Daughter of The King. Wife of Jonathan. Professional chef, caterer, and meal prep deliverer.
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Have a large group to feed? I’m your girl for a custom pickup order! 💛 My client took a whole mess of food to the lake for the weekend for her daughter’s 30th birthday gathering of 20+ friends and family! Dinner, breakfasts, salad, sides and desserts are all taken care of!
I have 4th of July extras!!
2 quarts of Mediterranean Pasta Salad- $15 each or $25 for both (SOLD!)
1 quart of Broccoli Slaw- $15
1 quart Corn-Feta-Black Bean Salsa- $15
1 quart Watermelon-Feta-Cucumber Salad- $12
Comment to claim- pickup at The Depot!
Steak Bites Marsala over Egg Noodles with roasted Asparagus 😍😋🤤
Another “What sounds yummy right now?” brainchild from last week’s menu! • BBQ glazed Pork Tenderloin with roasted Asparagus and Roasted Corn and Peach Salsa! 🍑🌽🍖
This dish from this week’s delivery was truly a product of me being starving and mentally putting something together that I was craving at the time. I was like “Ooooh some ranchy chicken sounds good… oh yes some summer sausage with it…. gotta have baby yellow potatoes!! Omg roasted tomatoes and zucchini yumm…. sweet roasted yellow peppers and purple onion sounds divine… but so does roasted broccoli and carrots!” So there you go. Threw it on the menu, threw it all together on a pan, and voila! A summery masterpiece, if I may say so!! 😋😋😋
Voodoo Blackened Chicken with Caramelized Onion and Crawfish Cream Sauce, Bacon, and Balsamic drizzle over Mashed Potatoes and roasted Green Beans.
Oh yes. I did.
I was honestly a little worried that my clients would open their meals and go “Blehh!” The colors weren’t really poppin’ on this dish. So I was beyond tickled to get messages like these almost simultaneously from two different clients. 🥰 • Pesto-Roasted Salmon with Lemony Sundried Tomato, Basil, and Feta Orzo
Do any of The Marketplace Café fans remember these old favorites?! • Summer Sangria Salad with Champagne Vinaigrette 🍓🫐🍇🍎🥂 • Southern Peach and Pecan Salad with Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette (One of my clients, Michelle, added flank steak to hers!!) 🍑🍯🥗🥩
The Depot kitchen smelled like a proper Thai restaurant on Monday! This Coconut-Lime-Curry-Basil Chicken (with Garlic Butter Naan) was quite yummy!! 💛🥥🌿🍋🟩🥘
Sorry not sorry!! Actually… I’m a little sorry for anyone who didn’t order one of these beauties this week! • Grilled Steak and Peach Salads with Pickled Onion, crumbled Bleu, and Honey Balsamic Vinaigrette 💙🍑🥩
“Mississippi Meatballs” with Mashed Potatoes and Asparagus • the viral Mississippi Pot Roast meets Meatballs! Cant wait for my clients to try it this week! • The Depot
Shrimp Salad is here for the summer!! This has been a Hale/McLeod/Dean family favorite for probably close to 20 years now! Buy it by the pound or as individual lunch boxes with spring mix and a croissant! Take it home, eat it with crackers, on a bed of greens, in a hollowed out tomato, on sourdough bread, or straight out of the tub with a spoon… You just can’t go wrong!
This week’s MVP! Garlic Butter Tenderloin Steak Bites with roasted New Potatoes and roasted Broccoli (well, actually, every time I put it on the menu it’s the MVP! Nothing new here 😅)
Yall come find me at Mastin Lake Disc Golf Course! Probably out here until 2:00, weather permitting.
I’m parked in front of the baseball field/batting cages! I have lots of Chef Margaret’s No-Mento Cheese, Lemon and Rosemary Hummus, and Pita Chips! 💛
“Jonnie’s Sauce” continued…. The perfect marriage (get it?!) of HIS sauce and HERS cheesy-stuffed shells! We had to bake a test batch, of course 😉
Every good Italian boy should come programmed with a family “Sauce” recipe! My hubby has been asking me to put his sauce on my menu and see if my clients like it! Well, thankfully I have the power to make those decisions, and this week, 25 clients said “Yes, please!” to our Cheesy Stuffed Shells with “Jonnie’s Sauce” menu offering! ❤️🤌🏼🇮🇹 You guys are in for a treat. He takes this job dang serious! He’s had it cooking on our (home) stove for hours. I wish you could smell the garlic and onions!!
Such a fun menu for both teens and adults alike!
(I did not provide the sweets, but the table is too cute not to share!!)
I (and my clients!!) have been sharing some sinfully delicious things from my menu here lately….
but the healthy items deserve some attention, too! I try to have a little something for everyone in your house… kid/teen friendly meals along with a plethora of items for the moms and dads who may be watching their diet a bit more!
I have (4) quarts of Creamy Ranch Chicken Pasta Salad and (4) quarts of marinated fruit salad available for pickup at The Depot tomorrow and Saturday! • $15 each
Comment or message me to claim yours! 💕
Sent out an adorable order of 25 boxes lunches this morning for a ladies’ Bible study group! At The Depot 🫶🏼😋🙏🏼
“Chef Margaret’s Favorite Steak Salad” • one of the handful of things I put on the menu just because I want it myself 😂
Tenderloin steak bites, mixed greens, blue cheese, cherry tomatoes, cucumber, pecans, and Honey Balsamic vinaigrette!
Move over, Chicken! There’s a new Piccata in town. Salmon Piccata on Dill Mashed Potatoes…. ummm YES.
So many of our menu items are Gluten Free! Some people hear “Gluten Free” and think “ick…” They think of weird substitutes for the real deals.
But this here is Grilled Flank Steak with Cowboy Butter, roasted New Potatoes, and roasted Asparagus. No “ick” about it!! Pesto roasted Salmon, Lemon-butter Shrimp, Prosciutto and Mozzarella-stuffed Chicken, Taco-stuffed Peppers, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Steak Salads… all of these things are just naturally without Gluten.
If you suffer with Gluten allergies and sensitivities, don’t worry. I got you ☺️🫶🏼
An oldie but a goodie 🥰 she’s a 3/10 on presentation (it’s not her fault she’s monochromatic), but a 10/10 on deliciousness! • The Depot
Can I tell yall a little God story? Yes? Cool. I was going to anyways 🥰 LONG post alert.
I guess it was mid-summer last year. My husband and I were searching for a commercial kitchen so I could get licensed/permitted and start working here in Springville/Trussville. I called everywhere you could think of, one “no” after the next.
We were suggested to a vacant kitchen that was once a bar/restaurant. IYKYK. The owner of the building was a SUPER nice guy. We met him multiple times, loosely agreed upon things, and he gave us the green light to get going. But… the vacant kitchen was vacant in every way. It was going to require many tens of thousands of dollars on our end to outfit. But, we were pressing on.
The day came where I had nothing on my schedule but to go over there and start cleaning. My trunk loaded with cleaning supplies. And sitting in my car to head over… I was halted. I have never quite had a halt in my spirit so strong. I couldn’t make myself turn the car on and go. Told my husband. He says “You okay babe? Are you just tired? You love to clean.” I didn’t know why in the moment, and I had a hard time explaining then that I just knew in my bones I wasn’t supposed to go there. And we weren’t supposed to move forward.
More months go by. We keep praying. I call more people. Start calling and showing up to churches to see if they’ll let me rent their kitchens. More “no”s. We’re like “Okay God… we listened. But now what? Where the heck do You want us to go?!”
My sister-in-law (who has worked with me since 2021) has a friend involved with Faith Community Fellowship. Out of the blue on a random Tuesday in November, she told me she had a lead on a kitchen in a brand new facility… The Depot. I had not heard of it, but jumped to text Hayden. We quickly set up a meeting, quickly agreed on terms, and I signed a lease as fast as I could!
Meanwhile, I had major arm/wrist reconstruction surgery before Christmas. I was out of work and rehabilitating for three months. Out of work equals no income on my part. (I don’t get PTO or sick days or workers comp!) It’s almost like God knew 😉 that was coming down the pipe, and spending thousands of dollars on kitchen equipment would have been pretty painful alongside the costs of surgery and PT, coupled with months of no income from me.
So back to The Depot….
I learn that I am going to be sharing space with Kind + Kups Coffee as well as Lacy, who makes the lunches for the kids and teachers of Heritage Christian Academy every day. Me… being pretty OCD/perfectionist and liking things done a certain way… I was worried. I was worried about having to dance around each other. Worried about having enough space. Worried about personalities clashing. Also worried about having help cooking and delivering… because at the time I signed up for this space, my sister-in-law decided to go have a baby (😂🥰🙏🏼) and my mother-in-law (my other helper) had a knee replacement.
But God. BUT GOD!!!! 🗣️
Working at The Depot has just been a God-thing from day one. Not only does “dancing around each other” not cause problems, it’s the biggest blessing!! Lacy (who was also worried about me coming in to her work space!) has become such a precious friend I never knew I needed, and the two of us work together flawlessly and help each other out daily. What I thought was going to be a hindrance has turned out to be the biggest PERK of working there. And one of my best friends Amber just happened to be available to help me on my cooking/delivering days. Also such a God-thing.
The kitchen is a dream. The people are so fun. The environment suits me and what I do so perfectly. I am so happy to be a part of The Depot tenant family (shout out to the awesome people of Performfit Studios too!! Our journey together is just beginning! 🙏🏼)
I’m just so grateful for what God has done for me here. I’m so thankful He redirected me to where I was supposed to be.
I’m pretty excited for all the folks who ordered the Peach-Bourbon-Hot Honey Salmon Bites!! and I each tasted a nugget of it and we were both verrry happy about it. This is going to be in the rotation, fo sho. Sweet heat, comin atcha!! 😮💨😋🔥🍯🐟
A classic- Honey Ham and Swiss Sliders going out for a sweet baby shower! • The Depot
Springville, AL
35146
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So many of our menu items are Gluten Free! Some people hear “Gluten Free” and think “ick…” They think of weird substitutes for the real deals. But this here is Grilled Flank Steak with Cowboy Butter, roasted New Potatoes, and roasted Asparagus. No “ick” about it!! Pesto roasted Salmon, Lemon-butter Shrimp, Prosciutto and Mozzarella-stuffed Chicken, Taco-stuffed Peppers, Garlic Mashed Potatoes, Steak Salads… all of these things are just naturally without Gluten. If you suffer with Gluten allergies and sensitivities, don’t worry. I got you ☺️🫶🏼
Chef Margaret’s No-Mento Cheese is back!! Prepping one of many signature items for our showcase event on Thursday! The Depot
Just a snippet of what’s to come- coming March 2024 to Trussville, Argo, and Springville! Based at The Depot 🫶🏻👩🏽🍳🔪🔥🍽️ #chefmargo #mealdelivery #mealprep #gourmet #nomnom
