Cinnamon rolls remind me of my childhood and more specifically Christmas but why wait? They really are a perfect treat for anytime.
Have a lookie at these cinnamon roll cupcakes that I found on The Bakery Spot. What a great website! Yuummmm.
They have chopped pecans and a little bit of finely diced apple for an extra touch. Find the recipe here
Annie
Live, Love, Laugh and Dream!
Most guests know what they are going to get when they sign up RSVP to a wedding. Beef or fish of some sort. But why not consider something different?
Admittedly this is easier with more intimate weddings but there are still lots of ways to shake things up and personalize your wedding day menu with most venues are willing to have you sit down with their chef and go over options.
Here are some ideas:
Extend the welcome drinks reception á la the Americans and have more food at this time then go for a more simple but still fabulous 2 or 3 course sit down meal instead of 4 or 5 courses. People like to mix and mingle so consider having food stations or a larger selection of beautifully prepared passed canapés and hors d’oeuvres to act as a starter before your guests go in for dinner.
Local and fresh. These words are thrown around a lot these days when talking about food, but how great food is when it really is local and fresh! Choose a great in season, local traditional menu. Then tell your guests on the menu where the produce has come from, the times that it is in season and give descriptions on how it is cooked. Give them the proof of fresh!
Go with a theme. Whether you tie it into a wedding theme you may have or not {retro food could be fun!}, want to bring in an ethnic or regional theme or feeling, keep it consistent with the food. Maybe a course for each place you have visited in your travels? a down home country feeling of your mother’s or family recipes? Imagine a winter wedding full of pure comfort food. Do Gourmet burgers where your guests get to choose the fillings. So much choice!
Do more dishes with smaller portions. Similar to a tasting menu. If you really care about your food pick out a progressive type menu with 5 or 6 courses including the fish and meat and ending with cheeses and port. If you are really up for it change the wines per course!
Don’t want to change things up too much? Let your main courses go naked. Have your beef or fish simply cooked with but place a larger variety of different sauces on the table for your guests to choose from themselves. Give them three or 4 of each to be passed family style. Your guests get a better choice and can interact together.
Sit down with your venues chef and have a talk. He may be just as excited as you are to offer something different and creative.
Annie
Live, Love, Laugh and Dream!
Unfortunately I can’t say this is my own idea. Martha Stewart featured them , I saw them on Four Weddings and certainly once the dessert and sweets tables started showing up this was a natural progression. The milk & cookies table {or bar or station or whatever
Philip Shannon Photography
you want to call it} is an idea I love!
Maybe because I’m American, maybe because of the selection of cookies you can make yourself or maybe I’m just a milk and cookies kinda girl. But how fun and easy and DIYable is that idea?! Total comfort food.
Serve them on trays after a hard evenings dancing, set up a milk and cookies table, serve instead of cake all together, give home made cookies as favors in lovely cello wrapped bags or create a cookie mix in a jar for your guests to take home.
Think of the possibilities……
Chocolate milk, strawberry milk, banana milk, vanilla milk, all cold and frosty.
Chocolate chip cookies, snickerdoodles, oatmeal Peanut butter cookies, coconut haystacks, the possibilities are endless!
{Source and see a whole lovely Milk & Cookies Photoshoot here}
Love it!! Yummy fun!
Annie
Live, Love, Laugh and Dream!
