Ideas For A Backyard Picnic Menu

Here’s your hostess plan for a backyard picnic this summer with easy make-ahead recipes for mains, sides, dessert and drinks.

picnic blanket set up with containers of food.

This summer why not host a backyard picnic for your family and friends. These ideas and recipes will help you on your way. Just choose from any of the suggestions below, set up some lawn blankets and picnic tables in your back yard, and get those invitations sent…and don’t forget the lawn games! This is the most relaxed kind of entertaining there is!

Sides and Salads

Honey Lime Berry Salad – The Baker Upstairs

Corn Salad

platter of grilled corn on the cob with flavored butter in small bowl

Grilled Corn with flavored butter

your backyard picnic needs this cashew, pasta, & chicken salad

Cashew Chicken Rotini Salad – Julie’s Eats & Treats

Entrees

baked beans with bacon strips on top, in green baking dish.

Sausage & Bacon Baked Beans

this avocado and chicken salad is terrific for a backyard picnic

Grilled Chicken Avocado Salad – Honey and Birch

grill up some barbecue chicken kabobs for you next picnic party

Sweet Maple Barbecue Chicken Kabobs – A Dash of Sanity

this buffalo chicken pasta salad is perfect for your next summer party

Buffalo Chicken Pasta Salad – Yellow Bliss Road

Desserts and Drinks

try this butterfinger apple salad for your next summer party dessert.

Butterfinger Apple Salad – Crazy For Crust

this lemon sheet cake is perfect for your next backyard picnic party

Lemon Sheet Cake – TidyMom

3 pitchers of lemonade in different flavors with fresh lemons and fruit, outside

Set up a Lemonade Bar

Decor and Printables

picnic blanket set up on lawn with family playing in the background.

Host a Family Picnic – Celebrations At Home

this free printable scavenger hunt game is a great way to entertain kids at your summer backyard party.

Nature Scavenger Hunt Printable – Live Laugh Rowe

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