Picnic and Cookout Recipes

Picnics and cookouts provide an opportunity to impress your friends with these simple potluck recipe ideas. Having a collection of easily portable dishes is a must-have for summer fun.

Southern potato salad is a classic picnic food, and easy lemon bars are the ideal take-along dessert. If you’re firing up the grill, baby back ribs are perfect. And pulled pork sandwiches are always a winner.

  • Smoked Pulled Chicken

  • Grilled Pineapple

  • Smoked Baked Beans

  • Easy Homemade Burger Sauce

  • Pork Chop Seasoning

  • Marinated Grilled Skirt Steak

  • Homemade Pimento Cheese

  • Oven-Roasted Corn on the Cob

  • Tuna Noodle Casserole Recipe

  • Black-Eyed Pea and Corn Salad

  • Cream Cheese Fruit Dip

  • Cajun Shrimp Boil

  • Grilled Peri Peri Chicken

  • Old-Fashioned Doughnuts

  • Cabbage Roll Casserole

  • Crab Stuffed Shrimp

  • Grilled Steak Kabobs

  • Mississippi Mud Cake

  • California Spaghetti Salad

  • Hot Dog Pretzels

  • 4th of July Cupcakes

  • Tuna Macaroni Salad

  • Cornbread Salad Recipe

  • Creamy Coleslaw Dressing

  • Scalloped Corn

  • Southern Potato Salad Recipe

  • Fried Catfish Nuggets

  • Deviled Egg Potato Salad

  • Fried Deviled Eggs

  • Easy Lemon Bars

  • Cajun Fried Corn on the Cob

  • Shepherd’s Pie

  • Hawaiian Macaroni Salad

  • How To Boil Corn