Any ideas for easy finger foods and trays at a wedding reception?

Question

My friend is getting married soon, and we are making all the food for the recpetion ourselves. Any ideas for easy and cheap trays, and finger foods?

Answer 1

I dare you to serve mini hot dogs!!!!

Answer 2

We had a very simple reception at our wedding.

We had red and green grapes, cantalope and strawberries on a fruit tray.
My mom made a few large cheeseballs and we had an assortment of crackers to go with the cheeseballs.
And we had mints, and candies (like m&m's) in little bowls.


Some other ideas (depending on how much work and time you wanted to put into it) would be sandwich trays (especially if you know someone who makes a good chicken salad, you could have a tray of chicken salad sandwiches)
If you're worried about sandwiches looking kinds cheap you could always use crescent rolls, rye bread or other things like that to make the sandwich on.
You can also do a vegetable tray with broccoli, carrot sticks, plum tomatoes, celery and cauliflower on it.


Hope these ideas help!

Answer 3

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Any ideas for easy finger foods and trays at a wedding reception?
My friend is getting married soon, and we are making all the food for the recpetion ourselves. Any ideas for easy and cheap trays, and finger foods?

Answer 4

fruit w/ yogurt dip and cheese/craker trays that you make yourself would be a hit. Pinwheel sandwiches are very easy to make as well, they're light yet filling, and you can make some with and without meat. If you plan on serving dinner than I wouldn't do more than but if you're serving cocktails and hor's doevres only then I would also serve chicken satay - which is basically chicken on a skewer grilled or baked with a light terriyaki glaze - boneless skinless chicken thighs taste the best as thigh meat is tender and never dries out like chicken breast does, lumpia is always a hit as well, and can be found in major grocery stores, then there's also meatballs with light bbq sauce, they can be found in the major stores as well usually in a large bag - and you add your own sauce. Quiche is always a hit as well- it's easy to make but in the store you can usually get 50 or more per box for about 10 bucks. So if you're doing finger foods only I've had success serving - pinwheel sandwiches, fruit w/yogurt or whip cream dip, chicken satay, veggie tray w/dip, cheese and crackers, lumpia, meatballs w/light bbq sauce, quiche, and bruschetta

Answer 5

Fruit trays are always a hit. If you make it yourself it's much cheaper. You can find a recipe for the dip at allrecipes.com .
Also a cold cut tray might be an idea. Your craft store will have the tray to put everything on...just garnish it with greenery and it''ll be a hit! Good Luck!

Answer 6

Costco or Sam's Club is your friend! You can buy all kinds of good finger food in bulk for pretty cheap. Such as: teriyaki chicken skewers, mini quiches, veggie/fruit/cheese trays, coconut shrimp, buffalo wings, spinich/artichoke dip, bruschetta, etc.

The most work you have to do for most of these is take it out of the box and stick in the oven. They also have a ton of pre-made, ready to go platters that would be quick and easy!

Answer 7

1. Take those little cocktail weenies and wrap a little dough
around them bake in oven...Always a big hit!! Just use crossant rolls and cut into little strips..... Another hit cold shrimp
defrost arrange on a tray, then put a bowl in middle with cocktail sauce... Check out the food network on-line, Sandra Lee has alot of semi- homemade ideas. One of her shows had a backyard reception she did...Just look at her show titles and you will find.
2. Easy, Easy way out.. go to sams club and buy the big packages of heat and serve finger foods... $10.00 a bag and you have everything from tgif friday dips to wonderful designer finger foods, such as shrimp dejonge...Quick, Quick and simple...Hope this helps!!!!

Answer 8

Sausage Cheese Balls 1-1/2 cups Biscuit Mix 1 pound bulk turkey sausage 3 or 4 cups of shredded cheese Get out a big bowl. Measure the Biscuit Mix and cheese into the bowl. Add the raw sausage. Use your hands to mix everything together like meatloaf. It is sort of gooey, but the finished product is worth a little goo. Shape the mixture into small balls the size of walnuts or egg yolks. Place them on a cookie sheet and bake at 350° for 25 minutes. Remove them from the oven and drain them on paper towels. These are best when they are still warm, but are still rather tasty cold. Makes about 75. then maybe if it's cool out a nice Lentil & Vegetable Soup With Dumplings Soup 1-1/4 cups dry lentils 8 cups water (2 quarts) 4 carrots, peeled and sliced 3 or 4 celery stalks, peeled and sliced 1 large onion, peeled and sliced 4 bouillon cubes or 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon garlic powder 1/4 teaspoon black pepper Dumplings 2 tablespoons vegetable oil 1 egg or 3 tablespoons more milk (see note below) 1/2 cup milk 1-1/2 cups flour 1-1/2 teaspoons baking powder 1/2 teaspoon each salt & sugar Begin by making the soup. Rinse the lentils under running water. Then place them in a large pot and cover them with 2-quarts of water. Bring the mixture to a boil and allow it to simmer over medium heat for about 20 minutes. The lentils will be almost tender. Add the vegetables, bouillon, garlic and black pepper. Stir gently and allow the mixture to simmer for 20 minutes more. The vegetables and lentils will both be tender. Taste and add salt if you think it needs it. Now look over the amount of liquid in the pot. Add enough extra water so that all of the solids are well coverd with liquid. They don't need to be swimming over their heads, but they should be wading up to their waists. Bring the mixture to a slow lazy simmer, not a boil. If the soup boils it will disintergrate the dumplings instead of cooking them up into fluffy, glimmering jewels. While the soup is simmering, prepare your dumplings. Get out a big bowl. In it combine the oil, egg and milk until they are well blended. Add the flour, baking powder, salt and sugar. Mix it up to a stiff batter, like for drop biscuits. Set it aside until you need it. When the soup is simmering slowly, it is time to drop in the dumplings. Take small rounded scoops of the dough with teaspoon and drop them into the simmering broth, on top of the vegetables. Keep dropping the dough blobs until you have scraped the bowl clean. Now put the lid, or a handy pizza pan over the pot and let it simmer for 20 minutes. Do not peak. Let the dumplings simmer covered for the full 20 minutes. The thing about dumplings is that they cook partly from the boiling soup and partly from the steam. The steam is what makes them fluffy, and the simmering broth is what cooks them all the way through. If you peak while the dumplings are cooking then they will turn into lumpy, doughy rocks. When the time is up, serve the soup and dumplings as soon as possible. The soup will be thickened and the dumplings will be light and fluffy. Makes between 4 and 6 servings. NOTE: If you don't have any extra eggs, then leave out the egg and replace it with 3 tablespoons of milk. The dumplings will still be good.

Answer 9

i am having a make my own food wedding, it is cheaper and alot easier... we are having a finger sandwich tray cut into traingles, a veggie tray with a couple dips, a fruit tray with cream cheese flavored dips, and also a little smokie tray with toothpicks. very inexpensive and very pretty when set up right.

Answer 10

The popular finger foods these days are deli meat trays, finger sandwiches (tuna, chicken, egg salad), chicken fingers, pasta salad, shrimp cocktail, cheese and crackers, chips and dip, chips and salsa, veggies and dip, lil weenies, (pigs n a blanket), ....

You can go to local grocery store or walmart and order those trays or do them yourselves.

Answer 11

fer my weddin last sept here is what we did fresh fruit trays with dip... crackers an cheese trays,[ several kinds of cheese], veggie trays, chips, sub sandwiches, homemade candies tray,reception was outside at a park used coolers fer subs an dips rest was ok...