Breakfast in a Meadow Picnic & Winner!

We’ve had some beautiful spring weather recently,

perfect for packing a picnic!

I had some picnic inspiration from

Picnic by DeeDee Stovel. . .

Breakfast in a Meadow Picnic,

one of the 29 menu and picnic ideas.

I packed my favorite picnic accessory,

a Galvanized Metal 6-Pack Bottle Caddy

from Pottery Barn. . .

 I filled the caddy with jars for toting

flatware, food, napkins & flowers.

In addition to being portable,

food in jars is fun :)

I packed yogurt parfaits~

Greek yogurt, drizzled with honey, layered

with granola and berries. . .

And made a batch of

Sunny Morning Muffins

with the recipe from Picnic!

Sunny Morning Muffins

Makes 15 Muffins

Ingredients

1 ½ cup all-purpose flour

½ cup whole wheat flour

½ cup sugar (the recipe calls for 3/4 cup but I reduced to 1/2 cup, adjust to your sweet tooth)

2 teaspoons baking soda

2 teaspoons ground cinnamon

½ teaspoon salt

3 eggs, lightly beaten

½ cup vegetable oil

2 cups grated carrots or zucchini, or combination

½ cup coconut

½ cup chopped pecans

½ cup undrained crushed pineapple

½ cup golden raisins

Directions

Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Grease 15 muffin pan cups or fill with liners.

Sift flours with sugar, baking soda, cinnamon and salt into a large bowl. In a small bowl, mix the eggs and oil and add to the flour mixture. Stir the batter just until the dry ingredients are moistened.

Fold the carrot /zucchini, coconut, pecans, pineapple and raisins into batter and stir until blended.

Pour the batter into prepared cups and bake for 25 – 30 minutes or until toothpick inserted in center of muffin comes out clean. Cool muffins in the pans on wire rack for 10 minutes. Remove the muffins from pans and allow to cool on wire rack.

Note: Muffins can be wrapped in plastic wrap, placed in a freezer bag and will keep several months.

You can find  a printable recipe here.

 A sunny weekend morning and

picnic in a meadow

calls for a morning mimosa!

A favorite sparkling wine, Cava or Prosecco,

mixed with orange juice and

Sanpellegrino Aranciata,

for some extra effervescence.

You can also enjoy Aranciata,

mixed with juice or by simply by itself, for a

sparkling mocktail or

nonalcoholic option for brunch.

The winner of my Picnic Day Giveaway

Caddy and Cookbook is Marie in AZ!

Congratulations, Marie,

I’ll be in touch with you by email and get your goodies to you :)

Thanks to all who entered!

“A picnic is more than eating a meal,
it’s a pleasurable state of mind.”
~ DeeDee Stovel, Picnic

Happy Picnicking!

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