Over 100 of the Best Picnic Side Dishes

Learn how to make easy deviled eggs! My easy deviled eggs recipe includes the perfect recipe for making hard boiled eggs that peel like a dream.

This super easy cole slaw will make you wonder why you ever purchased store made instead of doing it this way! This recipe for easy coleslaw is great for all your parties and backyard BBQ's!

Looking for a new way to serve up some vegetable side dishes? This delicious corn salad with bacon is quick, easy, and delicious. The whole family will love this easy vegetable salad. It's a great picnic recipe as well.

This easy vinegar and oil potato salad is great for picnics!

This delicious quinoa salad is perfect for summer. Loaded with protein and fresh vegetables it's a great cold salad recipe that requires no reheating!

A vegetarian greek quinoa salad that is great for sharing!

An easy recipe for fruit salad is great for parties and events but it is also a great way to get your family to eat more fruit! There's just something about fruit salad that makes eating fruit more appealing. 

Need a super easy recipe for your next barbecue or potluck? How about this 5-Ingredient Red Potato Salad!

This easy tossed salad combines strawberries, mandarin oranges, almonds, greens, and a few onions in a light, tangy citrus dressing.

This pesto quinoa is easy to make and full of fresh, summery flavors. It’s delicious served at any temperature so it’s a great choice for a picnic

This green apple coleslaw is perfect combined with pulled pork. Also great served all by itself as a side dish for most any meat you're serving.

This pasta tuna and sweetcorn salad is a quick, refreshing, flavorful salad that's perfect for potlucks or picnics. Such a simple salad that even your pickiest eaters should love.

This Pesto Pasta Salad is a real crowd pleaser. It’s a simple, make-ahead summer salad recipe that’s perfect for parties, picnics, and potlucks.

This refreshing, chopped summer Tomato Salad is a perfect, foolproof side dish.

An easy broccoli salad that can be made in advance and stored easily!

This mustard potato salad is a quick side featuring sliced potatoes, carrots, and a vinegar-mustard dressing. It packs delicious flavors and is easy to prepare for picnics, barbecues, and parties!

Delicious, quick and easy Vegan Pasta Salad that takes less than 20 minutes to make start to finish. It’s made with simple ingredients that are healthy, colorful, and tasty.

This delicious couscous salad, loaded with fresh herbs, crunchy vegetables and briny feta, pulled together by a lemony salad dressing, is absolutely perfect for your summer picnics and barbecues!

This smashed avocado recipe is quick and easy. Its fresh, creamy and has great texture. It’s perfect for a quick morning breakfast or brunch taking just 5 minutes to make.

The BEST deviled eggs recipe with bacon and creamy filling! These super simple, easy keto deviled eggs use common ingredients and take just 20 minutes.

Make easy LOW CARB Cauliflower Potato Salad for your next BBQ. Keto, paleo, gluten-free, whole 30, healthy and best of all, it’s a crowd pleaser!

Instant Pot Hawaiian Macaroni Salad is traditional and simple. It is creamy, a bit sweet and a little tangy; a must have for any Hawaiian plate lunch.

This watermelon salad with arugula and crumbled feta is the best summer salad ever! It’s sweet and savory at the same time, it’s super light, refreshing, and very satisfying. This salad may be unusual, but it’s so delicious and really simple to make.

Prepare a refreshing summer salad with this Creamy Grape Salad recipe. It’s a dessert-style salad that you can serve as a snack when you’re in the mood for something sweet yet semi-healthy. This salad is the perfect side dish for summer BBQs, potlucks, and family get-togethers. It’s a staple that we love to enjoy during the warmer months.

This summery salad brings deliciously tart Bramley apples together with earthy beetroot and sweet balsamic, topped with crunchy walnuts and creamy goat's cheese.

Earthy puy lentils, roasted cherry tomatoes, red onion and sweet peppers, salty black olives and piquant capers make up this delicious and colourful vegan lentil salad.

Strawberry Cheesecake Salad is sweet, creamy, and made with fresh berries. An easy summer side dish that’s great for picnics or potlucks!

You will find this Creamy Broccoli Salad loaded with bacon, red onion, cheese, and a delicious dressing. It’s a perfect side dish for any meal and also great for summer potlucks and bbqs.

Sweet, colorful, and fresh Grilled Watermelon Salad with feta and blueberries is ready in under 20 minutes and makes an easy side dish for Memorial day celebrations, hot summer days or every day.

Sweet, tangy, colorful, and fresh Strawberry Avocado Pasta Salad with poppy seeds is ready in under 20 minutes and a great side dish or mains for everyday eats or holiday gatherings.

A Classic Italian Pasta Salad that's gluten-free, vegan, and allergy-free! The cold pasta salad you love, with tri-colored pasta, fresh veggies, and a healthy homemade Italian dressing! A super easy and quick meat-free vegetarian and dairy-free recipe that's a perfect side dish to feed any crowd!

The best Classic American Macaroni Salad now with a perfectly gluten-free, vegan, and top 8 allergy-free recipe! Summer isn't complete without this traditional BBQ and grilling cookout essential pasta side dish!

This Vegan Mexican Street Corn Salad is everything you love about grilled Mexican street corn without the mess! Fresh, grilled corn on the cob (elotes), sliced off the cob (esquites), and paired with a cool, creamy, and tangy gluten-free, allergy-free mayo-based sauce with cilantro, lime, and a dash of spice! An easy summer side dish recipe!

This super easy Vegan Southern Potato Salad is just like the classic old-fashioned recipe you love! A traditional Southern-style mustard potato salad that's eggless, gluten-free, and allergy-free! This simple, creamy, make-ahead side dish is perfect for your next cookout or potluck!

A favorite side dish at any summer bbq or cookout! The Classic American Coleslaw, now made gluten-free, vegan, and top 8 allergy-free! A super easy recipe to whip up ahead of time, served chilled as is, or even use it as a topping in a sandwich!

Southern Potato Salad is more flavorful than the standard fare. It also boasts plenty of eggs for added protein.

This green pea salad with ham is a fun picnic side. It is a less common cold side dish, so will stand out as well.

Three Bean Salad is a classic summer salad recipe. It’s colorful with soft and crunchy textures, and a delicious tangy-sweet dressing. It’s fast and easy to make!

Make a healthy and delicious summer green salad for your next picnic! I love that you can have lots of yummy summer fruits and veggies in one side dish!

This keto pimento cheese dip is a Southern classic. You'll love how savory this snack is because of the cheddar cheese, pimentos, jalapeños and cream cheese.

This orange cranberry sauce is sweet, tangy, and refreshing! It’s fast and easy to make with just 4 ingredients!

Crisp and fresh, Corn and Tomato Salad is the perfect healthy side dish for your next picnic

Enjoy this Bruschetta Pasta Salad recipe with fresh ingredients and your favorite pasta. It’s full of flavor and can be served hot or cold, as a main dish or as a side dish.

This easy Vegan Kale Salad features crunchy kale, fresh fruits, crispy chickpeas, and a super creamy Tahini dressing. This is an ultimate high protein vegan lunch anyone can think of.

Homemade, Easy Colourful Salad / Side made with fresh ingredients and simple plant based dressing. Both Stove top & Instant pot methods given with step wise pics, tips.

This zesty antipasto salad is filled with all of the best Italian flavors. Cooked cheese tortellini is mixed with roasted red peppers, pepperoncini peppers, black olives, mozzarella cheese, and chunks of both salami and pepperoni. All of these delicious ingredients are topped off with a homemade Italian dressing for a tasty side dish that everyone will love!

This Easy Celery Salad with Parmesan cheese is an unexpected but refreshing salad with simple, yet flavorful ingredients.

This gluten free hummus pasta salad is a creamy, colorful vegan cold pasta salad recipe. Swap out your boring pasta salad for this upgraded and unique hummus sauce for pasta.

This lime and mango quinoa salad is a refreshing cold summer quinoa salad full of fruits and vegetables. Perfect for any picnic or barbecue!

This mac and cheese will fulfill all your comfort food cravings. You will not even guess that is vegan!

This roasted sweet potato salad is nourishing and refreshing, with a dressing full of Moroccan spices and flavor.

An easy mango avocado salad that's sweet and slightly spicy, perfect for serving with chips, tacos, and perfect for picnics.

This cucumber tomato salad is PERFECT for summer! It’s light, healthy, and most importantly – delicious. It’s so full of flavor and sure to be a great side dish that everyone will love.

Summer Fruit Salad with Honey Lime Dressing is a colorful, irresistible treat that will steal the show with its vibrant, fresh fruit and sweet, zesty dressing!

This smooth and creamy dill pickle potato salad with crunchy chopped pickles is a classic go-to cold salad recipe.

This Lemon Quinoa Salad with Feta is packed with bright lemon flavor, creamy feta, crunchy almonds, and fresh chopped herbs. It’s the perfect side dish for your next picnic! 

This greek orzo pasta salad is the refreshing cold pasta dish perfect for the hot summer months, parties, even meal prepping. This pasta salad with orzo pasta, vegetables, in a lemony oregano vinaigrette is a crowd favorite

This Easy Baked Beans Recipe tastes the best of any I have ever had! They are one of the most requested side dishes for summer picnics and potlucks!

Crispy and creamy baked redskin potatoes with an herby and spicy chimichurri sauce. The perfect side when you want ultimate flavor!

A bright and citrusy Crunchy Kale Parmesan Salad with lemon juice, olive oil, and parmesan cheese. This is the perfect healthy salad for a picnic, BBQ, or a side dish and it only takes 4 ingredients!

This Mediterranean Pasta Salad will be a hit and your next summertime gathering. It's light, refreshing, and chock-full of fresh vegetables. Plus, it'll be ready in 30 minutes or less!

A picnic favorite - this super-easy Kidney Bean Salad is an updated riff on the beloved Bean Salad recipe served at the iconic Nick Anthe’s restaurant for more than 30 years. It’s uniquely delicious, but with no cooking and just a bit of quick chopping, it’s also ultra-fast (like, 7 minutes FAST)!

Grape Salad with Cream Cheese Dressing is a must-have classic at summer picnics! Our updated version features a lighter, healthier vanilla-cream cheese dressing (yay – no guilt here), but it’s still every bit as refreshingly sweet and delicious!

Need a vegan summer side dish for your picnic or BBQ? Italian Potato Salad without mayo is an eggless potato salad made with oil and vinegar.

Caesar Pasta Salad with a homemade Caesar dressing combines traditional Caesar salad and summer macaroni salad into one picnic side dish.

These homemade vegan spinach ravioli with fried mushrooms is the ultimate comfort food. This recipe is simply delicious and easy to make!

This Cowboy Caviar recipe is the ultimate summer side dish that comes with an easy homemade dressing. Use Greek or Italian Dressing for quick shortcut and make it a day ahead of time!

This classic Bacon Ranch Cheese Ball recipe is made with crispy bacon, ranch seasoning, cream cheese, and cheddar. Serve it as one big ball or smaller ball bites. This make-ahead appetizer is a great way to feed a crowd!

Cilantro Chickpea Salad is loaded with chickpeas, avocado, tomato, cucumber, and feta, all tossed with a delicious cilantro-lime vinaigrette. It’s a light and fresh salad that’s perfect for your summer potluck or picnic!

This easy summer salad is full of hydrating foods like watermelon, cucumber, jicama & blueberries and topped with a simple (yet addicting) coconut lime dressing. Every bite is refreshing, crunchy, creamy, and slightly sweet + tangy!

A crunchy & refreshing red cabbage coleslaw mixed with carrot, apple, jalapeno, cilantro & green onion then tossed in a tangy & slightly sweet apple cider vinegar dressing. Use this easy & healthy slaw as a simple side dish with your favorite main course.

No soaking required for this easy instant pot southern style black eyed peas.

Tangy and sweet! This delicious salad recipe has crisp veggies, sauerkraut tossed in a sweet dressing. Delish!

Grilled Vegetables are a perfect picnic side dish. Served warm or cold just pack them up, grab a blanket, and hit the road.

A simple 4 ingredient Tuna Macaroni Salad that can be thrown together last minute or made ahead. It's served cold so is perfect for feeding a crowd, or bringing along to a potluck, picnic or BBQ!

A delicious and refreshing Greek pasta salad recipe made with feta, cucumbers, tomatoes and fresh herbs in only 20 minutes! It's WW friendly at only 5 points on the blue plan. Perfect summer BBQ or potluck idea!

This beetroot salad makes fresh addition to your summer menu. Perfect for a BBQ or when you need something light and easy.

This Cajun Corn Salad is the best way to add flavour to your BBQ or outdoor picnic. It makes a tasty side dish with more zest and spice than your traditional veggies.

Sun-Dried tomatoes, basil leaves, and fresh mozzarella make this Pesto Orzo Salad a summer favorite. It’s fresh, flavorful, and so easy to make! Perfect for a picnic, potluck, or weeknight meal.

This Roasted Cauliflower and Orzo Salad recipe is a great summer dinner idea for picnics and potlucks. It takes only about 25 minutes to prep which can be done the night before, then let it sit overnight for a quick grab-and-go dish that's is full of healthy veggie goodness.

These skewers are so perfect for taking on the go! Skewer them in advance and pack them away the night ahead for a delicious snack or appetizer!

This 4-ingredient Pineapple Cucumber Salad is a simple side dish recipe with amazing flavor! Zing and tang! It’s so easy because it’s ready in under 10 minutes. Whole30 too!

This Zucchini Tomato Basil Salad with Lemon Basil Vinaigrette is a light and refreshing summertime salad and perfect when your garden is exploding with tomatoes, basil, and zucchini in the later summer months.

This grilled panzanella salad is the perfect fresh side dish for any meal or gathering you have planned!

Crunchy, spicy, salty, tangy, and sweet, this refreshingly delicious Mango, Jicama and Cucumber Salad is a delightful change of pace from your standard green salad. Celebrate warm weather in style with this yummy side dish that is perfect for picnics, potlucks, and cook outs!

This orange fluff is as light as air, and heaven on the tongue. Tastes just like an orange creamsicle with none of the sticky mess!

This creamy hearty Hummus is perfect for your next picnic! Made with simple & deliciously healthy ingredients.

Make these Creamy Mexican Street Corn on the Cob (Elote) for your next picnic! Bursting with exciting juicy flavors.

Super easy and healthy vegan 7 layer Mexican taco dip made with whole food plant-based ingredients in just 10 minutes! Perfectly balanced, crunchy, creamy and flavorful, it's a great picnic side dish.

This Tajin Watermelon Mint Salad is the most refreshing and light side dish salad. 15-minutes and easy to make-ahead. Naturally vegan, paleo, Whole30.

This Israeli couscous salad is simple to make, is easily packable and has a delightful color.

Deviled Eggs with Bacon are very economical to make, and because they feature crispy **bacon** they'll be one of the first things to disappear at your picnic! Recipe includes my foolproof tips for making easy-peel hardboiled eggs.

This simple and delicious Mason Jar Keto Greek Salad is a perfect grab and go meal to stay on track, even on busy days! This easy make-ahead lunch recipe will make sure that you’re getting lots of delicious and healthy vegetables in your diet too!

Easy Summer Corn Salad Recipe is a summer salad you’ll make all season long. It’s a side dish full of sweet corn, ripe tomatoes, salty feta cheese & more!

Simple ingredients and easy shortcuts make roasted asparagus and green beans a delicious, family friendly side dish you’ll make again and again.

This healthy Waldorf salad is a vegan take on the classic Waldorf salad. Deliciously creamy apple cider vinegar dressing is used instead of mayonnaise for a lighter and fresher version.

This easy Greek Orzo Salad is perfect for picnics, potlucks, BBQs and get togethers. Whenever you need an easy and healthy side dish, that is guaranteed to disappear first, make this gorgeous Greek orzo salad!

This black bean and corn salsa comes together fast, is so simple to make and is delicious for a bbq. Serve it as a dip with crunchy chips, or as a side with your favorite Mexican-inspired dish.

When spring and summer are in full swing, this sweet broccoli apple salad with pasta makes the perfect side dish for all your BBQ’s, potlucks. This healthy but still creamy side dish is fresh and deliciously full of sweet honey crisp apple, carrots, broccoli and raisins all mixed with pasta.

These no mayo deviled eggs are perfectly creamy and balanced in all the right ways. With just six easy ingredients, you’ll be able to whip up this recipe up for an appetizer in no time.

This dreamy fluff salad is a sweet and crunchy summer side perfect for any potluck or picnic. Made in under 30 minutes and with only 6 ingredients Pistachio Pudding Salad, also commonly known as Watergate salad, is a simple side dish.

Cold cucumber soup with greek yogurt, crunchy veggies, and herbs is the perfect answer for the hot summer. Try this no-cook cold soup recipe that gets ready in just 10 minutes.

Healthy Greek yogurt fruit salad where fresh summer fruits are served with vanilla-flavored Greek yogurt that is mildly sweetened with monk fruit.

Take everyone’s favourite sandwich (a BLT, of course!), mix it with a creamy ranch homemade sauce and make it into a crowd-pleasing pasta salad – the perfect side dish for potlucks, bbqs or parties!

Fresh & Easy Watermelon Pico de Gallo  This spicy, sweet and refreshing combo of fresh watermelon, cucumber, lime and mango will brighten up any summer patio party, potluck, or picnic. Oil-free & gluten-free.

If you are trying to live by the motto, eat the rainbow, then this Bean Salad is definitely for you! The red or yellow cherry tomatoes, the black beans, the green cilantro and parsley, and bright yellow corn make this salad an explosion of color.

Dill Pickle Pasta Salad is one of these easy recipes that can be a delicious everyday side dish or the hit on a buffet table.

This Orange and Watermelon Salad will make your mouth water! Juicy watermelon, sweet oranges, crispy red onion, and mint flavors create an incredibly delicious summer salad. Perfect for picnics and potlucks.