Summer Picnic

It's summer time and it's also New Food Night week.  So what do we do?

Well, summer time makes you think of picnics doesn't it?  So we had a picnic.

Now, Lily thought since it was a picnic we should go outside. My thought was No! It's way to hot for me to be sweating out there.  Plus, I did not see myself sitting on the ground eating.  So we compromised.

Oh, look --- K.C. and Michael are able to join us again --- ball season is over!  We went with the picnic theme -- paper plates, cups, etc. We kind of have a tree in my centerpiece :)  Good compromise.

So what do you have to eat at a picnic that might be new?  Well, let me tell you.

We had some Caprese bites -- I think I spelled that correctly,  Mozarella cheese and cherry tomatoes with fresh basil - drizzle with vinagerette.  K.C. made these and they were very very good.

 

Miss Annette made some fried chicken because, well aren't you supposed to have fried chicken at a picnic?  She browned it up then finished it in the oven.  I don't think you can go wrong with fried chicken.

Mr. Rick brought some corn niblets in the crock pot.  If the picture looks a little blurry it's because of the steam coming out of the crock pot.  He used some Italian seasoning and let this cook in the crock pot for several hours.  We do love some good old corn on the cob.

Gary opted to make some slabs of ribs with a Dr. Pepper Chipotle sauce/glaze.  Gotta tell you, the sauce itself is pretty spicy. The container behind the plate of ribs is extra sauce if anyone was so inclined to torture their mouth.

I went for a Fresh Corn, Tomato and Mozarella salad.  Make a little dressing of lemon juice, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper.  Pretty good stuff.

Do you see our theme here of corn and mozarella?  Amazing how we do this without even knowing what anyone else is bringing.

Now dessert.  Hmmmmm - seems no one thought of that this week but Gary saved the day.

Ice Cream!!   That's a perfect ending to a picnic meal.We have both chocolate and vanilla because Braum's was having a sale on ice cream.

Lily looks pretty happy with Grampa's choice of dessert.

How about you?  What do you like to take to a picnic?