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we are having a 12 pm wedding and are not going to have the recpetion catered. mainly because we do not have the money to.  my grandma suggested fruit and veggies, while my mom suggested chip and the cake and punch.  i have no idea what to do. of course my 12 and 14 year older brother and sister suggest a whole buffet of just candy and punch and cake.  i have no idea what to do. i actaully have sucha small budget the i can barely go over 200 for food.  any ideas would be so great.

ok well we have an invitations list of 150 but since it is out of state we really think only 70 will show up. well i say 50 but the 70 is leaving room just in case.  so we just say 70 people. most will be family and close friends.  umm... let me know if there is anything else you want to know

I would go with a little of each. That way there is variety. Some candy or mints for the kids, perhaps a bowl of nuts, a tray of fruits and one of veggies and throw some chips and dip out there too. That would give plenty of variety!

Ooo maybe some cookies too?

we almost did it outside but thought about the heat and decided indoors would be best and the church has a fridge and such to keep it all warm

not to totally change the topic but at the mention of cupcakes, does anyone think that cupcakes instead of a cake is a bad thing?  i thought that it may be cheaper in the end than a cake.  i love to bake and so does my family and bridesmaids so we can work on it together.

 we have plates and such budgeted seperate than food and cake so food just means the drink and actualy food people will eat.

We are doing cupcakes at our wedding this weekend. You can buy a two or three tier cupcake holder (or whatever it is called, I am drawing a blank at the moment!) that will make it look like a two or three tier wedding cake. We are having a small wedding, about 40 ppl, so this gives our guests a choice of what flavor they like. It especially helps because I LOVE chocolate, but it makes my FH sick

It is less expensive for us, and you can also have different color icings so it matches your wedding colors better. We are getting ours from Sams Club.

I think the punch where are making is just white grape juice, ginger ale and then we are putting frozen strawberries in it.  Ours is a 10am wedding, and we just put on the invitations to 'please join us for cake and punch afterwards'

i feel bad with potluck but i thought of asking some of the family to pitchin with some of their best recipies. my unlce makes great guacamoli dip and my grandma makes good pasta so i may do that

Our food budget is $600, so not outrageously higher than yours (I think the average is in the thousands). My mom works at a grocery store, so we've asked the lady in the deli to prepare food for us. We're serving chicken salad croussants, roast beef ciabattas, whole wheat tortilla chips and dip, and various salads. When my cousin got married, the family chipped in to make different salads to make the cost even less than mine. If you have a couple of aunts who could each take on the task of making a salad - fruit, veggie, pasta - for 70 people, you could prepare a plate of luncheon meats and cheeses with rolls on the side for people to make their own sandwich. It's lunchtime, so people are going to want to eat a full meal unless they are leaving shortly after the ceremony, but it's also an opportunity to go a little more casual with the meal.

I've also heard of girls doing an afternoon tea kind of idea with a daytime wedding. Tea, punch, coffee, water, lemonade as drink options, combined with tea sandwiches and fruit and veggie platters. Cupcakes would be an excellent dessert for such a reception. If you decide to keep it light, have just dessert, or just appetizers, I'd suggest putting something on the invitation - "please join us after the ceremony for cake and punch" or something like that.