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There is nearly 1 year 'til our wedding and my fiance and I have already booked our caterer.  Our venue allows anyone to cater or prepare your own food, BUT everything must be 'green'; nothing can be throw away.  Our caterer is a great option as you pay little for lots of food on the buffet.  We are now looking into other options and thinking about doing an evening ceremony (7pm) and just doing h'orderves and desserts. We would do this to save more money, everything adds up sooo fast!!

Any suggestions for easy elegant desserts and h'orderves that can be done by friends and family?

If we chose this DIY option, who do we ask to maintain the food?

Thanks!

I'm thinking that if we have a 7pm ceremony, the reception won't start until around 8pm.  I feel that clearly indicates no dinner served.  When the invitations go out they would state "desserts" or "h'orderves".  Although, some may still show hoping for a dinner.  I still have to check with my church to make sure of an okay ceremony time.

The caterer is a great option for a whole meal, but does not have other smaller options.  We cannot find another caterer in our price range to provide h'orderves and/or desserts in our price range, or for a lesser price than the meal. 

Part of the reason we are looking into different options is the dinnerware rental fee, which I find to be outrageous for the whole dinnerware set.  We could avoid the majority of the fee by doing just H'orderves and/or desserts.

I do forsee a bit more of a hassle in making desserts and h'orderves but worth in when we can save a huge portion of our budget.