American picnic recipes

Five ingredient cookies / muffins - pecan fudge pie

These are somewhere between a cookie and a muffin, and they are absolutely delicious.

Aunt Pearl's Simpson Beans

Bourbon Chicken

A delicious dish that can be served best with rice or couscous.

Cuban Hamburgers

Topped with ham, Swiss cheese, and pickles, this is a great new recipe to try.

pear cupcakes with maple cinnamon frosting

A luscious little cake with a delicious maple frosting.

Giggling Gourmet's Campfire Baked Potatoes

Here's my camp fire baked potato that I make either when we are backpacking or on a good mountain car camp.…

Cranberry Walnut Cabbage Slaw

This recipe was a top winner in Better Homes & Gardens August 1999 monthly recipe contest and I have made it ever since. It's fits well with a…

Cream Cheese Ranch Appetizer

This recipe totally happened by chance. I looked in my pantry and refrigerator and this is what I had on hand and voila! It is really a tasty…

Hunter's Chili

"The only thing certain about the origins of chili is that it did not originate in Mexico...Chili, as we know it in the U.S., cannot be found in…

New Orleans Butter Pralines

New Orleans pralines -- and that's pronounced PRAH-leens, to set the record straight -- are unique among pralines. They contain butter and milk to…

Lemony Rolled Sugar Cookies

My friend came over a few weeks ago and asked me to help her make gluten free sugar cookies. What we came up with was a soft, chewy cookie with…

SOMBRERO PASTA SALAD

A zippy make-ahead salad that even kids love. Can be a main meal salad, a taste better the next day, take it to work salad.

Garlic Rolls

Easy to bake bread rolls for beginners!

Gluten Free Chocolate Chip Cookies

The first gluten free recipe I tried really developing myself was Chocolate Chip Cookies. By this I mean…

Fuzzy Navel Cheesecake

This is a fun and delicious cheesecake. It can also be the talk of the party.