Any ideas for picnic food??

KarrieBee

Would soup be an option as it is still very chilly? or are you after more romantic suggestions?!

dronid

Something spicy would be good. Maybe a Potato Salad with some frankfurters adn some finely chopped chilli?

Cinny91

Not after romantic, I'm far too clumsy to try romantic!

We only have one small flask in the house, which wouldn't hold enough soup to feed us both.
I baked some cookies last night so will be taking a 2 of those each, but two cookies clearly don't make a meal!

dronid - that sounds yummy! I think we have some chillis left over from making nigellas red chilli jam so I'd only have to get the frankfurters.

Will be taking carrot sticks and hummus as well, will see if I can find a bigger flask for some soup as I could do with one for work anyways! Best get a list of ideas sorted.

Pink.

Hi Cinny,

These threads should give you some inspiration:

Autumn / winter Picnic

Any ideas for picnic food??

I'll add your thread to the first one later to keep the suggestions together.

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angelavdavis

How about some lovely coronation chicken?

KarrieBee

You've inspired me now cinny as i've just seen the weather will be good tomorrow and i'm planning to drag OH for a walk better go and finishing knitting my hat as it will be brass monkeys out on the moors even with the sunshine!

Cinny91

thank you pink-winged!! And I'm glad I could inspire someone! Going to have a look in the cupboards when I get home and see what I can find. All I have on my list atm is hummus to dip carrot sticks in!

hullight

As it's getting warmer now and lots of us will be heading out for picnics, does anyone have any recipes for nice food to take? Hopefully there will be some foods that stay fresh in the heat and won't get damaged when it's moved!

I'll start with one that you will either love or hate - olives! Copied from some I got at Boots...

Get some green olives, drain them if needed, coat them with sunflower oil, add crushed chilli, chopped garlic, a little bit of basil and some salt. Mix it all up and you've got a tasty snack! You can adjust the amounts of seasoning depending on your taste. Don't forget the breath mints though...and watch the fat content with all that oil!

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Hi hullight,

That sounds lovely! I've added your post to the main thread on picnic food to keep the ideas together.

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Gigervamp

When my kids were small and we used to go on picnics, I'd take a french loaf, a pack of babybels, a pack of soft cheese, bag of grapes, packet of crisps each and a drink each. No preparation needed, easy to carry, no lugging of plastic containers and coolboxes. It was great!