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It's picnic time and pretend you are invited? 20 ppl all different diets from low salt, low sugar, no nuts, no seafood, {except tuna in a can}and no milk or dairy.
No doubles please.
It's in the woods, a bonfire and no electric.

I'm bring hot dogs and macaroni salad.

LOL - not too many restrictions.

I would bring a fresh fruit salad.

I'd bring my Plan B Salad -- broccoli, cherry tomatoes cut in half with an Italian dressing poured over.

or

I'd bring a corn salad -- frozen corn, red peppers, green peppers, green onions and an oil and vinegar dressing.

Martha

Chicken salad or pasta salad...

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Curried deviled eggs

Hummus dip w/vegetable crudites

Guacamole w/white corn tortilla chips

Cannellini (white kidney bean) salad with tuna, celery, tomato and onion, dressed with Dijon vinaigrette

Coleslaw
3-bean Salad
Cucumber/olives slices in vinegar
Shrimp & cocktail sauce dip

I would bring Salsa Fresca.

Ears of corn to roast over the fire.

I'd bring blankets to sit on,paper plates,plastic knives and forks,and paper napkins. also aome large garbage bags to hule the trash out of the woods!
Mary Mac

Two dozen wire coat hangers and five sacks of jumbo marshmallows! Have Fun!!!

Hershey bars and graham crackers!

Fruit. For sure. It meets almost everyone's restrictions.

I'm with Sue and Idaho resident -- s'mores. Take 'em or leave 'em!

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Veggie tray? boring maybe, but...

It's so thoughtful of you to want to bring something with everyone's dietary restrictions in mind.
However, I feel it is their responsibility to referee their own diet. Short of taking a vegan dish there isn't a lot to offer everyone with all those restrictions.
Obviously the folks with dietary concerns will bring a dish they can eat.

Here's my story for the day:
Year's ago I worked one night a week at a retirement center.
The pm nurse warned me that the blood sugars would probably give me fits in the morning.
It had been the annual family picnic that evening for supper. I asked her why to worry because certainly the kitchen had prepared foods to accomodate our diabetics for the meal.
Oh no dear, the families bring food from home and the residents can eat whatever they want for the evening of memory dining!

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Originally posted by Idaho Resident:
Two dozen wire coat hangers and five sacks of jumbo marshmallows! Have Fun!!!

Never done that with hangers. Don't they get hot?

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It's in the woods, a bonfire and no electric.

The fire department.

2 bags of potato chips and a big ole container of onion dip. LOL.

Tell them they are too high maintainence.

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Originally posted by MyLifeVacation1:

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Originally posted by Idaho Resident:
Two dozen wire coat hangers and five sacks of jumbo marshmallows! Have Fun!!!

Never done that with hangers. Don't they get hot?

Actually, no, because it doesn't take long to "roast" a marshmallow - a minute or so at most - depending on how big the fire is!

Sue, Glad you added in the graham crackers and Hershey bars - of course that was where I was headed! Only problem I have is most people can't wait - just eat the marshmallows off the hanger!

sierramistplz, Don't worry about all of those "so-called" restrictions and limitations - people will eat what they will. Take some fun to add to the bonfire - no one has to eat anything they don't want to eat but roasting some marshmallows will add an activity and some laughter to the event!

thank you all for the fun answeres
i am bringing different things but i just wanted ideas for all summer picnics and family gatherings. you all gave me alot of good ideas. thanks again oh and gotta have smores. they hit all type of foods see u got bread/grains in the gram cracker marshmellow changes shape and size so thats the fruits/veggys and the choc is the dairy and its shape fits in your palm like a serving of meat see so u got the gov's food pymid all wrapped up in a smore and the smile pleases mom lol