{"id":210,"date":"2012-12-28T07:25:03","date_gmt":"2012-12-28T07:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.zaiqa.com\/blog\/?p=210"},"modified":"2012-12-28T07:25:03","modified_gmt":"2012-12-28T07:25:03","slug":"99-perfect-picnic-menu-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.zaiqa.com\/blog\/99-perfect-picnic-menu-ideas\/","title":{"rendered":"99 Perfect Picnic Menu Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Picnics are always fun and a chance to spend some memorable time away from home with your friends and family. Nowadays picnics have become more luxurious and people are no longer relying on sandwiches and drinks for the picnic menu. Perfect picnic menu is preset keeping in mind the place, weight, preparation time, quantity, weather, and crowd as there should be something for everyone to enjoy.
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Barbeque, grilling, live cooking and table full of food is the new trend. Keeping in mind all the considerate factors I have compiled 99 perfect picnic menu ideas for starters, main dishes, desserts and drinks.<\/p>\n

Snacks and starters for a perfect picnic menu<\/h2>\n

Picnic means fun with a lot of games and energy consumption. This means you need to keep some ready to eat snacks and a few appetizers to munch on the way.<\/p>\n

1. Chips
\n2. Butter Popcorns
\n3. Biscuits
\n4. Sweet buns
\n5. Nachos with cheese dips
\n6. Vegetable dips
\n7. Chicken spread sandwiches
\n8. Nuggets
\n9. Deviled eggs
\n10. Mashed potato with soup sticks
\n11. Boiled eggs
\n12. Vegetable Marconi
\n13. Potato balls
\n14. Garlic bread with cheese
\n15. vegetable Pakoray
\n16. White Cheese pakoray
\n17. Chana chaat
\n18. French fries
\n19. Caramel popcorns
\n20. Patties
\n21. Chicken fingers
\n22. Roasted peanuts
\n23. Cutlets
\n24. Samosay
\n25. Fried chicken rolls<\/p>\n

Make sure that the food is properly packed and only select the items that suit your picnic conditions. For example chicken spread in sandwiches contains mayonnaise which can change its taste if not stored in a cool dry place.<\/p>\n

Special picnic salad menu<\/h2>\n

The trend of eating healthy has encouraged the addition of different types of easily prepared salads in the picnic menu. Here is a list of some easy picnic salad recipes which can be prepared in no time and are very appetizing as well.<\/p>\n

26. Potato Salad
\n27. Mix fruit salad
\n28. Apple and macaroni salad
\n29. Green mix salad
\n30. Russian salad
\n31. Crunchy vegetable and bean salad
\n32. Simple cucumber, onion and lettuce platter
\n33. Cold chicken and bean Salad<\/p>\n

Try to take separate ingredients and make a fresh salad just before you wish to eat but if you will not have such facilities and wish to save time and hassle at the picnic than prepare the salad and allow it to cool in the refrigerator for some time so that it can stay fresh for long. Place your salad bowl in a cooling bag or icebox if possible.<\/p>\n

Perfect picnic sandwich ideas<\/h2>\n

Sandwiches are easy to eat, quickly prepared and loved by everyone. Picnics are incomplete without sandwiches.<\/p>\n

34. Egg sandwich
\n35. Vegetable sandwich
\n36. Pinwheel sandwich
\n37. Cucumber sandwich
\n38. Grilled chicken sandwich
\n39. Chicken sandwich
\n40. Cold sandwich
\n41. Cheese sandwich
\n42. Club sandwich
\n43. Deli line sandwiches
\n44. Pizza sandwich
\n45. Kabab sandwich
\n46. Bran bread sandwich
\n47. Peanut butter sandwiches
\n48. Healthy salad sandwich
\n49. Home spread sandwich (only in winters)
\n50. Mexican sandwich
\n51. Shami kabab sandwich
\n52. Corn Soup (best served in winters)<\/p>\n

Main dish ideas for a perfect picnic<\/h2>\n

Now comes the main part of your picnic menu which should be easy to prepare, takes less preparation time while being nutritious and tasty at the same time. Presentation counts a lot! Give your dish a creative touch and take along some simple garnish.<\/p>\n

53. Mini Burgers
\n54. Biryani
\n55. Pizza
\n56. Roasted chicken
\n57. Club sandwiches
\n58. Shami kabab
\n59. Grilled chicken
\n60. Karhai chiken
\n61. BBQ fish
\n62. BBQ tikka
\n63. BBQ Beef boti with green chutney
\n64. Chicken ginger
\n65. Fried drumsticks
\n66. Qeema
\n67. Cold lemon Chicken slices with bread
\n68. Seekh Kabab
\n69. Haleem (prepared before and packed properly)
\n70. Lahori grilled chicken<\/p>\n

You can keep your main dishes half done or marinated before at home to make your work easy later on. A few main dishes like Shami kabab, lemon chicken slices and seekh kabab can be reused in sandwiches at tea time.<\/p>\n

Desserts for a picnic<\/h2>\n

Individual serving is a little difficult at picnics and making efforts to keep the desserts cool till the end of the meal is not easy. Keeping in mind the availability of resources on a picnic day out, here are some simple dessert ideas which will surely satisfy your sweet tooth craving.<\/p>\n

71. Fresh seasonal fruit like watermelon, mango and oranges
\n72. Canned pineapple (frozen)
\n73. Chocolate bars
\n74. Candies and marshmallow
\n75. Simple Cupcakes (without cream)
\n76. Brownies
\n77. Gulab Jamun (avoid sugar syrup)
\n78. Jalebi
\n79. Glazed doughnuts
\n80. Egg or rice pudding (Only if the weather is cool)
\n81. Chocolate biscuits served with dips<\/p>\n

The best dessert to be served on picnics is fresh sliced fruit. Cupcakes or brownies can be easy to serve and you can prepare them a day before too.<\/p>\n

Ideas for picnic drinks<\/h2>\n

Drinks are always a very important part of picnic menu especially in summers. Don\u2019t forget to keep a lot of thirst-quenchers as usually the demand of drinks is more.<\/p>\n

82. Rooh afza
\n83. Squashes
\n84. Lemonade
\n85. Namkeen Lassi
\n86. Sweet lassi
\n87. Ice tea
\n88. Green tea
\n89. Canned juice
\n90. Icy water
\n91. Fruit punch
\n92. Tea
\n93. Coffee
\n94. Fizzy drinks
\n95. Lemon punch
\n96. Energy drinks
\n97. Watermelon cooler
\n98. Mint tea
\n99. Soft drinks<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t forget to carry sufficient ice cubes to serve your drinks cold. Keep colorful disposable glasses and cups to make the serving easy. I suggest that the picnic menu should be kept simple so that you can enjoy with others rather than being busy all the time in food preparation. Now you can easily make your own perfect menu by selecting your favorite combinations from the above compilation of 99 perfect picnic menu ideas.<\/p>\n

Do share with us your ideas of a perfect picnic menu.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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