’Oeuvres  (fruits, vegetables, cheeses, pepperoni, crackers, and dips)  Hot Hors D'Oeuvres  (Circulating –   Stuffed Mushrooms, Scallops w/ Bacon, Hand Wrapped Egg Rolls, Fried Ravioli, Dumplings w/ Soy Sauce, & Spinach Puffs w/ Pesto; Stationary –     Stuffed Clams, Chicken Teriyaki, & Italian Meatballs                                                                                Appetizer  (Chilled Strawberry Soup w/ Whipped Cream)  Salad  (Caesar Salad)  Pasta  (Penne a la Vodka)  Main Courses  (Choice of Chicken Cordon Bleu, Delmonico Steak, Salmon with Dill, or Baked Manicotti)  Side Dishes  (Garlic Mashed Potatoes & Green Beans Almodine)                                                                                                  Dessert  (Oreo Sundae & 4-tier strawberry mousse wedding cake )      

TurtlesAllTheWayDown

So far I know two of our passed apps with be brie quesadilla and mini pizzas. One of our mains will be mushroom risotto with seasonal vegetables. The other I'm hoping for a roasted vegetable stack (peppers, portobellas, onions, zucchini) with polenta, maybe.

mrsamyjones

We're having

Apps:
Curried Chicken Salad in Endive boats
Forest Mushrooms Polenta rounds
Hummus and Homemade Flakey Chips and Veggies

Salad:
Vitners Garden Salad

Sides
Horseradish-Buttermilk Golden Mashed potatoes
Grilled Seasonal Veggies
Rustic Breads

Entrees:
Soy Ginger Glazed Tri-Tip
Balsamic Grilled Pork Tenderloin

Desserts:
Various bite sized desserts
Wedding cake
Cocktails

CaptiolBride

yummy passed apps

chicken, steak, sides

dessert. Hmm if I could find our menu around the house I coudl be more specific!!!

tiffersk_89

Our reception is buffet style.

Apps:
Spinach Dip (with bread pieces to dip)
Crab dip on crostini's
mini pigs in a blanket with honey mustard dip
Mozzerella bites
and asparagus spears (it's like asparagus wrapped in phillo dough and baked)

Dinner:
Rosemary garlic chicken
Marinated london broil
green beans and corn
"loaded" mashed potatoes (like loaded baked potatoes without the skin)
and Mac and cheese

nthomas983

We're doing a buffet-style reception too. We haven't made the final decision, but this is what we're thinking

During cocktail hour, passed hors d'oeuvres and display:
Assorted mini quiches
Spring rolls
Swedish meatballs
Assorted bruschetta
Fruit and Vegetable platter

Dinner:
Vegetarian pinwheels
Asparagus in balsamic vinegarette
Curried chicken salad in puff pastry
Prime Rib carving station
Pasta station (penne, tortellini, different sauces, etc)

Our wedding cake and groom's cake for dessert. 

We have several vegetarian friends, so the biggest challenge has been trying to find a good mix of meat and non-meat options without doing a plated dinner (I have been opposed to going plated since the beginning...I'm not even sure why!  I guess the headache of getting everyone's preferences, plus a couple of weddings I've attended where I made my selection a month or two in advance, then wished I'd made a different choice at the event).

JMU_Bride09

Guinness Steak, Chicken Piccata, and a vegetarian option!

megilb

Appetizers : Fruit, cheese and crackers
       Veggies and dip
        Shrimp cocktail.....and an ice sculpture with champagne running through it!

Entrees:  Buffet style....
    Sirloin sliced by a carver
    Pasta with marinara with italian sauteed greens
    Chicken decassa....( Chicken marinated in a liqeur sauce with blackberries and kiwi!!)

Sides:  Roasred Red Skin Potatoes
             Mixed grilled veggies
            Homemade rolls
             Salad...It is mixed greens with fresh seasonal berries and pine nuts in a stawberry vinagriatte!

Dessert: Wedding cake...5 tiers..white cake with almond filling, Chocolate cake with raspberry filling, and marble cake with  dark chocolate ganache filling...then it repeats!
              Italian Cookie table
              Chocolate table..done by our local chocolatier! Not a fountain, its all the truffles and candy you can magine!

[Deleted User]

There is a cocktail hour after the ceremony with the chef's choice of hors d'heurves. As well they are what is in season.

Then for the reception dinner:

Starters: Italian Wedding Soup and then  Mixed field greens with roasted pine nuts with a balsamic honey dressing

Main Course: Duo of Beef Tenderloin with a sauvignon blanc reduction, grilled spring  Chicken breast with a sauvignon blanc reduction, rosemary rubbed roasted mini potatoes and chef's seasonal vegetables.

Dessert: Alternating between -orange sherbet encased in a marble chocolate tulip served with a raspberry coulis - and turtle cheescake.

Our cake will be served at our late night buffet.

I can't wait to eat the food!

britafrica

We are doing a small family wedding (25 people) - so we blew our budget on the menu!  Neither of us really like cake so we went for a "Maine" tradition - whoopie pies! - and to class it up a bit included French croquembouche.  We are having it at Restaurant Evangeline in Portland, Maine.

Cheers, Britt

Course 1:  Passed Canapés

Course 2: Puree of Pear and Spring Dug Parsnip Soup

Course 3:  Local Microgreens with a sherry vinaigrette

Course 4:  Chantenay Carrot and Blood Orange Sorbet

Course 5:  Locally foraged Fiddleheads, garlic shoots and pea tendrils

Course 6:  Butter Braised Lobster Tail, Seared Scallop, Melted Leeks and American Caviar

Course 7:  Roasted Quail, Glazed Pearl Onions, Carrot Puree

Course 8:  Rack of Maine Lamb, Kneffla, Thyme Jus

Course 9:  A Selection of Local and European Cheeses

Course 10: Whoopie Pies with Iced Violets

Course 11:  Croquembouche with Lavender Custard

 

Red Wine (Spottswood Cabernet 2004), White Wine (Black Bart’s Bride Chardonnay)

 

gadget1209

I am not sure of the apps yet, but we are going to have a gourment burger bar. We wanted something a little different and more fun than the regular wedding food. We are going to have a regular beef burger, a portbella mushroom burger, and a crab cake burger. We are going to have lots of different "gourmet" toppings.

LisaTyler1984

I'm doing an hour of cheese/fruit/and crackers pre-ceremony

Passed hors d'oeuvres pre-reception including:

mini lamb chops

mini beef wellingtons

truffled grilled cheese with tomato soup shooters

Sweet Potato fries with banana guava ketchup

Shrimp Cocktail Shts in a trip of sauces

Then I'm doing Active stations for two hours: 

I'm having an Asian Station with Sushi rollers, dumplings, shitake buns, scallops, etc.

A New American Station with three small dishes:

Lobster Mac and Cheese in Martini Glasses paired with a fall pear salad

A Burger Bar with parmasean fries served in Kraft bags

and clam chowder with clamcake served atop

An Italian Station serving:

Short Ribs over risotto

Artichoke pizza

Sweet Potato Ravioli

We will also be passing around two more short plates

1. Beef Filet over risotto cake

2. Tequila Shrimp

Then of course, cake and a dessert selection

Arther007

Our reception will be buffet style and we are having a taco bar.

patrize

Appetizer: Skewers with marinated artichoke hearts, cherry tomatoes, and mozzarella

Entrees: London Broil marinated in purple basil and Chicken in Chipotle Raspberry Sauce

Sides: Herb & Veggie Risotto and Grilled Veggies drizzled with balsamic syrup

Salad: Mixed Greens w/ gorgonzola, pears, and candied walnuts in a raspberry vinegarette

Dessert:  TBD

carmenw_79

Seafood Antipasto Platter
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Crepes stuffed with Ricotta & Spinach. Served with tomato Penne
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Garden Salad
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Choice of Veal, Chicken or Salmon for the main course. 
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Tartufo
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Wedding cake and desert table

kelly-sean

My grandma used to own a catering company so she catered our wedding. 

Apps: ham puffs, ham wrapped asparagus, melon wrapped in procciutto, veggies, fruit, cheese, crackers, meats
Salad: Grandma's "Yuppy" salad (mixed greens with candied pecans, pears, gorgonzola with a homemade gorgonzola maple syrup vinaigrette)
Main: Chicken Kiev or Bacon Wrapped Fiet Mignon, rice pilaf or roasted red potatoes,  candied carrots, rolls
Dessert: Alternating layers, devils food cake with rasperry cream cheese filling or vanilla cake with raspberry cream cheese filling.

maria1012

We are doing a Family Style Dinner (large platters on each table) since we are only having 60 guests. We are aiming for a Southern cuisine theme. 

Appetizers:

Crudites with ranch dressing

Fruit skewers and sweet dipping sauce

Main:

Filet Mignon

Oven Fried Chicken Breast

Baked Mac & Cheese

Country style green beans

Fried Apples

Garden Salad

Dessert

Wedding/Grooms cake ala mode

Drinks:

Wine

Lemonade and Limeade stations

Shirley Temples (its my favorite drink!)

kaesha

Here's what we had:

Passed Pupus:

Seared Ahi on a Wonton Cracker
Beef with Caramelized Onion Marmalade on
Mini Butter Roles
Vichyssoise
Coconut Chicken Skewers with Apricot Dipping Sauce
Grilled Vegetable Summer Rolls
Crab Cakes with Papaya Remoulade

Plated Salad

Upcountry Island Greens with Field Flowers, Goat Cheese, Dried Fig Compote & Fig Balsamic Vinaigrette

Buffet

Opakakpaka with Tropical Fruit Salsa
Hoisin Marinated Short Ribs
Chicken Marbelle (dried apricots, plums and olives)
Warm Fingerling Potato and Grilled Kula Corn Salad
Wok Seared Sugar Snap Peas with Ginger and Sesame
Fresh Pineapple and Vegetable Paella

Warm Rustic Bread & Maui Sweet Butter

Dessert

Wedding Cake:
Passionfruit Mousse & Tahitian Vanilla Bean Cake
and
Vanilla Macadamia Mousse & Chocolate Cake

Late Evening Refresher

Tea, Coffee
Lemongrass Ginger Smoothies
Malasadas

Ken&Cass

Triple Crown
Featuring Flat iron steak, lamb chop Madrileña, and fillet medallion served with garlic mashed potatoes, Rioja wine sauce and Cabrales blue cheese sauce.

Grilled Salmon “A La Parrilla”
Fresh tomato, basil and kalamata olive salsa; served over a sundried tomato & goat cheese Tortilla Española.

Vegetarian Paella 
A bed of saffron rice topped with assorted marinated vegetables: yellow squash, mushrooms, asparagus, zucchini, carrots, artichoke hearts & eggplant.

SarahPLiz

We are also doing family style, and will probably end up with 70-80 guests.

App plate: Hummus, Baba Ghanoush, Greek feta, hard salami, olives, Lepijna bread, and fresh radishes, bell peppers, cucumbers, and tomatoes.

Salad: Arugula with marinated tomatoes and goat cheese

Vegetables: Stuffed roasted eggplant (cheese, tomatoes, pine nuts) and Root Vegetable Baklava (phyllo dough layered with potatoes, leeks, carrots, onions, and fennel)

Main Course: Boeuf a la Mode (red wine braised beef) with polenta squares

Drinks: Messina Hof Gwertztraminer and Merlot, Firemans 4 ale, Shiner Bock, coffee, tea, and soda.

Dessert: Undecided, but probably wedding cake

And yes, we have 2 vegetarians on the guest list and they are very happy with our vegetable choices and are not offended that we are serving beef as the main course. Yes, we asked them to make sure.

aprovencher21

We're both Italian and my parents wanted the best food and alcohol available We blew a ton of the budget on the food

Our cocktail hour is going to run for about 1.5 hours actually
Passed Hors D'Oeuvres
Cocktail FranksPotato SamosaBaby Lamb ChopsBroccoli Cheese PuffsSpanakopitaBruschettaPork DumplingsCoconut ShrimpPot StickersSesame ChickenChicken Cordon BleuCoconut ChickenChicken TendersMushroom Stuffed with CrabmeatShrimp CocktailBuffalo ShrimpScallops Wrapped in BaconShrimp ParmesanAssorted QuicheBeef BrochetteSpicy Beef Thai Money BagsSeafood StrudelCrab WontonsThai Chicken BurritoCrab Mac & CheeseVegetable QuesadillasChicken Cheesesteak Spring RollsVegetable Spring RollLobster PuffAsparagus Prosciutto WrapLemon Spice Chicken Prosciutto WrapBoursin Cheese Tart

Cocktail stations
Seafood raw bar
Penne alla vodka and farfalle filet pomodoro
Pan Asian station with stir fried chicken and tiger prawns served with jasmine rice and lo mein
Mini Lamb gyro station
Toscana Display
Mashed Potato martini bar

A martini bar with two ice luge sculptures

We're having a sit down dinner as well
Soup - Italian wedding
Salad- Caesar Salad

Intermezzo with lemon sorbet

People can pick from four options at the wedding (no pre counting which I adored this option!!)
-Portabello mushroom stuffed with veggies
-Champagne Chicken
-Chateau Briand
-Chilian Sea Bass

Dessert
Wedding and Grooms cake
Viennese table with Italian and Greek pastries
mini peanut butter and jelly sandwhiches, homemade cookes with shots of milk
CREPE and FLAMBE STATION
BELGIAN WAFFLE AND ICE CREAM SUNDAE STATION
Chocolate Fountain
International Coffee bar
Breakfast Bar
Cheesecake martini bar

Our reception is 6 hours long so I hope everyone leaves full and happy!!!

future-mrs

FI and I are leaning towards an evening ceremony (after dinner hour) and more of a Cocktail/Cake/Dance reception to cut costs.  But we've talked to the parents and we all agreed on serving some Hot and Cold Hors d' Oeuvres so there is food. 

Cold Hors d' Oeuvres
California Rolls
Blinis
Party Pinwheels

Hot Hors d' Oeuvres
Slider Sample (w/ beef tenderloin)
Bacon Wrapped Scallops
Spring Rolls
Crab Cakes
Egg Rolls

Wedding Cake with flavors red velvet with cream cheese, pumpkin with cream cheese and a chocolate peanut butter.  We're tossing around the idea of a chocolate fountain and spread as well.  (My MOH really wants us to have one, LOL!)

We haven't completely decided...these are some of the choices that we like. 

Kmartella4

Pass around app.
Bacon wrapped scallops
Bruschetta
Crab cakes
Lollypop lambchops
Shrimp cocktail

Sit down meal:
Penne pasta with vodka sauce
Ceaser salad
Choice of FIlet Mignon, or Chilean Seabass, or Veggitarian option ( Eggplant parmasan).
Vienniese hour with fruit tarts, italian cookies, cannolis, etc etc, and Wedding cake!

Ken&Cass

- Triple Crown
Featuring Flat iron steak, lamb chop Madrileña, and fillet medallion served with garlic mashed potatoes, Rioja wine sauce and Cabrales blue cheese sauce.

- Grilled Salmon “A La Parrilla” & Shrimp
Fresh tomato, basil and kalamata olive salsa; served over a sundried tomato & goat cheese Tortilla Española.

- Vegetarian Paella 
A bed of saffron rice topped with assorted marinated vegetables: yellow squash, mushrooms, asparagus, zucchini, carrots, artichoke hearts & eggplant. 

Tiffersmu

PIZZA! SERIOUSLY!