Great Ideas For Seasonal Weddings And The Wedding Menu

By Linda Ruiz


Choosing the theme, decor and season of your dream-day wedding is very important but the wedding menu is even more so. You will want foods which flow together and go with one another as well as be seasonal if that is what your wedding is themed by. There are many caterers you can choose from to help walk you through the menu options and take the stress away from you by setting up and serving being done by their staff.

If you have decided on a lovely wedding in the spring, pastel colors should be used in the decorating theme with freshly cut flowers blooming at the time. Daffodils are abundant right now and make beautiful additions. Your menu needs to reflect the light and airy feeling of spring and starting with a crisp mimosa for your cocktails is a great start to the festivities. Your wedding cake choice should have some of the tasty fruits of the spring like strawberry, lime, or pineapple.

Some spring drink ideas people love include mojito's and bloody mary's. For a fall spectacular colors should be kept in the theme of autumn like burnished gold, red, brown, orange hues. The menus should have hearty foods within it, starting with a spinach, and kale salad filled with tomatoes, squash and corn kernels served with a raspberry vinaigrette or an Asian ginger dressing.

Fall weddings are not only lovely events but gives you the decorating colors of the glimmering golds and burnished reds, browns and golds this season has to offer. Your menu needs to include foods that are hardy and represent this season. Starters you can choose from are compote with fig and apples, and fresh fall fruit tarts.

A nice roasted pork with honey, sliced apples and raisins is perfect for the cooler temperature in fall. Nice crisp cocktails like apple brandy or apple spiked ciders will delight the taste buds and accompany the entire menu. The wedding cake can be pumpkin spice cake with a pumpkin pie filling and frosted with a caramel butter-cream in a fall color or a nice spiced cake with a filling of dark chocolate and frosted with a burnished gold or red dark chocolate frosting.

If winter is your special season for marriage then the menus needs to be full of soothing warm foods and drinks. Colors are glittering and bright this time of the year. For appetizers you can use ravioli filled with butternut squash, mini shooters of soup or skewers of honey glazed meatballs. The main course can include honey baked ham or a roast beef perfect for the holiday time.

Cocktails like hot buttered rum and hot cocoa with a little extra kick added in with marshmallow or peppermint vodka are great accompaniments to the meal. A soup with vegetables and a hearty beef served with a rye or wheat bread are perfect for starting the reception. Your entree can be a nice ham with brown sugar and honey glazing, this will get everyone in the holiday spirit.

When planning your menu for your big day if you decide against using traditional foods of the season, talk with your soon-to-be and incorporate foods that mean something to the both of you. If you have a favorite cake flavor and frosting then by all means choose that instead. This is you and your partner's day and should be a reflection of the two of you coming together as one.




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