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Picnic Food Ideas You’ve Never Thought of Before!

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Are you looking for new picnic food ideas? Great!! This right here is the perfect picnic foods list for you. Packed with tons of easy picnic recipes, from sandwiches and salads to treats and snacks – you’re sure to find something for everyone!

Bacon Halloumi Bites in a serving dish with cocktail sticks

The sun is shining, the blankets are out – all you need now are some picnic food ideas to impress your friends without a crazy amount of effort involved!

Good news for you – I’ve carefully selected some brilliant easy picnic recipes that you’ve probably never even thought of before! Curious? read on for more inspiration…

Two halves of a cheese scone being held so you can see the light flaky centre

What food do you bring on a picnic?

Honestly it depends entirely on you! Think about what foods you and your family like, what the weather will be like and how practical your picnic food ideas are for that particular day.

Keep scrolling for a picnic foods list that will fill you to the brim with inspiration!

Rainbow pasta salad in a red and white ceramic dish set over a wooden worktop.

Easy Picnic Food Ideas You've Never Thought of Before!

This right here is the perfect picnic foods list for you! Packed with tons of easy picnic recipes, from sandwiches and salads to treats and snacks - you're sure to find something for everyone!

Tasty Snacks

Salads and Pasta Salad Picnic Food Ideas

Picnic Sandwiches and Wraps

Pastry, Quiche and Frittata Recipes

Picnic Desserts

Other Picnic Food Ideas

Have you made any of these recipes?

Have you made any of the glorious recipes from this epic picnic foods list? I’d love to know if you have! Send me your pics, comments and questions on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram or email me at emma@kitchenmason.com.

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Bacon halloumi bites in a bowl with cocktail sticks and a bowl of rainbow pasta salad in a red and white ceramic dish. A text overlay says "50 easy picnic recipes".

About Emma Mason

Emma is a professional blogger. Utilising over 20 years of cooking experience, she’s passionate about making your life easier, one recipe at a time! Drawing on her 12+ year background in recipe research and development, photography, copy writing and marketing, Emma has turned kitchenmason.com into a successful career. Known as ‘the organisation queen’ among friends, she is passionate about creating easy to follow recipes that anyone can follow and enjoy. She lives in Nottingham (UK) with her husband, daughter and 2 naughty cats. In her spare time she can be found reading a good book, training at the dojo preparing for her black belt grading, or dreaming up the next crazy colour combo for her hair!

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Camilla Hawkins

Monday 9th of August 2021

Totally drooling now and want to try so many of these delicious recipes. Thank you for including my Picnic Quiches:-)

Emma

Monday 9th of August 2021

Hehe aww thanks Camilla! And thank you for allowing me to share your wonderful recipe :) Emma x

Cyna

Monday 15th of July 2019

Such a delicious collection of recipes! Thank you fro including patafla!

Miss KitchenMason

Monday 15th of July 2019

Thanks Cyna! You're very welcome, it looks so yummy :) Emma x

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