What to pack for a healthy picnic?

Pack these healthy chicken, avocado and lettuce sandwiches to enjoy on a family summer picnic. The chicken has a crispy coating made from flour, almonds and sesame seeds. Try this healthy potato salad at a barbecue for a different take on a classic summer salad. This delicious recipe instead features basil, parsley and garlic. Make these easy healthy flapjacks with dates & walnuts for when you need a pick-me-up. Eat the rainbow with our simple, healthy, veggie wrap. This olive and veg sandwich makes an easy vegan, low-calorie lunch option to eat al-desko. Delicious served hot or cold, this tart uses filo pastry to keep the calories down. Use frozen, skinless wild salmon fillets for a cheap and filling lunch on the go. Try a fresh twist on the classic pasta salad with a tangy, veggie yogurt-based dressing, plus apples, walnuts and chickpeas. Pair John Torode's easy falafels with soft flatbreads, well-spiced humous and crunchy pickles for a magnificent meze of a lunch, or a shareable starter. Make these family-friendly chicken wraps with lemon, garlic and cinnamon marinade on a barbecue if the sun is shining. This colourful salad supplies lean protein and is packed with nutrients including vitamins C and E. This quick lunch option contains 3 of your 5-a-day and makes great fuel for exercise. Avoid the 3pm sugar crash with these healthy curried roast chickpeas that make a perfect snack. Drizzle seasonal greens, new potatoes and eggs with a tangy, herby dressing to make this healthy vegetarian lunch or dinner, packed with iron, folate and fibre. Make this simple dairy-free slaw that's perfect for vegan barbecues and picnics. Put it together in minutes and shake with our mustardy dressing. Eat well at work with this easy-to-prepare Scandinavian-inspired beetroot and salmon fusilli salad. It'll keep you going through the afternoon. Combine roasted lemon with fronds of fennel, cherry tomatoes, pomegranate and herbs to make this colourful summer salad. It makes a perfect sharing dish. A simple, budget, spring salad that can add a healthy dose of vegetables to your midweek meal. This easy vegan dish also makes great leftover lunches.

Many go-to picnic foods – such as 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. 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. Dips and crudités are great for packing more veg into your picnics. You could also try a trendy salad jar – this layered coronation chicken jar is a perfectly portable picnic dish. Sarnies are always a picnic winner, and you absolutely can have bread when you’re Food Optimising – or if you prefer, you could give your butties a crunchy twist by using crispbreads, or a Free Food twist by stuffing our tortilla-style omelette wraps with your favourite sandwich filling. 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. Filling falafels are perfect with a dip or stuffed into a pitta pocket. A slice of our fruity rainbow cake, brilliant banana bread, sprinkle-topped school cake or raspberry oat muffins should go down a treat – forks and spoons are optional.