Getting Out, Eating Out

Get out, really out. We are not asking you to head straight to your favorite restaurant but to go for a picnic. When the spring weather turns warm, it is time to have a day out. That’s why went on the hunt for picnic recipes, sandwiches, patties, pies and other delights which will help you put together irresistible picnic menus and convert an ordinary picnic in a true feast.

We are asking you to dine al fresco, making the most of the warm late spring weather by taking your dining room to the porch. You know what? You can extend this habit into the summer months. We bring you the recipes and ideas about how to get the look.

We are talking about spending part of your day out, potting about and growing vegetables and fruit in containers, what other food could be healthier?

You will have the opportunity to enter our Best Warm Salads recipe competition. A set of cookbooks will be awarded to the winner, who will be announced in the July 2007 newsletter. And if you are planning a wedding, or have a friend planning one, we have a list of the latest trends in wedding cakes.

Food & Cooking tips

Scrumptious Ideas for a Picnic

Scrumptious ideas for a picnic, from Anne Ehmer, quick to put together, easy to carry, nourishing, light and fun to eat are the requirements food for a picnic must meet. The kind of recipes you can prepare the previous evening and keep in the fridge until the last minute. Dishes you can carry in a portable cooler, a picnic basket or a thermal bag.

Baked Potatoes II

Vegetables in the oven, the second part to the article Anne Ehmer started last month. This article is for subscriber only, thogh it will become public at later date, Food Naturally subscribers get a sneak preview. We explored the world of baked potatoes and their fillings last month.

Entertaining

Wedding Cake Trends

Maryann Caravaglia brings 2007 Wedding cake trends so we can keep up to date. It is always good to know.

Dinner al Fresco

Make the most of the warm weather by taking your dinning table outdoors and substitute the stove top by the grill. Find here what Anne Ehmer suggests for your stylish dinner al fresco.

Healthy Eating

May Herb Update

We like to pass on artificial flavorings. That is the reason we propose recipes using natural herbs and spices. See what you can do with marjoram, mint, or myrtle.

Kiwi Berries

Kiwi berries are becoming a familiar sight at the grocery store. They are green and smooth skinned -this means you can eat them whole- and shaped like a miniature kiwi, they have the size of raspberries. Kiwi berries are juicy, sweet and packed with antioxidants. Eat them like grapes, so they are ideal for snacks and packed lunches.

Kiwi berries are the fruit or the hardy kiwi vine, a which origin can be traced to China and Korea. They might come in other shapes, sizes and colors.

Seasonal Eating

Growing Vegetables in Containers

You don’t need a big garden to get splendid results as your crop will be protected from many garden pests, weeds and soil borne illness. It will be well fed, even well watered with little work as there are automatic irrigation systems. With this tips to grow fruits and vegetables in containers you can get started in no time at all, says Mariah Deavine.

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Recipe Competition

We are offering Food Naturally readers the chance to shine and get their recipes published.

The winner will get a set of three cookbooks and an Amazon voucher. All you have to do is sending us your best recipe for a warm salad. Or recipes, we will consider each individual recipe as one entry.

The mix of raw and cooked ingredients, hot and cold, simple and more consistent dressing let us enjoy new flavors and textures, we can still surprise our tastebuds, like Anne Ehmer does in her second part of vegetables in the oven.

Our mailbox is open and ready to receive your entries for the Best Warm Salad recipe competition and it will remain open until 31 May 2007. A set of cookbooks will be awarded to the winner, who will be announced in the June 2007 newsletter. Send your words by the last day of May 2007 using this form or by email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it , and good luck!

Your Questions and Suggestions

How do you use paprika paste? Is it the same as the powder?

From: Random.

Paprika paste is difficult to find out of Hungary. You can find it in three varieties: hot, medium or deli style, and sweet. Use it indistinctly from the powder and in the same proportion the recipe calls for, though for the hottest kind you could consider halving the amount, that depends on your personal taste.

Coming Next

Coming in May 2007

We are going to extend the eat out theme into May. If you had plan to welcome the fair weather with a picnic, that will be still the motto for next month. As we are seeing recipes suitable to take and eat outdoors, on the grass or picnic areas, we will see empanadas and desserts. We will try to get to the three aromatic herbs we have not written about yet: oregano, savory and thyme.

We'll have more content on June, for the beginning of the summer and after that, tha plan is to make Food Naturally newsletter a seasonal newsletter, coming out with the seasons means you'll receive the following full blown issue in September. We'll send just updates with what is new in the site on July and August. Please, tell us what you think by email to the This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or through this contact form.

Our mailbox is still open to receive Warm Salad Recipes. Send your words by the last day of May 2007 using this form or by email to the postmaster@all-foods-natural.com, and we wish you best of luck.