Eco Caters, a San Diego catering company, provided delicious organic small bites for a cocktail style birthday party

San Diego catering company, Eco Caters, had such a great time this past weekend making wonderful small bites for one lovely lady’s birthday party. Guest were welcomed to stationary platters of our Mezze Platter with Hummus Trio, Tabouli, Olives Salad, and Grilled Flatbread, fried to order Southern Chicken Lollypops with Homemade Buttermilk Ranch,  savory and cute mixed sliders including; Grilled Eggplant with Tomato, Arugula, and Marjoram Aioli, Pastrami and Sauerkraut on Pretzel Rolls, and Smoked Salmon with Olivade and Sauce Grabiche.

After minguling awhile, guest feasted on, Eco Caters, a San Diego caterer, bite sized Truffled Grilled Cheese, Grassfed Beef Slider with Smoked Cheddar and Caramalized Onion, Gougere with House Bacon, Arugula and Pickled Onion, min Beef Wellingtons with Smoked Ketchup and Apricot Mustard, and Fresh Bruschetta with Tomato Concasse, Avocado Oil, and Preserved Lemon.

It was the perfect party food for this group! They simply loved all the sliders and mini foods. The night ended with our new favorite cupcakes by CUPS of La Jolla. Cups makes decadent and different organic cupcakes. The women had a great time trying all the different flavors. CUPS has cupcakes topped with bacon and churros, what a great way to say Happy Birthday! San Diego caterer, Eco Caters, loves working with cups, contact us today to have great food and cute dessert delivered to your party.

What better gift to give then San Diego Catering by Eco Caters. By hiring us to  prepare yummy goodies for your friend or loved ones party, you actually get to enjoy the party too, which is a real gift to everyone. We come to your home with everything we need and leave with you never knowing we were there. Contact us today!

San Diego Catering Company Serves at the Thursday Club

La Jolla Catering company, Eco Caters filled the Thursday Club, in San Diego with some amazing food April 3^rd. It all started with a stunning presentation of a of Chef’s Choice Cheese Display with Market Fruit and Preserves, Mezze Platter with Hummus Trio, Tabouleh, Olives Salad, and Fresh Pita. Guest then grazed on our signature “Best of Market” veggies and greens, served with a house made vinaigrette. San Diego caterer, Eco Caters then served up a mix of both Blackened  Mahi Mahi burritos and Veggie Black Bean and Rice burritos, all accompanied by Grilled Farmers Market Vegetables and Sesame green Beans. San Diego caterer, Eco Caters, thought it was very “Cali” of the couple to serve fish burritos at their wedding. We would suggest any couple doing throwing a destination wedding, or a wedding with a lot of out of towner’s, to have a local favorite as one of their choices. Many people who come to weddings don’t get the chance to try the local resturant or a favorite dish while visiting. By giving them this at your wedding, it creates a truly memorable and special event.

The Thursday Club of San Diego was founded in 1921 to promote social, educational, cultural, and civic activities. In 1927, the Club received a deed of property in the Sunset Cliffs area from Mr. R. E. Mills of the Pantages-Mills-Shreve Company. Ground was broken for a clubhouse that year, and in 1928, the project was completed. Today, the Clubhouse is renowned as a beautiful San Diego landmark. Just wait until you see the pictures from this wedding, the brides dress is just as unique as the San Diego Catering that went with the wedding!

Thank you to Bauman Photographers for the awesome images. For the many that have asked the brides dress is from wai-ching, and makes a real statement.

Eco Caters, a  San Diego Caterer, Crafts a Green Holiday Cocktail Party in Del Mar

Eco Caters catered the Biomatrica holiday party at a private residence in Del Mar on Saturday.  The San Diego catering consisted of all stationary hors d’oeuvres including Tuna Tar Tar in Cucumber Cups with Avocado Oil and Preserve Lemon, Spicy Chicken Skewers with Marjoram Red Pepper Yogurt, Grilled Eggplant with Tomato, Arugula, and Marjoram Aioli, Organic Beef Slider with Smoked Cheddar and Tomato, and a Charcuterie Display served with House Mustard, Cornichon, Pickled Onion, and Garlic Rubbed Crostini.

For dessert, San Diego caterer, Eco Caters served bite sized Banana Cheesecakes with Chocolate Ganache and Flourless Chocolate Tarts with Champagne Raspberries.  It was San Diego catering at its finest and we were pleased to serve all organic cuisine to a very thankful crowd.  We sourced the Chicken from Jidori Chicken, the all natural chicken out of Los Angeles.  The beef was grassfed beef from Tallgrass Beef.  All of the veggies were organic veggies from Suzie’s Farm along with other local organic farms in San Diego.  The food was plentiful and everyone was pleased with the meal. To learn more about where we source our food from visit our farms page.

Del Mar catering has been picking up for us lately with 4 or 5 holiday parties in Del Mar this year.  People are really starting to request organic catering throughout Southern California which has helped us grow this year.  Hopefully the trend towards organic catering becomes the norm and we continue to grow into 2010.  Del Mar is a vital area for us and we hope that we continue to book events, weddings and holiday parties in this area.

Eco Caters, an Organic Catering company, works with Chevy Volt

The Chevy Volt premiered in San Diego and Eco Caters was there to provide a taste of some of our most popular organic items.  This was the very first showing of the Volt in San Diego and one of the first showings of the Volt nationwide so there was a big crowd there to see the Volt for the first time.  We kept the menu simple so not to distract from the main event.  We did a variety of organic breads from Charlie’s Best Bread with our fresh whipped honey butter.  The breads were a big hit and that is no surprise because Charlie’s Best Bread does make the very best bread in town and it is organic.  He also mills his own flour and uses local organic ingredients whenever possible.  In addition to the breads we had some grilled vegetable polenta lasagna and local beef brisket.  The grilled vegetable lasagna and brisket were very popular as many guests came back for a 3^rd and 4^th serving.  With an event like the premier of the Chevy Volt, organic catering is a necessity and we are happy to be the San Diego catering company to fulfill that need.  The Eco Investment Club, who put on the event, is one of our long time customers and we always look forward to catering their events because the people there are all very receptive and appreciative of organic catering.  Suzie’s Farm provided the vegetables for the lasagna so I asked them to set up a farmer’s market booth at the event to tell people about their CSA and they were very happy to do so.

During the event we did get a chance to sit in the Chevy Volt and check it out up close.  I have to say that I am very impressed with the design and the efficiency.  It is a very sleek looking vehicle and it is all electric for the first 50 miles of every drive!  At Eco Caters our San Diego catering division will certainly continue to grow with partners like Chevy and the Eco Investment Club.  We hope that more events like this are thrown in San Diego and that the demand for local organics continues to grow.

Eco Caters Cater  launch of  LEED certified Office Building in Ocean Beach

Eco Caters provided organic hors d’oeuvres for the launch of Architects HGW’s brand new office building which was build of all recycled materials and was awarded a LEED certification for their green building and design of the office.  Needless to say organic food was a must for this event and we were very glad to be the organic caterer to provide it.  The event was sponsored by SDG&E because of their dedication to sustainability in Southern California they reward businesses that help reduce the demand for electricity.  Architects HGW designed the place themselves and it is now one of many buildings in which they have designed green.  This is not the first green building launch we have catered and we certainly hope to see more of these events in the future.  The menu consisted of some of our favorite organic hors d’oeuvres including a chefs choice cheese display with market fruit, vegetables crudite with roasted onion dip and vegan coconut ranch and a mezze platter with hummus trio, tabouleh salad, olive medley and fresh pita.  Everyone enjoyed the organic catering very much and was very happy to sit back and relax after all their hard work on the building and the recent move.  If you would like more info about Architects HGW you can visit their website at http://www.architects-hgw.com/.

As more and more green building projects like this are underway we hope to be the organic caterer of choice in San Diego, Los Angeles, Orange County and throughout Southern California.  Ocean Beach, which is the location of the Eco Caters San Diego kitchen, is a place in particular that we would love to see more demand for organic catering.  Ocean Beach catering has not yet been a big market for us but we hope to do more organic catering in this area as it is very conveniently located.

Eco Caters a San Diego Catering Company Delivers  a Simple and Organic Wedding

This was a very nice, private backyard wedding.  It was simple and it portrayed the couple perfectly without any unnecessary distractions.  The organic San Diego catering started off at cocktail hour with tray passed and stationary hors d’oeuvres. San Diego caterer, Eco Caters then  helped the party transition into a family style meal. One of our increasingly popular choices is the family style meal. It works great for social families and those who want a smaller more intimate feel to their wedding.

With the amazing views of San Diego and the ocean, San Diego caterer, Eco Caters could not have been in a better place.  The menu included stationary hors d’oeuvres which consisted of a chef’s choice cheese display with aged gouda, goregonzola, humboldt fog and chevre with honey and truffle with market fruit and preserves as well as hierloom salsa, mango salsa and guacamole with organic tortilla chips.  The tray pass hors d’oeuvres were very well liked, they consisted of assorted organic sliders, including ground sirloin with smoked cheddar, roma tomato, and homemade aioli, apricot turkey slider with apple, arugula, and house mustard and grilled portabella with mixed greens, and basil aioli.

For the plated salad, we served mixed greens with goat cheese, sliced almonds, nine grain croutons, goji berries, and avocado dressing.  Finally the main dishes and sides were served family style with one main and one side on each platter.  The first platter was smoked chili rubbed tri-tip with a fire roasted pepper sauce with mac-n-cheese with cave aged gruyere.  The second platter was grilled pacific fish with cilantro jalapeno oil alongside grilled farmers market vegetables.  For dessert Erin and Ryan decided to go with Apple Cobbler instead of wedding cake which everyone enjoyed very much.

San Diego Catering Team prepares Vegetarian Meal for Carlsbad Wedding

It was a beautiful October day for the wedding of Justine and Scott. For this couple, it was really important to have an organic pescetarian meal, and San Diego Catering company Eco Caters made that happen.  For those of you who may not know what a pescetarian is, it is like being a vegetarian, but they eat fish too. Due to our spot as an organic San Diego Caterer, Eco Caters gets lots of special requests for dietary, or lifestyle needs.

For this party, guest were greeted with stationary appetizers of Chef’s Choice Cheese Display with Market Fruit and Preserves, our popular Mezze Platter with Hummus, Baba Ganouj, Roasted Red Peppers, Olives Salad, and Fresh Pita, and crowd pleasing Vegetable Crudite with Roasted Onion Dip and House Ranch. This couple wanted to add something exciting and different to their appetizers, to they chose our fruit Melon Basil Skewers with Pistachio Oil, and refreshing Cucumber Cups with Mango, Jicama, Chili, and Lime.

After grazing for a bit, the party was treated to a lovely salad of  Mixed Greens with Goat Cheese, Sliced Almonds, 9 Grain Croutons, Goji Berries, and Avocado Dressing. For the main meal the pescetarians feasted on Spinach Stuffed Sole with Mandarin Oil and Black Sesame. There was also Grilled Portabella Mushrooms with Chimmi Churri on a bed of Spaghetti Squash for the vegitarians. Both served with Mac-n-Cheese with Cave Aged Gruyere, and Lemon Scented Israeli Cous Cous. All items were prepared from scratch by San Diego caterer, Eco Caters.

This was a custom menu created just for the couple. Eco Caters, San Diego Catering would be happy to prepare the meal of your dreams for your event. We can work with you to put together a menu that reflect you as a couple and indulge your guest at the same time.