Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Pond Hill Farm

Cooking with Chef Mary's Pond Hill Farm Webisode coming soon!

Monday, August 3, 2009

School Classes And Assembly


My interactive programs are a way to educate children and teach them about ways to make healthier decisions. As indicated in the attachments the program combines an educational talk, food science experiments, games and cooking demonstrations that is fun for all ages with an emphasis on learning how to make healthy decisions.

School Classes and Assemblies

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hailmarys@charter.net
By: Chef & Nutritionist Mary Payne Moran

Courses are connecting the Mind with the body, and teaching how to listen to your inner body about food.

Culinary Kids
Course Description-
Culinary Kids is a beginning cooking class that will allow your children to feel confidant and safe in the kitchen. They will learn the importance of food handling, beginning techniques, food science, how to cook real food that they will love, and most importantly have fun!
Cooking helps reinforce reading, writing, math, science and, of course, nutrition. It will help them to make good healthy choices for the rest of their life.

Vegetables or Not Here I Come
All School Assembly
An interactive course to teach children about making healthy choices to provide their daily amounts of vitamins and minerals- Cooking Demonstration, Food Science Experiment and Interactive Games. Running time 30-45 minutes.


College Level- University of Oklahoma October 8th
How to Eat Out of Your Dorm Room.
Teaching students how to avoid the Freshmen 15. Discussion on how to grocery shop, what snacks are best for late night studying, What will keep you going during the day when you have had a few hours of sleep and a cooking demonstration.

Adults-
How to make a healthier and spiritual meal and experience for your family.

Saturday, September 6, 2008

New Seasonal Party Menu!

February Menu

Appetizers-

  1. Chicken Quesadillas with avocado cream sauce
  2. Crostini with a white bean and roasted garlic puree
  3. Baked Brie with caramelized onions and french bread

Salads

  1. Grilled asparagus with lemon vinaigrette and shaved parmesan and chives
  2. Baby arugula with hearts of palm, marinated artichokes, grape tomatoes and champagne vinegar
  3. Shredded nappa cappage with pomelo supremes, almonds, raddichio and a citrus vinaigrette


Main Courses-

  1. Rustic winter tomato and sausage stew with garlic kale
  2. Beef bourginon with wild mushrooms potato leek gratin and sauteed kale
  3. Chicken and grapes with a tarragon cream sauce and green beans with almonds
  4. Grilled marinated pork tenderloin with a cherry glaze sweet potatoes and haricot vert

Desserts-

  1. Chocolate brioche bread pudding with vanilla bean ice cream
  2. Swedish chocolate pancakes with creme anglaise
  3. Home made Smores

Sunday, August 17, 2008

Our Mission Statement


Hail Mary's

Dedicated in offering the best service to families founded on the belief that food nurtures the soul. Improving the lives of others in the world of health and food.

Family Meals
Family meals are a comforting ritual for both parents and kids. Children like the predictability of family meals and parents get a chance to catch up with their kids. With more and more double-income families and children involved in numerous after-school and sports activities, the family dinner hour has disappeared. Hail Mary’s is a way to reconnect the family around the dinner table. Less time will be spent fusing over making dinner and more time engaging with your children, your spouse, and your friends.

Hail Mary’s
Has the highest standard in delivering quality meals, keeping up with the families busy schedules and making good nutrition a priority.

Cooking Classes



A fun evening of entertainment, food and wine pairing! Also available private in home cooking classes.
Classes Offered-


Spanish Tappas Party-

1. Paella
2. Brie with carmelized onion
3. Albondigas
4. Arroz con pollo
5. Seasoned Shrimp



Winter Feast-

1. Winter Salad-Mixed Greens, Mandarin Oranges, goat cheese, red onion, and balsamic vin
2. Braised short ribs
3. Parmesan Couscous
4. Hallah Bread Pudding


Summer Feast-

1. Prosciutto wrapped melon
2. Gazpacho
3. Lime Chicken
4. Oven Roasted Rosemary Potatoes


Something a Little Intimidating-

1. Lobster
2. Grilled Butterflied Lamb
3. Vegetable Quinoa
4. Chocolate Souffle


Chicken 5 ways-

1. Chicken milanese
2. Chicken Marsala
3. Coq Au Vin
4. Chicken Chili
5. Pan Roasted Boneless chicken


Super Bowl Party-

1. Boneless hot wings
2. Onion strings
3. Chicken parmesan sticks
4. Sausage and peppers
5. Chili
6. Crudite and blue cheese dressing from scratch
7. Artichoke dip


Southern Cooking-

1. Caesar Salad
2. Baked Mac and Cheese
3. Pork chop with apple chutney
4. Corn Gratin
5. Apple Cobbler


Italian Meal-

1. Antipasto Plate
2. Mixed Greens
3. Chicken parmesan and simple home made tomato sauce
4. Pesto tortellini
5. Tiramisu

Tuesday, March 11, 2008

Hail Mary's Catered Parties, Weddings, & Events


Appetizers

Catered Parties, Weddings, & Events (ideas)

1) Tray Passed Appetizers

  1. Smoked salmon with cream cheese, capers, red onion, dill on a rye toast point
  2. Seared marinated beef on a crostini with mache and crumbled bleu cheese
  3. Prosciutto wrapped fig with goat cheese
  4. Seared ahi tuna with wasabi crème fraiche in a wonton crisp
  5. Prosciutto With buffalo mozzarella and basil
  6. Chicken curry in a puff pastry shell
  7. Mushroom duxelle in a tartlet with a touch of mascarpone
  8. Polenta squares with Gruyere, rosemary, and topped with pancetta
  9. Gruyere puffs
  10. Flat bread pizza with bacon lardons, ricotta and Monterey jack, lemon zest, and caramelized onions
  11. Cheddar chive pancakes with smoked sausage and spicy mustard
  12. Crostini topped with tomatoes, artichoke, and bleu cheese
  13. Crab cakes with a basil aioli
  14. Crostini with oven roasted tomato, olive tapenade, and arugula
  15. Crab dip with crostini
  16. Spinach artichoke dip
  17. Broiled Rosemary Shrimp
  18. Sweet Bacon
  19. Vodka soaked tomatoes
  20. Prosciutto wrapped asparagus
  21. Blue cheese stuffed olives
  22. New potatoes with sour cream and caviar
  23. Lemon risotto cakes with marinara
  24. Lamb lolli-pops encrusted with walnuts brown sugar and mint
  25. Fried macaroni and cheese bites
  26. Chicken quesadillas
  27. Chicken satay
  28. Parmesan chicken skewers
  29. Boneless hot wing bites with blue cheese dipping sauce
  30. Wontons stuffed with corn, red pepper and topped with an onion marmalade
  31. Soy glazed chicken in lettuce cups
  32. Small tomatoes stuffed with goat cheese
  33. Seared Scallops with a roasted red pepper sauce
  34. Tomato soup and grilled cheese
  35. Crab cakes with lemon basil aioli

2) Placed Appetizers

  1. Vegetable crudités
  2. Tomato and goat cheese with ciabatta
  3. Spinach artichoke dip
  4. Crab dip
  5. Guacamole bar
  6. Quesadillas (vegetable, chicken)
  7. Hot wings with blue cheese sauce
  8. Grilled flat breads with cheese, caramelized onion, bacon lardoons, and arugula
  9. Grilled chicken tenders with a basil aioli
  10. Cheese platter
  11. Cheese fondue with bread and vegetable sides
  12. Albondigas
  13. Baked macaroni and cheese
  14. Hummus and melensalata with pita
  15. Crepe station



3) Salads

  1. BLT Salad, butter lettuce, avocado, bacon, blue cheese, tomatoes
  2. Wedge with blue cheese dressing
  3. Arugula salad with herbs mustard dressing
  4. Caesar salad
  5. Mixed baby greens with goat cheese, red onion, and candied pecans and mandarin oranges
  6. Endive, blue cheese, pear, candied walnuts, dried cherries, bleu cheese
  7. Green bean and cherry tomato salad with fresh shaved Parmesan
  8. Goat cheese encrusted with nuts on mixed baby greens with baby beets
  9. Grilled shrimp on a bed of baby spinach with fennel, Pine nuts, Parmesan crisp
  10. Arugula and mixed greens with roasted beets, goat cheese, and Curry dressing
  11. Mixed Greens, fennel, pomegranates
  12. Butter lettuce, shrimp and avocado with a Louis sauce
  13. Crab salad- bed of avocado, layer of fresh Dungeness crab, and gazpacho salsa
  14. Heirloom Tomato stack (when in season) with arugula and lemon vinaigrette
  15. Spinach Salad with soft boiled eggs, nicoise olives, bacon warm sherry vin
  16. Romaine and mixed greens with black beans, corn, roasted red peppers
  17. Butter lettuce with marinated mushrooms
  18. Endive, arugula, walnuts, blue cheese and apples and apple cider vinegar
  19. Butter lettuce salad with shredded napa cabbage with mushrooms, red peppers, & green onion
  20. Wild mushroom and green onion Thai salad over brown rice

4) Soups

  1. Chicken noodle
  2. Amber Ale Cheese Soup
  3. Butternut squash
  4. Gazpacho
  5. Tortilla
  6. Wild Mushrooms
  7. Cream of Broccoli
  8. Minestrone
  9. Black bean soup
  10. Wedding soup
  11. Chili
  12. White chili
  13. Ale and cheese soup
  14. Tomato, rice and cilantro
  15. Clam chowder
  16. Corn chowder
  17. Cauliflower
  18. Three potato
  19. Soup
  20. Tomato and spicy sausage soup



5) Main

Chicken and Turkey
  1. Marinated pan roasted boneless chicken
  2. Chicken with chimichurri
  3. Chicken Marsala
  4. Chicken paillard (pounded flat with bread crumbs)
  5. Chicken and dumplings
  6. Roast chicken
  7. Chicken Milanese
  8. Chicken Parmesan
  9. Stuffed chicken breast w/ roasted peppers, feta, basil, and kalamata olives
  10. Green chili chicken enchiladas
  11. Fajitas
  12. Seared chicken with a green olive salsa
  13. Turkey meatballs on a bed of spinach with a chanterelle sage sauce
  14. Chicken bowl with red peppers, broccoli, and basil pesto
  15. Chicken Pozole

Beef
  1. Braised bone in short rib
  2. My meat loaf
  3. Grilled filet crusted with black peppercorn with sautéed mushrooms
  4. Marinated hanger steak
  5. Grilled marinated tri tip with crumbled bleu cheese
  6. Grilled beef tenderloin
  7. Meat loaf
  8. Veal Marsala
  9. Osso Bucco
  10. Pot roast
  11. Black pepper encrusted filet, w/ artichokes, & mushrooms
  12. Grilled filet on top of marinated Portobello and roasted tomatoes

Fish
  1. Herb broiled halibut
  2. Crab salad
  3. Lobster salad
  4. Poached salmon
  5. Black pepper fennel crusted seared ahi tuna
  6. Miso black cod
  7. Paella
  8. Whole grilled salmon
  9. Blackened salmon
  10. Halibut with leaks and lemon zest
  11. Grilled tilapia with citrus vinaigrette
  12. Seared scallops
  13. Tomatoes and basil Sole with caper
  14. Spicy tomato salsa, broiled Chilean sea bass
  15. Mahi-Mahi (Dorado) with a salsa Verde
  16. Poached Salmon


Pork
  1. Pork tenderloin topped with blue cheese
  2. Stuffed pork tenderloin with red wine cherry glaze
  3. Roast pork with chimichurri
  4. Pulled pork with caramelized onion

Lamb
  1. Braised lamb shanks
  2. Rack of lamb crusted with mustard and breadcrumbs
  3. Marinated butterflied lamb


Pasta
  1. Lasagna
  2. Spaghetti and meatballs
  3. Fusili with portabello mushrooms, sundried tomato, artichokes
  4. Tortellini with pesto and diced tomatos

Tofu
  1. Tofu scramble stuffed in a Portobello mushroom
  2. Tofu with chimichurri
  3. Blackened tofu with raita sauce

6) Sides-

Potatoes
  1. Oven roasted fingerlings
  2. Jalapeno and potato hash
  3. Sweet potato hash
  4. Potatoes and leek au gratin


Vegetables
  1. Roasted root vegetables
  2. Green Beans wrapped in prosciutto broiled with sea salt
  3. Broccoli and almonds
  4. Broccoli with lemon zest
  5. Grilled asparagus
  6. Caramelized carrots
  7. Green beans with roasted garlic
  8. Steamed spinach
  9. Balsamic glazed brussel sprouts
  10. Stuffed mushrooms
  11. Stuffed squash
  12. Caramelized onions
  13. Julienne vegetables
  14. Caramelized carrots
  15. Grilled bok choy
  16. Green beans wrapped with prosciutto
  17. Grilled vegetables
  18. Tomato stuffed with spinach
  19. Tomato stuffed with vegetable quinoa
  20. Garlic sautéed kale
  21. Sauteed swiss chard
  22. Grilled artichoke (Seasonal)
  23. Stuffed artichoke (Seasonal)
  24. Julienne mixed vegetables

Grains and Pasta
  1. Penne pasta with lemon butter
  2. Saffron couscous
  3. Wild rice with cranberries and almonds
  4. Tortellini with wild mushrooms
  5. Vegetable cous cous
  6. Creamy polenta
  7. Polenta with wild mushrooms
  8. Parmesan couscous
  9. Macaroni and cheese
  10. Wild mushroom risotto
  11. Artichoke and lemon risotto
  12. White rice
  13. Brown rice
  14. Saffron rice
  15. Yellow rice
  16. Tomato rice
  17. Ginger rice
  18. Baked home fries with gremolata
  19. Parmesan cup filled with couscous and juliennes vegetables