I was asked to cater my close friends’ wedding reception. I love to cook, and I specialize in special diet/ dietary restrictions (such as gluten-free in this case), and cook (and eat) vegetarian foods exclusively. I was SO thankful for this opportunity and had so much fun with every aspect of the catering- from planning the menu, to shopping for food, to making everything from scratch (except the polenta and bread-bread was for those fortunate enough to eat gluten) to pitting and stuffing over 100 cherry tomatoes only two hours before the event (still had to get ready!) to insure freshness. My philosophy behind the dishes I prepared was to introduce people to exciting, flavorful gluten-free vegetarian foods, that aren't boring, or bland. The party turnout was around 50(?) people and I received many compliments, each person seemed to have a different favorite. Here are some pictures I took of the dishes; better pictures are coming soon (as I was a little shaky while taking these…)
Polenta topped with sun-dried tomato jam and herbed goat cheese- this also shows the crostini topped with sun-dried tomato jam and herbed goat cheese
Roasted red pepper and feta topped zucchini cups
Walnut-pesto stuffed cherry tomatoes
Tropical fruit salad
Chocolate hazelnut meringue mushrooms
2 comments:
Camie
what the heck, it's been so long. I couldn't believe you found me. ok so this might be a long comment..how are you? what are you up to? I LOVE the pictures of your food, in my past life(before kids)I was really into backpacking, I guess I still am but it just isn't feasible right now. anyway I had a lot of backpacker friends who were vegetarian or vegan and I actually really liked a lot of their recipes. I have slowly introduced Ben to the wonders of Trader Joes and a more organic life style but the boy doesn't embrace the veggies like I wish he would. for now I experiment on the kids and my hippie friend next door! I am an amatuer in the kitchen,if that, so feel free to give me some professional advice. It doesn't surprise me to see all your amazing creations, you were always so talented. I wish I could try them and not just look. It is weird that you contacted me because a couple months ago I kept having dreams about you and I wondered what you were up to. that wasn't supposed to be creepy, I just wondered what was going on in your life. I have such good memories with you, I hope you are doing well. so let me know what else is going on in your life besides this..if you don't want to leave a annoyingly long comment like this email me carlysyndergaard@yahoo.com it was so good to hear from you, keep in touch ok
MMmm, I want to eat everything! I was just introduced to stuffed zucchini last summer and LOVE it! I only have a recipe with blue cheese and some herbs that I can't remember at the moment. Next time you cater I will invite myself to the event and come to Utah just for this stuff!
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