Meatless menus

Fabulous ideas for vegetarian wedding receptions

Party finger-food

Mini pizzas
Stuffed vine leaves
Crudités and dips
Mini pancake rolls
Vegetarian satay sticks

Green day

To make your wedding a really veggie/eco-friendly occasion, follow the same principles through as a theme:

Wedding outfits: opt for man-made fibres and avoid leather shoes.

Cosmetics: use animal friendly or 'cruelty-free' products.

Flowers: add chilli, berries or grapes to your bouquet. Transform the church with seasonal flowers and fruits: evergreen berries and mistletoe for a Christmas wedding, or sheaves of corn, conkers, apples and pumpkins for an autumn wedding. Use the same theme on your table centre pieces.

Confetti: use organic rice or real flower petals.

Stationery: use recycled paper for invitations and thank-you notes.

If you live close enough to where you're getting married, walk to the church or register office.

Vegetarian definitions

The word 'vegetarian' is used loosely to describe everyone from people who don't eat meat at all to those who occasionally eat fish, but not meat. Here's a quick guide to all those 'special dietary requirement' definitions:

Vegetarians do not eat any meat, poultry, game, fish or shellfish, or 'slaughter by-products' such as gelatine or animal fats.

Lacto-ovo-vegetarians do not eat meat of any kind, but do eat eggs and dairy products.

Lacto-vegetarians do not eat meat or eggs, but do eat dairy products.

Ovo-vegetarians do not eat meat or dairy products but do eat eggs.

Vegans avoid all animal products including dairy products and eggs.

'Fish-atarians' are would-be veggies who still eat the odd bit of fish (and sometimes even white meat!)!

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