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Picnic Meal Plans: Dinner on the Deck

Butternut Squash Sticks | Fettuccine Alfredo | Salmon Christensen | Strawberries and Hot Fudge

Butternut Squash Sticks

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:6
Category:Appetizer
Meal:Dinner on the Deck (Picnic Meal Plans)
0.5largesquash, butternut
2largeegg
0.75cuprice flour
1pinchsalt and pepper to taste
 

Cut squash in half, peel and roast in 350-degree oven until lightly brown (18 - 25 minutes). Cut roasted squash in ½ “X ½” X 2”sticks. Place eggs in a dish, salt and pepper to taste, place flour in separate dish, salt and pepper to taste, place Panko in another dish, salt and pepper to taste. Roll sticks in rice flour, then in egg then in Panko. Place on a cookie sheet covered with parchment paper. Bake at 400 degrees for about 8-10 minutes, until golden.

Fettuccine Alfredo

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:8
Category:Starch / Pasta
Meal:Dinner on the Deck (Picnic Meal Plans)
1lbpasta, fettuccine
1largeegg
0.66cupcream, light
8Tbbutter, salted
0.5cupcheese, Romano, grated
0.75cupcheese, Swiss shredded
1pinchsalt and pepper to taste
 

Beat egg with cream. Melt butter. Pour both over cooked, drained, hot fettuccine, add grated cheese. Toss and serve.

Salmon Christensen

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:4
Category:Fish Entrée
Meal:Dinner on the Deck (Picnic Meal Plans)
5eachsun dried tomato
2clovesgarlic, chopped
2Tbcheese, Romano, grated
1Tblemon zest, finely chopped
0.5cupbreadcrumbs
4mediumsalmon, fillets, skinned
0.5cupyogurt, non-fat plain
1pinchsalt and pepper to taste
 

Put breadcrumbs, tomatoes, garlic, cheese and zest in food processor, process until smooth. Spread yogurt on filets, cover both sides with breadcrumbs. Place on parchment paper on cookie sheet in preheated 350-degree oven. Bake for 10 –15 minutes, until done.

Shown here with fresh tomato wedges.

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Strawberries and Hot Fudge

Recipe Summary
Complexity:Easy
Serves:6
Category:Cooking for the Kids
Meal:Dinner on the Deck (Picnic Meal Plans)
1qtstrawberries, whole
1recipeHot Fudge Sauce
 

Clean berries, heat hot fudge sauce; place hot fudge in container and surround with berries.

Note: Be sure to add the Hot fudge sauce recipe to your shopping list.