James
Avenue Catering & Bakery
“The
Party Starts Here!”
Phone:
517 655 4532 Cell:
749 6503
jamesavecatering@gmail.com
OPEN
HOUSE MENU
The
following menu packages make it easy for you to select your
Open
house menu. You may add to, or take
away, any foods
To
suite your taste and your budget.
We
are happy to help you with your selections!
All
of our Foods are Homemade!
Our
Favorite Open House
Trays of Assorted Mini
Sandwiches, made with an assortment
of the following breads and fillings:
Breads:
Mini Croissants, Mini French Rolls, Silver Dollar Rolls, Mini Roll-ups
Fillings: Turkey,
Ham, Roast Beef, Chicken Salad, Egg Salad, Tuna Salad
(All deli meat sandwiches come with assorted cheese
slices. All sandwiches
have lettuce.
Condiments on the side).
Trays of Italian Super
Subs
Loaves of French bread are layered with ham, salami, cheeses, lettuce, tomato, pickle and peppercini, splashed with Italian vinaigrette, and cut into 3-inch segments.
Garden Pasta Salad
Michigan Salad with
Raspberry Vinaigrette
Cold Baked Bean Salad
OR
Your choice of 3 salads
Fresh Vegetable Platter
with Homemade Dill Dip or Spinach Dip in Pumpernickel bowl
Festive Fresh Fruit Platter
with Marshmallow Dip in Pineapple bowl
You
may change the menus to suit your personal taste!
Bistro BBQ
Open House
BBQ Pork with Buns Pulled pork BBQ is kept hot in our chafers, with a basket of assorted Kaiser rolls for guests to pile on the pork! Or have our server assist guests with their sandwich.
Trays of Little French
Rolls and Silver Dollar Rolls filled with Deli Meats and Cheeses
Garden Fresh Cheese
Tortellini Salad
Coleslaw
Red Skin Potato Salad
(or your choice of any 3
salads)
Fresh Fruit Tray
Vegetable Tray with Dip
Strawberry Fields
Fresh strawberries dipped in white, dark and milk chocolate, along with
chocolate dipped graham crackers, in a beautiful presentation.
French
Laundry Open House
All Foods arrive in attractive wicker
trays and baskets with this package.
Trays of Full Size Deli
Sandwiches, cut in half
A variety of meats and cheeses on variety breads,
condiments on the side.
Included are:
freshly made chicken salad, tuna salad, baked ham, smoked turkey, roast
beef, and salami, all on croissants and fresh bakery and artisan breads.
Red Skin Potato Salad
Broccoli and Cauliflower
Salad
Or Your Choice of Two Salads
Crudite Basket with Fresh
Dill Dip
Fresh Fruit and Cheese
Basket
Assorted Cookie Basket
All American
Picnic Open House
Baked Parmesan Crumb
Chicken Breast Halves
OR
BBQ Meatballs
Hot Dogs (steamed hot dogs
are kept warm in our chafers) with buns & condiments
Baked Beans
Golden Potato Salad
Coleslaw
Potato Chips with Dip
Strawberry Shortcake
Soft, split, fluffy biscuits,
fresh pureed strawberries and whipped topping. Guests have fun making their own, or, a server can assist
guests.
Fiesta
Extraordinaire Open House
Chicken Enchiladas
Spinach Enchiladas
Mexican Rice
Refried Beans
Wings of Fire with Blue
Cheese Dip
Layered Nacho Dip with
Tortilla Chips
Fresh Salsa with Tortilla
Chips
Black Bean and Corn Salsa
with Tortilla Chips
Fiesta Fruit Platter with
Chocolate Fondue in Pineapple Bowl
Taco Bar
Open House
An attractive presentation
including everything needed for tacos, plus more!
Ground Beef Taco Meat
Shredded Fajita Chicken
meat
Lettuce, Shredded Cheese,
Lettuce, Tomato, Onion, Sour Cream, Jalapeno
Hard Taco Shells, Soft Taco
Shells
Fresh Salsa
Fresh Guacamole
Tortilla chips
Refried Beans
Mexican Rice
Fresh Fruit Platter with
Pina Colada Dip
Spanish Chicken Wings
Tossed Salad with Variety
of Dressings
Teen’s
Choice Appetizer Open House
Teriyaki Chicken Kabobs
BBQ Meatballs
Mini Roll-up Sandwiches
Buffalo Wings with Bleu
Cheese Dip
Deviled Eggs
Hot Spinach-Artichoke Dip
with Pita Chips
Vegetables with Spinach Dip
in Bread Bowl
Greek Pasta Salad
Espresso Fudge Brownies
Lemon Cheesecake Squares
Hawaiian
Luau Open House
Hawaiian Baked Ham with Pineapple Glaze with Hawaiian Rolls, Mango Mayonnaise and Fruited Dijon Mustard Boneless ham baked with a pineapple glaze, thickly sliced and served with soft Hawaiian rolls for guests to make little Sandwiches with. Served with our Mango-enhanced mayonnaise and Dijon mustard flavored with nectars of fruits.
Hawaiian Meatballs
Homemade with pineapple bits & green peppers, in a sweet
& sour BBQ sauce.
Teriyaki Chicken Kabobs
Island Pasta Salad
A colorful pasta salad with red, yellow & red pepper
strips, scallions, veggies,
cubes of spicy cheese and a tangy vinaigrette dressing.
Hula Slaw
Shredded cabbage, crushed pineapple & mini marshmallows
tossed with a creamy dressing.
BBQ Beans
Fiesta Fresh Fruit Platter
with Chocolate Fondue in a Pineapple Shell
Salads
For you to Choose From
Greek Pasta Salad
Feta, black olive, green pepper, tomato, cuke, scallion,
pasta & Lemon-Italian
vinaigrette
Garden Pasta Salad
Tomato, scallion, black olive, peas, Parmesan & Italian
vinaigrette.
Creamy Pasta Salad
Green olive, tomato, celery, peas, scallion, zesty sour
cream-mayo dressing.
Caesar Pasta Salad
Pasta, chopped Romaine
lettuce, Parmesan, croutons, Parmesan & Caesar
Dressing.
Garden Fresh Cheese
Tortellini Salad Cheese
tortellini, cuke, tomato & scallion with a Creamy
herb dressing. Our
favorite!.
Michigan Salad with
Raspberry Vinaigrette Spring
mix, dried cherries, Bleu cheese, red onion slivers and pecans with raspberry
vinaigrette.
Mixed Green Salad with
Variety Dressings
Spring mix, spinach leaves, tomato, cuke,
Homemade croutons and variety of dressings.
Coleslaw or Fruited
Coleslaw Regular
homemade coleslaw, or Fruited which has a yogurt dressing plus grapes, mandarin
oranges and
strawberries.
Red Skin Potato Salad
Has a sour cream, Dijon
and fresh dill dressing.
Golden Potato Salad
Loaded with crunchy veggies, potatoes are marinated first
then dressed with
A mustard-accented dressing.
Broccoli-Cauliflower
Salad Fresh
cut broccoli and cauliflower, peas, sunflower seeds,
raisins and red onion with a tangy and creamy dressing.
Cold Baked Beans
Loaded with flavor.
Relish Tray
Black & green olives, Variety pickles, carrot &
celery sticks.
Extras
to add to any menu
Add any of these items for
additional $ per person. It’s
fun to add a variety, and no need to order for the whole crowd!
Order minimum is 25 servings.
Buffalo Wings with Bleu
Cheese Dip
BBQ Meatballs
Chicken Nuggets with
Honey-Dijon Sauce & BBQ Sauce
Teriyaki Chicken Kabobs
Deviled Eggs
Hot Spinach-Artichoke Dip
with Homemade Pita Chips
Baked Black Bean Dip with
Tortilla Chips
Layered Nacho Dip with
Tortilla Chips
Thai Chicken Wontons, cold
Stuffed Mushrooms
For
more suggestions, Please ask for our entire appetizer menu!
Add
Hot Dishes to your Open House Buffet!
Hot Entrees
Available by the pan, most pans serve up to 12 guests.
Spaghetti with Meat Sauce
Greek Spaghetti with
Meatballs (Feta cheese & black
olives in the sauce)
Beef Lasagna
Vegetable Lasagna
Cheese Stuffed Shells
Beef Enchilada Bake
Spinach Enchiladas
Chicken Enchiladas
Greek Lemon Chicken
Parmesan Crumb Chicken
Cajun Chicken & Rice
Casserole
Chicken Mediterranean Bake
Old Fashioned Macaroni
& Cheese
Assorted Quiches
Please ask for our
dinner menu for a selection of sides, breads and more entrees.
Desserts
Each order cuts into 24
large pieces, or 48 smaller pieces
Rocky Road Brownies, Espresso Fudge Brownies, Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Brownies, Cheesecake Swirl Brownies
Brownies with Reese’s PB Chips, Salted Peanut Chews, Toffee Topped Brownies, Macaroon Brownies, Lemon Cheesecake Squares,
Cherry Cheesecake Squares, Magic Bars,
Fudgey Pecan Brownies
Chocolate Raspberry Bars
(60 pieces,)
Chocolate Oatmeal Peanut
Butter Bars swirled with white chocolate in school colors
School Spirit Cupcakes
Serve cup cakes (assorted flavors) frosted with icing in school colors.
We can even
decorate the tops with letters to spell out names when presented on platters.
Available
in orders of 2 dozen
(minimum 2 dozen per flavor)
Rocky Road Cup Cakes
Chocolate cupcakes frosted with chocolate icing, topped with mini
marshmallows and drizzled with milk chocolate, then mini chocolate chips.
minimum2 dozen - per
order
Chocolate Dipped
Marshmallows Drizzled
& decorated with white chocolate in school colors!
On a stick, platters of 30
Chocolate Dipped Pretzels Drizzled
& decorated with white chocolate in school colors!
Rods 2 dozen minimum
We have a full line of
cakes, cookies and pies, please ask to see our complete dessert menu!
Graduation
Cakes
¼ sheet cake Serves up to 20
½ sheet cake Serves up to 40
¾ sheet cake with filling Serves up to 60
Full sheet cake Serves up to 100
Flavors:
White, Chocolate, Marble, Yellow, Banana, Lemon, Strawberry.
***For extra fun, choose
two flavors for your graduation cake!
Frostings:
Our homemade Buttercream frosting is made with real butter, cream and
imported vanilla, and is whipped until super fluffy!
Chocolate Frosting:
We also do chocolate frosting for your chocolate lovers!
Suggestion:
Order two smaller cakes,
one cake with High School colors and a second cake with College colors!
Other Special cakes: 9x13” cakes, up to 24 servings.
Mexican Pineapple Cake
- A homemade yellow cake with crushed pineapple &
pineapple chunks baked in, frosted with a cream cheese icing. Garnished with fresh strawberries and mint leaves.
Pink Fru-Fru Cake
- A white cake marbled with strawerries. Frosted with our super fluffly
Fru-Fru pink icing, (a whipped cream & cream cheese icing that is ultra
light and fluffy) topped with whipped cream rosettes and fresh strawberries.
Any message can be written on the cake.
White Fru-Fru Cake
- Same as the pink Fru-Fru, but with white icing instead of
pink.
Refreshing
Punches
All punches come in a
pretty punch bowl with acrylic punch cups, napkins and a beautiful ice ring.
One order serves up to 40 guests. Available by the order
Sparkling Raspberry Punch
Lemon Orange Celebration
Punch
Pineapple Fizz Punch
Coffee
Service
Coffee drinkers are usually at a minimum at open houses, so normally your home coffeemaker will suffice for those who ask for coffee. However, we will provide coffee pumps full of decaf and/or regular coffee, along with cream and sugar and coffee cups, if your guest list requires quantities of coffee. We use freshly ground Beaner’s beans.
Ice
Tea and Lemonade
Pitchers of ice tea or lemonade with fresh lemon slices and ice are nice and refreshing during open houses.
PRESENTATION:
Standard
For ease in safe food
storage and clean-up, all of our trays of sandwiches and fruit and vegetable
platters arrive on pretty marble-look disposable deli trays with dome lids
(unless otherwise specified). Salads
arrive in tins which may be set over ice, or may be transferred to your salad
bowls.
Upgrade
For a more formal
presentation we will present all foods on our beautiful service pieces and salad
bowls. There is an additional fee for this
service, which includes a return trip for us to pick up the dishes the day
following your open house. We ask
that all dishes be returned clean.
DISPOSABLE
DISHES:
At no extra charge
Your open house comes
complete with standard disposable dishes. Standard
disposables include: foam-style dinner plates, mini foam cake plates, white
plastic forks, dinner napkins and cocktail-size napkins in your school colors.
Best Quality Upgrade
Upgrade to heavy-duty plastic Solo-brand plates in school colors, along with clear forks, dinner and cocktail napkins in your school colors, and colored heavy duty small plates in school colors.
Your
Open house foods will be prepared by our staff using the freshest,
Highest
quality foods available.
We
take great care to make sure everything is presented beautifully, using your
school colors in our packaging and presentation wherever possible.
On
delivery we will bring a menu or place cards to
Identify
the foods you are serving.
Please
have extra refrigerator space available to keep refills cold.
Be
sure to have plenty of water bottles on ice for your guests!
Order
by the Platter
All
platters are presented on marble-look disposable deli trays with dome lids.
Vegetable Platter
Seasonal vegetable assortment
with your choice of dips:
BLT Dip Fresh Dill Dip
Spinach Dip with Bread Bowl
Small 15-30 people
Medium
30-50 people
Large 50-75 people
Fruit Platter
Display of fresh season fruits
including pineapple, melons, berries & grapes
Small 15-30 people
Medium 30-50 people
Large 50-75 people
Classic Cheese Tray
Slices and cubes of Swiss,
Cheddar, Pepper Jack & CoJack.
Served with French Baguette Slices and Crackers
Small 15-30 people
Medium 30-50 people
Large 50-75 people
Exquisite Cheese Tray
Wedges of Brie, Smokey cheese,
Harvarti and other choice cheeses with fruit garnish, French baguette slices and
fine crackers.
Serves up to 40 guests
Sandwich Platters
Chicken Salad with Dried Michigan Cherries on Mini Croissants
Silver Dollar Sandwiches with Turkey, Ham, Roast Beef & Cheese
Mini Croissants with Turkey, Ham, Roast Beef & Cheese
Mini Roll-up Sandwiches
An assortment of flour
tortillas rolled around turkey, ham or roast beef along with 2 cheeses, lettuce
& tomato, cut into thirds.
Pricing and Policies
DEPOSIT:
A
$100 deposit is required to hold your date, it is nonrefundable.
The balance is due the day of the Open
House.
Cancellation: