KATHY'S HOMEMADE GOURMET LUNCHES - JAMAICA TOURIST ISSUE 14
Montego Bay’s corporate world, individuals and visitors have embraced the innovative and healthy lunches offered by ‘Homemade Gourmet’ Kathy Dear. With a nice range of salads, sandwiches, pastas and sweet treats, Kathy’s healthy menu of freshly made delights has been welcomed with open arms. Just call Homemade Gourmet to have your mouthwatering meal delivered for free anywhere from Rose Hall to Round Hill with a great smile, just in time for lunch.
Like so many other Montegonians, Kathy got tired of the usual offerings of chicken, rice and peas or burgers for lunch. “I saw the need for alternative lunch options,” remembers the trained masseuse. Taking matters in her own hands, Kathy started by doing extensive research about recipes and clients’ needs and began to craft her extensive menu. “Once I come up with a new idea, I present the dish to my family. They are the judges of my new creations,” she adds with a smile.
Kathy inherited her love for cooking from her mother Denise. When she went to Canada to study esthetics, she earned some extra cash working in her cousin’s catering business. Starting out as a waitress, she quickly moved into the kitchen making pies, sandwiches and lasagna. With two girls ages 9 and 6, Kathy has picked up the teacher’s mantle. “Right now, I'm passing my knowledge on to my daughters Skylar and Ella. I would love to do a small cooking class for kids in the future,” she explains.
Homemade Gourmet’s healthy options have proved to be menu favorites; “The most popular items are the “‘Fit and Fabulous’ and ‘Apple Walnut’ salads,” says Kathy. ‘Fit and Fabulous’ is a healthy mixture of salad, string beans, olives and tuna in a white wine vinaigrette, while ‘Apple Walnut’ includes salad, crisp apple, walnuts and grilled chicken and a red wine vinegar vinaigrette. Both can be ordered with an 8” baguette on the side.” She continues, “Other ‘green’ choices are my delicious salads including the Bok Choy Salad done two different ways, the Mandarin Salad, Greek Salad and the Oriental Salad with chicken.”
Sandwich options include Roast Beef Au Jus with melted provolone on a baguette or Jamaican cocobread, or traditional favorites such as Roasted Chicken, Ham & Swiss Cheese, Tuna salad, Meatball sub and Egg salad on white or whole wheat baguette. The recent menu addition of traditional Jamaican escoveitched fish served on cocobread comes highly recommended and is also available on salad. “I wanted to add some Jamaican flair to the menu,” explains Kathy.
Many clients are having a hard time resisting Kathy’s homemade lasagna with meat sauce, béchamel sauce and melted cheese and people with a sweet tooth have long since discovered her irresistible pumpkin and banana bread loaves. Refreshing lemonade and ice tea are available to quench your thirst.
Says Lyn Langford, Vice President of ACS at the Montego Bay Freeport, “As the largest international call centre in Jamaica, we have a great deal of visitors. Our clients visit us from all over the US for meeting purposes, and Homemade Gourmet is one of our visitors’ favorite lunch options. The menu offers our clients a great selection, and the food is always fresh and pleasing to the pallet. Keep up the great work Kathy!”
Homemade Gourmet creates individual menus for people with special health or dietary needs. If you are looking for a break from cooking, order a whole vegetable or beef lasagna, or pizza dough to create your own pizza. Join Kathy’s mailings list to get your update on specials.
Call 399-2460 or email your order to kathyann.dear@gmail.com by 10:30 am for free lunch deliveries from Rose Hall to Round Hill.
Like so many other Montegonians, Kathy got tired of the usual offerings of chicken, rice and peas or burgers for lunch. “I saw the need for alternative lunch options,” remembers the trained masseuse. Taking matters in her own hands, Kathy started by doing extensive research about recipes and clients’ needs and began to craft her extensive menu. “Once I come up with a new idea, I present the dish to my family. They are the judges of my new creations,” she adds with a smile.
Kathy inherited her love for cooking from her mother Denise. When she went to Canada to study esthetics, she earned some extra cash working in her cousin’s catering business. Starting out as a waitress, she quickly moved into the kitchen making pies, sandwiches and lasagna. With two girls ages 9 and 6, Kathy has picked up the teacher’s mantle. “Right now, I'm passing my knowledge on to my daughters Skylar and Ella. I would love to do a small cooking class for kids in the future,” she explains.
Homemade Gourmet’s healthy options have proved to be menu favorites; “The most popular items are the “‘Fit and Fabulous’ and ‘Apple Walnut’ salads,” says Kathy. ‘Fit and Fabulous’ is a healthy mixture of salad, string beans, olives and tuna in a white wine vinaigrette, while ‘Apple Walnut’ includes salad, crisp apple, walnuts and grilled chicken and a red wine vinegar vinaigrette. Both can be ordered with an 8” baguette on the side.” She continues, “Other ‘green’ choices are my delicious salads including the Bok Choy Salad done two different ways, the Mandarin Salad, Greek Salad and the Oriental Salad with chicken.”
Sandwich options include Roast Beef Au Jus with melted provolone on a baguette or Jamaican cocobread, or traditional favorites such as Roasted Chicken, Ham & Swiss Cheese, Tuna salad, Meatball sub and Egg salad on white or whole wheat baguette. The recent menu addition of traditional Jamaican escoveitched fish served on cocobread comes highly recommended and is also available on salad. “I wanted to add some Jamaican flair to the menu,” explains Kathy.
Many clients are having a hard time resisting Kathy’s homemade lasagna with meat sauce, béchamel sauce and melted cheese and people with a sweet tooth have long since discovered her irresistible pumpkin and banana bread loaves. Refreshing lemonade and ice tea are available to quench your thirst.
Says Lyn Langford, Vice President of ACS at the Montego Bay Freeport, “As the largest international call centre in Jamaica, we have a great deal of visitors. Our clients visit us from all over the US for meeting purposes, and Homemade Gourmet is one of our visitors’ favorite lunch options. The menu offers our clients a great selection, and the food is always fresh and pleasing to the pallet. Keep up the great work Kathy!”
Homemade Gourmet creates individual menus for people with special health or dietary needs. If you are looking for a break from cooking, order a whole vegetable or beef lasagna, or pizza dough to create your own pizza. Join Kathy’s mailings list to get your update on specials.
Call 399-2460 or email your order to kathyann.dear@gmail.com by 10:30 am for free lunch deliveries from Rose Hall to Round Hill.
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