Ingredients

2 Salmon Steaks
1 tsp wasabi sauce (use less or more according to taste)
½ cup cream
Potato mash (add 1 egg for added taste and fluffiness)
Spinach leaves-washed
1 lemon
Fresh green beans
Olive oil
Salt & Pepper

Directions

Cook potato and mash until smooth and creamy. Heat olive oil in a shallow pan, add salmon. Grind black pepper and salt over steaks and squeeze the juice of a lemon over the top as well. Cook steaks for 4 minutes on either side or until cooked. In a small saucepan, combine the cream, wasabi sauce and salt & pepper to taste. Heat gently until warm. Lightly steam beans.

Presentation

On a white plate, place the spinach leaves in the centre. Place the mash potato on top of the leaves, then place the salmon on top, followed by the steamed green beans. This will create and interesting stack. Finally, pour wasabi sauce mix over the steaks and drizzle a small amount on the plate. For a fancy finishing touch, sprinkle whole peppercorns over the top.

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some of these suggestions.

Quiche, any sort, just remember it contains eggs and cream and should stay cool.
Cold cuts - chicken, ham, fish
Pate and crusty bread, buttered perhaps
Fresh fruit or fruit compote
Australian cheese - brie, a good blue, cheddar
Chilled wine, mineral water or fruit juice

Freshly prepared salads
A handful of mesclun (mixed green)
A roast chicken
Smoked fish to toss through a salad
A dozen fresh oysters

A Mediterranean theme, stock up on olives, chilled pasta salads, and antipasto goodies like prosciutto, bocconcini, melon, bread sticks and tomatoes - sun dried and fresh. Throw in a torte or cheesecake, figs and mascarpone cheese for dessert, and some robust wine or grappa.

Lebanese; grab some pita bread, kibbeh and thinly sliced roast lamb, some tabbouli, hummous, feta cheese, and perhaps some cooked chickpeas and salad. And don't forget to toss in some baklava or shortbread biscuits for dessert.

Then there's Asian food, now readily available - pick up some spicy Vietnamese sausage, plenty of greens, chilli sauce and some crisp long rolls to make great picnic food. Or you could take chicken wings marinated in a honey soy dressing and a bowl of cooked noodles and vegetables ready to mix together for a quick Asian-inspired salad.

Or why not try a Dinkum Aussie Picnic, sausages, chops, plenty of slices onions to fry on the barbeque plate you'll find at most public parks. Team them with crusty bread rolls, salads and some good sauces and chutneys.

Or pair some fabulous Australian wines and cheeses with damper, the best seafood available, some great Illabo lamb cuts or corn-fed chicken pieces.