picnic food ideas

This collection of great Picnic Food Ideas will give you plenty of tasty things to eat at your next outdoor meal. For a quick start, try this pico de gallo:

The 35 BEST Picnic Foods

red tomatoes

white onion

cilantro

Tbsp lime juice

Salt

Chop onions, tomatoes, cilantro and jalapeño. (The jalapeño...

Chop onions, tomatoes, cilantro and jalapeño. (The jalapeño should be finely chopped).

Mix all ingredients in bowl.

Let rest for 30 minutes (optional).

Ask any two people and very few will agree how to make guacamole. That's ok! This is an easy guacamole recipe, but you can build on it to suit your tastes.

Guacamole

avocadoes,

½ red onion, finely chopped

lime, juice only

red chilli, finely chopped (optional)

Learn how to make easy guacamole with our simple video guide.

How to make guacamole

You can vary the vegetables and herbs in this puff pastry tart according to what you have. Leave yourself an extra hour preparation so that the pastry has time to rest.

Each serving provides 400 kcals, 13g protein, 43g carbohydrates (of which 8.5g sugars) 18.5g fat (of which 10g saturates), 6g fibre and 0.7g salt 

Mediterranean puff pastry tart

280 grams/10 ounces ready-rolled light puff pastry

baby courgettes,

red pepper, cored, seeds removed,

yellow pepper, cored, seeds removed,

red onion,

garlic cloves, sliced

leaves

thyme, leaves picked

olive oil spray

tbsp semi-skimmed milk

grams/3½oz cherry tomatoes, halved

75 grams/2¾oz goats’ cheese, crumbled

sea salt and black pepper

Grab that tin of beans from the back of your store cupboard and whip up this simple bean salad. 

Each serving provides 107kcal, 3g protein, 8g carbohydrate (of which	2g sugars), 6g fat (of which 1g saturates),	4g fibre and 0.1g salt.

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Mixed bean salad

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