Picnic meal ideas for kids

What to take for a picnic: bet on raw vegetables in your salads

Radishes, cherry tomatoes, carrots or cucumber can be cut into sticks or slices. You can also make salads based on tomatoes, wheat, rice, tuna, mussels … For seasoning, think of orange, yogurt or cottage cheese sauces.

What to bring for a picnic? Choose a complete dish

For the main course, take a protein (chicken marinated in lemon for example, or a cold fish cooked with herbs or soy sauce). Otherwise, opt for a tart made with vegetables and fish or meat (salmon-spinach, tomatoes-ricotta-ham…). Or a tuna flan, a cake with ham, mimolette and peas. As an accompaniment, take country bread or pita bread, they have the merit of keeping well.

How to have a picnic: dessert and drinks side

The cheese(Babybel type, fresh cheeses, Camembert) and drinkable yoghurts travel well. Plan a pastry or a fruit. A flan, a clafoutis or a Breton far are perfect, especially if you have not planned any cheese. Another idea: think of fruits that are easy to transport (apricots, peaches, nectarines, cherries, apples).

Prepare a picnic: eat foods that are easy to eat

Small sandwiches (round breads, sandwich bread) made from raw vegetables, hard-boiled eggs with a cream of Gruyère or cottage cheese, cucumber slices, diced ham, but also savory cakes can be eaten with your fingers. And so that your child is a perfect nomad, do not forget to give him a gourd filled with water.

Picnic recipes: play with tastes and colors

Provide cherry tomatoes, apricots … But also a pot of compote with a plastic spoon and some cookies, madeleines or a piece of homemade cake (cake, muffins …).

Picnic with the family: transport the food fresh

In strong heat, it is essential to maintain the meat, fish, dairy products and other Sauces in a cold place. Place them just before leaving in a cooler or, failing that, in cooler bags with ice cubes.

Picnic: separate the food

Their isolation in airtight boxes (Tupperware type) allows better conservation. Separate salads well from terrines, dairy products or fruit.