Spices

 

"The Invisible Chef is a miracle worker for people who are too busy to spend hours in the kitchen, but who would like to entertain at home. Alan prepared an unbelievable meal which was all ready to go by the time my guests arrived! The meal was innovative and his menu incorporated items in season and my budget."

Clint Myers, Vancouver, BC.

Sample Party Menu

The following sample menus are fully customized to suit your personal taste. I will be happy to substitute organic and specialty items for an additional fee.

First Course Choices

  • Silky Thai butternut squash soup
  • Salad of baby greens with candied pecans, goat cheese, dried cranberries
  • Crab cakes with ginger-citrus vinaigrette on mixed herb salad
  • Roasted beet and marscapone salad with walnut vinaigrette
  • Tomato towers with bocconcini, sweet basil vinaigrette
  • Crab, avocado, and cherry tomato stack with wasabi-lime dressing

Entree Choices

  • Herb crusted rack of lamb with mint sauce
  • Wild Pacific salmon with wild mushroom duxelle baked in golden phyllo pastry
  • B.C. Spot prawns in coconut Masala
  • Chicken breast stuffed with goat cheese, sun dried tomatoes, and asparagus
    baked in golden phyllo pastry
  • Puff pastry filled with creamy white wine sauce of prawns, scallops, salmon
  • Pork tenderloin stuffed with wild mushrooms, port reduction sauce

Vegetable Choices

  • Orange glazed carrot ribbons
  • Garlic green beans with walnut oil
  • Roasted asparagus with truffle oil
  • Broccoli with lemon oil

Starch choices

  • Confetti Jasmine rice
  • Lemon roasted potatoes
  • Creamy Dijon mashed potatoes
  • Chili-Lime roasted sweet potatoes
  • Herbed Spätzle

Dessert choices

  • Fresh berry tart with minted custard
  • Bourbon chocolate mousse
  • Maple caramelized banana sundae
  • Gourmet cheese platter

SAMPLE MEAL plan MENU

The following sample menus are fully customized to suit your personal taste. I will be happy to substitute organic and specialty items for an additional fee.

Please choose

  • Roasted salmon with red Thai curry
  • Prawns in coconut masala
  • Shrimp and crab cannelloni
  • Baked penne with short rib ragu
  • Italian sausage lasagne
  • Shang Hai pan-fried noodles with pork
  • Moroccan Lamb Stew
  • Spanish lamb meatballs with romesco sauce
  • Chicken Provençal with wild mushrooms
  • Spanish braised chicken with bell peppers and ham
  • Thai green curry chicken
  • Coq Au Vin
  • Turkey stir-fry supreme
  • Jalapeño Orange Mustard Chicken
  • Kung Pao Chicken with cashew nuts
  • Pork tenderloin with dijon-caper sauce
  • Pork tenderloin with cranberry shallot sauce
  • Pork with lemon Picatta sauce
  • Pork with chipotle marmalade sauce
  • Beef meatballs with green peppercorn sauce
  • Guinness beef stew
  • Shepherds Pie
  • Boeuf Bourgignon (beef)
  • Hunan beef and orange stir-fry
  • Moroccan roasted vegetables with cous cous ( Vegetarian )
  • Thai Vegetable Curry ( Vegetarian )
  • Vegetable Cannelloni ( Vegetarian )
  • Italian Eggplant Ragu ( Vegetarian )

Sample BBQ party Menu

The following sample menus are fully customized to suit your personal taste. I will be happy to substitute organic and specialty items for an additional fee.

BBQ MAINS

Please choose two or three

  • Grilled chicken satay with peanut sauce.
  • Grilled prawns with chilli citrus glaze.
  • Spice rubbed pork kabobs with mojo sauce.
  • Cold poached salmon with wasabi mayonnaise.
  • Grilled Moroccan ground lamb kabobs with tahini sauce.
  • Jamaican Jerked chicken wings.
  • Alabama grilled chicken wings.
  • Cedar Plank Salmon with maple orange glaze.
  • Grilled chipotle marinated chicken thighs.
  • Grilled Peruvian chicken with spicy Aji sauce.

BBQ SIDES

Please choose two or three

  • Curried sweet potato salad.
  • Broccoli and sun-dried cranberry salad.
  • Cous Cous salad with mint and dried fruit.
  • Black bean and quinoa salad with cumin-lime vinaigrette.
  • Caesar potato salad.
  • Cucumber, tomato, corn salad with creamy basil dressing.
  • Old fashioned potato salad.
  • Sweet and spicy cole slaw.
  • Seasonal fruit platter.
  • Seasonal vegetable platter.