Picnic Glory!

I think a picnic is one of life’s little luxuries. Relaxing outdoors with family and friends with no worries and great food and drink is what a picnic should be. Here at Kitchenware Direct, we believe these products will go a long way to facilitating this.

The Ocho and Thermos range of products couple style with functionality to make your next picnic worry free; from watching a romantic sunset with cheese and a bottle of wine to a full blown family outing with copious food there is the product for every occasion. Thermos also offer a great range of mugs, drink bottles and vacuum insulated flasks to keep your drinks at their optimal temperature.

With the picnic sets, the cutlery and utensils are all very durable and hard wearing. There is ample storage area and they even fold in on the sides to reduce space when not being used. The smaller bags have the same high quality accompaniments, but, like the Ocho Black Vigne Picnic Set, is designed to keep a couple of bottles of wine cool and comes with a cheese knife, board and bottle opener!

The picnic rugs that we stock are the final piece of the puzzle for a great picnic. The comfortable fleece covering is protected by a waterproof PVC base that ensures you stay dry even when sitting on wet grass.

These stylish and durable rugs are available in two colours; light tan and cool grey. Perfect for the summer months, these would make an ideal gift for Christmas.

For all your liquid picnic needs, Water Bottles Direct stocks a wide range of 100% BPA free Sigg water bottles, who are regarded as one of the finest makers of water bottles in the market.

With a wide range of styles and sizes for all ages, these safe and fashionable drink bottles are the perfect addition to any picnic. Water Bottles Direct stocks kid's water bottles, sports bottles, Sigg Classic and Sigg Designer bottles, and stainless steel insulated mugs.

Now that you have all the equipment you can think about what you want to take with you on your next picnic. Why not make something really special that people of all ages will love. Here at Kitchenware Direct we recommend making this amazingly simple and tasty chicken club sandwich. Here are the simple ingredients you will need to easily feed 4 people:

• 2 whole chicken breasts
• 4 rashers of crispy bacon
• 12 pieces of lightly toasted bread
• Chopped iceberg lettuce
• 2 sliced large tomatos
• Your favourite mayonnaise
• Your favourite Dijon mustard
• Salt and Pepper.

Simply cook your chicken breast in your preferred way and then slice into generous segments. Cook the bacon and cut in to equal sized pieces.

While you are toasting the bread prepare the lettuce and mix the mayonnaise with the mustard at a ratio of 4 to 1.

To prepare the sandwich coat the bread with the mayonnaise mix and apply lettuce, a few slices of tomato and approximately half of a chicken breast on top. Then add another slice of bread covered in the mayonnaise mix and repeat the process, but this time add a generous amount of bacon instead of chicken and seal with the top piece of bread. Slice diagonally and repeat the process four times and you will have a sumptuous meal for four people that will stay fresh in the insulated compartments of our wide range of coolers and hampers.

Having used this recipe many times I can guarantee you will find it as delicious as I have. You can season the chicken with herbs and spices to your specific taste if you desire.

Take advantage of our low prices and the beautiful weather and head outdoors for one of life’s simple pleasures – the picnic.