Summer is the perfect time for a nice picnic with your friends, neighbors and relatives. Getting out for a day on the beach or to your favorite river or lake; organizing a backyard barbeque or getting out to the park; playing bridge with friends in a summer house or going fishing – these are just some of the many ideas for a picnic.
Plenty of hours outside can make everyone hungry and small appetizers with lots of veggies, mushrooms, cheese, sausages, salami and othe delicious ingredients will help to keep the atmosphere right.
If the crowd is big, it can become quite difficult to prepare enough small nice-looking appetizers for everyone. If you don’t want to spend too much time in the kitchen, cooking various salads, there is a quick alternative: to serve skewers with vegetables, cheese and olives. They can be made in minutes and will surprise everyone with their simplicity and elegance.
Another fresh idea is a cheese board. It is better to choose firm, low-moisture cheese since soft cheeses can get gooey. Aged Gouda, Cheddar, Manchego, or Pecorino (Fiore) Sardo are good options.
If you host there is a number of other things to take care of: decorations, plates, cups, cutlery, glassware, napkins, a cooler for items that need to be kept cold, and other items. Your invitees can grab juice, wine, beer or fizzy drinks according to their preferences.
Once you are ready with your attractive and delicious appetizers, it is time to think about the essential part of the day: barbeque ribs, steaks, sausages, honey chicken wings, mustard shrimps and, of course, corn with one-of- a-kind coal smell and amazing taste!
No party can survive without desserts. A fruit salad with strawberries, blueberries, pineapple, bananas and light yogurt is a brilliant choice.
Such dessert is a real indulgence that you can allow yourself even after two or three pieces of meat. Cut fruit, cookies, cupcakes and biscuits can also find a place on your picnic table.
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- 4 prosciutto pieces
- 4 mild sopressa salami pieces
- 6 thin Italian breadsticks (grissini sticks)
- Black and green olives
- 8 tomatoes cherry halved
- Cheddar cheese
- 1 Yellow capsicum
- 1 Green capsicum
- 1 Cucumber
- 1 avocado
- 3 radishes
- Basil leaves and chives (to decorate)
- Bamboo skewers
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- Cut vegetables and cheese into one-bite pieces.
- Thread vegetables, cheese, olives, onto bamboo skewers.
- Wrap salami pieces around the end of each breadstick. This is a plate for a group of four.
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- 100 grams strawberries
- 100 grams blackberries
- Pineapple
- Banana
- 150 grams vanilla yogurt
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This dessert is very simple and doesn’t require a lot of time to cook. However, your friends and family will be pleasantly surprised with a nice look and fantastic taste of it.
- Cut strawberries, pineapple and banana into pieces. Leave blackberries as they are to look nice.
- Take small glass jars and fill them up with layers of yogurt and fruit pieces.
- Decorate with the halved strawberries.
Bon appétit!
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