How to Cater your Own Wedding Reception.

Tip 1 - How We Did It: The Self-Catered Wedding

Andy and I were married on August 22, 2009. Here’s a quick account of our DIY/DITogether wedding food preparations. After mulling over different catering options and hitting more than one roadblock (money, availability, & quality), and taking heed to the many offers for assistance in preparation, we decided to DIY everything food-wise. We knew this would be a huge endeavor, but knew we would have the support and control over we needed and wanted. About two months before the wedding, we gathered for a meal with our parents and a few wedding party attendants to discuss meal planning and delegating …

Tip 2 - Practical Advice for Self-Catering Your Wedding — Guest Post from Meg Keene of A Practical Wedding

Entertaining is our main topic this month, and we wanted to give a little attention to that biggest of bashes: weddings! One of my favorite resources for planning a sane, practical, personal wedding is Meg Keene's site A Practical Wedding. We're swapping posts today — I will have a post there this afternoon on building a practical wedding registry. Here's Meg now with some practical advice for doing some or all of the cooking for your own (or someone else's!) wedding. First of all, let me just throw this out there: the phrase 'Self-Catering Your Wedding' is terrifying. Even for serious cooks, this is enough to send you into the fetal position, weeping with fear. But there are lots of ways to do some self-catering at your wedding, and just as many reasons to consider it. Some people will self-cater their whole wedding meal, because of financial realities. Other people might contribute one or two items, because they want to share their love of cooking with friends and family. If you're pondering self-catering your wedding, here are a range of ideas to get you thinking.

Tip 3 - How to Cater Your Own Wedding

Catering is one area that is often tempting to cut in tight-budget weddings. Catering your own wedding is a possibility that can save you 50 percent or more on reception cost. However, it may only be a realistic idea if the size of the...
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Tip 4 - 23 Cheap Wedding Reception Food & Drink Menu Ideas on a Budget

When my husband and I were planning our wedding, we wanted to keep it simple, elegant, and most importantly under budget. So we were a little shocked when our caterer quoted us her lowest price of ...