The wedding reception menu is one area where Mr. Blue Moon wants a lot of input. The two of us LOVE food, and we love to try new food. We love Ethiopian, Vietnamese, Indian, and Thai food, and we also both went vegetarian in 2013, so we like to try a lot of different restaurants, as well as creative recipes at home.
Of course, having tastes that are maybe beyond your average Southerner’s (we’ve tried to no avail to share our love of different ethnic foods and vegetarian foods with my family) makes it difficult to plan a wedding menu that will satisfy everyone.

Maybe not everyone’s cup of tea, but I would eat this plate all day, every day. And I would totally serve it at a wedding! / Redi-et Ethiopian Cuisine via Veggin Out and About For the longest time, I was dead set on brunch. Mr. Blue Moon and I love brunch, and I think brunch receptions are the cutest. I was picturing a coffee bar, towers of little pastries, buttermilk biscuits with all kinds of jams and spreads, an omelet bar with different cheeses and vegetable options, and a fruit display. I also had it in my head that this would be a cheaper option than a meal at a different time of day, and that people would miss meat a lot less if we were serving breakfast or brunch.

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Of course, Blue Mom, who is paying for the majority of the reception, and therefore has a big say in what we serve our guests, really th...