Ideas for a perfect Picnic

[Miss Inquiry]

As the weather is going to be sunny this weekend can anyone suggest some things to pop in a picnic basket and trundle down to the river with, what would you take? It will just be myself and my boyfriend, wanting a relaxed afternoon in the sun, with the sunday papers and a glass or 2 of wine...

Any ideas would be excellent..

[JamesEverton]

Scotch eggs are the ultimate picnic food.

[natalie_1982]

Strawberries!

I am going strawberry picking tomorrow and picnic Sunday with the strawbs I picked!

[JamesEverton]

As an alternative to Scotch eggs (if you want to go really upmarket) there's a Jamie Oliver recipe for a picnic loaf thing. You make a bread dough, roll it into a long flat sausage, add Parma ham, basil, sun-dried tomatoes, hard-boiled eggs, and a load of cheese. Then you fold the sides up and then twist it around, so it's like a big doughnut, and bung it in the oven. It sounds like a lot of work, but I've made it before (so can't be that hard) and it was really nice. Unfortunately, the recipe doesn't seem to be on his website and I can't remember which book it's in!

[Plocket]

Champagne!!!

Egg and cress sandwiches

Smoked salmon sandwiches

Scotch eggs

Lots and lots of strawberries.

Freeze a couple of bottles of water to keep everything cold - bung it all in a disposable container, do the same with the food, and then you don't have to lug anything back with you!

Have a lovely time!

[LadyPickers]

Home-made cornish pasties still warm wrapped in a tea towel

Vietnamese-ish chicken salad (shredded poached chicken, shredded chinese leaves, watercress, coriander, basil, parsley, dressing kept separate in a jam jar until the last minute made with rice wine vinegar, lime juice, fish sauce, sugar, garlic & chopped red chillies)

Fatoush - chopped tomatoes, cucumber, spring onions, mint, parsley, olive oil, lemon juice, little garlic, sumac

Lebanese lamb kebabs with minty yoghurt

M&S picnic eggs

A big bowl of English strawberries, some thick Jersey cream, and soft meringues to crumble in

[Miss Inquiry]

These are excellent hints, thank you all so much.....!!

Have a lovely weekend.