2 Great Cold Picnic Food Recipes

Picnics are a great way to enjoy two of life's greatest pleasures, the great outdoors and food. Who does not like a good picnic, well minus the mosquitoes and biting flies those annoying trying to get into your picnic basket, a picnic is a great way for people to gather.

At any picnic the food is the star of the show, without a doubt. It does not matter how well you put together your picnic, how nice the day is, or none of that. If the food is not up to par, there are going to be a lot of unhappy campers at your picnic (even if they do not tell you). The most commonly used food at a picnic are straight off the grill, like hamburgers, hot dogs, chicken and list goes on. Few people however, consider how cold foods can be a big star at a picnic than a bigger star there hot food counter parts. All of you have to do is know the right recipes. So here they are.

Sandwich Slav / Server 4

Ingredients

* 2 cups green cabbage, shredded
* 2 table spoons, onions, minced
* 2 table spoons, cider vinegar
* 2 table spoons, mayonnaise
* 1 Clove garlic, minced
* 2 teaspoon, granulated sugar
* 1 teaspoon black pepper
* Salt, to taste

How To Put It Together

1. Mix the ingredients and refrigerate for a hour.
2. Place a generous amount on each sandwich.
3. Or you can serve it along side the bread.

Caribbean Grilled Shrimp Wrap with Lime Sour Cream and Red Cabbage / Server 1

Ingredients

* 6 21 to 25 shrimp, medium
* 1 table spoon olive oil
* 1 table spoon garlic, finely minced
* 1 teaspoon minced thyme
* 1 teaspoon scotch bonnet pepper, minced
* 1 teaspoon salt
* 1 / 4 cup sour cream
* 1 table spoon lime juice
* 1 14inch tortilla shell
* 1 / 2 cup red cabbage, finely shredded
* 1 table spoon olive oil
* 1 table spoon champagne vinegar
* 1 leaf romaine lettuce
* 1 sliced tomato

How To Put It Together

1. Marinate the shrimp with garlic, olive oil, thyme, scotch bonnet peppers, and salt for 1 hour.
2. Grill the shrimp until just done.
3. Slice the shrimp into strips.
4. Beat the lime juice into sour cream.
5. Spread the tortilla with the sour cream.
6. Toss the cabbage in the oil and vinegar.
7. Add the shrimp, cabbage, lettuce, and tomato to the tortilla and roll tightly, securing with skew.
8. Trim the ends and cut the roll at an angle one third of the length then cut straight at the next third.

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