Father’s Day is coming up and what better way to celebrate with your dear old Papa than a picnic on the lake or in mountains? This menu can largely be made on Saturday so you can get an early start Sunday morning.

Father’s Day Picnic Menu

Devilish Eggs
These are the ultimate picnic food and beloved by almost everyone, Chef Adam’s recipe is delicious.
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Cole slaw
This tangy, crunchy salad is always refreshing and is often better the day after it’s made.
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Muffalettas
This famous sandwich from New Orleans is also good made a day in advance and then wrapped tightly in plastic wrap and refrigerated. You can use ordinary hoagie buns for the bread.
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Pasta Salad a la Greque
Chef Joanna’s favorite picnic recipe is this pasta salad. She says “the stuff can practically sit in the sun for two hours with no problem.” She also says it can be made in advance.
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Ranger Cookies & Applesauce Cookies
Fix one, or the other, or both, these are delicious chewy cookies that won’t result in crumbs all over the car if you let the kids have one on the way to the picnic.
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Picnic and Menu Tips

Consider serving hard cider (available in most grocery beer sections) as an alternative to beer or wine. Cider is more refreshing than either on a hot day.

Pack the drinks in their own cooler, when you reach your picnic spot everyone is going to want something cold to drink immediately and you don’t want to have to unpack all the food just to get a bottle of juice, water, or cup of wine.

Pack some munchies like pickles and olives on the cooler’s top level so folks have something to munch on while stretching and unpacking the meal.

Be sure to include several trash bags as well as plastic bags to quickly repack leftovers in.

If possible, put everything in the food cooler in hard plastic containers and put the ice on top. Cold air sinks so having ice on top will keep everything cooler.

~ Chef Kevin