Any ideas for picnic food??

Allexie

The recent sunshine has made me start to think of picnics

I nearly always end up doing quiche/salads/breads...with avocado or grapefruit to start and trifle or profiteroles as the pud and its getting a bit boring.

Would love to hear of any interesting (and portable) ideas......:think:







*I once saw a telly-chef do a dish with a hollowed out loaf which was then filled with 'something?' - the lid was put back on and it was wrapped in clingfilm and a weight placed on top. Can anyone enlighten me *

Lucie_2

Mmmmmmm. Love picnics

We have done the squashed sandwich thing in the past:
Best bread is a ciabatta or a pain rustique type of thing - some thing reasonably big & flattish. Split in half (whole loaf)
Choose your filling - I like ham, mozzarela, tomatoes, onions but you can put whatever you like in. It needs to be quite full.
Squash down & wrap tightly in clingfilm. Put it in the fridge for a while under something heavy to compress it even more.
When you get to your picnic destination you can unwrap & cut into slices - stays together much better than normal sandwiches.
We also like cold cooked chicken legs & cold thingytail sausages.

Lillibet_2

Scotch eggs, chicken legs & sausage rolls are my picnic favourites. Also french bread & fillings to make up yourself , cherry tomatoes & a bottle of spritzer or bucks fizz to enjoy in the sun;)

Murtle

chips and dips
carrot sticks/cucumber/cauliflower florets and dips
pitta breads and fillings (either cut length ways or in half)
wraps - easy to make and easy to eat!!! Roasted veggies are great!
small pasties - easy to make yourself, and put whatever you want in them

can't think of anything else for now...but will post again if brain moves out of neutral!!!

squeaky

Perhaps try my recipe for my World Famous Sausage and Rice Salad

Lyndsay_21

chicken drumsticks/leg thingys cooked in the oven then eaten cold at picnic how about HM potato salad (yummy) or instead of sandwiches wraps instead

elona

Or stuffed pitta breads :j

Allexie

Lucie....

That sounds good....I'm sure I've seen a version made with something cooked...might have been oven roast veggies with olives and capers...that kind of thing..... might just have to experiment.....




Squeaks...

I like the sound of that too but I'm a veggie - wonder what I could substitute for the bangers...(don't say veggie-bangers... )



*why haven't you posted this in the recipes thingy with just a link here...like wot you told me to do???*

squeaky

Allexie wrote:

Squeaks...

I like the sound of that too but I'm a veggie - wonder what I could substitute for the bangers...(don't say veggie-bangers... )

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I thought you were a veggie judging by your posts in recipes, but I figured you would know of something you could substitute (nut cutlets) for the sausages.

I wasn't sure about posting it in recipes but I suppose I could. So when I've had a :coffee: I shall do exactly that

Allexie

squeaky wrote:

I thought you were a veggie judging by your posts in recipes, but I figured you would know of something you could substitute (nut cutlets) for the sausages.

Hmmm...I wonder...mini falafels, cubes of feta cheese, strips of char-grilled peppers.....

I'm really looking forward to the bank holiday week-end. Mind you, it will probably now!

Curry_Queen

Tamsin Day-Lewis did a roasted veggie summer salad type recipe that looked yum ... I'll look it out for you and post it to the recipe thread