I didn't have much time to cook and I just wanted a relaxing, delicious low-key picnic. My Caprese Skewers were perfect picnic food. It takes a little while to assemble but then the serving is so easy and as you can see they are bright, colorful and neat to eat. I started with a sweet grape tomato, then sweet purple basil from my garden (purple tastes the same as green but visually it is more interesting...ok maybe the purple tastes a little sweeter.) I truly believe we eat with all our senses so the purple may seem sweeter because visually purple looks sweeter than green. Anyway, I buy marinated mozzarella balls from Trader Joe's...so tasty and already perfectly seasoned! After the cheese I add a layer of sweet green Italian basil from my garden and another grape tomato. It's worth it to have a pot of basil in your garden or even on your windowsill vs. buying fresh basil from the store. It's cheaper, it's a natural mosquito repellant, it's a beautiful plant to look at and it smells divine.
To round out the picnic I bought some other quick and easy appetizers from Trader Joe's. I bought pita chips and a four-flavor pack of hummus (original, roasted red pepper, roasted garlic and herbs, and green onion and herbs) I also bought some mini-toasts, Turino x-tra thin bread sticks and assorted crackers to eat with goat-brie, morbier, and soft creamy goat cheese from France (found at Whole Foods). Some juicy crispy green and red grapes for a healthy and mouth-watering dessert. To drink we had Trader Joe's pink lemonade. (no I don't work for Trader Joe's but I should get some kind of kick-back from them for this post!)
Enjoy!
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