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You’ll want everyone to be more active on a winter picnic so that you keep warm. You certainly won’t be lying in the grass reading a book! If you’re lucky enough to have snow, then take the kids out in waterproof gear with their sledges, make a snowman or have a snowball fight.
A fine winter picnic can then be a real reward for a morning of hearty exercise and you'll have already burnt off the calories you're about to eat!
Apparently half an hour of snowball fighting burns off around 200 kcal and two and a quarter hours spent building a snowman would take up around 640 kcal. So tuck in! A flask of steaming homemade soup and some really fresh crusty bread won’t take up too much space in a back-pack but will be wholesome and filling. This could be followed by scotch eggs or a traditional or festive pasty. Make these easily after Christmas with cooked turkey meat, ham and chestnut stuffing. Add a teaspoon or two of cranberry sauce and a pinch of chilli powder too. You can wrap them in tinfoil and newspaper straight from the pan or oven and they should keep warm for a few hours. The same is true for sausage turnover, which is another favourite winter picnic choice. Wrap up a few
chocolate biscuits
for afters. You won’t have a problem with them melting at this time of year.
Flapjacks For a Christmassy winter picnic, I would make some Stilton soup and serve with succulent slices of turkey and cranberry sauce in big white floury baps (put some of the stuffing in there too if you have it). Or try baked gammon ham in rolls with mustard mayo and salad. Fed up with Christmas turkey and ham? We have lots of other ideas for sandwiches and rolls you could try instead. If not too far from home, in a second flask I’d pour spicy mulled wine for the grown-ups or a non-alcoholic, hot fruit punch if you’re driving. Or even hot chilli chocolate.
That will keep the winter chill out of your bones. How about a cinnamon biscuit to go with that or a mince pie sprinkled with cinnamon sugar?
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