Have you tried all-vegetarian dishes for your picnic food ideas? Contrary to most beliefs, vegetarian recipes are not just all about ‘greens’ or the so-called ‘rabbit foods’. Vegetarian cooking is not limited to salads and vegetables. It can also be as varied and as imaginative as any other types of cooking.

There are three kinds of vegetarian diets: lacto-ovo (includes dairy and eggs), lacto (includes only eggs), and vegan (all vegetables). Even if you go all the way of non-meat diet, you will not miss on anything ‘meaty’. There are substitutions that cleverly imitate the taste and the texture of meats such as tempeh (cultured soybeans), tofu (freeze-and-thaw to give meaty texture), and gluten (made from wheat). Milk, margarine, yogurts, and other dairy products can be made from soy.

Becoming a vegetarian does not mean you have to live on beans, nuts, and leafy veggies alone. Visit a nearby health food or Oriental stores to find a wide variety of ingredients for your vegetarian dishes.

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Cold vegetable salads are always a hit when served with any kind of hot picnic foods. Crunchy vegetable bits and chunks tossed in rich cream or tangy vinaigrette are delicious and healthy. Vegetable salads are also perfect as food garnishing to almost all types of picnic food dishes.

Make your food presentation look appetizing and mouth-watering with colorful vegetable salads. It’s simple and easy. For example, arrange broiled or grilled pork chops over a bed of thinly-sliced cucumber and tomato salad. Serve a bowl of rich and creamy green bean salad as savory and tasty dip for crispy fried chicken. Roasted vegetable salad is a perfect partner for roasted beef or barbecued seafood.

Picnic vegetable salad recipes are so quick to prepare. Most ingredients are often available in the kitchen: just a bit of ground pepper and fine salt, a dash of sugar, some vinegar, a pinch of different herbs and spices, and a large dollop of mayonnaise, yogurt or cream—and voila!—you can concoct a tasteful salad dressing for any picnic vegetable recipes anytime. The secret to delectable salads is in the vegetable ingredients. Choose and buy only the freshest and the crispiest veggies in the supermarket.

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Picnic Food Ideas: 3 Picnic recipes for

Vegetarian Side Items

Every good picnic entrée needs good side items to go with it. No matter what you are serving, be it hamburgers, steaks, chicken, shrimp, or BBQ, you will need something else for your guests to consume – not only to complement the food, but to make sure no one goes away hungry! These side items are delicious and can fit a variety of meals for your next picnic.

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Great Picnic Food Ideas for Potatoes

If you have ever planned a picnic, it may have been a struggle to come up with the right type of food to prepare. Luckily, a potato can offer a variety of snacks and dishes for your picnic. This article will share with you three picnic food ideas for potatoes that you can use at your next picnic.

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Great Vegetarian Picnic Food

Ideas

 
When we think of picnics, we typically think of meat: grilled hamburgers, hotdogs, BBQ chicken, sandwich meat, ribs, and the like. For most of us, that sounds absolutely delicious. For vegetarians, though, the thought of a picnic filled with meat is less than desirable. Fortunately, there are plenty of vegetarian picnic food ideas out there that you can adapt for your own picnic free of meat and filled with nutritious – and tasty – dishes. This article will share three simple yet delicious vegetarian picnic food ideas for your next picnic. Read the rest of this entry »