Cold Picnic Food Recipes

Picnic Food Ideas

First, a list of our top picks for easy to pack food in your basket:

• Salads (Greek, Caesar, pasta)
• Cheese and Crackers
• Chicken Salad
• Coleslaw
• Curried Coleslaw
• Fruit and Dip
• Picnic Sandwiches (Turkey/Ham/Cheese/Cucumber)
• Potato Salad
• Spinach Dip in Round of Bread with Crackers
• Shrimp with Cocktail Sauce
• Pink Pomegranate Lemonade

Links to some of our recipes:

Best Potato Salad

Caesar Salad

Coleslaw Recipes

Easy Potato Salad

Greek Salad Dressing

Simple Chicken Salad Recipe

Tuna Fish Sandwich

You should also take a look at our romantic recipes page for even more great ideas. Most of them meant for two!

Cheese and Ciabatta Sandwich

Ciabatta is a delicious broad flat bread with crisp crust made of wheat flour. Gruyere is a nutty, firm, Swiss cheese that you should be able to find in the specialty cheese section of your local grocery store.

What you will need:

• 2 slices ciabatta bread
• Prepared Horseradish
• Dijon mustard, to taste
• 2 slices Black Forest ham
• 1 slice Gruyere
• 2 sprigs watercress
• Unsalted butter

How to make it:

On bottom slcie of ciabatta, spread a sparing amount of horseradish, followed by mustard to taste.

Arrange ham over bread and add Gruyere

Top with watercress and final slice of buttered bread.

Did you enjoy this page? You may also want to visit our Picnic Sandwiches page.

To leave cold picnic food recipes and find more advice and tips, look for the links at the bottom of the Fun Date Ideas Home Page!