Thanks to everyone who sent ideas for my picnic at the jazz festival on
Saturday. In the end I made the following.
An easy babaganoush
(Roast a whole eggplant and some garlic in the over for one hour. Cool,
peel and blend with some paprika and some cumin and a little lemon juice)
Pumpkin and cumin dip
(Roast a large piece of Japanese pumpkin - once again with garlic - then
peel and de-seed and blend with 1/2 tsp cumin and some balsamic vinegar.
This was delicious)
Vegetable crudites. I laid these out on a bed of lettuce in a fancy bowl,
using a range of colours and textures; carrots, capsicums, red and green,
some whole asparagus sticks and some spring onions.
Toasted pita bread. Slice a pita pocket, spray with cooking spray and
sprinkle cajun spice before putting in the griller. Toast then cool and cut
into small pieces for use with dips.
Fresh fruit - I took some plums and apricots to eat whole after the main
meal.
I opened a bottle of Kingston Estate Merlot, took a couple of bottles of
water and had a wonderful summer evening.
Thanks to you all for your suggestions.
Kirsten
Kirsten Andrews
Assistant Adviser to
The Hon Kim Beazley MP
Leader of the Opposition
Parliament House
Canberra ACT 2600
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