Explore 45 easy and delicious plant-based summer picnic recipes, including vegan and vegetarian dishes from top food bloggers. Perfect for warm-weather gatherings, these healthy recipes are made for outdoor eating.
45 Plant-Based Summer Picnic Recipes – Easy, Healthy & Delicious Ideas
Whether you’re heading to the park, the beach, or your own backyard, this collection of 45 plant-based summer picnic recipes has everything you need to build the perfect warm-weather menu. From refreshing salads and vibrant wraps to fruit-forward desserts and easy no-cook snacks, these vegan and vegetarian-friendly recipes are healthy, delicious, and designed to travel well. I’ve rounded up top picks from some of the best plant-based food bloggers (including some of my very own recipes!). So whether you’re planning a casual picnic lunch or a full-on summer spread, you’ll find plenty of inspiration for flavorful, easy-to-make picnic food that’s free of meat, dairy, and fuss. After all, is there nothing better than eating delicious food in the open air, with a warm breeze ruffling through your hair, birds chirping among the tree branches, and interesting chatter humming in the background with your loved ones? I rest my case! You will want to try all of these this summer, I promise. Remember, get out there and enjoy all that summer has to offer!
Eat and Live Goodness,
Sharon
45 Plant-Based Summer Picnic Recipes
Plant-Based Picnic Beverages
Green Tea Hibiscus Fruit Punch, Marly Beelman, Namely Marly
Jalapeno Limeade, Steven Seighman, The Nut Free Vegan (shown above)
Sparkling Antioxidant Citrus Tea, Sophia DeSantis, Veggies Don’t Bite (shown above)
Strawberry Aguas Frescas, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian
Plant-Based Picnic Appetizers
Classic Bruschetta, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
Oven Baked Beet Chips, Holly Bertone, Pink Fortitude
Spring Rolls, Maro Akamatra, Akamatra (shown above)
Plant-Based Picnic Dips
Buffalo “Chicken” Wing Dip, Kaila Proulx, Healthy Helper
Cashew Jalapeno “Ranch” Dip, Valentina Celant, The Baking Fairy (shown above)
Fresh Mango Kiwi Salsa, Anjali Lalani, Vegetarian Gastronomy (shown above)
Kalamata Olive and Basil Tapenade Dip, Ginger Hultin, RDN, Champagne Nutrition
Olive Tapenade, Jenny Lee, The Lazy Vegan Baker
Plant-Based Picnic Salads
Asian Chopped Salad with Peanut Ginger Dressing, Judy Barbe, RDN, Live Best
Broccoli Salad with Creamy Avocado Dressing, Lauren Blake, RDN, Whole Living Lauren (shown above)
Cannellini Bean Salad with Basil and Sun-Dried Tomatoes, Dixya Bhattarai, RD, Food, Pleasure, and Health
Creamy Chipotle Lime Bean Salad, Sam Turnbull, It Doesn’t Taste Like Chicken
Farmers Market Pasta Salad, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
Hummus Potato Salad, Florian Nouh, Contendedness Cooking
Kala Chana Chaat (Black Chickpea Salad), Shahzadi Devje, RDN, Desilicious RD (shown above)
Kidney Bean Salad, Jennifer Sebestyen, Veggie Inspired (shown above)
Lemon Broccoli Pasta Salad, Brita Britnell, Food with Feeling (shown above)
Mediterranean Cauliflower Salad, Kelly Page, Tasting Page (shown above)
Southern-Style Creamy Potato Salad, Linda Meyer, Veganosity (shown above)
Spring Raspberry Salad, Chelsey Amer, RDN, C It Nutritionally
Strawberry Avocado Spinach Salad, Meredith Kauffman, Feed Them Wisely
Tomato Cucumber “Feta” Salad, Amy Katz, Veggies Save the Day (shown above)
Velvety Avocado Vegan Pasta Salad, Kathryn Pfeffer-Scanlan, RDN, One Hungry Bunny
Plant-Based Picnic Sandwiches and Wraps
Buffalo Tahini Quinoa and Rice Wraps, Rebecca Pytell, Strength and Sunshine
Carrot and Spinach Crunch Lunch Wrap, Jacqueline Meldrum, Tinned Tomatoes
Cranberry Chickpea Salad Sandwiches, Stephanie McKertcher, RDN, The Grateful Grazer (shown above)
Crispy Honey Mustard Tofu Sandwich, Kelly Jones, MS, RD, CSSD, Eat Real Live Well
Mushroom Meatball & Garlic Cream Sandwich, Rosie Newton, The Hungry Herbivores (shown above)
Sabich Sandwich, Amanda Logan, My Goodness Kitchen
Seven Layer Santa Barbara Veggie Sandwich, Kathy Patalsky, Healthy Happy Life
“Tuna” Salad Sandwich, Katherine Hackworthy, Veggie Desserts (shown above)
Vegan BLT with Baked Tempeh Bacon, Melissa Huggins, Vegan Huggs (shown above)
Plant-Based Picnic Desserts
Blueberry Hand Pies, Johanne Rosenthal, Sunnyside Hanne
Blueberry Muffins with Streusel Topping, Kate Ford, The Veg Space
Cake Balls, Nicole Berth, When Sweet Becomes Healthy (shown above)
Chocolate Zucchini Cake, Sharon Palmer, MSFS, RDN, The Plant-Powered Dietitian (shown above)
Chunky Monkey Muffins, Bianca Haun, Elephantastic Vegan (shown above)
Extra Decadent Sunbutter Cookies, Kelly Roenicke, The Pretty Bee (shown above)
Flourless Double Chocolate Brownies with Chickpeas and Oats, Milka Kostic, Eat the Vegan Rainbow
No Bake Super Matcha Bars, Andrea Mathis, RDN, Beautiful Eats and Things (shown above)
Raspberry Almond Squares, Audrey Snowe, Unconventional Baker
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