We’ve got a basketful of healthy picnic food ideas to help you enjoy delicious outdoor dining and slimming-friendly day trips – and still get a great result on the scales.
Slimming World picnic ideas – your bite-size list!
With Slimming World’s flexible Food Optimising plan, you never have to miss out on those fun, foodie occasions with family and friends – like picnics in the park or on the beach (or even in your own back garden!). Many go-to picnic foods, including things like chicken drumsticks (skin removed), boiled eggs and boiled or oven-baked new potatoes, are Slimming World Free Foods, meaning you can eat them until you’re satisfied, with no weighing, counting or measuring needed.
- Scotch eggs
- Cheese scones
- Ham and egg muffins
- Margherita pizza slices
- Veggie pakoras
- Tuna nicoise salad
- Sausage rolls
- Crustless quiche
- Roasted red pepper and chive falafels
- Sandwiches
- Strawberry cupcakes
- Strawberry cheesecake bites
- Rainbow cake
- Banana bread
Slimming World picnic ideas
Sticks and dips
Dips and crudités are great for packing more veg into your picnics. Load up a lunch box with sliced cucumber, plum tomatoes, carrot or celery batons, slivers of roasted red peppers, reduced-fat cheese and crispbreads, to dip into slimming-friendly houmous or tzatziki.
Find the recipe: How to make Slimming World houmous
Shake up your salads
A big bowl of salad is ideal for sharing outside with your favourite people – and we’re not talking about a few lettuce leaves and slices of cucumber and tomato. With so many Free Foods to choose from, a Slimming World salad can be as creative as you like. You could also try a trendy noodle jar, which makes the perfect, portable picnic dish – and this Asian-inspired noodle jar is vegan too!
More on the blog: Discover our colourful collection of summery salads
Super sandwiches
Sarnies are always a picnic winner and you absolutely can still have bread when you’re Food Optimising – or if you prefer you could give your butties a crunchy twist by using crispbreads or stuffing our tortilla-style omelette wraps with your favourite sandwich filling.
More on the blog: Slimming World sandwich ideas to try today
Pasta master
Pasta is ideal picnic fare, and brilliant for using up any leftover lean cooked meat, fish or veggies – just chop them up and stir them in. Slimming World member Lizzie has packed her pasta with lots of colourful vegetables and crumbled feta cheese on top.
More for members: Slimming World members will find several pasta salad recipes on the exclusive member website, including a tuna, pasta and pesto salad and a tomato and roast garlic pasta salad with rocket
Filling falafels
These bite-sized beauties are perfect with a dip or stuffed into a pitta pocket. Try our new air fryer falafels, made with lentil and rocket for a real punch of flavour.
More on the blog: Put your air fryer to work with these easy, speedy recipes
Picnic puds
And for those of you looking for a dessert to top off your spread, a slice of our fruity rainbow cake, brilliant banana bread, sprinkle-topped school cake or sticky sweet potato brownies should go down a treat, no spoon or fork required!
Join the Slimming World picnic
Our members-only website and app are full of picnic food ideas. Whether you join your local group or sign up to our digital-only service, Slimming World Online, you’ll have more than 2,000 tried-and-tested Food Optimising recipes at your fingertips – everything you need to enjoy a fully loaded picnic, without packing away your weight loss plans.