Picnic recipes
Enjoy a lazy summer afternoon with a light salad, an all-time favourite such as Quiche Lorraine, or other home-made picnic treats.
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Picnic tortilla
- Ready in 35 mins
Hot or cold tortillas make a tasty change from sandwiches, in 25 minutes
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Easy
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Potato salad with sweet onion dressing
By Good Food
- Ready in 25 mins
Perfect picnic food, the longer the potatoes are left the more flavour they absorb - it's also great hot
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Easy
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Summer sausage rolls
- Ready in 40 mins
When the weather is warmer, bring some sunshine flavours into everyone’s favourite afternoon tea and picnic snack
13
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Easy
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Greens with herby lemon vinaigrette
By Good Food
- Ready in 20 mins
These zesty greens are the perfect accompaniment to a picnic or Summer roast
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Easy
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Roast chicken with couscous & pine nut stuffing
By Good Food
- Ready in 1 hr 50 mins
Delicious hot or cold and perfect for a picnic, this stuffed chicken will be a real family favourite
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Easy
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Layered houmous, tabbouleh & feta picnic bowl
- Ready in 35 mins
This salad combines delicious meze-type dishes and a layering of several Greek and Middle Eastern-inspired flavours that marry together as they sit in the fridge
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Easy
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Spicy tiffin eggs
- Ready in 40 mins
Using flavour-packed ingredients means vegetarians don't have to miss out on good tasting nibbles
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Easy
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Spinach, broad bean & feta salad
By Good Food
- Ready in 25 mins
A light salad full of good-for-you greens, and made more filling with couscous
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Easy
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Quiche Lorraine
By Good Food
- Ready in 1 hr 45 mins
This all-time favourite is perfect for a relaxed picnic with friends - serve with a crisp green salad
5
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Moderately Easy
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Scotch egg pasties
- Ready in 1 hr 10 mins
Two picnic favourites in one - try them with piccalilli or brown sauce for an extra kick
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Moderately Easy
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Garden vegetable & goat's cheese quiche
- Ready in 1 hr 45 mins
This quiche not only looks great, it really tastes of summer with its fresh and colourful vegetables
5
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Moderately Easy
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Raspberry Bakewell cake
- Ready in 1 hr
This simple almondy cake is a great way of using up pick-your-own raspberries
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Easy
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Lemon chicken salad with crunchy croutons
- Ready in 35 mins
A versatile and substantial main-meal salad - serve it just warm. A lovely summer lunch, or take along to a picnic
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Easy
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Artichoke focaccia
By Good Food
- Ready in 55 mins
Inject the taste of Italy into your picnics and al fresco dinner parties with this irresistibly moreish focaccia
5
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Moderately Easy
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Blueberry lemon cake with coconut crumble topping
By Good Food
- Ready in 1 hr
This sticky, crumbly bake is irresistible - it's a pudding straight from the tin
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Easy
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Sunshine bars
- Ready in 2 hrs 25 mins
The solution for any picnic or open air event – a no-bake bar packed with good stuff
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Easy
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Storecupboard pasta salad
- Ready in 5 mins
This pasta salad makes a quick and healthy lunch, or is perfect dressed up for a picnic or for kids’ lunchboxes
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Easy
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Smoky cheese & onion tart
- Ready in 1 hr 5 mins
A rustic tart to cut into squares for a picnic, or make individual tarts to serve as a starter with salad
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Easy
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Selection of summer sandwiches
- Ready in 20 mins
Keep the whole family happy this summer with a delicious spread of summer sandwiches
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Easy
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Ginger lemon fizz
- Ready in 15 mins
A refreshing alternative to shop-bought soft drinks, perfect for the summer
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Easy
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Blueberry lemon cakes with cheesecake topping
- Ready in 35 mins
These neat, zesty cakes are finished off with a smooth, rich topping
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Moderately Easy
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Pink lemonade
By Good Food
- Ready in 10 mins
Adding raspberries to homemade lemonade gives it a tangy flavour and turns it a vivid pink
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Easy
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Smoky aubergine & coriander dip
- Ready in 30 mins
The seductively smoky flavour of this Middle Eastern-style dip comes from cooking the aubergines charcoal black
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Easy
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Coconut carrot slices
- Ready in 50 mins
If you’re looking for a treat for afternoon tea, or something to make for a cake sale, try this crunchy-topped traybake
7
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Easy
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