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PERFECT PICNIC FOOD AND TIPS

Jul.posted by Paula 1 Comment

Perfect Picnic Food and Tips – Spruce up your picnic, minimize your stress, and enjoy these delicious, make-ahead picnic recipes.

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Perfect Picnic Food and Tips

 

Take advantage of friends or family, warm weather, and beautiful sunshine by having a picnic! You may enjoy a meal in the park or a break while hiking or biking. While these meals should be simple, they don’t have to be boring!

Perfect Picnic Food and Tips

  1. Don’t forget to check the weather. Take sunscreen, sunglasses, and a hat. Consider taking bug spray if you’re hiking.
  2. As well, a good picnic basket and blanket are a must. I like this backpack with an insulated cooler. If you’re not hiking, you may prefer this larger insulated cooler bag or a more traditional picnic basket that holds a service for four as well as a blanket. The big thing to consider is weight. Make sure your basket is lightweight and easy to carry.
  3. Another blanket option is this waterproof, sand-resistant, compact blanket. It’s great for hiking, camping, picnics, beach, and more.
  4. Don’t for wet wipes and paper towels.
  5. Zip top bags are a necessity for leftovers.
  6. Take a dedicated cooler or insulated jug for ice cubes.
  7. Plan your food and drinks well so you don’t have to carry it back.
  8. Freeze water bottles and juice packs that do double duty acting as ice and drinks.
  9. However, being a food lover, the most important item for a picnic for me is the food! Make your picnic interesting and easy to eat.
  10. Don’t forget water, trash bags, wine opener, shape knife & cutting board, and serving utensils!

Picnic Food

Instead of eating chips and sandwiches, try some new and inventive picnic food ideas. There are many ways to kick up your outdoor feast. Put together a combination of fresh salad recipes, effortless sandwiches, freshly baked desserts, and refreshing drinks for a memorable al fresco meal.

Prepare these recipes at home the night before or morning of then pack in a cooler for the park or road trip. here are the best picnic foods to make for your next outdoor outing.

Obviously, you want to avoid chocolate and ice cream that will melt. As well, avoid sticky foods that will make you a mess and attract ants and wasps.

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Black Bean Salsa
Black Bean Salsa
Ultimate Snack Mix
Ultimate Snack Mix
Mini Muffuletta sandwich
Sandwich

A basic cole slaw recipe, Tangy Vinegar Based Slaw is zippy and crunchy flavored with a little heat and a pinch of sweet
Tangy Vinegar Based Slaw
Using gouda cheese instead of the traditional cheddar in Gouda Pimento Cheese gives this recipe a delicious twist. Pimento Cheese is a popular Southern spread consistng of cheese, pimento peppers, mayonaise, and seasonings. This cheesy spread can be used in a sandwich, or a grilled sandwich, to top burgers, or as a dip with crackers. It can be eaten hot or cold. And, it's great for picnics and tailgating.
Gouda Pimento Cheese recipe
Copycat Kashi Granola Bar Recipe is a healthier, sweet, salty, flavorful, on-the-go snack or breakfast! Homemade granola bars are also much cheaper than store-bought granola bars.
Kashi Granola Bar

Pasta Salad
Easy Pasta Salad is filling and delicious along with being super simple to make!
Sweet and Sour Marinated English Pea and Corn Salad
Sweet and Sour Marinated English Pea and Corn Salad
Cuban Sandwich on a Stick Appetizer
Cuban Sandwich on a Stick Appetizer

Tex Mex Coleslaw is packed with flavor and perfect for summer cookouts. It also adds a nice crunch to tacos, fajitas, and wraps.
Tex Mex Coleslaw
Soft Batch Glazed Lemon Cream Cheese Cookies are pillowy soft, light, creamy, and sugary, This insanely good cookie is a must make.
Soft Batch Glazed Lemon Cream Cheese Cookies
A sweet, refreshing, non-alcoholic drink, Scratch-made Arnold Palmer Drink, is as legendary as the golfer himself! It's popular during hot weather at outdoor parties, barbecues, and golfing events.
Arnold Palmer

ZESTY GREEK PASTA SALAD
ZESTY GREEK PASTA SALAD
Bowtie Pesto Pasta Salad combines Caprese salad and basil pesto with pasta for a quick, easy, and delicious pasta salad.
Bowtie Pesto Pasta Salad
A classic muffuletta sandwich is a combination of sliced meats which are flexible; feel free to substitute or omit any of them. What makes this sandwich a muffuletta is the olive spread, don’t skip it! This is the ultimate crowd-pleasing sandwich, perfect for get-togethers.
Muffuletta sandwich

Muffuletta on a Stick
Muffuletta on a Stick
Keto Muffuletta recipe (Antipasto Tacos) is a quick grazing appetizer of cured meats, cheeses, olives, & giardiniera. No carbs & no gluten
Keto Muffuletta
No Bake Homemade Twix with Vanilla Wafers, copycat Twix Candy Bars easy to make & satisfies any craving! Vanilla cookie, chocolate, caramel

This Broccoli Salad Recipe will be your favorite healthy staple for cookouts, potlucks, tailgates, and pool parties this summer. You name it and this salad is a great salad to take.
Broccoli Salad recipe
Shelled Crispy Parmesan Garlic Edamame is a healthy recipe that's high in protein and fiber. It's great as a snack and ready in 15 minutes.
Shelled Crispy Parmesan Garlic Edamame
JARCUTERIE - your personal charcutierie board!😍
Jarcuterie

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Perfect Picnic Food and Tips - Spruce up your picnic, minimize your stress, and enjoy these delicious, make-ahead picnic recipes.

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  1. dot says

    07.09.19 at 10:20 pm

    please send recipies they look so lovely and so good for people trying to look after their weight. and eating habits.

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