Make your perfect picnic particularly delicious, memorable and healthy too

20th July 2021

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Whether you are dining out at a local beauty spot or in the garden during National Picnic Month on a sunny day, to make the picnic basket extra special – just visit artisan food and drink platform MeltedInside.com and shop its vast range of delicious and nutritious ideas.

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Nothing beats heading outdoors with family or friends with a picnic at your favourite spot or taking a selection of lovingly made food and snacks to a sporting event for a complete experience.

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The Meltedinside.com team has thoughtfully come up with a selection that is sure to make your picnics memorable and special this summer.

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This Red Onion Marmalade Biscotti is a wonderful and savoury snack made by Great British Biscotti.  Hand crafted in a Dorset Bakery these savoury biscotti are the perfect accompaniment to any cheese or charcuterie platter, or use them to make your salads more special than adding normal croutons. They also go well with pâté or a small dollop of red onion marmalade or chilly jam.

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A picnic is not complete without cheese. The cheeses from The French Comte are hard to beat especially the award-winning Comte Grande which has been matured for 24 to 30 months. Comté is a cheese of concentrated flavour, with brown-butter and roasted-nut aromas and a sweet finish.

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To present your picnic guests a choice of vegan cheese, include the nutritious Vegan Cultured Cheese Selection Box from Great Taste Award-winning Bath Culture House. The box contains Garlic and Herb Vegan Cheese, Smoked and Chipotle Chilli Chease, Activated Charcoal vegan Chease and Sumac and Cumin Vegan Cheese. Bath Culture House produces fabulously fermented vegan and gluten free food and drink in the Mendip Hills on the outskirts of Bath. The vegetables used are sourced locally, organic ingredients are used and sourced from Bristol and labels are plastic free and sourced from Bristol companies. Founder Lucie is an ex-Cornish cheesemaker who has now swapped dairy for nuts.

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Also from The French Comte is an Alpes Selection Platter with a selection of dried beef and pork delicacies accompanied by grapes, figs, olives and chutney – all perfect for picking up with your fingers.   

              

Cheese, chutney and meat are a marriage made in heaven; you can’t go wrong with this Spiced Apple Chutney from Deerview Fine Foods in East Sussex and it’s vegan.

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An added benefit of these ChicP Beetroot & Apple Veggie Bites is that they are gluten free and vegan. They are sweet, crunchy and delightfully healthy and irresistible with a big salad or dunked into some ChicP hummus.

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If you want a fun snack that will also be a talking point, try the pioneer Cricket Cracker Bites - flavours include Tomato & Oregano. They are crunchy and high in protein; made with 15 per cent cricket, these sustainably produced snacks give a boost of Vitamin B12 while being made with all natural ingredients.

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MeltedInside.com also has hundreds of sweet treats that are perfect for picnics, many of which are surprisingly good for you. The Good Brownie Company offers a Favourite Brownie Selection of their most popular wheat and gluten free brownies including Belgian Chocolate, Salted Caramel, Raspberry & White Chocolate, Hazelnut, Honeycomb and Zesty Orange. The Good Brownie Co. is an independent family run business founded in 2014 with the desire to create brownies that not only taste great but are better for you. There are more than 20 flavours to choose from.

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For some very indulgent and exquisite sweet treats that will tantilise your taste buds, order some Biscottilicious, another award winner. The Wild Forest Biscotti Gift Box features vibrant green pistachios, inside and out which are perfectly partnered by white chocolate and warming cardamom. They are a visual delight and a taste sensation that you won’t forget.

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Take along something special to drink with your picnic such as this sweet Damson Wine from Clive’s Wines. It’s a premium fruit wine produced in Staffordshire and one of a range lovingly produced by artisan Clive.

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Another unusual alcoholic drink inspired by travels to New Zealand is produced by Arrowtown Drinks in rural East Sussex. Their mixed case includes both Lime & Elderflower and Red Berries hard seltzers - a crisp blend of fruit-based alcohol, sparkling water and natural flavourings. They are low sugar, vegan and gluten-free, and money from every can is donated towards African and marine wildlife conservation.

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To make the picnic a touch more memorable, why not try some pre-mixed cocktails from Isles Drinks The Refresher Cocktail is made from award-winning copper-pot craft gin and artisan vermouth and then naturally flavoured with elderflower and Granny Smith apple and only 87 calories per 250ml can.

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If you want to offer a sparking, non-alcoholic option then try this green tea kombucha which has been flavoured using organic strawberry and quince to emulate an Italian rosé wine. Boucha Kombucha is a refined, non-alcoholic alternative for wine drinking occasions. It is certified organic, and is 100% natural, vegan, gluten free and very low in sugar. It also has just 112 calories per bottle and bursting with gut healthy enzymes and antioxidants.

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For a chance to win a £40 gift voucher from Melted Inside to create a picnic of your choice go to MeltedInside.com’s Instagram page in early August. It is an Instagram prize draw where users need to:

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- Follow us

- Tag a friend

- Tell us their favourite picnic spot

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More about Melted Inside

meltedinside.com exists to share the love of what artisan makers do every day and the love they put into creating products for shoppers looking to buy real food from real people. In line with latest government report on healthy eating (National Food Strategy July 2021), MeltedInside.com is passionate about promoting and knowing where our food comes from as well as encouraging healthy eating. If you are an artisan food maker and interested in joining Melted Inside please email artisanteam@meltedinside.com 

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Melted Inside is a member of the Good Market community - a curated platform that makes it easier to find and connect with social enterprises, responsible businesses and changemakers who are creating a better world.

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MeltedInside.com has been named as a finalist in the Rural Business Awards 2021 in the Best Rural Business Category.

 

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For more information, interviews, images or if you would like to review one of Melted Inside’s products please contact Suzi Christie:  Suzi@blueberry-pr.co.uk or 07590 591140 

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