Appetizers
Catered Parties, Weddings, & Events (ideas)
1) Tray Passed Appetizers
- Smoked salmon with cream cheese, capers, red onion, dill on a rye toast point
- Seared marinated beef on a crostini with mache and crumbled bleu cheese
- Prosciutto wrapped fig with goat cheese
- Seared ahi tuna with wasabi crème fraiche in a wonton crisp
- Prosciutto With buffalo mozzarella and basil
- Chicken curry in a puff pastry shell
- Mushroom duxelle in a tartlet with a touch of mascarpone
- Polenta squares with Gruyere, rosemary, and topped with pancetta
- Gruyere puffs
- Flat bread pizza with bacon lardons, ricotta and Monterey jack, lemon zest, and caramelized onions
- Cheddar chive pancakes with smoked sausage and spicy mustard
- Crostini topped with tomatoes, artichoke, and bleu cheese
- Crab cakes with a basil aioli
- Crostini with oven roasted tomato, olive tapenade, and arugula
- Crab dip with crostini
- Spinach artichoke dip
- Broiled Rosemary Shrimp
- Sweet Bacon
- Vodka soaked tomatoes
- Prosciutto wrapped asparagus
- Blue cheese stuffed olives
- New potatoes with sour cream and caviar
- Lemon risotto cakes with marinara
- Lamb lolli-pops encrusted with walnuts brown sugar and mint
- Fried macaroni and cheese bites
- Chicken quesadillas
- Chicken satay
- Parmesan chicken skewers
- Boneless hot wing bites with blue cheese dipping sauce
- Wontons stuffed with corn, red pepper and topped with an onion marmalade
- Soy glazed chicken in lettuce cups
- Small tomatoes stuffed with goat cheese
- Seared Scallops with a roasted red pepper sauce
- Tomato soup and grilled cheese
- Crab cakes with lemon basil aioli
2) Placed Appetizers
- Vegetable crudités
- Tomato and goat cheese with ciabatta
- Spinach artichoke dip
- Crab dip
- Guacamole bar
- Quesadillas (vegetable, chicken)
- Hot wings with blue cheese sauce
- Grilled flat breads with cheese, caramelized onion, bacon lardoons, and arugula
- Grilled chicken tenders with a basil aioli
- Cheese platter
- Cheese fondue with bread and vegetable sides
- Albondigas
- Baked macaroni and cheese
- Hummus and melensalata with pita
- Crepe station
3) Salads
- BLT Salad, butter lettuce, avocado, bacon, blue cheese, tomatoes
- Wedge with blue cheese dressing
- Arugula salad with herbs mustard dressing
- Caesar salad
- Mixed baby greens with goat cheese, red onion, and candied pecans and mandarin oranges
- Endive, blue cheese, pear, candied walnuts, dried cherries, bleu cheese
- Green bean and cherry tomato salad with fresh shaved Parmesan
- Goat cheese encrusted with nuts on mixed baby greens with baby beets
- Grilled shrimp on a bed of baby spinach with fennel, Pine nuts, Parmesan crisp
- Arugula and mixed greens with roasted beets, goat cheese, and Curry dressing
- Mixed Greens, fennel, pomegranates
- Butter lettuce, shrimp and avocado with a Louis sauce
- Crab salad- bed of avocado, layer of fresh Dungeness crab, and gazpacho salsa
- Heirloom Tomato stack (when in season) with arugula and lemon vinaigrette
- Spinach Salad with soft boiled eggs, nicoise olives, bacon warm sherry vin
- Romaine and mixed greens with black beans, corn, roasted red peppers
- Butter lettuce with marinated mushrooms
- Endive, arugula, walnuts, blue cheese and apples and apple cider vinegar
- Butter lettuce salad with shredded napa cabbage with mushrooms, red peppers, & green onion
- Wild mushroom and green onion Thai salad over brown rice
4) Soups
- Chicken noodle
- Amber Ale Cheese Soup
- Butternut squash
- Gazpacho
- Tortilla
- Wild Mushrooms
- Cream of Broccoli
- Minestrone
- Black bean soup
- Wedding soup
- Chili
- White chili
- Ale and cheese soup
- Tomato, rice and cilantro
- Clam chowder
- Corn chowder
- Cauliflower
- Three potato
- Soup
- Tomato and spicy sausage soup
5) Main
Chicken and Turkey
- Marinated pan roasted boneless chicken
- Chicken with chimichurri
- Chicken Marsala
- Chicken paillard (pounded flat with bread crumbs)
- Chicken and dumplings
- Roast chicken
- Chicken Milanese
- Chicken Parmesan
- Stuffed chicken breast w/ roasted peppers, feta, basil, and kalamata olives
- Green chili chicken enchiladas
- Fajitas
- Seared chicken with a green olive salsa
- Turkey meatballs on a bed of spinach with a chanterelle sage sauce
- Chicken bowl with red peppers, broccoli, and basil pesto
- Chicken Pozole
Beef
- Braised bone in short rib
- My meat loaf
- Grilled filet crusted with black peppercorn with sautéed mushrooms
- Marinated hanger steak
- Grilled marinated tri tip with crumbled bleu cheese
- Grilled beef tenderloin
- Meat loaf
- Veal Marsala
- Osso Bucco
- Pot roast
- Black pepper encrusted filet, w/ artichokes, & mushrooms
- Grilled filet on top of marinated Portobello and roasted tomatoes
Fish
- Herb broiled halibut
- Crab salad
- Lobster salad
- Poached salmon
- Black pepper fennel crusted seared ahi tuna
- Miso black cod
- Paella
- Whole grilled salmon
- Blackened salmon
- Halibut with leaks and lemon zest
- Grilled tilapia with citrus vinaigrette
- Seared scallops
- Tomatoes and basil Sole with caper
- Spicy tomato salsa, broiled Chilean sea bass
- Mahi-Mahi (Dorado) with a salsa Verde
- Poached Salmon
Pork
- Pork tenderloin topped with blue cheese
- Stuffed pork tenderloin with red wine cherry glaze
- Roast pork with chimichurri
- Pulled pork with caramelized onion
Lamb
- Braised lamb shanks
- Rack of lamb crusted with mustard and breadcrumbs
- Marinated butterflied lamb
Pasta
- Lasagna
- Spaghetti and meatballs
- Fusili with portabello mushrooms, sundried tomato, artichokes
- Tortellini with pesto and diced tomatos
Tofu
- Tofu scramble stuffed in a Portobello mushroom
- Tofu with chimichurri
- Blackened tofu with raita sauce
6) Sides-
Potatoes
- Oven roasted fingerlings
- Jalapeno and potato hash
- Sweet potato hash
- Potatoes and leek au gratin
Vegetables
- Roasted root vegetables
- Green Beans wrapped in prosciutto broiled with sea salt
- Broccoli and almonds
- Broccoli with lemon zest
- Grilled asparagus
- Caramelized carrots
- Green beans with roasted garlic
- Steamed spinach
- Balsamic glazed brussel sprouts
- Stuffed mushrooms
- Stuffed squash
- Caramelized onions
- Julienne vegetables
- Caramelized carrots
- Grilled bok choy
- Green beans wrapped with prosciutto
- Grilled vegetables
- Tomato stuffed with spinach
- Tomato stuffed with vegetable quinoa
- Garlic sautéed kale
- Sauteed swiss chard
- Grilled artichoke (Seasonal)
- Stuffed artichoke (Seasonal)
- Julienne mixed vegetables
Grains and Pasta
- Penne pasta with lemon butter
- Saffron couscous
- Wild rice with cranberries and almonds
- Tortellini with wild mushrooms
- Vegetable cous cous
- Creamy polenta
- Polenta with wild mushrooms
- Parmesan couscous
- Macaroni and cheese
- Wild mushroom risotto
- Artichoke and lemon risotto
- White rice
- Brown rice
- Saffron rice
- Yellow rice
- Tomato rice
- Ginger rice
- Baked home fries with gremolata
- Parmesan cup filled with couscous and juliennes vegetables