For our 8th wedding anniversary, I loaded up a our new wine backpack, along with some water crackers, spinach dip, cold garlic roasted chicken strips, and a bottle of nicely chilled Sauvignon Blanc(f rom a small local winery).

We drove out to the Castillo Verde Monument in the local hills, and hiked down to a small stream.

There, over the gentle sounds of the creek, enjoying the views of nature herself, we had a great couple of hours talking about the years gone past and years to come.

By the way, that was my first experience with picnic baskets and wine backpacks, and have since come to be one of the great believers in their versatility and appropriateness for any romantic or picnic occasion.

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Not only portable and easy to carry, this picnic table can have many uses. Take it along on an outdoor concert and you have an instant VIP area!

This wicker picnic basket is right out of a romantic movie scene, with sturdy leather straps, a specific place for every item, all decked out in classic wicker…any couple would feel their picnic much more special, guaranteed.

Be sure to visit our picnic food safety page. It’s chock full of good information on how to make sure your event goes smoothly, without anyone getting a bug. Then, dive into some yummy recipes that are sure to please the palette of everyone attending. (Even if it’s just you and someone special) When you’re ready to gather everything up and head out to the city park or back country, check out the picnic ideas and picnic baskets store for some backpacks, picnic accessories and picnic baskets. They’re all of the highest quality and make great gifts, too.

How Would You Fill Your Picnic Basket?
Not your day for wine and cheese? Maybe you are toting the kids along, or your outing needs to include other people’s culinary expectations…or food isn’t even important, it’s a game of yard darts, or a bird-watching outing.

For vegetarians and calorie counters:

Quinoa Barley Salad – Great camping or picnic food for a hot day!

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This quinoa barley salad recipe is a healthy lunch that you can bring camping, to a picnic, or enjoy at home any time.

Here are some great picnic recipes:

Perfectly Portable Picnic Food-The Muffaletta « Panini Girl

It’s an early evening family event with picnic baskets being unpacked and everything from chips and dips to elaborate multi course meals being shared. In all honesty I think the music ends up being overshadowed by the food …

Yogi Bear Movie CLIP – Pic-a-nic Basket 

Yogi (Dan Aykroyd) explains the wonders of the picnic basket to Boo-Boo (Justin Timberlake) before his daring jump to snatch one.

This site is designed to give the novice and veteran some picnic ideas, recipes, tips on food safety, and even help plan the perfect romantic picnic with a classic picnic basket! You can also find some fun information on the history of the term picnic, and get some great information on picnic baskets. No matter if you live near the beach, in the mountains, on the prairie or high desert, there is always a place to get away from it all and enjoy a meal while basking in the splendor of mother nature. Crackers, Brie or dip, a bottle of wine, and good company…. does it get any better? Many of our favorite picnic ideas come from our readers, and we are always looking for more. Feel free to contact us and give us your best picnic ideas, or share your experiences!

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Sixteen-pound paper bags. The boys are blinded with sixteen-pound paper bags over their heads. Then they are turned around rapidly three times, headed in the right direction and instructed to crawl backward, crab fashion as described in the Crab Race. The contestants are so bewildered they are likely to go in almost any direction. The race distance should be of no more than fifty feet. Mule Ride This is a two-boy-team race. One is “mule”; the other is rider. Each mule carries his mount pick aback from the starting line to a goal sixty feet distant. There the rider dismounts and carries the “mule ” back to the starting line. First team back wins. Sore Toe If you have a sore toe, you don’t walk or run on it, do you? The boys don’t in this race either. They hold one foot up with their hands whichever foot has the sore toe and hop the distance of forty feet. The sore-toe foot is held across the good leg just above the knee. This is a two-boy-team race run between lines forty or fifty feet apart. One boy in each team is called the lead-off; the other is the anchor man. The race starts with the lead-off boys running to the second line, touching it, running back and tagging their anchor man. The anchor men then run the same course back and forth, finishing the race.