Any ideas for picnic food??

Chris25

celery is really good value at the moment too - perhaps add that to your veggie sticks? and what's left can be made into soup.

frittata? I find this great for picnics as you can either make it before you go and eat it just warm or make it beforehand and have it chilled.

could you use the other half of the cake mix to make little buns and then pipe on top the initials of the children?

23rdspiral

um, Nuala is right - twinks hobnobs are probably the cheap and yummy and homemade with oats...

if youv'e got cucumber, and garlic, then you could make a simple dip by chopping them and adding to plain yougurt (asda/sainsburys value range about 47p for big tub) for tzitziki (sorry, dont know how to spell - the greek dip), or omit the garlic and add mint for an indian style raita. they are the cheapest yummiest dips i know.

i also often either make or cheat a mixed bean salad - soak, cook, add oil, vinegar and herbs or get a can from supermarket for about 50-70p

oh, i'm going for a birthday picnic on saturday, so thanks for the prompt to plan early!!

debtmuncher

if you have some fruit make a fruit base cake....think there is a couple of recipes at the grocery challenge post that you can adapt. kind of like a pineapple upside down pudding. you would probably need to use the full cake mixture. packet mixes are usually tight on quantitities. actually on second thoughts if you have a small enough dish/tin you could just the one portion

what stuff do you actually have in the kitchen at the mo? if you have a sausage and a egg you could make yourself a scotch egg. would be good if you could update us on your current stocks.

nothing wrong with a cheese sandwich, add another filling to it if you can. do you have mayonnaise? if so mix a wee bit of chopped onion in some spread it on your cheese add some lettuce. tastes yummy. pickles...do you have any in?

daska

What about a Weetabix cake? Tends to go down well with adults and kids, no eggs to bump up the cost and reasonably healthy. 1oz of sugar seems optimum after several dozen experiments with some and none! You can spread it with butter if you want or leave it plain and eat toasted for breakfast on Sunday if there's any left.

4 weetabix
8oz self raising Flour
1oz Sugar
Coriander )
Cinnamon ) Ground
Nutmeg )
6oz dried fruit
½ pint Milk

Crush weetabix and combine with the other dry ingredients. Mix in the milk. Cook at 170C for about 30-40 minutes until a skewer comes out clean

(with thanks and acknowlegements to choccyface and all the other versions posted here)

Mrs_Thrify

daska wrote: »

What about a Weetabix cake? Tends to go down well with adults and kids, no eggs to bump up the cost and reasonably healthy. 1oz of sugar seems optimum after several dozen experiments with some and none! You can spread it with butter if you want or leave it plain and eat toasted for breakfast on Sunday if there's any left.

4 weetabix
8oz self raising Flour
1oz Sugar
Coriander  )
Cinnamon  ) Ground
Nutmeg  )
6oz dried fruit
½ pint Milk

Crush weetabix and combine with the other dry ingredients. Mix in the milk. Cook at 170C for about 30-40 minutes until a skewer comes out clean

(with thanks and acknowlegements to choccyface and all the other versions posted here)

Thanks Dsska, will try and cook the cake too, just putting the weetabix on the shopping list.

Mrs_Thrify

Hiya, have a great time.
My list is a savery flan or scotch eggs or wholemeal roll. Strawberry yoghurt and fresh strawberries. Apple. Cake.

Chris25

Coriander  )
Cinnamon  ) Ground
Nutmeg  )

daska, what does nbsp stand for

daska

Chris25 wrote: »

Coriander  )
Cinnamon  ) Ground
Nutmeg  )

daska, what does nbsp stand for

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

If you look at my original post youll see that what's come out in the quote as:  ) started life as a bracket

Chris25

I was sure that sp stood for spoon but couldn't work out anything else

EastMidsGal

Hi

Sorry if this has been asked before, I have done a search but couldn't find anything.

My DD and I are going to a picnic at the weekend with a small group of families. I don't have much money this week and have already had my Tesco order delivered, I was invited on the picnic after I had put the order in and couldn't tweak it.

I have plenty of strong bread flour, oats, lentils, golden syrup, tahini, aubergine, root vegetables, rice, tinned tomatoes, baked beans, cheese, tuna....not sure how picnic appropriate some of that is, but I am thinking maybe some Twinks hobnobs, flapjacks and some bread with aubergine and tahini pate.

Does anyone have any other suggestions? I am open to trying new recipes but don't want to give any kiddies food poisoning! :eek: That is a comment on my cooking skills, not anyones recipe suggestions!

Seriously though, I am really excited about this and am open to any suggestion or idea

Thanks so much in advance :beer: