Friday, August 5, 2011

Vegan Wedding Food - Here Is What We Served At Our Vegan Wedding

By Heather Nauta


Vegan wedding food can be quite remarkable. I know since I recent tied the knots and I cooked and co-planned the foods, which are all 100% vegan!

Do you want to know how we managed to prepare all of this vegan wedding food for about 60 people? There was plenty of planning involved, and our vegan menu ended tasting and looking pretty well. You guys are familiar about me and health vegan recipes, so the food was really healthy, too.

Vegan Wedding Snacks

Other than my favorite afternoon snack of fruit, we had some vegetables (some grilled and some raw) and toasted pitas with the following:

* Hummus * Black Bean Dip * Diced Tomato Salsa

During snack time, my aunt and uncle made margaritas to get the party going. Phil and I set up some games around the property, and put our guests into teams for a bit of a tournament. We played frisbee golf, bocce ball, had a treasure hunt and a photographic scavenger hunt, did some word puzzles and played the Apple Olympics (a crazy relay race with apples).

It was not the most ideal wedding day for most people, but for us, it was perfect, so laid back, fun and stress free.

Vegan Wedding Hors D'oeuvres

Once the games tournament wrapped up, the real fun food time started with vegan hors d'oeuvres. Phil's mom Jenny and I put most of our creative energy into hors d'oeuvres because they're so fun and impressive. Here's a list of what we served:

* Savory Shortbread Topped With Fig Walnut Tapenade * Black Bean And Sweet Potato Phyllo rolls * Basil Pesto Canapes * Avocado And Red Pepper Sushi * Spinach And Mushroom Phyllo triangles

Vegan Wedding Entrees

After those fantastic appetizers, we wanted to keep dinner fairly simple, but elegant. We had 2 vegan food choices for the main dinner course:

* Kamut Penne With Basil Tomato Sauce And A Walnut Crumble Topping * Kamut Fusilli With Roasted Red Peppers, Spinach, Kalamata Olives, Capers And Mushroom Wine Sauce

And for the side:

* Mixed Green Salad With Blueberries And Sliced Hazelnuts With A Roasted Garlic Vinaigrette * Fresh and Seasoned Vegetable Plate

There was a bonfire going on after dinner and Phil's dad's band played on the back patio, so plenty of dancing, and of course, the dessert...

Vegan Wedding Dessert

Dessert is a section that tends to leave some people wonder about vegan options for some reason. I always love to give the choice of something chocolatey or something fruity - or both, so there were 2 choices:

* Chocolate Krinkles - The chocolate part was filled with something I call "krinkles", since that's what my nana called them. I've changed them from her recipe to recreate them as healthy as they can be, even though they're chocolate. They're dark chocolate with natural peanut butter, mixed with puffed rice and then chilled to set.

* Blueberry-Lemon Tart With An Almond-Oat Flour Crust - The lemon is thickened and set with arrowroot and agar. Some toasted coconut flakes were also sprinkled on top while it set.




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