My Fiance is a very picky eater!!! We thought of having chicken tenders, mac and cheese, corn dogs, pizza, tater tots (buffet style). We are having out of town guests. Everyone who has asked has said we cant serve that. Is there something we should say on invite?
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I wouldn't be super-excited by this menu, but it's your wedding, so technically you can serve what you want to serve...
I don't know if corn dogs will hold up on a buffet without the outsides getting soggy... but tater tots should be okay...
Maybe a compromise so that there are some things your FI will eat and other things that appeal to less picky eaters? Mac and cheese is always a good side dish - you could serve that with a different kind of chicken... And you could add some veggies or a salad in even if your FI doesn't eat them...
Generally it's rude to serve your guests one thing and yourselves something else, but I think in this case if you ordered chicken nuggets for your FI it would probably be okay - is it available as a kid's meal option with your caterer?
And pizza is a good "midnight snack" food if you're having an evening wedding...
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You honestly should have food that doesn't resemble a 5 year old's birthday party. What about doing a pasta buffet?
2-3 "shapes" of pasta (spaghetti, penne, etc)
2-3 different sauces (alfredo, marinara, pesto, etc)
Meatballs, Grilled chicken, and/or Grilled shrimp
Garlic bread and/or breadsticks
Green salad
If you're doing a cocktail hour with appetizers, serve the chicken tenders there. Maybe mozzarella sticks, bruschetta, too.You could also do pizzas as a late night snack when guests get hungry from dancing!
Listen to the other posters. It is perfectly fine to include foods that your FI enjoys but you shouldn't be forcing your guests to eat nothing but tan colored kiddie food just because your FI is picky. have the mac and cheese and maybe instead of corn dogs have pigs in blankets for the cocktail hour. But you should really provide other options with some more substance like chicken, beef and a vegetarian dish (maybe eggplant parm) dish and definitely some veggies/salad.
And like someone else said, have the pizza as a "midnight snack".
Oh come on...really?!?
The food doesn't have to be upscale...it just has to look less like kindergarten class.
I've been to plenty of weddings with a pasta/Italian buffet.
@Sleeper2013 since you consider spaghetti "kid food" then what do you consider non-kid food? I have been to some great and fancy Italian restaurants and I can tell you that each and every one served spaghetti of some sort and no it was not only on the kids menu.
Now I do agree that spaghetti can be messy depending on the sauce but adults can usually control the strands so as to not splash themselves. And only rude, poor mannered adults will slurp. Do you just consider spaghetti kiddie or all pastas kiddie?
*eye roll* Let me guess... you're not?
There was mac and cheese at the wedding I just went to, but it was a side served with baked chicken, summer vegetables, potatoes etc...
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OP...you do kind of have a kids menu. I love the pasta bar idea. I wanted to do it at our wedding, but it wasnt an option.
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