Personal Chef Services
At Lavender Culinary Services, we specialize in creating meals that are tailored to your individual needs and preferences. Our chefs will come to your home and work with you to transform your kitchen into a sacred space, where we craft nourishing meals to support your journey toward optimal health. We use local, organic and sustainable ingredients to ensure the highest quality of nutrition in every dish.
We believe in taking a holistic approach to nourishment, which is why we strive to not only provide delicious, home-cooked meals but also a space to explore ways of healing through food.
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If you prefer to have your meals delivered, we also offer a prepared meal delivery service. We work with you to custom-design nourishing, balanced meals and deliver them right to your refrigerator with heating instructions.
Breakfast
Warm Spiced Quinoa Porridge
A comforting blend of cooked quinoa, almond milk, cinnamon, cardamom, and a touch of honey, topped with sliced almonds and fresh berries
Sunrise Breakfast Bowl
Eggs, Sauteed Spinach, Mushrooms, Sundried Tomatoes, Fresh Herbs
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Baked Oatmeal with Honey and Fresh Berries
Lunch
Roasted Seasonal Root Vegetable Salad
Tossed With Lemon Juice, Safflower Oil and Honey
Italian White Bean Soup with Chard
Served with Crusty Wheat Bread with Ghee
Grilled Salmon with Mango-Tomato Salsa
Served Over Herbed Quinoa
Dinner
Orange-Ginger Chicken Breast
Served with Crispy Kale and Buttered Brown Basmati Rice
Roasted Eggplant, Tomato and Smoked Mozzarella Tart
Served with Little Gem Salad with Herb Vinaigrette
Pan-Seared Local Fish with Pine Nuts and White Wine Lemon Herb Sauce
Served with Herb-Roasted Fingerling Potatoes and Honey-Glazed Carrots
“It is not easy to please so many people with so many different dietary restrictions, needs, and desires, I speak from experience as the mother of 4 and my own culinary background.
She handled all of our delightful, crazy, chaos with calm, grace, and creative adaptable menus.”
— JEANNE D.
“Mary’s professionalism and creativity with food is extraordinary. She puts passion into her menu planning and cooking, where the presentation and flavors meld into an organic whole that stimulates the palate and pleases the eye.
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Mary is extremely sensitive to the special dietary needs of the individual, tailoring her menu to enable the best experience possible.”
— JACQUELINE ERNST-SMITH, MS RDN
ServSafe Certified by the National Restaurant Association
Seafood choices are selected based off the current Monterey Bay Seafood watch guide.
Member of the
American Culinary Federation
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