What is/was your menu for children?

I'm a big believer that little people deserve real food too, so they're getting a slightly scaled down version of our adult menu. As all the kiddies are omnivores, they're getting

Sweet potato and red pepper soup with artisan breads (it's sweet and only mildly spiced, and absolutely delicious)

Chickpea, potato and aubergine curry with rice (a more mildly spiced version than the one the adults will get)

Ice cream "sundaes" with meringue, winter fruits and coulis. And maybe a sparkler in it too if the venue will let us.

The kids in our lives are all children who've been raised on eating whatever the adults are; they're not served "kids food" on any other occasion and we're certainly not about to serve them something subpar and, frankly, gross. We're both big believers in fresh, in-season, locally sourced food and think children should be served a wide variety of flavours, spices and cuisines from a young age. And, thankfully, the kids who'll be there will absolutely devour the menu we've planned.

The typical "mac and cheese/chicken fingers and chips" menus genuinely turn my stomach.

My cousin's 7 month old twins will have a variety of pureed vegetables and fruits available for their perusal on the day.

This is our childrens menu options (we have decided what to have yet)

Starter

Fresh vine tomato and basil soup

Prawn cocktail

Spinach gnocchi with cream sauce and parmesan shaving

Platter of assorted cheeses with grapes

Fresh vegetable crudités with natural yoghurt and chives

Scrambled eggs and smoked Scottish salmon

Macaroni cheese

Mains

Goujons of sole with tartare sauce

Roast free range chicken breast with gratin potatoes

Grilled Angus fillet steak with handcut fries

Pan-seared market-fresh fish with baby vegetables

Grilled sausage and ‘mash’

Homemade linguini with bolognaise, pesto or fresh tomato sauces

Desserts

Strawberry jelly with vanilla ice cream

Sticky toffee puddings

Chocolate mousse with bananas

Fresh fruit tartlet

Amaranth, as a veggie, your menu looks lovely. But perplexed at your 'as all the kiddies are omnivores' preamble...that menu isn't 'omnivorous'...

We've got two menus for the day; one is vegan and wheat free, the other is omni. We've chosen products containing dairy and gluten for the kiddies, so they're not just getting our veggie menu. I hadn't even realised all the courses were vegetarian as I've been so wrapped up in the dairy-wheat thing. Heh. Well- all the kids can have dairy and gluten, even if they're not getting a truly omnivorous menu.

We're not having a kids menu, they'll be having the same barbecue as the rest of us. I'm sure they won't eat half as much and may turn their noses up at steak or lamb chops but I'll quite happily trade them my sausages for their chops.

We only had one child there at the reception (under duress) but he are what the adults did. Small people shouldn't be pandered too IMO- when I was little it would have been a case of eat it or go hungry so dietary requirements aside I think kids should eat the same as adults.

At ours we had loads of kids (15 under the age of 10 if I remember correctly) and they just had the same as the adults.

I refuse to have nuggets at my wedding! I'm marrying in Italy so they'll be having some sort of pasta dish!

We have 11 children attending our reception, varying in age from 2 months up to 8 years, so the ones that require a meal will be getting some lovely butchers sausages and then having the same potatoes and vegetables as everyone else.

The only reason we are doing a different 'meat' is that we have picked 2 'saucy' mains and didn't want our friends and families worrying about helping the little ones not to spill it all over themselves!

We are only having four children because I cannot not invite them. They will have what we have I'm not having nuggets etc. at the wedding. If they don't like it they can leave it. Two will eat anything but they other two I'm not so sure about as their Mother lets them get away with murder food wise.

I am not entirely sure yet but the caterer suggested sausage and mash or breaded chicken.

I have 3 x under 5's to our wedding breakfast (under 5's are free yay)

They are having a smaller version of what the adults are eating, chicken, roasts and veg. They get ice cream for dessert. Pizza and nuggets were an option but they dont usually eat this sort of food and we have a candy bar too so limiting the naughtiness.

We are giving the kids at our wedding a roast dinner each lol.

Ours will be having a smaller version of what the adults have at 60% of price. I'm quite happy to feed them chicken nuggets etc at home,but when we have them it's as a family. I don't ever serve up different meals, the wedding won't be any different.

Thank you! So glad to hear the majority of you will be giving smaller versions of what the adults have as this is what we were wanting to do x

Thank you! So glad to hear the majority of you will be giving smaller versions of what the adults have as this is what we were wanting to do x

We are giving the parents the choice of either a smaller version of ours or a kids meal. We really only have 3 kids coming and a *** so its not a huge deal. My nephews eat extremely healthy on a daily basis but they may be allowed the kids meal. Really Im not too concerned about it.

Our adult choices wouldn't have worked well for the kids, but I didn't want chicken nuggets either. Having picked a restaurant which doesn't serve kids food they had lots of suggestions but we stuck with a straightforward roast chicken breast with the same veg as the adults, and ice cream for dessert. The kids were served their mains as we had our starter, and their dessert once they finished. Children often seem to eat more slowly so this worked quite well; they didn't really need a 3rd course

Chicken nuggets, chips and peas With fruit punch and ice cream dessert.

I want the kids to sit, eat and enjoy their meal and if that's what they're used to then I'm more than happy to do that for them. I'm not shoving any posh rubbish under their noses and giving them no other option but to eat or go without. Mine's a relaxed intimate family kinda day. Can't be doing with strict rules for tiny tots I think it's silly!

We had chicken breast with vegetables and gravy for the children. Adults had duck. We simply replaced the duck with chicken. For dessert they has the same strawberries and meringue as the adults, but with ice cream rather than cream.

The caterers did chicken nuggets, pizza etc but no way were we going for that!

They are having exactly the same as the adults just smaller portions x

If I was getting married before my own children came along I probably would have said they can eat it or starve. As a parent myself I now know that weddings/social gatherings can be stressful enough for parents and children without the added worry of what food is in front of them. My SIL didn't even provide a meal for any of the children at her wedding, scaled down version or otherwise! We weren't advised of this before we got there and when I enquired to the waiter when the children would be served food I was told to speak to the bride!!! Her "reason"? She didn't know what they'd like!!!! We had a lovely McDonalds ?

We are offering three options per course to everyone, its kinda "grown up" food but most of the kids are seven or older and have fairly adventurous taste. We aslo said anyone with special dietary requirements should let us know. And i will chat to the the parents of younger kids to see whats best for them. We are having chips and salad for all to share that should fill up fussy eaters!!

And I bet the kids loved it and you were relaxed knowing they were satisfied with no upsets and they had a new toys to play with??

That's bloody awful. You have to give the children something! Anything!? How can you think of feeding the adults but not the little ones? God.. :o Smaller versions of the adults meal is fine if it's a Sunday roast type dinner but as soon as you start throwing some posh soup, seafood platter and french dessert at them ya just asking for trouble and that is when children can become a problem

All small people at our wedding eat non processed healthy balanced food at home, all babies have been baby-led weaned so thus they will eat what we eat. We were given the option for things like sausage, nuggets fish fingers etc, but its not necessary for us.
Our meal is going to be a help yourlself massive pot of beef stew and dumplings so we can take as much or little as we like. Venue charging only £5ph for children under12 and under 5's free. lovely

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Well, of course, if you "throw it at them", they aren't going to be too happy

But seriously? Seriously?

Perhaps *some* children can become a problem when faced with "posh soup", whatever "posh soup" is (perhaps something with a vegetable the child has not yet encountered). But not any child in my family. Or my friends' families.

And I've yet to see a child turn down dessert of any description. My two year old guide-daughter happily eats crème brulee and tarte tatin (of course, I'm not suggesting she uses the correct fork, nor that she doesn't end up with half of it in her hair).

They were served smaller portions of the adult meals.

I had just short of 20 children at my wedding and they all ate it. We don't really have fussy children in my family and they all eat 'proper' food at family meals etc.

Our venue did little pack lunch boxes full of all sorts that kept the little buggers going all day. No chocolate in it due to wedding clothes being about but it had sandwiches, fruit, crackers, biscuits, sweets, etc. They were ace!

Seriously! Seriously. Our venue gave the option of pub grub for children or nothing. And chicken nuggets, chips and peas are a win win all round and I don't have a problem with this. Coming from a family who has salads and cold meat, or veg at every meal this isn't what id chose if I had a choice but as I don't I have to make do and that's fine by me.
Agreed. Kids will eat any dessert but that's not much good if they haven't had a proper meal prior. And again, ice cream was the only option on offer for kids at my venue.

This very much implies, if not outright states, that you have chosen the kids meals of chicken nuggets/chips/etc because you object to "posh rubbish" being served and are railing against strict rules for tiny tots. Of course, we see that isn't representative of the position you actually hold.

Furthermore, more distressingly, you have openly derided the choices of others as "posh rubbish", "silly" and "asking for trouble" when you freely admit that you wouldn't be serving chicken nuggets/chips/etc if you had a choice. ?

There's no kids menu at our venue. We're having roast turkey which is my son's favourite meal so if it'll do for him it'll do for everyone.

I have obviously raised 2 little snobs. They would object to eating nuggets and chips, and would prefer to eat the same as the adults. If made to eat them, my 9 yr old would probably ask if they were homemade. ?

Nuggets and chips is a fallback meal, they have when we haven't yet done the food shop.

I would be more than happy, for them to have a scaled down version of what the adults are having, as generally, that is what they have at home.