Healthy Summer Foods that are perfect for Catered Events!

Summer is the BEST time for parties- outdoor BBQ’s, cocktail parties, weddings, you name it! And of course, who can resist all the delicious summer foods (and drinks) that go along with partying? I certainly can’t! The Cantering Caterer makes some of the BEST summer foods- Rich Man’s Sirloin Burgers stuffed with Smoked Mozzarella! Creamy Classic Potato Salad, beautiful summer Cheeses, Fusilli with Oven Roasted Tomato and Artichoke Pesto, Grilled Filet…Lychee Martinis, Ice Cold Connecticut Amber Beer…I could go on and on…
Eating and drinking these types of foods on special occasions is perfect (and everyone should do it!) BUT, how are we going to fit into our summer bikinis if we eat like this every night?
We, at The Cantering Caterer have some tasty ideas for healthy summer eating…Here are a few…

Hors d’oeuvre
Shucked Malpac Oysters with Horseradish and Cocktail Sauce- fresh Lemons- YUM!
Lobster and Corn Salsa with Sweet Potato Crisps

Summer Soups
Summer White Gazpacho with Slivered Almonds
Chilled Roasted Red and Yellow Pepper Soup with Avocado Salsa

Burgers
Jalapeno Turkey Burgers
Grilled Tempeh Burgers with Horseradish Aioli

Entrees
Lemony Poached Halibut with Creamy Cucumbers
Pan Seared Chicken with Roasted Tomatillo Salsa

Sides
Watermelon, Tomato and Cucumber Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette
Grilled Eggplant brushed with Olive Oil, Sea Salt and Cracked Black Pepper- this is GREAT and SO simple!

Dessert
Fresh Summer Berries- with just a touch of Minted Cream!
Peach-Almond Parfaits

Drinks
Tangy Lemonade (the no sugar kind!) with Fresh Mint
Handmade Fresh Mango Iced Tea

Ya see? It really CAN be done!
Call us for more ideas…and happy cooking!
Becky

–We did a fantastic pre-wedding brunch on Compo beach in Westport on Saturday. The bride and groom are from Greenwich, CT and live in New York City. We also did an amazing dinner for a big client at their estate in Southport. It is a busy time for catering in Fairfield County!

Corporate Catering and Corporate Service

The Cantering Caterer has started a new division! The Cantering Caterer Express uses the same fantastic ingredients, the same very talented staff, and the same smiling people on the phone, but we deliver the most amazing lunches to Fairfield County! Starting this week, we are sending a daily menu to companies that have requested to be on our mailing list. From Fairfield, Westport, Norwalk, Stamford, to Greenwich!

Corporate lunches are competitive business. Every deli, restaurant, and caterer does them… We do them differently! Our main business is high-end weddings, cocktail parties, and events. We have the best food products in the world come through our doors every day! We turn these ingredients into creative salads, fun soups, outrageous drinks (Jalapeno Lemonade), the list goes on… There is no delivery charge… Please call us anytime to get on the list. One of our Weddings last Saturday – a fantastic estate on the water in Southport! 200 guests, amazing grounds… At one point you could not tell where the sky and ocean met – it was the most beautiful shades of pink…

Summer Parties and Catering are in Full Swing!!

The Cantering Caterer and The Event Planners have done some fantastic events lately! We catered several amazing weddings last weekend. One was in a remarkable gated estate in Greenwich. We met with the bride and groom in our Westport office last February, did a tasting, proposal, wrote up the contract. They decided that they were going to go with another company strictly based on price… We forgot about it, filled the calendar.

No worries… Well, last Thursday, 8 days before their wedding, they called us again to say that the caterer that they hired would not be able to do the event as they envisioned. Could we do it? Of course!

We quickly sent over the original proposal – Scott spent several hours on the phone with the bride on Sunday morning tweaking the menu. We staffed the wedding, ordered the food, delivered a great day! The tent covered part of the driveway, trees, gardens, was lighted beautifully, and the whole event had an amazing happy glow!

We also did a pool party to celebrate the opening of a new pool house at a Fairfield home. We did an unbelievable grilled fruit with cheese station. We paired lots of local cheeses with fresh grilled fruit. Grilled ruby red grapes with Roquefort cheese, grilled mango and papaya with brie… We also did one of my favorites, a Foie Gras Club Sandwich! If ever there were the perfect sandwich!

Very busy week ahead… A beautiful reception at a home in Fairfield, a backyard barbeque in Bridgewater, a picnic on Compo Beach, and a storybook wedding at one of the most amazing waterfront homes in the world! Exciting!