Looking for an easy picnic snack?
Use ordinary ingredients
A quick, impromptu picnic snack can be whipped up easily if you have a well-stocked kitchen cupboard. Day-trip food should be a treat but it also has to be easy to make and must travel well, even if it has to be in a cool box or bag. |
The recipes below begin with ordinary ingredients and then you can liven them up with fresh herbs, toasted nuts and other quick additions.
Then you’ll always be ready for the words “let’s have a picnic”.
This tangy combination of Mediterranean and Middle Eastern flavours makes a great picnic snack, served with toasted pitta breads, or mini bagels and some juicy olives:
- 410 gram (235 drained weight) can of cannelloni beans
- 110 grams of Feta cheese
- 150 gram tub of Greek yoghurt (I like the 2% fat one from Total)
- a tablespoon or two of lemon juice
- a handful of dill (or other fresh herb of your choice)
Add all the ingredients, except the herbs, and puree in a food processor until smooth. (Add the herbs if you like but they will colour the dip instead of flecking it with colour). Then chop the herbs finely by hand and add, to taste, with a seasoning of salt and pepper.
Store in the fridge (keeps for up to a week) or keep in a cool box until you reach your picnic site.
Check out healthy dips for more easy picnic snack ideas like this one.
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Crunchy Veggie Wraps can have meat added to them if you wish. It makes the wraps more filling:
- 8 soft flour tortillas of any variety
- a bunch of coriander
- a small packet of fresh bean sprouts
- a couple of carrots cut into julienne strips
- half a cucumber cut into strips
- an avocado, pitted, peeled and sliced
- half an ice-berg or small romaine lettuce
- optional – Chinese barbecued pork or cooked chicken
Mix ingredients together – except the wraps! Lay each wrap on a flat surface and place 3 – 4 tablespoons of filling in the centre. Fold over the ends and wrap the tortilla tightly around the filling. Wrap in cling film.
Serve with a dipping sauce:
- 4 tablespoons of hoisin sauce
- 2 tablespoons of soy sauce
- 1 tablespoon of rice vinegar
- 1 tablespoons of cold water
Check out sandwich wrap recipes for more ideas like this one.
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Check out other salad recipes for picnics too.
Add some liquid refreshment, load up the cool box with your picnic snack and off you go!
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