A beautiful summer’s day deserves celebrating in true culinary fashion. When the weather tempts you to take an outing into the countryside or you want to enjoy the beautiful summer evening in the park, it doesn’t take long to put your picnic blanket under your arm. Of course you also mustn’t forget to grab a picnic basket full of delicious little treats. For the grown-ups, a bottle of good wine goes down well, or even a refreshing gin and tonic. Children’s thirst can be quenched by home-made lemonade, with a sprig of fresh peppermint in little bottles for a change. There’s no need to worry about the cutlery if you portion the foods so that they’re easy to eat with your fingers: the cake is baked in muffin cases. Or rather than making the cheesecake like a large pie, for once it can be portioned in small preserving jars and topped with a little fruit compote. If they’re well sealed, they will have no problem surviving the transport to the picnic spot. The same applies to couscous salad – ideal for picnics, in a storage jar it will arrive looking none the worse for wear.
It doesn’t take much more than that for the perfect summer picnic!