33 Picnic Food Recipes Including Allergy Free!

Husband and I are spending a lot of summer playing in our city parks with Lacey to help her with her fear issues. The more we take Lacey out and about to dog appropriate places, the more we socialize her and teach Lacey in a fun way that new experiences are not as scary as she thinks.

This means we are doing a lot more picnicking than we have in recent years. We’re getting tired of sandwiches and I’m a little stumped on what other picnic foods travel well and taste good after a sitting a cooler for a big chunk of the day.

I asked the smartest people I know, my Twitter and Facebook followers (you can follow me on Twitter here and follow me on Facebook here) for their favorite picnic food recipes. 

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Wow friends! You really know how to cook!

 9 Picnic Main Dishes

Goat Cheese and Avocado Sandwich with Red pepper Aioli Sauce OMG! So amazingly good! 

Southwest Tuna and Black Beans 

Tabbouleh with Chicken and Red Peppers 

Chicken and Couscous Salad with Oil Vinaigrette

Shwarma Black Bean Burgers – Cook them ahead of time and eat them cold or warm them up on the grill if you want a hot lunch. 

Chicken Salad Extra Creamy from Angie at The Country Chic Cottage. Cyn Gagen says, “I can attest to the fact that Angie's chicken salad recipe is AMAZING!” 

Dijon BBQ Sliders Recipe 

California Avocado Salad Sandwich a meatless meal from Ezra Pound Cake 

Southwest Lime Chicken Picnic Wraps from Burlap and Denim 

21 Picnic Salads and Side Dishes

Photo courtesy of Avocados from Mexico

Asian Broccoli Slaw from The Hip Vegetarian 

Mixed Bean Salad Recipe 

Russian Vinaigrette Salad Recipe

Avocado Deviled Eggs 

Garden Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette 

Greek Quinoa and Avocado Salad 

Caprice Salad Skewers from Around My Family Table 

Thai Coleslaw with Napa Cabbage 

Carrot Chips  from Rob’s World 

Baked Scotch Eggs

Fruit Shish Kebobs 

Quinoa with Garlic, Pine Nuts, and Raisins 

 3 Yummy Picnic Snacks

Photo courtesy of Spoon for Bacon

Homemade Banana Chips 

Raw Veggies and Roasted Onion Dip from Spoon for Bacon

Coconut Carmel Popcorn 

10 Summer Dessert Recipes

Photo courtesy of It All Started With Paint

Fruit Salad with Honey-Lime Dressing from Oh You Cook 

Whiskey Cake in a Jar Recipe 

Mason Jar Lemon Meringue Pies from It All Started with Paint 

Snickerdoodle Blondies

Egg/Grain/Gluten/Dairy Free Snickerdoodle Cookies – A cookie for foodie allergy folks Yay! 

Apple Snickerdoodle Cobbler- because I am on a Snickerdoodle kick 

Guinness Chocolate Pudding

Beach Bucket Cake from Rook No. 17. You can use a stainless steel pail if you can’t find a BPA free plastic beach bucket. 

No Bake S’more Bars 

Gluten Free Apple Crisp 

What are your favorite picnic foods?

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