Luxury Weddings: Ideas for Winter Menu - as part of the Wedding series by GeoBeats. When we think of winter, we think of comfort food, warm things that your grandmother used to make when you were a kid. We always think of pastas. I think Pasta is a great idea for weddings, for winter menus. And one of the pastas that we do here is a butternut squash gnocchi with a sage and brown butter sauce. I think it is great for your guests. It has nice color. It has an orange effect to it. Another item that we like to do is, beef is always popular for weddings. Everybody is kind of sick of the same old filet mignon, filet mignon. So what we have here today is a braised short rib on a celery root mashed potatoes with some colorful autumn and winter vegetables. So try these at your next menu creations for winter.