How to Accommodate Vegetarians at Your Wedding
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At your wedding, you will likely have people with all different types of dietary restrictions, especially if it is a large wedding. There is a very decent chance that you will have a vegetarian on your guest list. It is best to make plans for this in advance. Do not just assume that they will just push aside the meat and have whatever little vegetables are left, because that will make for paltry meal for most. The following are tips on how to accommodate vegetarians at your wedding.
Make one of the choices of meals be vegetarian
Many people give a choice of meals for their wedding, such as beef, chicken, fish. You will probably be able to put in vegetarian for one of the options if you want to. Of course, consider whether you have any vegans because vegetarians will eat vegan but the opposite is not true. There is a good chance that even some non-vegetarians will eat the vegetarian option.
See if they can make an alternate meal for the few vegetarians if you do not want to give it as another choice on the menu
Most restaurants and halls have a vegetarian option outside of their regular menu. They may be willing to make it for those few people in lieu of the regular meal and not charge you as if it were an extra option. A lot of caterers will just throw in a few vegetarian meals for free. A lot of times they can make it just an alteration of an existing meal. For instance, if they offer pasta with chicken on top of it, they might be able to make it without the meat. Just make sure that it still has flavor and is good after you remove the meat because sometimes that is part of what flavors the meal.
Make sure that there are vegetarian items on a buffet
A buffet is often the easiest way to accommodate vegetarians. There is often enough on there to begun with to accommodate them. However, if you can, try to see if you can get items that are more than just side items. For instance, a side of peas and carrots isn’t really a meal. However, if they have vegetarian items like pasta and other things like that, then that can make a meal.
Although it might be an extra step, it is very nice to accommodate vegetarians at your wedding. Try the above tips to make this as easy as possible for you. Usually the best thing to do is just to talk to your caterer and together come up with a plan that will accommodate everyone.
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