Get Ready For St. Patrick’s Day!

Posted on February 29, 2016 by ccnyc10168

Looking to host a St. Patrick’s Day (March 17th) bash? Stress less and impress with a fully catered menu from your friends at Creative Concepts NYC! Our amazing Executive Chef Miguel Urrego has curated a delicious menu with all of your favorites from Hors D’oeurves to Main Course options. Email info@creativeconceptsnyc.com to get pricing and information!

Hors D’oeurves

Mini Reuben Sandwiches
Mini Shepard’s Pie
“Black and Tan” Pork Sliders with Spicy Ale slaw
Whiskey Glazed Chicken Wings
Beer Battered Cod with Chips with tartar sauce

Dill Salmon Cakes with horseradish Aioli

Main Course

Irish Pub Salad with pickled beets, cucumber, string beans, tomato, Irish cheddar, tarragon vinaigrette
Traditional Corn Beef and Cabbage
Shepherd’s Pie
Stout Braised Beef Stew
Vegetarian Stuffed Cabbage with bulgur, vegetables and tomato sauce
Roasted Brussel Sprouts with caramelized pearl onions
“Colcannon” creamy mash potato with kale and bacon

Roasted Rosemary New Potatoes with apple wood smoked bacon tossed with champagne vinaigrette
Irish Soda Bread
“Boxty” Traditional Irish Potato Pancake

Photo's Courtesy of: Uncle Jerry's Kitchen, All Recipes, Chow Hound, Clip Arts

Heirloom Vegetables

Posted on September 11, 2015 by ccnyc10168

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It’s harvest season!
Perfect time to grab the freshest of fruits and vegetables and make some truly delicious and unique dishes. When trying to decide what kinds of ingredients to use in your kitchen, it can be confusing to know what the right choice is. With words like Organic, Hybrid, GMO, Natural, and Heirloom on every sign, how do you decide what works best for you?

This past week, the CCNYC team went to the Union Square Farmers Market to learn a little more about what makes the best produce during harvest season. There was no contest, Heirloom Fruits & Vegetables are the most recommended and delicious selection around. But what makes a vegetable or fruit heirloom?

Generally speaking, it means the seeds are old, at least 50 years. They are in the purest state of the natural plant that we can find today. Because of this, there are some guidelines that all farmers must follow to keep their produce in the heirloom family. Such as, the planets can only be pollinated by natural process (insects, the wind, etc.) and must be planted a certain amount a part to make sure their is no GreenTomatoes possibility of creating hybrids.

The results of all these guidelines are beautiful, diverse, and delicious produce. Lorrie from Rise & Root Farm even said, “All store bought tomatoes taste like cardboard ever since I started eating heirloom tomatoes.”
Because it is a natural process, there is no way to predict what the produce will look like come harvest time. Which is why heirloom’s (especially tomatoes) are a variety of colors, sizes, and textures.

These beauties are definitely worth a try, use some Heirloom Fruits & Vegetables in your next home recipe!

Fun Fact:
Seeds are saved from each plant to be used again for the next season, some farms have been using the same seeds since WWII!

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National Siblings Day!

Posted on April 10, 2015 by ccnyc10168

Today is National Sibling Day! CCNYC wants to introduce you to our very own sibling power team, Miguel & Jeannette Urrego! Miguel is CCNYC Owner & Executive Chef while Jeannette is our Controller, together they create delicious food and magical events with heart and comfort. Some may think it would be hard to work with your sibling full time, especially when the younger brother is the owner! But these two make it seem easy and truly enjoy doing it. Though no one else in the family works at CCNYC, they do have a brother that has been a support and is always there to give a hand when his siblings need him.

Even apart, they are insync. Miguel & Jeannette grew up in a family of food and festivities. Growing up in a hispanic household, Miguel explains that, “it wasn’t a party unless there was good food.” As Children they would help their mom with dinner, Jeannette usually in setting up the table and making salads and Miguel helping cook side dishes such as rice.

Not so surprisingly, both of the Urrego siblings answered that their favorite activity to do with each other is barbecue! Along with watching movies or cooking, barbecuing is something that they both collaborate on and produce amazing dishes. It is a particular activity that is both family centric and able to create new creative recipes.

The biggest benefit that they both gain from working together is the support and security. They have each others backs no matter what, and have an ultimate trust toward each other. It creates a very unique relationship that

not all siblings achieve.

This strong family connection is part of what makes CCNYC so unique. All of our products, from food to decor, are based on a strong belief in the power of bring people together. We hope our team, including the power sibling, have the pleasure of creating one of these occasions for you in the near future. Happy National Sibling Day!