Hi Everyone Vegan & Vegetarian Catering in the Illawarra & South Coast NSW at a Class Catering we have many menus to choose from, Over the past 5 years we have been asked to Cater many Vegetarian & Vegan Functions, with Healthy living, required to live a longer and more productive life, Vegetarian & Vegan cooking has become very popular, we at A-Class Catering have been asked on occasions to serve our food buffet style, to Yoga, and fitness retreats so we came up with our new buffet Menus for these weekend retreats, I hope you find them to be to
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Fresh Seafood in Romesco Sauce’ With changing trends in the Wedding Industry regarding “The Wedding Reception” & Brides & Grooms favouring a Banquet Style Meal as opposed to the traditional “Sit Down Meal” I have a great recipe for ‘Fresh Seafood in Romesco Sauce” which can be one of the meals on the banquet menu, with a side of creamy polenta… This recipe serves 6 & super easy to make. Ingredients 1kg cleaned baby octopus 2 2 x cans Italian diced tomatoes 4 cloves fresh garlic crushed 1 teaspoon dried chili flakes 2 teaspoons smoked paprika 2 medium red capsicums
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Vegan Vegetarian wedding Catering, A Class Catering are happy to offer you Vegan Vegetarian Menus, Steve and I are happy to design the right menu for your upcoming Wedding or special event, we also Cater for all food Allergies, Chef Steve can tailor a menu that suits all of your guests, we have catered many Vegan Vegetarian friendly Catering functions, over the last 11 years Why not take a look at a couple of our favourite courses Mixed Mushroom Rissoto and Grape Salsa or Penne arriabata These are 3 of our most popular recipes, they are ideal for a Wedding reception please see our link
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EGGPLANT recipe Today I’d like to share some fun facts, history and a recipe for Eggplant. Eggplant as a plant species that is believed to have originated in India where it continues to grow wild & has been cultivated in southern & eastern Asia since prehistory,& has only been first used in Europe in the 16th century when it was introduced by the Arabs when the first trade routes opened up. Did you know that Eggplant cultivation last year was 49.4 million tons with China producing 57%, while India contributes 27% & Egypt, Iran & Turkey the other major producers
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RIBOLLITA Cooking Ribollita Tuscan soup recipe Today I’d like to share a recipe for Ribollita pronounced ree-boh-lee-ta which literally means re-boiled. This famous Tuscan soup was originally made by reheating leftover minestrone or vegetable soup & adding chunks of bread,white beans & other vegetables including carrots,zucchini,spinach & cavolo nero(Tuscan cabbage) which is a member of the kale family,if you can’t find or buy cavolo nero you can use cabbage or silverbeet. This recipe for Ribollita serves 6 persons & again a soup that can be prepared & cooked in the slow/cooker & be ready for dinner that night Ingredients 1
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Romantic farm and beach weddings, have you ever thought of having your wedding reception on a working farm or on a beautiful beach but thought it may be too hard to organize, well why not give Martin & Steve from A Class Catering a Call, we have been looking after bride and Grooms dreams for the last 30 years, Steve and I would be happy to sit down with you both and discuss your ideas, for your big day, having Catered for many weddings over the years we have become very experienced in many types of wedding venues, in some
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CELERY Today I’d like to share a few fun facts, health tips & a recipe using Celery. Celery ?? Mmm well we all know that we use it for cooking in meals such as stews, salads,as a juice,casseroles,soups,as a snack, vegetarian & vegan meals,Asian & European cuisines,but did you know that the first uses of celery date back to 4000 BC & was called ‘Smillage'(wild celery)from archaeological discoveries in the Mediterranean area & was heavily used by the ancient Greeks & ancient Roman’s. Celery was also present in China as early as the 5th century & traces of celery seeds
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Moroccan Beef & Barley Stew.slow cooked With Autumn in full swing & the nights getting cooler as winter starts rolling around it’s time to start thinking about comfort foods & bring out & dust off the trusty old slow/cooker. So today I’m sharing a recipe for Moroccan Beef & Barley Stew slow cooked which is hearty & filling as well as low in fat & this Moroccan Stew makes the perfect family weekday dinner. This recipe serves 4 Ingredients 3 teaspoons olive oil 600g beef chuck steak, trimmed & cut into 3cm cubes 1 large brown onion peeled & chopped
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British styled banquet menu, a great way to enjoy a memorable evening, trying great British fare, maybe you are celebrating a major event, birthday, anniversary, or maybe a small intermit wedding, A Class catering have menus to suit, so why not try one of our themed dinner parties, have you ever thought of having Family & Freinds over to your house, function room,’ or holiday house in one of the beautiful areas on the South Coast of NSW, Kangaroo Valley, Gerringong, Kiama, Nowra, Jervis Bay Wollongong and the Illawarra, ‘no taxis no expensive wine, No baby sitters, Chef Steve, has designed
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As the cold months arrive, the feeling of winter is here, as Australia has different seasons to our European friends, celebrating Christmas in Australia’s winter has become very popular pastime, Christmas in July is now a standard way of celebrating Christmas in our winter, to help celebrate A Class Catering, has made a special Christmas menu to help celebrate this lovely time of the year, have you ever thought of having Family & Freinds over to your house, function room or hire a holiday house in one of the beautiful areas on the South Coast of NSW, Kangaroo Valley, Gerringong, Kiama,
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