Picnic food ideas: 6 recipes for a summer picnic

Summer weather, a picnic outside in the grass, at sea, or in the forest. Enjoy. Relax. You can do that now with these 6 picnic food ideas and time schedule.

As usual after a week of delicious recipes today's wrap-up time. This picnic recipe schedule with time table certainly contributes to a stress-free picnic.

But first:

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Picnic food ideas

⏲️  Preparation and storage

1 day before

• Easy Italian Pasta Salad: This pasta salad, can easily be made one day in advance and refrigerate until use.
• Homemade marshmallows: Make the marshmallows one day before the picnic, so they are well solidified.

In the morning:

• Vanilla Lemonade: Make vanilla lemonade and store in refrigerator;
• Wrap with mango and spicy chicken: Make the wraps. Package them individually in plastic wrap and store them in the refrigerator;
• Sandwiches on the go: Cut the cucumber and store it until use in a bag with a damp paper towel;
• Sandwiches on the go: Wash the arugula and store it in a box with attached water in the refrigerator;
• Sandwiches on the go: If you make your own pesto, it can be done in the morning.
• Salad in a Jar: Make the dressing, spoon it at the bottom of the pot.
• Salad in a jar: Wash the lettuce and cut it into pieces. Keep it in a sealed jar with damp paper.

Just before the picnic:

• Salad in a jar: put all the ingredients for the salad in the jar.
• Sandwiches on the go: Smear all sandwiches and pack them, each in its own plastic wrap.
• Put in a bag with a cooling element (or ice pack):
  • Vanilla lemonade
  • Easy Italian pasta salad
  • Wrap with mango and spicy chicken
  • Jars with salad
  • Tasty sandwiches
  • Chocolate cookies.
• Add to a bag without an ice pack:
  • plaid
  • Glasses, plates, and cutlery
  • Skewers
  • Bowls for pasta salad
  • Homemade marshmallows