Picnic Foods Recipes Ingredients

Simple, inexpensive recipe! 10 points?

Alright, so I'm going this Saturday, a picnic and was asked to bring a food item. I wanted to Just bring your ice sorbet because food is the best out there … Does anyone know how you go about paying this great meal without spending too much for ingredients … I 'm only get a few cans of soda and juice and vanilla ice cream … is that good enough? Tips?

This is one of my favorite things to have on top of vanilla ice cream: strawberry Balsamic dressing (yes, on ice). This is a recipe I got from the Stampede in one place. Enjoy. 1 tablespoon butter or margarine strawberries without stems and chopped in half (about 1 & 1 / 2 to 2 cups) 04:01 1/2-1 cup sugar tablespoons balsamic vinegar butter in skillet over medium heat. Add strawberries, stirring constantly, then Sugar. Continue stirring as you add the balsamic vinegar. Stir and cook until strawberries are deep red. Serve over vanilla ice cream and it is a delicious Choice of dessert.

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