Recipes for Picnics

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• homemade hamburgers
• pork burgers
• pork fillet or tenderloin
• sausages including Guinness sauce
• pork spareribs
• lamb
• steak
• barbecue brisket recipe

Barbecued poultry

• turkey burgers
• duck
• chicken breast
• chicken wings
• baked barbecue chicken
• a variety of marinades for chicken

Barbecued fish and seafood:-

• bream
• mackerel
• trout
• lobster
• squid

Other bbq recipes:-

• best barbecue sauce
• corn on the cob
• courgettes / zucchini
• halloumi cheese

Picnic Appetizers:-

• dips including taramasalata and aubergine & red pepper
• hummus recipe

• white bean & feta dip
• kipper or smoked mackerel pate
• cold crab dip

Picnic Chicken recipes:-

• chicken recipes
• retro and modern versions of coronation chicken - curry chicken salad recipe
• chicken salad recipes
• marinaded, then baked, chicken wings and drumsticks

Picnic Meat recipes:-

• ham or gammon
• sausage turnover
• Cornish pasties

Picnic Egg recipes:-

• scotch eggs
• egg recipes including tortilla
• baked frittata

Picnic Salads:-

• salads including - spinach & chickpea salad, spicy salad, roast beef salad, corn salad
• potato salad recipes
• cabbage salad recipe - coleslaw ideas
• carrot salad recipes
• pasta salads
• seafood pasta salad
• broccoli salad
• tomato salad recipes including tomato & chilli vinaigrette; tomato, bean & chorizo salad; tomato & Feta cheese
• couscous salad
• beetroot recipes such as beetroot couscous
• Christmas salad
• Tuscan salad
• broad bean salad
• noodle salad
• the ultimate Greek salad
• fennel salad
• watermelon recipes
• watercress

Sandwiches, wraps etc:-

• the super sarnie (sandwich)
• various sandwiches
• more picnic sandwiches
• French sandwich or pan bagnat
• chicken salad sandwiches
• cucumber sandwich
• wraps
• crunchy veggie wraps

Dressings:-

• homemade salad dressings
• raita

Soups:-

• cold soups such as lettuce & rocket vichyssoise and Spanish gazpacho
• cold cucumber soup
• asparagus soup hot or cold
• hot soups such as spiced pumpkin
• carrot and ginger soup
• artichoke soup
• chicken soup
• fish soup with garlic
• Stilton soup
• tomato soup

Then there are also bonfire recipes such as baked fish or sweet potatoes - and romantic recipes like heart salad, herby tabbouleh, figs & prosciutto, and cream cheese dessert.

Picnic deserts and cakes

• barbecued fruit
• picnic desserts
• picnic cake recipes including Ginger nut cake, Banana nut cake, Cherry & almond cake, Fairy cakes and No-cook cake
• pineapple fruit cake
• crazy chocolate biscuits
• coffee and walnut cake
• easy lemon cake
• flapjacks
• gingerbread (cake)
• pumpkin pie
• honeyed grapes
• buttermilk muffins with blueberries
• Baileys hint of coffee no bake cheesecake

Picnic drinks:-

• champagne - some ideas if you don't want to drink it neat all the time
• homemade ginger beer
• iced tea
• homemade lemonade
• mulled wine
• Pimms
• Elderflower cordial
• how to choose wine for your picnic