i've always dreamt about having a picnic at the botanic gardens with the full works sunday brunch style. finally managed to convince my canoeing mates that something like this was worth waking up at 7.30am on a sunday for. i offered to bring all the food just to persuade them that it wasn't such a bad idea after all and so the past two days were spent planning, grocery shopping, prepping and finally cooking!
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i might have been over ambitious to think that i could pull all of that off on my own, so thank god my elf chef (aka sister's bf) and loving mother offered to help cook and clean respectively.
note to self: grocery shopping needs serious muscle strength. transporting everything from home to botanics also needs serious muscle strength.
it was great fun nonetheless and save for the very small picnic mat situation, everything fell into place perfectly. good weather, great food (i would like to believe!) & fantastic company! =)
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| from left to right: pancakes with vanilla poached peaches and caramelized bananas, baked eggs with mushroom, bacon & cucumbers elf chef's balsamic cream mushrooms and home-made salsa smoked salmon and cream cheese with crackers roasted pumpkin and spinach salad |
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| the grand finale - bread & butter-less pudding (lovingly assembled by elf chef!) |
missing in the pictures was the ultimate sunday brunch tipple - mimosa! the champagne and orange juice combination completed the picture.
if you're interested, here are some of the recipes i used as reference:
(Fantastic salad combination, I also added feta cheese)
(Unbelievably easy yet delicious)
(Made a few adaptations by soaking the raisins in Cointreau, using French baguette, omitting the butter, cognac and zest. It was so yummy I'm still thinking about it now)
I hope you had a great weekend too, have a blessed week ahead! =)
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