Lynn Flower's Outer Banks Personal Chef


Sample Menus

Menus from the Heart 

The best menus are the ones that bring together your heart's desire with the creativity of an experienced chef. Here's a handful of our mouth-watering menus to get you started....

Fish ... Fabulous Fish!!

The Outer Banks is famous for its fabulous fresh fish.  And if you are a fish lover... you've hit the jackpot.  

A Heavenly Salad, the abundance of the Sea and Brownie Cake with Peanut Caramel Sauce!

Tomato tart on greens with a lite vinaigrette and roasted leaks. 

Southwestern dry rubbed local fish - pan sautéed with white wine and lime with avocado-tomato salsa, sweet corn fritters and roasted poblano pepper sauce.

Warm dark Chocolate brownie cake with peanut caramel sauce and vanilla ice cream. 

A Sweet Salad, Coconut-Crusted Fish and Ice Cream Pie...ahhhh!

Warm lemon vinaigrette marinated grilled asparagus, sweet pepper & Vidalia onion salad with pistachios served on a bed of chopped spinach.

Toasted coconut-crusted NC fish, oven-roasted and served with cilantro-studded jasmine rice, snow pea & Spring vegetable sauté with a ginger passion-fruit beurre blanc.

S'mores ice cream pie - a graham cracker and almond crust filled with coffee ice cream layered with hot fudge and topped with caramelized marshmallows.

Asparagus Soup, Chopped Salad, Almond Crusted Local Fish... with Frozen Lemon Souffle

Creamy asparagus soup with a chopped asparagus salsa and shaved Manchego cheese.

"Old School" chopped summer salad - an array of the season's best vegetables finely chopped and served with a creamy garden chive ranch dressing.

Delicately almond crusted local fish pan sautéed with a Grand Marnier butter sauce, Organic wild & brown rice mix and summer vegetables.

Frozen lemon souffle.


Sexy Seafood?

If you love seafood, it's a sensual delight!  Here's several of our favorite menus to tantalize your palate! 

Sassy Salad, Pan Sauteed Scallops and Chocolate Roulade!

Warm raspberry-shallot dressed chopped romaine salad with sun dried cranberries, apples, crumbled goat cheese and walnuts.

Pan seared NC Sea Scallops with grilled pineapple, ginger salsa on toasted orzo shrimp and vegetable salad plus lime vinaigrette.

Chocolate mocha roulade, a chocolate genoise (sponge cake) filled with a espresso spiked chocolate mousse topped with whipped cream.

Salad a Top Italian Flatbread, Pesto NC shrimp, Grilled vegetables and Strawberry Ice Cream Pie.  Wow!

Freshly baked Italian flat bread with extra-virgin olive oil, garden herbs and Asiago cheese topped with a chopped romaine salad dressed with red wine vinaigrette topped with a tomato fresh mozzarella salsa. 

Pesto drenched NC Shrimp on creamy Fontina cheese polenta with lots of grilled vegetables and a balsamic syrup.

Triple strawberry ice cream pie with a almond graham cracker crust filled with strawberry & vanilla bean ice cream topped with a strawberry meringue & fresh strawberries.

Fresh Summer Salad, Jumbo Lump Crab Cakes, and Peach Short Cakes.

Peach BBQ shrimp on greens with summer corn, black beans, grilled Vidalias, fried tortilla strips and sunflower seeds and a southwestern vinaigrette dressing.

Jumbo lump NC crab cakes coated in Panko then pan sautéed-served with lemon herb cous cous, sautéed snow peas & sweet peppers plus summer fruit salsa.

Crystallized ginger shortcakes with brown sugar peaches and whipped cream (IN SEASON).

Sea scallops, Potato Pancakes, sour cream followed by Chocolate Souffles with whipped cream.  Gosh!

Baby mixed greens tossed in a balsamic vinaigrette and topped with a warm

honey & walnut encrusted goat cheese medallion, sun dried cherries and sweet peppers.

Black pepper rubbed & cast  iron seared NC sea scallops on a shaved cucumber-Vidalia onion salad with a rustic grated potato pancake and lemon-herb sour cream.

Individual chocolate souffles with whipped cream.

Summers best tomatoes with Mozzarella, Hatteras Steamed Clams, bacon-wrapped shrimp and Grand Marnier Mousse Cake with Raspberry Sauce.

Caprese -summers best tomatoes layered with basil marinated fresh mozzarella, on greens with balsamic and toasted pine nuts.

Hatteras clams-steamed in white wine with lots of garlic, lemon, parsley and crushed red pepper+grilled garlic rubbed bread.

Apple wood smoked bacon -wrapped NC shrimp- glazed with peach BBQ and fire grilled, served with a black bean cheddar cake, wilted baby spinach and caramelized onions.

Frozen grand marnier mousse cake with an almond crust and raspberry sauce.








Pastaaaaahhh!  Italian cuisine!  Yumm!

Chef Flowers favorite food group: Italian cuisine!  Here's several of our special meals, all served with Crusty Italian Bread made in our kitchens.

Your choice of Hand-Rolled Pasta ... with North Carolina shrimps, and scallops and summer sides... and oh yes, Tiramisu

Imported prosciutto wrapped melon on baby spinach with a sherry vinaigrette and Parmesan.

Hand-rolled bow tie pasta tossed with baby spinach and summer vegetables, cast iron seared sea scallops and NC shrimp tossed in a summer pesto with chopped tomatoes and toasted pine nuts.

OR

Hand-rolled fettuccine with garlic drenched NC shrimp, grilled vegetables and a grilled Smokey tomato cream sauce - finished with shaved Locatelli Romano.

OR

Hand-rolled linguine, tossed with a roasted garlic cream, NC Shrimp and scallops, steamed broccoli, roasted red peppers and Manchego cheese.

Followed by Classic Tiramisu - marsala & espresso soaked lady fingers, layered with a mascarpone custard and whipped cream. 


How about putting some meat on the table?

Tender Tenderloins and Blueberry cobbler

Roasted garlic souffle on baby mixed greens with light champagne vinaigrette.

Herb encrusted pork tenderloin grilled then sliced with a sweet raspberry glaze, grilled summer vegetables, homemade spaetzle (rustic german egg noodles) tossed with lemon, butter and herbs.

Brownie trifle Double chocolate chunk brownies layered with homemade chocolate pudding and whipped cream.

Indulgent Salad Topped with Pastry, Stuffed Chicken Breasts & Blueberry Cobbler!

Sausage and feta hand pies in a very flaky crust on baby arugula salad.

Jalapeno corn bread and monteray jack stuffed chicken breasts over buttermilk mashed potatoes with green chile, summer corn & vegetable sauté.

Warm blueberry cobbler with French vanilla ice cream.

Fried Eggplant on Salad, Beef Tenderloin & Baked Alaska...Yummy!

Fried eggplant stacks with mozzarella, a touch of red sauce and a side of greens.

Whole filet of beef tenderloin, fire grilled, and sliced with a burgundy butter sauce, oven fries topped with cheddar and bacon plus grilled asparagus and Vidalias.

Individual baked Alaska with a homemade brownie, vanilla & chocolate ice cream, caramelized meringue & hot fudge.


Have you got room for Hors d'Oeuvres?

Hard to believe that you could possibly want an Hors d'Oeuvre  on top of these

fabulous dinners... and you are on the Outer Banks to enjoy... so  roll these ideas around on your palate and see if need to resist a sumptuous appetizer:

  • Potato pancakes with dill creme fraiche
  • Blini with cherry preserves and creme fraiche
  • Petite pan sauteed crab cakes with jumbo lump NC crab and red pepper remoulade
  • Sea scallops crusted with Tuscan vegetable, pesto & Asiago
  • Shrimp skewered with a snow pea and red pepper & drizzled with a lemon-zest infused extra-virgin olive oil
  • Fresh mozzarella, tomato and olive skewers 
  • Sweet potato rosti with citrus yogurt dipping sauce
  • Rustic filo cups filled with shrimp relish
  • Zucchini parmesan fritters with tomato concasse
  • Black bean, cheddar, jalapeno cakes - panko crusted and pan sauteed - with cilantro sour cream
  • Wild mushroom & caramelized onion bruschette finished with black truffle oil
  • Tuscan flatbread with wilted baby spinach, fresh mozzarella, tomatoes, basil and garlic