These family picnic ideas are perfect for summery outdoor dining. From sandwiches and salads to irresistible treats, make your next picnic a delicious success.
Get your picnic blanket and cooler ready, it's time to head outdoors for some family picnic fun!
We all know there are far more interesting picnic food ideas than just sandwiches. So in this roundup post, I'm sharing some delicious picnic recipes, including salads, sushi, muffins and more.
Ideally, picnic food should be easy to prepare ahead of time, pack into a cooler and will last until ready to eat.
Read on for some perfect picnic inspiration.
Family Picnic Ideas
Pizza Scrolls
Pizza Scrolls are a great way to use up leftover pizza dough and are excellent for lunch boxes, picnics or kids party food.
Cheese and Bacon Muffins
These Cheese and Bacon muffins are delicious, warm, or room temperature and perfect for picnics or as on-the-go savoury breakfast muffins.
Date and Oat Slice
This date and oat slice recipe gives you a sticky, sweet and scrumptious oat slice that is perfect for an afternoon snack or a sweet ending to your picnic.
Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad Recipe
This delicous salad combines chicken, carrots, celery, and pasta in a creamy, zippy sauce! It's a perfect side dish for a summer picnic.
Thermomix Sausage Rolls
Have a Thermomix? These Sausage Rolls are a delicious classic homemade sausage roll with a buttery puff pastry and juicy meat filling.
Nut Free Chocolate Bliss Balls
This nut free chocolate bliss balls recipe is so quick and easy to make and is perfect for a guilt-free healthy treat.
Salt and Pepper Chicken Wings
Crispy, crunchy wings with an explosion of flavour, these Chinese-style salt and pepper chicken wings are even better than takeout! They are delicious at room temperature so perfect for a picnic.
Easy Greek Orzo Salad
Whenever you need an easy and healthy side dish, that is guaranteed to disappear first, make this gorgeous Greek orzo salad!
Falafel Thermomix
This Falafel Thermomix recipe makes delicious fresh homemade falafel perfect for adding to salad, wraps or just on their own.
Chinese Spring Rolls
Crispy and delicious and make the perfect finger food. You can batch make them and freeze for later too making them ideal for last-minute picnics.
White Chocolate Macadamia Nut Cookies
These white chocolate macadamia nut cookies are soft and chewy and loaded with chocolate chips and nuts. You are going to love them.
Watermelon Feta Salad
Creamy salty feta cheese paired with a sweet juicy watermelon is the epitome of summertime. It's light and bright and made with a tangy vinaigrette.
Banana Choc Chip Muffins
These Banana Choc Chip Muffins are light, fluffy and moist, with the added treat of gooey chocolate chips scattered throughout.
Traditional English Scones
There is nothing more quintessentially British than an afternoon tea with traditional English scones with jam and cream. The ultimate picnic treat!
Tortellini Pesto Salad
This Tortellini Pesto Salad tossed with sun-dried tomatoes, pine nuts and mozzarella is the perfect prep-ahead cold pasta salad!
Apple Blueberry Muffins
These Apple Blueberry Muffins are moist and delicious and a great way to sneak in some extra fruit to a family picnic!
BLT Pasta Salad
A delicious twist on the classic BLT sandwich! Crispy bacon, veggies and pasta are tosssed in a rich and creamy dressing for the ultimate cold pasta picnic dish.
Oatmeal Chocolate Chip Cookies
This oatmeal chocolate chip cookies recipe is quick and easy to make and results in delicious chewy cookies. Everyone will be reaching for these at your family picnic!
The very best zucchini slice
One of those ‘hidden secret’ sorts of foods, it's so quick and easy to make with just a few simple pantry ingredients. Make it once and it’ll become one of your healthy go-tos for picnics.
Turkey Pesto Sandwich
This Turkey Pesto Sandwich is a delicious and quick recipe that uses leftover turkey breast mixed with a creamy pesto mayo for the best picnic lunch a person could ask for!
Ramen Noodle Salad
This traditional ramen noodle salad is a quick and simple recipe that makes a delicious, healthy picnic recipe. Made in less than 15 minutes, with a homemade oriental dressing.
Carrot and Cheese Muffins Thermomix
These Thermomix Carrot and Cheese muffins are great for healthy savoury muffins that will get the kids eating up some extra veggies.
Hillbilly Coleslaw
Dressed with a sweet and tangy vinegar based dressing, It’s a spectacular twist on classic mayonnaise dressed coleslaw. The vinegar dressing makes it ideal for warm weather entertaining.
Avocado Sushi Rolls
Avocado sushi rolls are one of several different vegan options for people who love sushi. Ready in only a few minutes, this is the perfect last-minute picnic recipe.
The Best Mango Avocado Salad (Healthy & Nourishing)
This beautiful chopped mango avocado salad recipe is healthy, incredibly satisfying, and ready in just 15 minutes.
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