Family picnic recipes

It’s hard to beat a picnic on a beautiful sunny day. Warm weather, good food and the great outdoors – what could be better? Check out our delicious picnic ideas for the ultimate sandwiches, pies and tarts packed with seasonal produce, as well as portable sweet treats, plus more ideas that are perfect for popping in your basket. 

Squash it sandwichrecipeSquash it sandwich
Mexican street saladrecipeMexican street salad
Spiced aubergine diprecipeSpiced aubergine dip
Broad bean saladrecipeBroad bean salad
Salad wedges with buttermilk dressingrecipeSalad wedges with buttermilk dressing
Pomegranate, ginger & lime flavoured waterrecipePomegranate, ginger & lime flavoured water
Minty yoghurt diprecipeMinty yoghurt dip
Michela’s kale, ricotta & squash omeletterecipeMichela’s kale, ricotta & squash omelette
Picnic pierecipePicnic pie
Smoked mackerel pate with griddled toast and cress saladrecipeSmoked mackerel pate with griddled toast and cress salad
Broad bean diprecipeBroad bean dip
Crunchy chicken pieces with a herby yoghurt diprecipeCrunchy chicken pieces with a herby yoghurt dip
Sliced fennel, orange & almond saladrecipeSliced fennel, orange & almond salad
Sweet potato muffinsrecipeSweet potato muffins
Elderflower lemonade with frozen berriesrecipeElderflower lemonade with frozen berries
Veggie ‘fish finger’ sandwichesrecipeVeggie ‘fish finger’ sandwiches
Granola barsrecipeGranola bars
Greek-style quinoa salad bombrecipeGreek-style quinoa salad bomb
Simple green salad with lemon dressingrecipeSimple green salad with lemon dressing
Gluten-free quicherecipeGluten-free quiche
Wine-gummy tomatoesrecipeWine-gummy tomatoes
Watermelon & feta saladrecipeWatermelon & feta salad
Spring onion tartrecipeSpring onion tart
Easy flatbreadsrecipeEasy flatbreads
Simple houmousrecipeSimple houmous
Wild rice saladrecipeWild rice salad
Summer fruit plate with lime, mint and vanilla syruprecipeSummer fruit plate with lime, mint and vanilla syrup
Mango chutneyrecipeMango chutney
Aubergine diprecipeAubergine dip
Indian chopped saladrecipeIndian chopped salad
Sausage rollsrecipeSausage rolls
Jersey Royal potato saladrecipeJersey Royal potato salad
Strawberry shortcakerecipeStrawberry shortcake
Superfood saladrecipeSuperfood salad
Blackened chickenrecipeBlackened chicken
New potatoes & troutrecipeNew potatoes & trout
Raspberry & ginger fizzrecipeRaspberry & ginger fizz
Vegan mushroom rollsrecipeVegan mushroom rolls
Gorgeous Greek saladrecipeGorgeous Greek salad
Rainbow jam tartsrecipeRainbow jam tarts
Broccoli saladrecipeBroccoli salad
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