She has the absolute best ideas! ( I love her blogs!) She even has tips to save money!
Here are some of her delicious hors d’ouevre ideas you may want to consider:
* Chinese Won Tons with a plum Sauce
* Chicken and Shrimp Egg Rolls with a plum sauce
* Pot Stickers with a Sesame Sauce
* Glazed Chicken Drumettes
* Swedish Meatballs
* Italian Meatballs
* Seafood Salad Mold with assorted crackers
* Petite Cocktail Quiches
* Stuffed Deviled Eggs with choice of: coconut and chutney, traditional or topped with caviar
* Imported and Domestic Cheese Display with assorted crackers
* Fresh Fruit Fantasy with Strawberry Chiffon Dip or Chocolate Fondue
* Warmed Spree of Brie Cheese topped with brown sugar and nuts, served with French bread
* Teriyaki Ribbon Chicken or Beef
* Italian Sausage Marinara
* Salmon Mousse on toast rounds
* Cascading Vegetable Display with a fresh dill dip
* London Tea Sandwiches
* California Baja Rolls
* Taquitos
* Tomato, Cucumber and Green bean Salad
* Tomato, Mozzarella and Bermuda Onion Salad
* Rumaki
* Bacon Wrapped Dates Stuffed with Sun Dried Apricots
* Fresh Melon Wrapped in Honey Baked Ham
* Mushrooms Stuffed with Spiced Cream Cheese
* Sautéed Mushrooms in a pastry shells
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Thanks to Jasmine "Merry Brides" blog.
Deviled eggs
Fruit tray with little cups filled with vanilla or strawberry yogurt for dipping
Make your own veggie dip with non-fat PLAIN Greek yogurt, dill weed, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, parsley and black pepper. Again, put them in single serving cups-2 tablespoons each. Way cheaper and healthier than buying pre-made stuff.
The little cups prevent the likeliness of double-dipping and spreading germs.
Make your own punch and frozen juice ring. Use real fruit juice and freeze it in a couple plastic bowl, with chunks of fresh fruit in it. Make the punch with the same kind of juice or a couple kinds of juice and ginger ale.
If you're allowing guests to drink alcohol, have them bring an 18 pack of their favorite beer to share.
Get the veggies at the local farmer's market. You save a couple bucks buying directly from the farmers, usually.
Bottled water-with a few cans for recycling.
Do cupcakes instead of a giant cake.
A reception doesn't have to be traditional to be fantastic.
Yes, you have a option to save money as you said your mother's friend does catering. But to hire a professional caterers in less price is also a great option. Because they can better suggest you which are the dishes you have to involved in your wedding reception.
Veggie, fruit, cheese, and cold cut trays are great, but so is smoked salmon dip on a rice cracker with capers... We did our own food at our wedding and I got quite a few ideas from online.
There are some other great ideas at cooks.com. Appetizers and canapes:
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search?q=appeti...
http://www.cooks.com/rec/search?q=canape...
Hot dogs and beans will save you some money and would be easy to switch trays out .
food
devil eggs
chicken tenders
hotwings
sandwiches
fruti
metaballs
pasta sald dishes
hoitwings
You also can serve chicken fry,fish ball, sandwich ,vegetable burger ,juice or juicy fruits.
We are possibly going to do either all or some of the food ourselves to save money. A friend of my mothers does catering so she will handle the refilling and keeping things moving and clean. I want simple hor d'oeuvres. We are NOT doing dinner, just hor d'oeuvres. So I was hoping to get some ideas on what we should serve. I have things like veggie tray, fruit, cheese, chicken fingers (kids will be attending). I also was wondering how many different food items should we offer? Thanks so much!!
