A Meal Planning Concept


Picnic Meal Plans: Fireworks

Crab Fingers | Layered Spinach Salad | Charcoal Potatoes | Grilled T-bone Steak | Ray's Peach Pie

Crab Fingers

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:12
Category:Appetizer
Meal:Fireworks (Picnic Meal Plans)
1lbcrab fingers, canned
1cupketchup
3Tbhorseradish
1Tblemon, juice of
 

Place ketchup, lemon juice and horseradish in bowl and mix. Arrange crab fingers around plate, place mixture (cocktail sauce) in center

Layered Spinach Salad

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:8
Category:Salad
Meal:Fireworks (Picnic Meal Plans)
0.5cupcheese, Romano, grated
3slicesbacon
1.5lbspinach, fresh
2cupmushrooms, sliced
1mediumonion, red
110 oz containerpeas, frozen
0.5cupmayonnaise
0.5cupsour cream
1tspsugar, granulated
 

Combine 1/2 cup Romano cheese and crumbled fried bacon. Layer in large bowl spinach, cheese mixture, mushrooms, onion slices, and peas. Combine mayonnaise, sour cream, and sugar. Mix well and spread over salad to seal top. Sprinkle 2 tablespoons of Romano cheese over top. Refrigerate overnight, covered. Toss just before serving.

Charcoal Potatoes

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:4
Category:Starch / Pasta
Meal:Fireworks (Picnic Meal Plans)
4largepotatoes
 

Microwave potatoes for 3 minutes per potato. Place on hot grill, turning once for 4 -5 minutes; until charred on the outside.

Serve with butter and sour cream.

Grilled T-bone Steak

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:4
Category:Beef Entrée
Meal:Fireworks (Picnic Meal Plans)
3lbsteak, t-bone
1Tboil, olive
1tspgarlic powder
1Tbpepper, fresh cracked
1Tbsalt, kosher
1mediumlemons
 

The keys here are to have the fire very hot and the steaks at least 1 thick. Have the steaks at room temperature, brush olive oil on both sides of steaks, add pepper, salt and garlic powder. Grill about 5 minutes on one side and 4 on the other. (depending on how you like your steak and the thickness of the steaks) remove steak from grill and let sit for 10 minutes. It will finish cooking on the platter; so take it off just before it is done as you would like. Squeeze lemon onto each steak.

Note: The general rule of thumb for medium rare is 1 minute per 1/4 inch thickness per side. A 2 inch thick steak would take 8 minutes per side.

Ray's Peach Pie

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:6
Category:Dessert
Meal:Fireworks (Picnic Meal Plans)
3Tbbutter, salted
3largepeaches, frozen sliced
0.5cupsugar, brown
1tspcinnamon. ground
2ozbourbon, Jack Daniels
1Tbcornstarch
2Tbwater
0.5recipePie Dough
 

Heat butter in a pan, add peaches and cook on memium-high for 5 minutes. Add brown sugar and cinnamon and Place butter in pan, heat and add the peaches, cook 5 minutes on med-high. Add brown sugar, cinnamon and cook until tender. Add bourbon off the stove, stir. Mix cornstarch in water and add to peaches, stir until thickened.

Pour into baked pie shell and serve with whipped cream or vanilla ice cream.

Note: Be sure to add the Pie dough recipe to your shopping list.