A reception can be almost anything you want it to. You can go extravagant, plain & simple, or creative. Ask yourself, what are my favorite foods? What foods make me feel good? What foods do I appreciate seeing and eating at a wedding reception?

Take it from one couple whose favorite food was pizza, and a certain kind of pizza. There was a pizzeria in town that the couple favored and would often patron. This was the pizza they wanted catered for their wedding reception.

They then hit all the sales on soda at every store in town! They found every kind of soda they could want and brought that in for the reception too.

What to do about side dishes, they thought. They ordered pasta salads and fresh fruit salads from the local grocery store.

They added a beautiful wedding cake, some coffee, water, mints and nuts and called it a well-fed dinner reception for everyone!

Photos by GonnaGetWed.com member, Hy-Vee