Tasty Thursday

Steph0871

Little different... instead of an actual recipe...

share your wedding menu!

Steph0871

ok, fine. I'll go first

Lunch Buffet Menu

~SALADS~

TRI -COLOR MARiNATED VEGETABLE PASTA SALAD

SPRING MIX SALAD

HONEY LEMON VINAIGRETTE

BALSAMIC VINAIGRETTE

~ENTREES~

TENDER LOIN TIPS WITH VEGETABLES AND R ED SAUCE

CHICKEN PARMESAN WITH TOMATO BASIL SAUCE

PENNE SHRIMP ALFREDO

~SIDES~

MIXED FRESH VEGETABLES

SOFT SAFFRON BASMATI RI CE

GARLIC MASHED POTATOES

WARM DINNER ROLLS AND BUTTER

~DRINKS~

ASSORTED COCA-COLA PRODUCTS

COFFEE

RUTHERFORD RANCH CABERNET

SCOTT FAMILY CHARDONNAY

SPOTTED COW BEER

GRAINBELT PREMIUM BEER

maybe984

Ooh, fun! The food was a huge hit at my wedding. Dinner was catered by Brasa and we had cupcakes from Cupcake.

Dinner Buffet Menu

-Entrees-
Rotisserie Chicken
Pulled Pork
Braised Beef
(with a separate plated option for vegetarians - Curried Vegetables and Rice)

-Optional sauces-
Cilantro lime
Barbeque

-Sides-
Cabbage Salad
Cheese Grits
Pan Roasted Potatoes
Collard Greens with smoked turkey


and our cupcake selection:

Red Velvet
Double Chocolate w/ raspberry filling
Traditional Vanilla w/ simple sugar frosting
Carrot Cake

For drinks, we had a huge variety of pop and beer... with Gallo Family Sonoma Reserve (the good Gallo... not the cheap) in Cabernet and Chardonnay.

shan87

Well .. Dec 27th we narrow it down... we are tasting every option that is in our budget of $16/plate haha i think its about 10 options mostly pork and chicken.

Kids will get Chicken Fingers and Fries
Vegetarians will get a Chessy Penne Pasta i think or its Chesse and Spinach Ravoli

Steph0871

Maybe- I'm still trying to pull for our RD to be at Brasa!

hkiesling

Rehearsal Dinner (PINZ bowling alley)

Variety of pizza
garlic bread
french fries
onion rings

Reception (Catered by Summit Manor)

salad with cranberries
carved turkey
roast beef au jus
green beans almondine
garlic mashed potatoes
chicken tiki marsala (DH's request)
buttered rolls
relish tray

Cake (by my aunt)

chocolate with fudge filling
vanilla with raspbertty filling
chocolate and vanilla mable
carrot cake with cream cheese frosting
vanilla cheesecake with stawberry topping

maybe984

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_minnesota-minneapolis-st-paul_tasty-thursday-5?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local Wedding BoardsForum:81Discussion:08f4d29f-de41-4a7f-b4b3-53834ca1880cPost:c3846768-781b-482e-b83b-81f5426ed9b6">Re: Tasty Thursday</a>:
[QUOTE]Maybe- I'm still trying to pull for our RD to be at Brasa!
Posted by Steph0871[/QUOTE]

Do it! You won't regret it! Seriously, EVERYONE loved EVERYTHING at our reception. I was afraid some of the Southern-style food (cheese grits, collard greens) would frighten some of the pickier Midwesterners.... but almost everyone had a little bit of everything on their plate and then raved about how wonderful it was.

I Want Cake

I finally got over to Brasa on Grand a few weeks ago and really liked the sandwich I got. 

We haven't gone in for our tasting yet, but these are my top menu choices for right now:

Entrees:
Beef Burgandy but with onions instead of mushrooms
Chicken stuffed with homemade pesto, prosciutto, sundried tomatoes & parmesan with wine sauce
Pork Loin Normandy with brandy-apple demi-glace (maybe)

Sides:
Mandarin salad or Parisian salad, although all their choices look great and I'd be happy with any of them
Au Gratin potatoes
green beans almondine (though I prefer mine sauteed with lemon juice and butter)
dinner rolls/butter

Cake:
top tier - white cake with lemon and key lime curd studded with raspberries
2nd tier - carrot cake with cream cheese filling
3rd tier - german chocolate cake with german chocolate filling and Bailey's mousse
bottom tier - coconut cake with dark chocolate ganache and mousse
candy buffet

Drinks:
Damn near a full bar, so lots of crazy martinis, because that's my thing.  Definitely lemon drops and flirtinis and plenty of good scotch.  I like scotch.
cheap light beer
good beer
variety of red and white wines, depending on what's on sale and what I like that I can find in the shops.  I'd love to get a couple cases of V. Sattui 2004 Johannesburg off-dry reisling.  Best wine I ever tasted.  I should see if they have any sellers in the MSP.  I'm not too concerned with brand consistency otherwise.