Picnic Meal Plans: Picnic in the Yard
Citrus Couscous Salad | Great Grilled Chicken | Hot Fudge Sundae
Citrus Couscous Salad
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 8 |
| Category: | Salad |
| Meal: | Picnic in the Yard (Picnic Meal Plans) |
| 2 | cup | orange juice |
| 0.5 | cup | water |
| 1 | tsp | salt, table |
| 1 | package | couscous |
| 0.5 | cup | apricots, dried |
| 0.5 | cup | raisins, golden |
| 2 | Tb | vinegar, red wine |
| 1 | medium | cucumbers, sliced |
| 0.75 | cup | scallions, sliced |
| 0.5 | cup | almonds, slivered |
| 0.25 | cup | mint, fresh |
| 0.25 | cup | lemon, juice of |
| 3 | Tb | oil, vegetable |
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Bring 1- 1/2 cups orange juice, water, and salt to boil in a medium saucepan; gradually stir in 1 box couscous. Remove from heat, cover and let stand 5 minutes. Fluff with a fork and put it in a large bowl. Combine 1/2 cup orange juice, sliced dried apricots, raisins, and vinegar in a small saucepan; bring to a boil. Remove from heat; let stand 15 minutes. Add apricot mixture, cucumbers and remaining ingredients to couscous, stirring to combine.
Great Grilled Chicken
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 8 |
| Category: | Easy Recipes I Can Cook |
| Meal: | Picnic in the Yard (Picnic Meal Plans) |
| 8 | medium | chicken breasts cut in half |
| 0.75 | cup | soy sauce |
| 1 | cup | soda, lemon-lime |
| 1 | cup | oil, vegetable |
| 1 | tsp | garlic, minced |
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Mix oil, soy sauce, garlic, and soda in large Zip-lock plastic bag. Put chicken breasts in marinade and marinate for at least 3 hours. Remove from marinade and grill over medium heat for 15 minutes per side. Chicken is done when juices run clear.
Hint: You can use boneless skinless chicken breasts but you will need to lessen cooking time. Chicken is done when no longer pink in the center.
Chicken is shown with couscous salad and strawberries
Hot Fudge Sundae
Recipe Summary
| Complexity: | Easy |
| Serves: | 4 |
| Category: | Dessert |
| Meal: | Picnic in the Yard (Picnic Meal Plans) |
| 1 | qt | vanilla ice cream |
| 1 | recipe | Hot Fudge Sauce |
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Heat hot fudge sauce in microwave, scoop ice cream into wine glasses and pour hot fudge sauce on top.
Optional: Add chopped nuts
Note: Be sure to add the Hot fudge sauce recipe to your shopping list.
