Earn cash as you plan. Get a $20 gift card for every 200 points with The Knot Rewards
Wedding Reception Forum
A Light Dinner for the Reception
My fiance and I want to do a evening wedding, beginning around 5 pm. We were thinking of having a Californian-style light dinner as opposed to something more heavy/ hearty (like steaks or chicken cordon bleu). Specifically, we were thinking of recreating the menu of the restaurant where I had my first job: a lunch cafe. This would consist of chicken/ tuna salad sandwiches, chicken/tuna salad salads (the mayo-based salad on top of greens), and ham/ turkey foccacia sandwiches. We would put plates of fresh artisan breads and fruit of each table (family-style). We would be having a extensive dessert bar, with several different types of cakes, pies, etc. Do you guys think that is too "light" for dinner? We're hearing feedback that those foods aren't appropriate for the time of day. Thanks!!!
This discussion has been closed.
Re: A Light Dinner for the Reception
I would add a lot more side dishes of the veggie variety if you are going to do this.
ETA - you also need to consider the formality of your wedding. If you are having a casual wedding, this would be fine. If it is at all formal, what you are planning is not appropriate.
Are you serving alcohol? If so, you want people to have a hearty meal before they start drinking.
Sandwiches aren't appropriate for dinner. If you are having an evening wedding, you need to serve food appropriate for the time of day.
i agree. i dont htink it's appropriate for an evening wedding. while you may have a connection to these types of foods it's your guests are who the reception is for and they should be fed a proper meal. for anything more than a lunch or brunch reception (they would fit great there) they're not enough/appropriate.
you can EASILY lighten up the meals-and i'm glad to see someone trying!! as someone who tries to watch what I eat I adore that you're trying to lighten it up-but your options dont seem lighter in the calorie sense, they seem pocketbook lighter.
you can absolutely serve awesome food that's lighter than chicken cordon bleu-LOL pretty much anything is lighter than that. a roasted chicken dish or something would be fine. removing some of the desert bar and putting that into the entree instead would go really far. i love the artisan bread and fruit idea, family style, at each table. perhaps an anti-pasta platter as well. but serve food for dinner that is substantial enough to be a dinner-and that is nice and tasty!!!