Good Food’s Guide to Memorial Day Picnics

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For many, Memorial Day kickstarts picnic season, that time of year when the weather is just right to dig out your picnic blanket out of that dusty crevice of your closet and plan a picnic lunch at the park with your friends.

We’ve accumulated some of our favorite recipes for a picnic or barbecue. What’s on your menu?

Components:

Something Barbecued

Grilled Bay Bok Choy with Miso Butter

Bacon BBQ Oysters

Fruit Salad

Cherry & Apricot Fruit Salad

Sides

Pesto Pasta Salad with Heirloom Tomatoes and Mozzarella

Twice Baked Potatoes

Cocktails

Strawberry & Limoncello Rose Sangria

Something Salty

Salami Chips

Rosemary Thyme Pita Chips

Duck Jerky

Dip

Yotam Ottolenghi and Sami Tamimi’s Basic Hummus

Dessert

Plum Licorice Hand Pies