Spring Picnic Recipes
Here is the inspiration you have been looking for to create and style your very own gourmet picnic!
We have teamed up with our beautiful friends at Wandering Falk to bring you a delicious and beautiful picnic setting that will suit any occasion.
These mouth-watering recipes are from our latest cookbook "Anythings possible".
A little bit about our first cookbook ‘Anything’s Possible’
You will find more than 100 vegetarian Whole Food recipes with the majority vegan, gluten-free and dairy-free, which is a happy by-product of our style. There are simple ideas for changing habits and a lens of mindfulness and sustainability that highlights the opportunity to use food as a vehicle for positive change - for yourself and the Earth.
It is designed to be easy to use and relevant to the average cook and reader. Not too many ingredients in each recipe but still interesting enough to excite you. At the end of the day, it is really all about getting you the reader excited to experiment and have fun in the kitchen. Because spending more time in the kitchen really is great...trust us :)
Wattle seed & linseed crackers
Making your own crackers is easier than you think, and will add so much more to any picnic platter.
Feel free to have fun with this recipe. You don't have to add wattle seed. You can use any spices you like.
Ingredients
1⁄4 cup sunflower seeds
1⁄4 cup pepitas
1 tbsp coriander seeds
11⁄2 cups ground linseed
1⁄4 cup sesame seeds
1 tsp ground wattleseed (optional)
2 tbsp chia seeds
1 tbsp maple syrup
1 1⁄2 tsp salt
Process
1. Preheat oven to 140°C fan. Line baking tray with a silicon matt
2. Add the sunflowers seeds and pepitas to a food processor, pulse until it becomes a coarse mixture. Be careful not to turn it into a flour.
3. Transfer to a large mixing bowl.
4. In a mortar and pestle, grind the coriander seeds to a powder. Add to the mixing bowl.
5. Have a whisk ready. Add the linseed, sesame seeds, wattleseed, chia seeds, maple syrup, salt and 11⁄2 cups of water. Whisk straight away as the chia seeds can clump together if you wait.
6. On a baking tray, using a silicon mat, spread out the mixture so it is roughly 5mm thick. Use a knife to score the mixture into pieces. We like ours in relatively large squares.
7. Bake for 1 hour or until crispy.
Chai Spice Banana Bread
Ingredients
Wet ingredients
7 medium old bananas (1.2kg when peeled)
1 cup coconut cream
1⁄2 cup olive oil
1 tsp vanilla powder or 2 tsp vanilla paste
1 tsp apple cider vinegar
Dry ingredients
3⁄4 cup brown rice flour
1⁄4 cup tapioca flour
11⁄2 tsp ground ginger
1 tsp baking powder
1 tsp ground cinnamon
1⁄2 tsp bicarbonate of soda
1⁄2 tsp ground cardamon
1⁄2 tsp ground nutmeg
11⁄2 cups almond meal
1 cup coconut sugar
1⁄2 cup shredded coconut
1⁄4 tsp salt
Icing
3 tbsp maple
2 tbsp tahini
4 tbsp coconut yogurt
Process
1. Preheat the oven to 180°C fan. Line two 7cm-deep, 22 x 11cm loaf tins with baking paper, ensuring the bottoms and sides are covered.
2. For the wet ingredients, combine 5 bananas, coconut cream, olive oil, vanilla and apple cider vinegar using a food processor. It should be a little bit chunky rather than completely smooth. Once combined, set aside.
3. For the dry ingredients, in a separate large mixing bowl, sift in the rice flour, tapioca flour, ginger, baking powder, cinnamon, bicarbonate of soda, cardamom and nutmeg. Add the almond meal, coconut sugar, shredded coconut and salt. Mix well with a whisk to remove any lumps.
4. Add the wet mixture to the dry ingredients and combine well with a wooden spoon.
5. Pour the mixture evenly into each of the prepared loaf tins. Cut the last two bananas lengthways and place 2 slices of banana on top of each.
6. Bake for 30 minutes or until cooked all the way through. You can check this by placing a knife in the centre and seeing if it comes out wet. A little bit of mixture is okay. Leave to cool for 10 minutes in the loaf tins then transfer to a wire rack to cool completely.
7. While you're waiting for the loaves to cool, make the icing. In a small bowl, combine the icing ingredients using a fork. Spilt the mixture in half and spread evenly on the loaves. Enjoy!
