8 Perfect Picnic Recipes

As we transition into the summer season, outdoor cookouts and afternoons spent lounging in the park seem to be on our schedule. Good picnic food is a must and we've rounded up a few of our favorite picnic recipes to bring to your next party or get together. There a few easy picnic food recipes that you can incorporate into your menus.

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With so many recipes for a picnic, we decided it would be the ideal theme for this week's SWAT (Sharing With A Theme). We put the Culinary Content Network and our staff to the test to come up with bacon recipes and here are some of the highlights:

Lori Yates of Foxes Love Lemons shared with us her recipe for an easy-to-pack white bean salad in a mason jar.

Peter Block of Feed Your Soul Too made a healthy potato salad with Greek yogurt instead of the traditional mayonnaise.

The winner this week is Haley Willard, the Assistant Editor at The Daily Meal, who made a chicken sandwich complete with creamy avocado spread. What could be better for a picnic?

All of the recipes featured can be made at home for about $20 or less, excluding the cost of small amounts of basic ingredients such as butter, oil, flour, sugar, salt, pepper, and other dried herbs and spices.

Strawberry Salad Recipe

Add some fresh berries on your favorite salad for a quick and easy healthy picnic recipe.

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Healthy Potato Salad Recipe

This healthy potato salad recipe is made with Greek yogurt instead of the traditional mayonnaise-based versions.

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Emily Jacobs is the Recipe editor at The Daily Meal. Follow her on Twitter @EmilyRecipes.