SAMPLE MENUS | Love + Rosemary

Love + Rosemary prides ourselves on the ability to be flexible and create custom menus for our clients from casual fare to Haute cuisine and everything in between. Our food tends to have a Mediterranean flare and the following is a sample of some of our most popular and beloved dishes. That said, we are also happy to cater any style of menu from a nice Southern BBQ to a Crab Boil!

Cocktail Hour Stations

The Tuscan Table

This is a signature of Love + Rosemary, a large foodscape of smoked and cured meats, gourmet soft and hard cheeses, Mediterranean dips, vegetable crudites, breads and crackers Presented as a station and priced per guest

The Pasta Bar

Pick your pasta, pick your sauce! The pasta bar is a manned station with fresh pasta served with a choice of two to three sauces such as "Jessica" sauce (oven roasted tomato, garlic and olive oil) "Del a Nonna" (creamy gorgonzola sauce with spring peas and pancetta) or Pasta al Tartufo (white truffles, oil and parmesan). Served to order and priced per guest

Seafood & Raw Bar

A Beautiful display of shrimp cocktail, steamed and raw clams, Eastern Shore Oysters on the half shell, seafood salad with calamari and octopus, and lobster (season/MP pending). Served as a station and priced per guest

Passed hors d'oeuvres

Just a sampling of some of our more popular passed appetizers

Fort Lauderdale Shrimp

Grilled shrimp skewers marinaded in a garlic, mustard and wine sauce

Gluten free

Feta Bruschetta

Fresh bruschetta made with vine ripened tomatoes, garlic, onion, herbs and feta cheese served on a grilled crostini.

Vegetarian

Chicken Satay

Grilled marinated chicken breast on skewers, served with a peanut, ginger and soy dipping sauce

Gluten free

Lamb Lollipops

Grilled lamb chops, with garlic and rosemary served with a Greek yogurt dipping sauce

Gluten free

Rosemary Shrimp

Grilled Shrimp with lemon, garlic and rosemary on a skewer. served with a Greek yogurt dipping sauce

Gluten free

Vegetable Spring Rolls

Fresh Asian vegetables rolled in a thin pastry and served with a sweet and sour sauce

Vegetarian

ESVA Crab Cakes

Made with Eastern Shore lump crab meat and served with a roasted pepper aioli sauce

Asian BBQ Meatballs

Meatballs dressed in a sweet BBQ sauce with hints of ginger and sesame seeds

Gluten free

Buffalo Brussels

Roasted halved brussel sprouts tossed in a buffalo sauce and topped with crumbled blue cheese

Vegetarian

Salads

The following is a sampling of some of our seasonal salads.

Summer Berries

Mixed Spring greens with a combination of seasonal berries such as blueberry, raspberry or strawberries, a soft gorgonzola cheese and a drizzled balsamic glace. Can be served without the cheese for a vegan option.

Vegetarian

Vegan

Classic Caesar

Crisp romaine lettuce chopped and tossed with a creamy Caesar dressing and topped with shaved Parmesan cheese and garlic croutons.

Traditional Greek

A traditional mixed green salad with slices of tomato, cucumbers, red onions, olives, capers and feta cheese, in a balsamic vinegret. Can be served without cheese for a Vegan option.

Vegetarian

Vegan

Entrees

Love + Rosemary is known for its "Family Style" service, at least 9 out of 10 of our clients choose it. It offers the perfect balance of an elegant formal plated event without restricting your guests to a single entree choice. They can try everything! After all, they are all family now! That said, we are happy to accommodate you if you choice a plated or a buffet style event.

Herb Encrusted Chicken

One of our most famous dishes! Pan seared herb encrusted chicken thighs, finished in the oven and served with a garlic, lemon, wine and oregano sauce

Gluten free

Grilled Filet Mignon

Filet mignon grilled to perfection and served with a Rosemary demi glace

Grilled Salmon

Another Contender for Favorite dish! Fresh grilled Atlantic salmon served with a lemon, dill, caper creme sauce

Gluten free

Cod Acqua Pazza (Crazy Water)

Fresh Atlantic Cod broiled and dressed with a sauce of lemon, tomatoes, olives, garlic, capers, butter and wine

Gluten free

Skirt Steak Ole!

Grilled Skirt steak sliced and served with a warm tomato salsa and topped with Peruvian lime marinaded red onion

Gluten free

Shrimp Santorini

Local wild caught shrimp roasted with tomato, garlic, butter, wine and feta cheese

Gluten free

Popular Side Dishes

Family Style service comes with one starch and two vegetable side dishes

Salt Crusted New Potatoes

Whole baby red bliss potatoes roasted with a sea salt crust

Gluten free

Vegetarian

Vegan

Mushroom Risotto

Creamy rissotto with butter, wine and mushrooms

Vegetarian

Jacked Up Mac

The grown up version of Mac & Cheese, with a mixture of gourmet cheeses including pepper jack for a little kick!

Vegetarian

Mild

Roasted Roots

A variety of roasted root vegetables perfect for a Fall event

Gluten free

Vegetarian

Vegan

Tuscan White Beans

Tuscan white beans tossed with cloves of roasted garlic, lemon and rosemary

Gluten free

Vegetarian

Vegan

Roasted Asparagus

Asparagus roasted with olive oil, lemon and sea salt

Gluten free

Vegetarian

Vegan

Grilled Zucchini

A simple Italian dish of grilled zucchini delicately dressed in white wine vinegar, oil and local sea salt

Gluten free

Vegetarian

Vegan

Dietary Restrictions & Special Requests

We ask that you inform us ahead of time of any specific food allergies or dietary restrictions, but we also want you to know that we are happy to accommodate you or any of your guests with special dietary needs

Non-Gluten

With many people suffering from allergies to gluten, we are happy to report that your guests with this allergy can safely partake in most of our dishes. Our Mediterranean style of cooking is naturally gluten free because we use olive oil for most of our sauces and we never use flour as a thickener.

Vegan/Vegetarian/Dairy Free

For our Vegan/Vegetarian/Dairy Free guests we create a nice Ramen Bowl with Vegetable broth and heaping with Asian Vegetables and Noodles, please try to let us know ahead of time.

Vegetarian

Vegan

Kids Meals

While we believe that all kids should eat their veggies, we know that this is not always the case! Please let us know ahead of time if you have a large amount of children attending your event and we will be happy to offer some kid friendly fare!