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Romantic Picnic Ideas: Great Picnic Food Ideas
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Great Picnic Food Ideas and You
It really is true. The best picnic is the one you enjoy the most. Some people prefer meat, some not. Some prefer lots of veggies, some not. Some like finger food, and others bring silverware. So odds are that you will like some of the ideas that follow, and not like others. (psssst. Me too. I don't really love them all.)
Start With Wine
Romantic picnics are pretty much synonymous with wine and champagne. It need not be an expensive wine, just one that you enjoy. And do, please bring glass wine glasses. Wine just doesn't taste the same in plastic or cardboard. Everything else can be plastic or paper if you like, but real glasses for the wine make a real difference.
And it is the wine that sets the mood for all the great picnic ideas that you will have.
The Main Course Of Your Romantic Picnic
Choose your main dish, and then decide on everything else.
If it is a sunrise picnic, try deviled eggs and muffins.
A lunch time picnic has lots of possibilities, such as:
- Chicken, fried or baked
- Grilled veggie sandwich
- Salmon sandwich
- Salmon salad
- Steak salad
- Cold cuts for sandwiches or plain, especially when served with Dijon mustard
- Hero sandwich
- Pita bread sandwiches
- Shrimp salad delight
... and just about any kind of deli sandwich you can imagine.
Great picnic food ideas include side dishes and desserts, like
Any kind of fresh fruit. Oranges, strawberries, grapes, bananas, peaches. Or make a dill dip for fresh carrots, celery stalks, cauliflower and broccoli.
Dessert may be as simple as a chocolate chip cookie, or as unique as a Key Lime Tart.
A starlight picnic might include a favorite dessert with wine or coffee.
An autumn picnic calls for mulled cider, with a hearty sandwich, while a summer picnic is more likely to present lighter refreshment.
Here are a bunch more super picnic food ideas that you might enjoy:
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Food ideas for a picnic.
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Summer picnic foods splash your world with sunshine and refreshment,
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Great
picnic food ideas for even the most persnickety eaters start with
wine, then proceed to a main dish, one that is tasty and enticing.
That's true no matter what the season, what the time of day, or what the
dining preferences are. Great picnic recipe: French Style Potato Salad |
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Picnics have been a wonderful part of romantic California getaways since ... well since there were California getaways. Your hotel will help you get one together and point you to a very romantic picnic spot, such as Seaport Village Park or Butterfly Beach or Heisler Park or Avila Beach or Idyllwild. |
Here is one of our favorite picnic food ideas: French Style Potato Salad, perfect for lunches and dinners!
French Style Potato Salad
If you like, make this a day ahead of time and give the spices time to blend together.
You will need:
- 2 lb Yukon Gold potatoes, unpeeled
- 1 1/2 cups dry white wine. A Sauvignon Blanc,
Chardonnay, Chenin
Blanc or Riesling works well. If you prefer, you may also use white vinegar. - 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 Tablespoon minced shallot
- 2/3 cup chopped scallion (white and light green parts only)
- Salt and pepper to taste
To cook the potatoes:
Scrub them. Leaving them unpeeled, put them into a pot of boiling water. Cook about 20-30 minutes. They are done when a fork can be inserted easily. Drain the water from the pan. Let the potatoes cool until they are warm. When you can handle them easily, cut them 1/2 inch strips.
To prepare the sauce:
Use a small saucepan over medium heat to boil the wine. Cook it until half of it is gone. (Don't cook vinegar, if you are using that instead.) Add a bit of salt and pepper to the wine, and sprinkle all of this over the warm potatoes.
Combine the olive oil, shallots and scallions. Sprinkle these over the warm potatoes as well. Taste and adjust for salt and pepper preference.
This salad is best served warm, not cold or hot, so it works extremely well for picnics.
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