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Autumn Picnic

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Autumn is one of the best seasons for a picnic.  I know, it’s still summer but it felt like a perfect autumn day when we packed up a basket and headed the park.  It was a gorgeous day with the sun just peaking through the tree branches and the temperature a very comfortable 20 degrees!

When picking a table for our picnic I said “lets pick this one.  I love how the sun dapples through the trees”.  My daughter replies with “Who says that?  What the heck is a dapple!”  Oh am I showing my age!

As I was setting out the table cloth and unpacking the cheese, fruit and bread passers by were commenting on how elegant it all looked!  I bet they are rethinking their picnic fare for next time!  But it was all so simple and easy.  I am thinking it was the sparkly cocktail that caught their attention!

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Kir Royale is a cocktail traditionally made by combining champagne and Crème de cassis.

I don’t like champagne and didn’t have any Crème de cassis.  I did have a slightly sweet sparkling white wine and the deliciously sweet blackberry syrup from my Foodie PenPal.  Simply add 3 or 4 tablespoons of syrup, fill glass with sparkly wine and give it a quick stir!

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Add a few fresh blackberries and you have my version of a Kir Royale!  Sweet, sparkly & fruity.

It can just as easily be made with sparkling grape juice instead of wine for a refreshing non-alcoholic cocktail!

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An autumn picnic doesn’t have to be complicated. In fact a picnic for us is rarely planned but rather thrown together on a whim.  I started with a half bushel basket.  Threw in a tablecloth, bread and cheese knife, and I cutting board. I had some smoked gouda and some old cheddar on hand and just stopped at the market to pick up some fresh bread and grapes.

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Picnics are for relaxing and chatting, reading a book, taking a nap or playing a game or two.  It doesn’t have to be a big lunch or even dinner.  Just an afternoon spent with family or friends, nibbling on cheese and enjoying a sparkly Kir Royale cocktail was our perfect autumn picnic!

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What is your idea of the perfect autumn picnic?

 

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  1. Leilani says

    September 8, 2014 at 3:13 pm

    An autumn picnic?!?! Yes please! I love a fruity cocktail and this looks simply divine. Pinning to serve at a fall dinner party. 🙂

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  2. Kathleen says

    September 9, 2014 at 9:22 am

    My favorite cocktail of all time! Such a beautiful post!

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    • Maureen says

      September 9, 2014 at 10:44 am

      Awww! Thanks Kathleen. I think it was one of the first “cocktails” I ever had and has remained a favorite!

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