Valentine’s Day isn’t just a day to celebrate that special someone, it’s a day that can also be spent celebrating your gals. What better way to spend it than at a picnic with your girls. First you have to plan the food each girl is bringing. Some fruit will be essential for the picnic, especially cotton candy grapes. A bowl of everything bagel mixed nuts is the perfect balance of sweet and salty flavors. A charcuterie board is the perfect centerpiece for the picnic. There can be an assortment of cheese and crackers, and if you really want to impress your gals, you can include the easy to make salami roses. A picnic is not complete without its savory sweets. Chocolate covered strawberries are the perfect Valentine’s Day sweet for friends to share. If strawberries are not for you, consider adding strawberry cupcakes with a dash of food coloring to add some pink for the special holiday, adding a heart shaped pizookie, heart shaped macaroons , or some croissants to top off the heart shaped sweets. Last but not least, there must be pink and red decorations. Some heart shaped balloons along with a teddy bear make the perfect decorations for the Valentine’s Day picnic. What should you put all the food on? Where should you sit? A red and white checkered picnic blanket is the perfect pop of color to complete your picnic so everyone is comfortable and all the food can be nicely set up. A Galentine’s Day picnic is always the way to go on Valentine’s Day, and now you have some tips and tricks to help you set up the perfect picnic.
