I simply love this recipe. The way I prepare this stuffed champignons may differ from other recipes. But with my recipe what I always get is delicious juicy champignons. In the article I will present you with a more classical variation for this recipe and the way I cook this picnic food. Hope you will agree my method is much more rewarding. Mm….these yummy mushrooms are just royal food for any special picnic or festive occasion. Enjoy!

Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms.

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This is a recipe of one of European delicious snacks. The crispy fried cheese is awesome to have as appetizer, everyday snack or as light picnic food. It is also perfect as a romantic picnic food or a side dish with beer. In the article I will present you with my favorite way of cooking the fried cheese. Below you will find step by step recipe instructions along with pictures as well as useful notes and tips. Enjoy the magnificent crispy fried cheese sticks as picnic food ideas!

Fried Cheese Finger Food.

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This is a very unusual recipe. It will be perfect as a romantic picnic food or better to say a romantic picnic snack. In this recipe I will be using bitter or better blue cheese like Dorblu, Roquefort, or Gorgonzola. I am using original Roquefort cheese and cream cheese. Also you will need pistachios or other seeds that you may like more. One thing to consider about the seeds would be that they should not have a sweet aftertaste – at least as far as I am concerned about this recipe. However you may take which you like and experiment maybe your combination may come more to your taste. Also we will need grapes – large grapes with seeds. Some people prefer grapes with seeds thus if it is not a problem for you leave the grapes as they are – just wash and dry them with paper towel. However if you don’t like the grape seeds cracking on your teeth then make a cut and take them out or just use large seedless grapes. I leave the seeds for a more piquant taste and fun.

The sweetish juicy middle and the salty bitter coat makes cheese balls a perfect picnic food for real gourmands. A glass of good wine will be a must for such a special picnic food. Ideally a proper pairing with salty bitter food would be a semi-hard sweetish type wine. Thus if using Dorblu, Roquefort, Gorgonzola, or other blue cheese you will need Cabernet Sauvignon, Port, Gruner Veltliner, or Merlot type of wine.

Grape Cheese Balls

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In fact getting acquainted with Lenette and her web-site grew into pleasant cooperation. I like the way she writes about cooking. Also her style meaning how she approached the everyday manners is somehow special too. Her recipe “Homemade Apple Marmalade and Flank Steak Jerky Crostini” is her first guest post on Picnicfood Ideas. Indeed it is an interesting food to have as a picnic food. To check more of Lanette’s exquisite recipes check her cooking web-site The Flavor Fusion Project.

Lenette:
A few weeks ago, I was approached by a fellow blogger and asked to exchange articles for our very different cooking styles. Needless to say, I was thrilled! Despite the fact that I live in Miami, as a culture, we don’t embrace the outdoors as much as one would think. Of course, there are the beach communities that are frequently showcased on TV; but generally speaking, it is usually so hot, that people here tend to look for thirst quenchers and lite bites. However, liquid lunches can only get you so far and some nourishment is required.

Apple Marmalade and Flank Steak Jerky Crostini

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It is not long since I first tried doing onion rings. First I doubted what special may be about it. I tried the first bite rather skeptical but it was not a quarter of an hour that the whole batch of this crispy temptation was gone. It was gone although I knew so much oil fired food is no good for health, and, maybe it is time to stop…but no way, I stopped only when the whole crispy indulgence was gone. Some time later I even tried to experiment with the more traditional recipe of this picnic food. I call it ‘picnic’ as it is great to have in a company. Especially with this special recipe – give it a try in a company, you will have a good chance to be proud of yourself. Those you may envy you will think, “Hey, how didn’t I guest this recipe”. But first make sure you like this combination of onion rings and sesame seeds. Enough introduction let’s proceed to action!

Onion Rings with Sesame Seeds.

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