Spend quality time outdoors with good food and good people with these 40 easy summer picnic recipes. From salads to sides to mains to desserts, we’ve got all your picnic needs covered.
Picnic Salads
Quinoa Edamame Salad with Citrus Vinaigrette via Jennifer Hunt Nutrition
Blueberry Pecan Chicken Salad via Kiss in the Kitchen
Zucchini Noodle Spaghetti Salad via Sinful Nutrition
Ultra Creamy Lightened Up Macaroni Salad via Hungry Hobby
Creamy Broccoli Salad via The Foodie Dietitian
Freekeh and Black Bean Salad with Lime Cilantro Dressing via Kathy Siegel RDN
Kale Salad with Cranberries and Pepitas via Erica Julson
Citrus Quinoa Salad with Prunes via Amy Gorin Nutrition
Balsamic Chicken Salad with Cherries via Holley Grainger
Cannellini Bean Salad with Basil and Sun-Dried Tomatoes via Food Pleasure & Health
Fresh Peach Salsa with Grilled Chicken via Krolls Korner
“Confetti” Carrot + Pea Salad via Whitney E. RD
Wild Rice and Kale Salad via Liz’s Healthy Table
Easy 6 Ingredient Tomato Salad via The Foodie Dietitian
Sweet Heat Watermelon Salad via Holley Grainger
Summer Crudite Salad via Fork in the Road
Caprese Pasta Salad with Hemp Pesto via The Foodie Dietitian
Picnic Mains
Curried Chicken Salad Lettuce Wraps via Erica Julson
Chickpea Hummus Salad Sandwiches via Rachael Hartley Nutrition
Muffuletta Style Summer Sandwich via Create Kids Club
Roasted Summer Vegetable Panzanella via The Nutrition Adventure
Grilled Cauliflower Hummus Sandwich via The Foodie Dietitian
Picnic Sides
Roasted Strawberry Guacamole via Dishing Out Health
Cauliflower Chickpea Tabbouleh via Byte Sized Nutrition
Bruschetta with Pesto Flatbread Chips via The Nutritionist Reviews
No-Mayo Coleslaw via The Foodie Dietitian
Parmesan Zucchini Chips via Nutrition Starring You
Healthy Deviled Eggs via Fantastic Food
Roasted Carrot & Ranch Hummus via Make Healthy Easy
Easy Cheese Platter Ideas via Make Healthy Easy
Citrus Asian Coleslaw via Jennifer Hunt Nutrition
Picnic Desserts
Banana Oat Chocolate Chip Cookies via Stacey Mattinson
Strawberry Lemon Curd Trifle via Create Kids Club
Red, White, & Blue Angel Food Cake Skewers via Stacey Mattinson
Picnic Drinks
Healthy Lemonade with Berries and Lavender via One Hungry Bunny
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Summer’s not over yet! Luckily there is plenty of time to enjoy these yummy recipes!
Totally agree Bridget! 🙂
So many delicious recipes! I can’t wait to try some of these. Thank you for sharing my Confetti Salad 🙂
Thanks Whitney! Your salad looks divine!
Can’t wait to make so many of these recipes- love all the color in this post!
Thanks Shannon! 🙂
Oh, WOW! This is a great compilation… made me hungry just looking through them all! 😉
Thanks Catherine!
I’m loving this list! Perfect to round out the season!
Thanks Lauren!
What a great round-up! So many terrific recipes
Thanks Abbie! It’s so hard to choose which one I’m going to make next 😉
What a great round-up! It will be “summer” in LA for quite sometime. lol! So I’ll be enjoying these recipe options for a while. Especially excited to try the Creamy Broccoli Salad and Roasted Strawberry Guacamole. : )
Thanks Lauren! These recipes all look so fabulous, but I agree–the Roasted Strawberry Guacamole is on the top of my list too 🙂
These look great! Thanks for sharing!
Thanks Jillian! Happy eating!