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Picnic food

Whether you're stealing half an hour on your lunch break or relaxing for a whole afternoon, packing the perfect picnic couldn't be easier with our collection of tasty picnic food. We've got handy tips and picnic recipes to help you embrace alfresco eating.

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This generous meatloaf pie, wrapped in buttery puff pastry and served with a classic tomato sauce, is the perfect centrepiece for your picnic and is equally delicious hot or cold.
Meatloaf picnic pie with tomato sauce
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Liven up classic Scotch eggs with the gorgeous, deep flavour of black pudding and a hint of sweetness from fresh cox apple. This tasty twist on a picnic must have is sure to impress and is surprisingly easy to make
Apple and black pudding scotch eggs
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Try this summer twist on a classic Bakewell tart for a pretty dessert that is perfect for packing up and taking on picnics. This easy traybake makes the most of seasonal stone fruit with juicy nectarines topping the soft frangipane and buttery puff pastry
Nectarine Bakewell traybake
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Following a gluten-free diet needn't mean you have to pass on the pasties this picnic season. These moreish, gorgeously golden bakes are packed with butternut squash, spinach, feta cheese and a kick of chilli, and are perfect for spicing up your hamper
Gluten-free butternut squash and feta pasties
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Savoury picnic snacks don't come much better than this - a tasty twist on traditional scones that makes the most of three delicious cheeses
Three-cheese scones with herb butter
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This colourful Indian-inspired traybake recipe is the perfect vegetarian summer lunch. The tandoori-spiced, veg-packed twist on a frittata is filled with sweet red peppers, creamy paneer cheese and plenty of fresh coriander for an easy portable lunch.
Tandoori paneer, pepper and cauliflower bake
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These generous crab rolls are a true taste of the seaside. Sweet crab is the star of the show in a creamy mayo dressing, stuffed into buttery brioche rolls with crisp lettuce for the ultimate picnic or summer lunch treat.
Crab rolls
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Enjoy a homemade sweet treat with no need to turn on the oven with this easy chocolate tiffin with fresh juicy cherries, crushed ginger nut biscuits and creamy milk chocolate.
Chocolate, ginger and cherry tiffin
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Easy flapjack
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These classic chewy flapjacks are studded with crunchy seeds, juicy apricots and sultanas – perfect for snacking on-the-go or for an after-school treat.
  • Serves 16
  • 30 mins
  • 165 calories
Gluten-free chocolate fudge brownies
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These irresistibly fudgy dark chocolate brownies are the perfect indulgent teatime treat. Best of all, they are completely gluten-free so that everyone can enjoy!
  • Serves 8
  • 35 mins
  • 506 calories
Vegan Victoria sponge
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Victoria sponge gets a vegan makeover. This gorgeous cake contains no eggs or dairy and is filled with vegan vanilla buttercream and strawberry jam. An decadent treat, that is much less indulgent than it seems.
  • Serves 12
  • 65 mins
  • 433 calories
Bakewell tart
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This fragrant almond tart is a classic British dessert and true family favourite. This traditional Bakewell tart recipe includes buttery homemade pastry with a thick layer of raspberry jam and a soft frangipane topping.
  • Serves 12
  • 40 mins to prepare and 1 hr 10 mins to cook
  • 485 calories
Carrot cupcakes
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Cupcakes usually means no arguments over who got the bigger slice. These gorgeous cinnamon and carrot numbers are topped with an irresistible cream cheese icing and desiccated coconut. Practically one of your five-a-day.
  • Serves 10
  • 70 mins
  • 354 calories
Chocolate rice crispy cakes
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These gooey and crunchy marshmallow rice crispy cakes won’t just get the kids excited. With a chocolate topping, these bite size treats make a delicious after-dinner nibble or afternoon tea snack.
  • Serves 25
  • 50 mins
  • 131 calories
Cheesy courgette muffins
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This simple recipe is great fun for children aged seven and eight upwards and it goes to prove that savoury muffins can taste just as good as sweet ones!
  • Serves 12
  • 20-25mins to prepare and 20mins to cook
  • 124 calories
Healthy banana flapjacks
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These oat, seed and fruit packed flapjacks really are the ultimate healthy snack. Prepare a batch, in just over half an hour, and have them ready to go for when the urge to snack strikes
  • Serves 4
  • 35 mins
  • 202 calories

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