Saturday, July 31, 2010

Pickling

It's pickling time! Picked up some cucumbers, green beans and rainbow carrots at the Farmer's Market. Plan to spend some of my Sunday pickling the day away! I have a few different recipes I want to try out, I will let you know which one worked the best.

Thursday, July 29, 2010

They've arrived

Business cards and address labels have arrived! Let the fun and mailing begin!

Big Night

Getting some fun inspiration from the movie Big Night!

Wednesday, July 28, 2010

Menu

I am pricing out some of my menu items today, which is loads of good fun. Here is a little sample of some of my menu items off the salad section!

Bibb lettuce with goat cheese, dried organic apricots and toasted walnuts dressed with a mustard seed dressing

Shaved seasonal vegetables with a hazelnut vinaigrette

Salad of house pickled vegetables- green beans, cauliflower, rainbow carrots, celery, onion and banana peppers

Seasonal Panzanella with corn bread croutons
Late Summer and Early fall the Panzanella will have heirloom tomatoes, english cucumbers, red onion and a simple balsamic vinaigrette
Late Fall and Winter the Panzanella will have dried cranberries, crisp Bosc pear, Pecans and a spiced mustard vinaigrette

All dressed up Coleslaw Savoy cabbage, shredded rainbow carrots, toasted pecans, maple syrup and a greek yogurt dressing


Just a few menu items I thought you might like

I will also be adding gift baskets to the menu filled with my own house-made candies, cookies, crackers, breadsticks and hot chocolate mixes. Never to early to think about the holidays!


Saturday, July 24, 2010

First day of how to start a Home Catering Business!

Here I am one job down and hopefully more to come. Had my first official catering job last week and though it could have been a bit more organized I managed, to get all the food out and please the client. This job was really special to me as it allowed me to cook some traditional Italian-American Christmas Eve dishes like Baccala Salad, Octopus salad, Stuffed Shrimp and Baccala Fritters. Truth be told I had never made Baccala Fritters, but was told they were exactly what he was looking for!!

Stay tuned as I will be filling the blog with a new menu and all the details of how things are going on this new adventure of starting a catering business from home!