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Whether you're dreaming of a
full-blown family barbecue or simply lunch in the park, load up your basket with these great ideas for dining al fresco.
Deli delights
If you'd rather let someone else do the prep, stop by your H-E-B Deli for fully prepared solutions like:
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- Fried or Good-to-Go! Rotisserie chicken
- Baked beans
- Several varieties of potato salad or coleslaw
- Versatile party trays
Kid friendly
Keeping it fun and simple is what a picnic for kids is all about. Include things like:
- PB&J sandwiches
- Cream cheese sandwiches; mix in raisins, chopped celery, grated carrots, or pecans
- Fruit and cheese kabobs (sliced apples, bananas, strawberries, and pineapple with cheese
cubes) or Vienna sausages with cheese kabob
- Baby carrots with ranch dressing for dipping
- Celery sticks filled with peanut butter
- For dessert serve H-E-Buddy Grahams
Picnic for two
This one's super easy and romantic. Create the mood with:
- Baguettes or bakery bagels (try one of the H-E-B Artisan Breads)
- Your favorite spread or European-style butter; for example, a flavored cream cheese spread
like salmon or garlic herb
- Grapes and bite-sized cubes of cheese
- Wine or sparkling cider
- Cloth napkins, wine glasses, and a butter knife
Elegant sandwich social
Special breads make it elegant, while the sandwich part means it's easy to make ahead of time,
eat, and clean up. Pack your picnic with:
- Sandwiches made with distinctive breads - like baguettes or thick-sliced white,
pumpernickel, or wheat (H-E-B Artisan breads) - and a variety of fillings
- Make 3 to 4 different kinds, then cut the sandwiches in half so guests can sample each
- Mix it up: chicken salad on cracked wheat; cream cheese and jam on white; ham and Swiss on
rye; ripe tomato, avocado slices, cream cheese, and alfalfa sprouts on parmesan bread
- Fresh fruit and cheeses, like grapes, sliced apples, and cubes of cheddar
- Paper plates, cups, and napkins for a casual atmosphere that's pleasing to the eye
Spreads & sandwiches
Zesty Roast Beef
Wrap
Pesto Chicken
Club Wrap
Raspberry
Chipotle Wrap
Crunchy Tuna
Salad
Egg Salad
Festive Tuna
Salad
Party Shrimp
Spread
Smoked Chicken
Spread
Fruit salads
Summer Melon
Ball Salad
Fresh Fruit
Salad
Crunchy Fruit
Salad
Potato salads
German Style
Potato Salad
Smokey
Mustard Potato Salad
Dijon Potato
Salad
Pesto Potato
Salad
Spinach & Apple Potato Salad
Pasta salads
Avocado & Shrimp Pasta Salad
Black Bean
and Rice Salad
House Pasta
Salad
Summer Creamy
Pasta Salad
Cole slaws
Citrus Cole
Slaw
Sunny Slaw
Sweet &
Sour Cole Slaw
Ger-Chi Cole
Slaw
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