Food picnics!

vampy25
vampy25 Posts: 30
in Health and Weight Loss
can anyone suggest what to have on a picnic? wat food to buy? or make? xxx

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  • beckajw
    beckajw Posts: 1,728 Member
    I always bring fruit on my picnics.
  • shaycat
    shaycat Posts: 980
    I just had a nice picnic. I brought lettuce wrapped spring rolls, and bunch of veggies and fruit, some string cheese and hummus.
  • nursenessa1
    nursenessa1 Posts: 182 Member
    Fried chicken, potato salad, pie, biscuits, corn on the cob, and coke. You are welcome.
  • cupcakecutie1985
    cupcakecutie1985 Posts: 110 Member
    grilled chicken to add in a salad is good, wraps are a nice change from sammies too!
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Fried chicken, potato salad, pie, biscuits, corn on the cob, and coke. You are welcome.
    Excuse me you forgot the iced tea in a mason jar.
  • Jorra
    Jorra Posts: 3,338 Member
    Fried chicken, potato salad, pie, biscuits, corn on the cob, and coke. You are welcome.
    Excuse me you forgot the iced tea in a mason jar.

    You're such a hipster.
  • myukniewicz
    myukniewicz Posts: 906 Member
    My boyfriend and I like to go on hikes to a place to picnic.
    The last one we went on was a 5 mile hike up to a waterfall, and you could go out in the middle of the river and sit on rocks and look at the falls.

    I packed ::
    Whole-what Pita Tuna Sandwiches
    Fruit
    Granola

    ★M
  • Dauntlessness
    Dauntlessness Posts: 1,489 Member
    Maybe get a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store and a bag or two of lettuce and salad dressings? Fruit is a great way to go too.
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Fried chicken, potato salad, pie, biscuits, corn on the cob, and coke. You are welcome.
    Excuse me you forgot the iced tea in a mason jar.

    You're such a hipster.
    More of a redneck, I'm afraid.
  • momtokgo
    momtokgo Posts: 446 Member
    Sometimes we pick up Subway or fast food for the kids (and I eat before hand)

    What we usually do is pack a cooler of everyones favorites. On our last picnic we took jam sandwiches, a pita with turkey/cheese/lettuce for my oldest, cold hard boiled eggs, pickles, trail mix (for me) rice crackers, juice boxes and water, some turkey lunch meat (for my little guy) some candy :) and grapes.

    LIttle bit of everything and we all snack on whatever we want for the afternoon.
  • nursenessa1
    nursenessa1 Posts: 182 Member
    Fried chicken, potato salad, pie, biscuits, corn on the cob, and coke. You are welcome.
    Excuse me you forgot the iced tea in a mason jar.

    You're such a hipster.

    YOu forgot to put the word sweet in front of the iced tea sassy pants!! Now that I'm all healthy and stuff we usually grab subway and take a loaf of bread to feed the ducks. I can't wait to see who lectures me on appropriate food for ducks. (Snicker) Oh geez now I want a snickers! See what you did?!
  • ElizabethRoad
    ElizabethRoad Posts: 5,138 Member
    Fried chicken, potato salad, pie, biscuits, corn on the cob, and coke. You are welcome.
    Excuse me you forgot the iced tea in a mason jar.

    You're such a hipster.

    YOu forgot to put the word sweet in front of the iced tea sassy pants!! Now that I'm all healthy and stuff we usually grab subway and take a loaf of bread to feed the ducks. I can't wait to see who lectures me on appropriate food for ducks. (Snicker) Oh geez now I want a snickers! See what you did?!
    Oh yes, it has to be overly sweetened or there's no point. Sorry about the ducks. ;)
  • jiddu17
    jiddu17 Posts: 187 Member
    I like to make low-cal versions of typical picnic favorites, and not tell anyone they are low-cal. Pasta salads are good, just use more veggies than pasta, could even try the shirataki noodles. Veggie tray. Bean dip, more salsa than bean, extra lettuce.(Blend all ingredients together so no one is counting "layers" and thinks you've short changed them on the cheese or sour cream) Turkey meatballs with a low-cal/low sugar BBQ sauce (or make your own BBQ sauce). Spicy red or black bean and ground sausage side, using veggie crumbles, maybe even toss in some turkey bacon. Sneaky desserts are always fun. Most likely, nothing you do can really be purchased, you will probably have to make something. In my family, I am one of the "kids/grandkids" no one expects much from me anyway, so sometimes, I'll just take a favorite dish that I make for us at home, and bring it anyway. They just think I'm strange. Orzo salad, quinoa salad, hummus/tabouli and pita bread. Fruit pizza, fruit in a watermelon bowl, fruit bouquets (served with melted chocolate, not dipped in it). Hope this helps.

    ETA: Sorry - m suggestions were if you were going to a pot-luck family/work picnic type of thing. If it's just a few of you, yeah... we take Subway/homemade sandwiches.
  • GnochhiGnomes
    GnochhiGnomes Posts: 348 Member
    I bought carrot sticks and hummus to a picnic, but I ended up binging on what other brought (cookies, chocolate fingers and even more high calorie dense foods).
  • nursenessa1
    nursenessa1 Posts: 182 Member
    Actually no, I wear sunblock outdoors. I am of the southern variety.
  • nursenessa1
    nursenessa1 Posts: 182 Member
    Oh how about a cold pasta salad and some wine? Or a veggie platter with dip? Watermelon, corn on the cob, sandwiches, maybe devilled eggs?
  • Jaxta65
    Jaxta65 Posts: 53 Member
    Home made elderflower jelly with strawberries and blackberries, it's really nice, cause its fizzy too :-) and cold pizza, healthy one of course, home made and/or food that you can pick at, grapes, carrot sticks, strawberries etc. grossing (bread sticks) if you need a carb fix...

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