Picnic in nature in summer. Useful tips and original ideas for a picnic

Winter trips Nature trips are also very interesting and full of impressions, as well as delicious dishes that can be prepared in advance at home or already on the spot.

Before you start creating a menu for a winter birthday celebration in nature, you need to consider several rules:

You should not cut vegetables and fruits. Since they may freeze and will not be tasty;
all dishes, including salads, snacks must be portioned (in tartlets, on chips or in any other way) so that it is convenient to take with your hands;
meat that you plan to cook over fire should not require long frying;
It’s better to cut all the ingredients for salads and appetizers at home, and only season, stuff, and decorate them outdoors.

Preparing slices for a winter birthday celebration in nature

For winter table Sliced meat, cheese, and fish are ideal. Can be diluted with canned vegetables.

The cuts can be prepared at home. Place them in containers and place them on dishes in nature

IN cold cuts You can use smoked or raw smoked sausages different types, hunting sausages, also smoked meat (pork, beef, chicken), meat rolls, smoked and salted lard

For the cheese composition you can use hard cheeses, soft varieties, blue cheeses, smoked, processed cheeses

Also diversifies festive table- fish plate. Fish can be salted, smoked (herring, mackerel), lightly salted salmon, trout, smoked layers of red fish and any other fish that you like.

Hot and cold winter snacks for an outdoor picnic

The appetizer should be nutritious enough so that you can have a satisfying snack while the main course is being prepared. You need to prepare it at home, preferably in portions, so that it is convenient to eat in the cold.

We will need:

Bread – 20 slices
Ham (sausage) – 150 gr.
Hard cheese – 100 gr.
Pickled cucumbers – 2 pcs.
Walnuts – 50 grams
Garlic – 2-3 cloves
Mayonnaise – 3-4 table. Spoons

Preparation:

Mix mayonnaise with grated or finely chopped garlic. Grease the bread slices
Cut the cucumbers into thin slices lengthwise and place on greased bread.
Place a slice of ham on top. Rub the cheese with the next layer
Place the second slice of bread on top

For previously prepared sandwiches, place them on the grill and fry them over the fire until golden brown.

Baked potatoes stuffed with cheese and ham are easy to prepare. Very delicious, delicious dish! Be sure to take it on a picnic!

Products used:

Potatoes – 4 pcs.
Ham – 150 gr.
Hard cheese – 100 gr.
Sour cream – 50 gr.
Greens - a bunch
Salt - to taste
Ground pepper - to taste.

Preparation:

Boil potatoes in their jackets
Cut into two parts. Remove the inside of the potato, leaving the walls about 5-10 mm
Chop the ham into small cubes. Grate the cheese
In a bowl, mix the potato pulp with cheese, ham, sour cream, finely chopped herbs, spices and stuff the potatoes
Grease a baking tray with oil and place stuffed potatoes. Set the oven temperature to 200 degrees and bake the potatoes for 15-20 minutes

Stuffed potatoes will please all guests! Bon appetit!

Lavash snacks can be varied with meaningful fillings.

The taste of such a snack depends only on the products used, and otherwise the cooking method is no different.

We lay out the pita bread on the table and put the filling on it. Distribute it in a thin layer throughout the pita bread.

I present a selection of toppings that will definitely suit your taste.

"Salmon and cream cheese"

We will need:

Lightly salted salmon – 150 gr.
Cream cheese (Philadelphia can be used) – 200 gr.
Greens - a bunch

"Crab sticks with egg"

Products:

Crab sticks – 200 gr.
Boiled eggs – 5 pcs.
Dill - bunch
Salt - to taste
Mayonnaise – 2 tables. False

"Sausage and Korean carrots"

We will need:

250gr. — Boiled sausage
200g – Korean carrots
150g – Mayonnaise
50g – Parsley and dill

Festive salads for birthdays in nature

No celebration is complete without salads. For outdoor recreation, it will be very convenient to arrange them in tartlets. To make it easier to take with your hands. Therefore, take tartlets with you, prepare salads at home that will suit your taste, and fill the tartlets in nature.

I present several recipe options that are suitable for serving this way.

Salad “Cheese with salted mushrooms”

Products:

200 gr. — Hard cheese
2 pcs. - Garlic clove
2 pcs. – onions
100 gr. — Salted mushrooms
1 PC. — Boiled carrots
Mayonnaise or sour cream - for dressing
Dill greens - a bunch.

Finely chop the mushrooms, carrots and onions. Grate cheese and garlic. Mix everything. Season with sour cream or mayonnaise. The filling for the tartlets is ready.

Salad "Ladies"

Products:

Chicken fillet (boiled) – 200 gr.
Canned pineapples – 150 gr.
Hard cheese – 100 gr.
Garlic – 2 cloves
Mayonnaise – for dressing

Preparation:

Cut into small cubes chicken fillet, pineapples.
Grate the cheese and garlic.
Mix all the ingredients in a deep bowl and season with mayonnaise.

What to cook for a hot meal for a winter holiday

In nature, of course, you want hot dishes to be cooked over a fire. In winter, it is necessary to take into account the low air temperature and select dishes that do not take long to prepare.

If it is a shish kebab, then it is desirable that it be from chicken meat. You can also consider options for cooking semi-finished products such as kupaty, sausages, and sausages over a fire.

Don't forget about fish cooked over charcoal. We will dwell on this dish in more detail. I present to you very delicious recipe cooking salmon on coals.

You need to take:

Salmon steaks – 6 pcs.
Salt, pepper to taste
Lemon – 1 pc.

Preparation:

Mix salt and pepper.

Rub salmon steaks with spices. Place on the grill and fry on both sides for 5-7 minutes. Turning over periodically. Ready fish pour lemon juice over it. You can start tasting. Bon appetit!

Cooking chicken kebab for a birthday in winter

You need to prepare the meat in advance, at home, so that when you are on vacation, you can quickly put the pieces on skewers and prepare a great hot meal in a few minutes. Check out 6 recipes various marinades for chicken and a recipe for Satsebeli sauce.

Drinks for a winter holiday in nature

Drinking in winter is much more difficult than in summer. Be sure to bring tea bags with you, drinking water so that you can do hot tea. And of course, don’t forget to take juices and compotes to suit your taste.

I also suggest you cook delicious drink, which will warm you up in nature in winter is mulled wine. The spicy aroma and tart taste will not leave any of your invited guests indifferent. But do not forget that this drink contains alcohol, so it should not be offered to children.

A simple table for relaxing in the country

If you are going to the country with friends or just for a picnic in nature, the question immediately arises of what to take with you. After all, you want to eat outside and away from home almost as soon as you arrive! Especially for men))

An example menu for a picnic in the country or outdoors

We traveled by car, so we didn’t care about the weight of bags and other luggage. If you travel by public transport and walk to your dacha or a place in the forest, then measure your strength.

What is important to remember when packing for a picnic?

Try to take with you on a picnic only those foods that keep well in warm weather (or pack perishable food in a cooler bag);
Pack all foods and dishes well, choosing non-fragile foods and containers. Use containers with lids, foil, newspapers, towels (to wrap fragile bottles, for example) to prevent anything from leaking or being crushed;
Choose only fresh food to avoid poisoning;
Wash your hands before eating or use wet wipes. It is better to wash fruits (vegetables, fruits) and greens at home in advance and dry them, and then pack them so that you do not have to waste clean water, which is scarce in nature;
Take a large supply with you clean water. This is necessary for drinking, and for cleanliness, and for washing wounds and broken knees, if suddenly someone needs it;
Have a first aid kit with bandages or a clean white cloth, a disinfectant (at least brilliant green), painkillers, medicine for indigestion, activated carbon or other absorbent. The first aid kit should also contain medications for your chronic diseases. Perhaps a spray or coils against mosquitoes and other insects.
Dress for the season, bringing something warmer and some kind of shelter from the rain. Shoes should be comfortable, with thick soles; in warm weather, be sure to take hats and sunglasses with you.

I think you remember the rest yourself.

We assume that you have a grill, a grill, or just a grill, and the ability to dig a rectangular hole and build a fire for a barbecue. If necessary, take with you firewood and other accessories for the fire or barbecue (matches, for example).

Cooking on the grill at our summer cottage

And you can fry shish kebab from pork neck, marinated in wine, pomegranate sauce, table vinegar, in lemon juice or kiwi. Whatever you prefer.

What to buy - list of products

If you are going to the country, then some of the vegetables, herbs and fruits can be found in your garden.

For 6 people and 2 meals (lunch and dinner) so that you are very full (we have food left), you can take (not very expensive, but a satisfying set):

1 big chicken– marinated at home or simply raw (or 6 legs, 12 thighs or 1.5-2 kg of chicken breast fillet);
Frankfurters or sausages for frying – 6 pieces (or a package of 10-12 sausages);
Smoked sausage (stick) and a medium-sized piece of cheese (you can take half a loaf of sausage cheese);
Mayonnaise – 1 package;
Fresh vegetables (cucumbers, tomatoes - 6 medium ones; 0.5 kg of radish). You can take more Bell pepper, onion, garlic, if they are not in the garden;
Raw potatoes, washed - 6 large tubers or 12 medium ones;
Zucchini – 2 pieces;
Fresh herbs (if you don’t have your own in the garden) - dill, parsley, green onions, cilantro;
Bread – 1 loaf of black, 1 loaf (or 2-3 Uzbek flatbreads or thin Armenian lavash);
Tea (small packaging in bags) and sugar (if you have a kettle);
Salt;
Napkins (regular and wet, if soap and water are not available);
Toilet paper – 1 roll;
Tablecloth/oilcloth or paper (if you won’t be eating at a clean table);
Drinking water – 5-10 liters (more is better, you will want to drink a lot, especially with a hearty meal);
Water for washing hands – 5 liters (preferably more) + soap;
Disposable tableware (6-10 plates, 6 cups and forks each);
Matches;
Drinks at your discretion;

I also suggest taking dishes or semi-finished products prepared in advance at home:

quick salting(I made them in slices), they eat very well, and they don’t run out for a long time when cut. I salted 1.5 kg of cucumbers - rinse them, cut them in half, cut the halves into 4 slices. Place in a container, sprinkling with salt (as you would salt regular salad). Add a pinch of dried basil or chopped dill, and/or chopped garlic (1-3 cloves). If you salt directly at the dacha, you can first put a couple of leaves of cherries, currants, and a horseradish leaf (at the bottom of the container). And then there are cucumbers. When everything has been laid out, you need to tightly close the container with a lid and shake it vigorously for about 3 minutes. And leave it to salt in a warm place until lunch. I did it at night (or a day before). If the top slices suddenly don’t have time to salt, it doesn’t matter - just add some salt on top and shake.
Apple pie(you can make apples with the addition of other fruits). I made it, it was very filling, a lot of servings (12 large, you can cut it smaller), we didn’t even finish it (we were too full).
You can have chicken marinate in advance (see – ). If you haven’t marinated, then simply rub the pieces of meat with salt (and spices, if you want) and leave them to salt for 20-30 minutes. Either you can grease the chicken with regular mayonnaise (and don’t add a little salt, mayonnaise is salty), or with a ready-made store-bought marinade, you can, Or pour something fruity and sour over the chicken ( pomegranate juice or Narsharab sauce, lemon juice).
Boiled potatoes(optional) – 2 pieces per person, with her fried chicken it will taste better;
Boiled eggs– 1-2 per person.

Apple pie with bananas, it is convenient to place and transport slices of round pie with cloves one at a time.

What to do for lunch on a picnic

Approximately 1.5-2 hours before lunch, you need to do the meat - chop the wood, make a fire, prepare the grill for the meat. And when the wood burns out, fry the chicken on the grill.

You can immediately put on the table:

all the chopped vegetables (they won’t eat everything anyway, some will be left for the evening),
bread,
lightly salted cucumbers,
sausage, cheese (it’s convenient to cut them in advance and take them immediately in a container),
grilled chicken,
boiled potatoes (if available),
boiled eggs,
beverages,
pie.

In general, this is enough to feed all six adults a very large meal. Each person will receive 1 piece of grilled meat (the chicken will contain 6 large pieces: 2 legs + 2 wings with part of the breast + 2 large parts of the breast, and the leg can be cut into a thigh and a leg. If you don't have enough, you can take 2 additional chickens or a package of legs). In addition, there will be vegetables, boiled eggs, lightly salted cucumbers, cheese with sausage (you can make sandwiches). And then there's the pie. It's very filling, you'll be full and there'll be some left over.

Ready grilled chicken, lightly salted cucumbers, fresh cucumbers, radish, pie, cheese, sausage, bread, salt

Pieces of chicken grilled on a grill and fresh onion from the garden

What to serve for dinner

You need to maintain the fire in the grill and 2 hours before dinner, start frying sausages or sausages in turn, and then zucchini (rubbed with salt and cut into slices). When everything is ready, you can bake the potatoes in the ashes (we wrapped each potato in foil that was left over from packaging the pie). I sensed the readiness of the potatoes by the smell of baked potatoes, pierced the foil with a fork, it went in easily, the potatoes were crumbly and very tasty.

Baked potatoes can be eaten simply with salt, or with mayonnaise. It is not necessary to put it in hot ashes; you can fry young, washed or peeled potatoes in halves () on the grill.

As a result, on the meat table there will be fried sausages or sausages, to go with them - baked potato and grilled zucchini, leftover vegetables, sausage and cheese, bread and pie. It's also very filling.

In nature you can still cook hearty and tasty dish army field cuisine - (or with brisket).

Grilled zucchini

Let's eat pie!

Picnic salads

Much depends on what you have on hand and in what conditions the lunch will take place. If you’re just in a forest clearing or in a country house where there is no running water, then do vegetable salads filled with oil is probably not very convenient, you need dishes, oil drips, a lot of hassle. It's easier to take a slice of chopped vegetables or a whole radish from the table and eat it.

But if you have the conditions for cutting, enough dishes, and the opportunity to wash everything after, then you can prepare simple vegetable salads with vegetable oil or mayonnaise from vegetables and herbs brought with you or found in the garden beds. But, best of all, pickle the vegetables (prepare lightly salted ones from cucumbers, tomatoes, sweet and hot pepper), then they will definitely be well preserved and will go well with grilled meat.

Also pay attention to the fact that if you dress the salad with mayonnaise, you must eat it quickly, otherwise it may spoil.

Or you can cut up a salad from everything you took with you (sausage, sweet peppers, feta cheese and other tasty things) and you’ll get a salad (like in) that only needs bread.

It’s convenient to dry-pickle cucumber slices overnight, and eat them during the day at the dacha or on a picnic!

Pizza for a picnic

Recently I baked 2 pizzas at once in order to feed a group of hungry vacationers in nature. It's comfortable. Make the dough, roll out the base into 2 pizzas, fill with filling and bake. The dough takes 40-60 minutes (or you can buy ready-made dough, 300-400 grams or puff pastry - 400-500 g package), 1 pizza is baked for 15-20 minutes. All you have to do is cut and wrap. I cut it into portions, wrapping each piece in foil so that it could be unfolded from above, opening it as it was eaten (so as not to get dirty). Each member of the group was given a bag containing 2 slices of pizza and 2 napkins.

When creating a picnic menu, consider the basic requirements for food in nature. What should it be like? First of all, it’s filling – you always want to refresh yourself in the open air. And also convenient for transportation and so that you can easily eat it, preferably without the use of additional utensils.

And, of course, it is non-perishable for a long time - travel and lying in the sun should not harm such food. Snacks meet all these criteria. We offer interesting and simple recipes snacks for an outdoor picnic that will help any housewife.

Appetizers on skewers – perfect idea for a picnic. They are interesting because they can be cooked directly in nature, and quite quickly.

Pre-preparation is minimal: just wash, chop and place the ingredients in food containers.

Quick picnic snacks: a classic option

hard cheese– 200 gr.;
ham – 150 gr.;
pickled gherkins.

Ham and cheese - classic combination, which is used to prepare various sandwiches and snacks.

We suggest using this set of products to prepare quick snack on skewers.

We cut the cheese into cubes and the ham into thin slices. Small cucumbers need to be cut into three parts. That's all the preparation.

We begin to collect canapés. On each skewer we string a piece of cheese, followed by ham, which needs to be rolled up and a piece of cucumber.

Cold appetizers for a picnic: a gourmet option

To prepare you will need:

Rye bread;
cream cheese;
hard cheese;
salami;
olives;
olives.

Cut the rye bread into small slices, from which you need to cut out circles using a glass. You can fry such circles at home in a frying pan without oil.

Apply cream cheese to each rye base piece and place a circle of hard cheese on top. Place another piece of bread on top.

We stick a skewer into the bread and put a piece of salami on top of it in the form of a sail and finish the design with an olive or an olive.

Light cold snacks: fruit option

To prepare you will need:

red grapes;
green grapes;
olives;
olives;
marshmallow.

An interesting snack option on skewers with fruity notes.

You can safely involve children in the preparation, as sweet canapés are very easy to prepare.

Thread onto skewers, alternating dark-colored grapes with olives and light-colored beads with olives. Such beautiful grape beads can be decorated with marshmallow pieces.

Cold appetizers for a picnic: vegetarian option

To prepare you will need:

yellow cherry tomatoes;
red cherry tomatoes;
yellow bell pepper;
red bell pepper;
olives;
pickled champignons;
feta cheese.

Cut the cheese and cheese into cubes, and remove the tomatoes and mushrooms from the brine. Thread the ingredients onto skewers, alternating them.

A snack arranged in order will look beautiful yellow tomato, a piece of cheese, an olive, a red pepper, a champignon, a piece of cheese, a red tomato, a yellow pepper and an olive.

Quick picnic snacks: Italian version

To prepare you will need:

olives;
olives;
Bell pepper;
marinated artichokes;
salami slices.

To prepare Italian appetizer, no lengthy preparation is required.

You just need to bake the strips of sweet pepper directly on the fire.

Lavash on the grill: a hot snack for a picnic

For lovers of outdoor recreation, pita bread recipes will come in handy.

Particularly interesting are the options for hot appetizers, which can be easily prepared right in the open air by frying the rolls over a fire on a grill or on a grill.

Picnic snack for lavash kebab

To prepare you will need:

Armenian thin lavash – 1 package;
suluguni cheese – 200 gr.;
butter – 60 gr.;
cilantro – 1 bunch;
ground red pepper.

The filling for lavash can be prepared in advance at home and taken with you outdoors in a plastic container.

To do this, grind the cheese on a grater and mix with softened butter and chopped herbs. Season with pepper – adjust the amount depending on your own preferences.

Already in nature, smear thin pita bread prepared mixture, roll it into an envelope or roll, brush with melted butter and place on the fire. You can fry the envelopes on a grill or on skewers.

It turns out great snack To .

Recipe for pita bread with cheese and tomatoes

To prepare you will need:

thin pita bread - 2 sheets;
Adyghe cheese – 300 gr.;
greens – 1 bunch;
red onion – ½ piece;
tomato – 2 pcs.

Grind the cheese with your hands or three coarse grater. Finely chop the greens and red onion. This preparatory stage, which can be done at home.

To the resulting mixture add diced fresh tomatoes and mix. The filling is ready.

Spread the pita bread with the cheese and tomato mixture and roll it into a roll.

Fry the appetizer on the grill until golden brown.

To prepare you will need:

Armenian lavash – 1 sheet;
cream cheese– 75 gr.;
lightly salted trout – 300 gr.;
fresh cucumber – 1 pc.;
greenery.

Peel the cucumber and cut into thin long slices.

Spread on a sheet of lavash soft cheese, place pieces of red lightly salted fish and cucumber on top. Sprinkle it all generously with the herbs you love.

We roll the roll into an envelope or roll and send it to the fire for baking.

Quick picnic snack: sausages in pita bread

To prepare you will need:

thin pita bread;
sausages;
greenery;
mayonnaise;
mustard;
ketchup.

The idea of cooking sausages in dough or pita bread is incredibly popular not only with children, but also with adults. Everything is very fast and simple.

We tear off a piece of pita bread the size of the sausage, sprinkle it with cheese and herbs, put the sausage in and wrap it in a roll.

You can immediately bake it over the fire.

Serve with any sauces, among which, of course, mustard and ketchup with mayonnaise take the lead.

Delicious picnic snacks: hot kebabs on skewers

Appetizers on skewers literally save you when you want to snack on something filling, but the kebab is not ready yet.

Adults and children enjoy grilling miniature kebabs over the fire.

Who among us hasn’t fried pieces of lard and bread over a fire? Here's your first quick idea hot snack. We invite you to use our ideas of simple and gourmet snacks on skewers that can be grilled over a fire.

To prepare you will need:

champignons – 1 kg;
lemon – 1 pc.;
salt:
pepper.

Champignons for cooking on skewers should be large and unopened. They can be fried in fresh, or you can pre-marinate.

For the marinade, squeeze out lemon juice and pour them over the mushrooms.

Add salt and pepper, and leave to marinate for about 5 hours in the cold. On a picnic, pickled or fresh champignons string onto skewers and fry over coals.

After heat treatment, they lose their visual appeal, but their taste becomes excellent.

Chicken kebabs on skewers with bacon and pineapple

To prepare you will need:

chicken breasts-4 things.;
canned pineapple – 1 can;
red pepper – 2 pcs.;
onions – 2 pcs.;
bacon - 12 strips;

For the Hawaiian sauce:

pineapple juice – 1.5 cups;
corn starch - 1.5 tbsp. l.;
sugar – 0.5 cups;
soy sauce – 2 tablespoons;
salt.

To prepare the Hawaiian sauce, mix all the ingredients and stir until the starch is completely dissolved. Bring the mixture to a boil, reduce heat to medium and simmer for 2 minutes. The sauce is ready.

We prepare all the components of the kebab in advance. To do this, cut the chicken, onion, pepper and pineapple into large cubes, and the bacon into strips.

For one skewer we take 4 pieces of chicken and 3 pcs. pineapple, 2 peppers and onions, 2 strips of bacon.

Thread the edge of the bacon onto a skewer, followed by the chicken, then again the bacon, which wraps around the chicken on one side. Next comes pineapple and again bacon. Then peppers and onions, which we wrap together in bacon.

The last piece should be chicken and bacon. Lubricate the finished braids with vegetable oil.

Bake on the grill for about 10-15 minutes. Serve with hot Hawaiian sauce.

To prepare you will need:

whole potatoes;
garlic;
paprika;
yellow mustard,
parsley;
lemon juice;
parsley;
thyme;
rosemary;
oregano;
Cayenne pepper;
olive oil.

Wash the potatoes and boil them in their skins. Moreover, the tubers need to be slightly undercooked; they will then be cooked over the coals.

Peel the skins from the potatoes and dip them in the marinade. To prepare the marinade, you just need to mix all the ingredients.

The amount of spices is taken arbitrarily and can be adjusted depending on your own preferences.

We string the marinated potatoes onto skewers and send them to the grill.

Cook until a crispy crust appears on the tubers.

Snacks for a summer picnic: skewers of meatballs and puff pastry

To prepare you will need:

minced meat or chicken – 400 gr.;
yeast puff pastry – 250 g;
hard cheese – 70 gr.;
breadcrumbs - 2 tbsp. l.;
chicken egg;
salt;
pepper;
parsley, dill.

We prepare minced meatballs at home. You can use chicken or a mixture of beef and pork. IN ready minced meat add a raw egg and grated cheese.

To seal in the fat that will melt during frying, add some breadcrumbs.

Our meatballs will be given a piquant flavor by greens and spices, which we will also add to the minced meat.

Knead the mixture and transfer it to a container for transportation. At a picnic, we form small meatballs from the minced meat.

From the puff pastry you need to prepare strips, which we cut into a width slightly less than the size of the meatballs. The length of the strips will depend on the length of the skewers.

Since we will be stringing the dough in waves, we will need strips twice as long as the skewers.

We begin to form an appetizer with meatballs. We string the edge of the dough onto a stick, after it a ball of minced meat, again the dough, circling the meatballs around it. So we alternate the dough with the balls until the end of the skewer.

Grease the dough with vegetable oil. You can bake this appetizer on the grill or on a wire rack.

Serve the appetizer hot. You can sprinkle the finished meatballs with sesame seeds or cheese.

Picnic snack recipes: tomatoes with cheese on skewers

To prepare you will need:

cheese – 500 gr.;
tomato – 15 – 20 pcs.;
olive oil – 50 ml;
lemon juice;
salt;
pepper;
parsley.

This appetizer is prepared very quickly and goes well with any main course. Good kebab of tomato with cheese and how independent snack. Cut soft cheese into discs.

It is better to take tomatoes that are small but fleshy.

Thread the ingredients onto skewers. Prepare the marinade sauce by mixing oil with lemon juice, pepper and herbs. We dip the kebabs directly on the skewers into the sauce, where they will lie for literally 15-20 minutes.

Immediately place the pickled tomatoes and cheese on the grill. In just 10 minutes original snack will be ready.

Video: Taco, Steak and Vegetable Appetizer

Menu for an outdoor picnic for a birthday

A trip to nature is always a long-awaited event for residents of large and stuffy cities, and if there is also a significant reason for this, for example, the birthday of a friend or loved one, then joy knows no bounds.
In nature, every person relaxes, becomes more alive and active, and what is also very important, everyone wakes up in the fresh air a good appetite. This is exactly what those who organize a birthday celebration in the form of a picnic need to remember.
It is very important to carefully consider the menu and take everything necessary so that guests can enjoy freshly prepared dishes with pleasure. The organizers of the holiday can choose two options: either prepare all the food at home and simply take it with them in containers, or take a grill, prepare the food and cook all the dishes in front of the guests. This way the cooking process will be even more exciting, and it may even become part of the entertainment program. But no matter how the food is prepared, it is important that it is convenient to eat it in nature, because often only a blanket or tablecloth laid in a clearing serves as a table. Here are some ideas for those looking for an outdoor picnic menu for a birthday:

Snacks

After the guests have arrived for the holiday, they need to be treated to something immediately. And they are best suited for this simple snacks. It is advisable to make them at home before leaving, because in nature it is not so easy to cut meat and vegetables beautifully. You can make meat, cheese or vegetable plates With various sauces. It is advisable to cut meat nut, carbonate, smoked lard and several types of sausage.

On another plate you can put regular hard and soft cheese, braided cheese, as well as processed and curd cheeses. Vegetable mix should also be as diverse as possible. In addition to cucumbers, tomatoes and bell peppers, you can chop carrots and onion rings. Also, many people love greens, olives, and beans, so it’s worth stocking up on these products.

Besides bread and sandwich buns take lavash with you, and as soon as the grill is ready, cook it in a few minutes delicious snack with tomatoes and cheese. Guests will thus satisfy their hunger a little and will be able to wait for the main holiday dishes. For more details, see the link on our website.

Salad with tomatoes and champignons

You can also make a salad as an appetizer. Cut it too better at home in advance. This salad is just right to sit for a while before being eaten. As an idea: it’s better to immediately put the salad, for example, in plastic glasses with lids, then guests can easily eat it without knocking over anything or getting their clothes dirty while they put the dish on disposable plates. In order to prepare this salad with mushrooms and tomatoes, you will need:

400 grams cherry tomatoes
200 grams of fresh champignons
basil and green onions to taste

for refueling:

four tablespoons balsamic vinegar
four tablespoons olive oil
ground pepper and salt to taste
one and a half teaspoons of sugar

First you need to wash the tomatoes and herbs, dry them on a napkin and cut them. Basil and onions are cut as finely as possible, and tomatoes are cut in half. After this, you need to clean the champignons and cut them into several pieces lengthwise.
Then the dressing is prepared. To do this, vinegar is mixed with oil and spices. Then the tomatoes are mixed with herbs, mushrooms, poured with dressing and everything is mixed well. After this, the salad can be divided into portions and left in the refrigerator for at least three hours. You can make this dish before heading out into the countryside and put the glasses of salad in a cooler bag.

Main course

Not a single trip to nature is complete without barbecue, and meat cooked over a fire certainly becomes the highlight of any holiday. Everyone has their own recipe for delicious kebab, and the most important thing in this matter is to properly marinate the meat. Moreover, this does not always take a lot of time; if you use, for example, mayonnaise, spices and kiwi, then in order for the meat to be ready for frying, it will take a little more than an hour- and during this time you can just get to the place of celebration. All that remains is to light the grill. Step by step photos how, see the link on our website.

Wings on the fire

By the way, you can fry not only pork, but also chicken wings. They turn out very tasty and crispy. By the way, you can also marinate chicken in mayonnaise sauce. Or do soy-honey sauce. To do this, add 2 tablespoons of honey and mustard to the soy sauce. If the honey has thickened, heat it up a little. Salt and seasonings to taste.

Champignons on the grill

As a side dish for meat dishes, you can bake vegetables, or, for example, champignons. By the way, the cooked ones taste very similar to meat, so this dish can be made when there are those who do not eat meat as guests, or when there are a lot of people, and there is a possibility that not everyone will get enough of the kebab.

The best companion meat dishes, of course, is the potato. It can also be baked on the grill, but it will be faster to feed guests if you prepare this side dish in advance. At home, you can boil the potatoes, drain the water, add butter, greens, onion, close the pan, wrap it in paper, then wrap it tightly with a large towel and put it in the trunk. This way the potatoes will retain their heat and can be served with freshly cooked kebabs. If plain potatoes If you don’t like it, you can make mashed potatoes, or stew potatoes with vegetables.

Hamburgers

As an addition to all dishes, or at the end of the holiday, when everyone is hungry again, you can prepare fresh cutlet sandwiches that can be served hot. Here's what you'll need to make hamburgers outdoors for, say, five people:

5 cutlets: 500 grams ground beef, one large onion, 100 grams of any cheese durum varieties, 100 grams breadcrumbs, olive oil, pepper and salt
5 buns
bulb
5 plastics of processed cheese
leaf salad
big tomato
sauces to taste

First you need to make cutlets. You can form them at home on the eve of the holiday, then freeze them and take them to the place of celebration in a cooler bag. First you need to grate the cheese and finely chop the onion. Then the onion must be fried olive oil, cool slightly and mix with minced meat and grated cheese. You can add salt and pepper, mix the mixture well, form cutlets and roll them in breadcrumbs. Make a small indentation in the middle of each hamburger patty to prevent the patties from losing their shape.

The finished cutlets must be fried on a wire rack on both sides until a dark crust appears. All that remains is to cut the buns into two parts, dry them and lay out the lettuce leaves. Then you can put the cutlets, pour over your favorite sauce, add cheese, onion rings, tomatoes and close the burgers top part buns.

Stuffed pepper

You can cook vegetables very tasty on a real fire, and it will be very convenient to eat stuffed halves bell pepper. Here's what you'll need for this dish:

six peppers
300 grams parmesan
four cloves of garlic
100 milliliters olive oil
50 grams chopped walnuts
canned corn
fresh basil

In this case, it is better to make the filling for the peppers at home, and fill the vegetables and bake them outdoors. First you need to grate the cheese. It is better to immediately put 100 grams in a container, since the cheese will already be needed for sprinkling stuffed peppers. After this, peel the garlic and finely chop the cloves. Then you need to mix the oil with garlic, walnuts and finely chopped basil leaves.
Then you need to peel all the peppers from the seeds and cut them in half lengthwise. Eight halves should also be placed in a container, and four halves should be cut into small cubes.
After this, we finish preparing the filling. Fry the chopped pepper until soft, add the resulting cheese mixture and corn. After five minutes, remove the pan from the stove. Ready stuffing need to cool and put in the refrigerator.
In nature, all that remains is to place the halves of the peppers on the grill, bake them for a few minutes on the inside, then stuff them, sprinkle with cheese and put on the grill for some more time until the skins darken and become soft.

Banana boats

You can even cook dessert on the grill. Bananas are best for this. Delicious treat can be decorated in the form of boats, for this you will need foil. Here are the required ingredients:

Lemonade

Of course, a picnic is not complete without alcohol, but you also need refreshing drinks. And you don’t have to buy them, because you can prepare a real one. delicious lemonade. To do this you need:

five lemons
800 grams of sugar
one and a half liters of water

First you need to peel the lemons. Then the skin must be finely chopped, placed in a deep container, covered with all the sugar and set aside for one hour. After this, you need to boil water, pour it into a container with lemon zest and wait about thirty minutes. At this time, you can squeeze out the juice of all the lemons, strain it and after time add it to the water with lemon peel. If desired, you can immediately lay out the peel, or you can leave it and pour the lemonade into transparent bottles.

Here is one example of a menu for a birthday celebrated outdoors, but, of course, you should always proceed from the wishes of the birthday person and the taste preferences of the guests.

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Snacks with an alluring smell, crackling coals of a barbecue, smoke from barbecue - sometimes a picnic is better than a meal in expensive restaurant. But how to diversify the picnic menu if simple sausages, roasted over a fire, are you bored? First of all, eating in nature should satiate your appetite. It should be convenient to eat and transport than less dishes spent, the better. Here are the universal recipes.

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Cold appetizers

Cold appetizers are easy to prepare, which is why they are in great demand during the picnic season. The difference in the complexity of the recipes allows you to cook outdoors for a birthday party for big company, and also for yourself if you go to the nearest park. Let's look at the most common ideas for cooking outside the home.

The combination of the first fruits that come to hand does not guarantee you pleasant taste ready-made dish. These have good taste and will attract children to cooking. To prepare, you will need two types of grapes, strawberries and small marshmallows. String the fruit, alternating colors as you wish, and add marshmallows at both ends.

This appetizer is ideal for meat lovers. But prepare for its preparation at home: grate cheese and peeled boiled eggs, finely crush nuts and crush garlic cloves. Mix all products with mayonnaise to obtain the filling for mini rolls. Place a teaspoon of filling on the sliced ham. Roll up the pieces of meat and tie them green onions. To be safe, you can prick each roll with a toothpick, like this.

These canapés are suitable for people on a vegetarian diet. You need to put a cube of cheese on a skewer, followed by a slice of cherry, champignon and a piece of bell pepper. For greater brightness, you can use two types of tomatoes and peppers: yellow and red.

This recipe is perfect if you have extra grilled chicken. Cut the pitas into two halves, hollow inside.

Prepare vegetables: any will do, but they are traditionally used fresh cucumber, bell pepper and lettuce leaves. All this must be cut: cucumbers into slices, peppers into strips, and finely chop the salad.

Mix vegetables and chicken, carefully pour into pita. You can make sauce from unsweetened yogurt, curry, table salt and crushed pepper. You just need to combine all the products and mix until smooth.

This recipe requires salami sausages, olives, sweet peppers (it is recommended to fry them over a fire in advance) and marinated artichokes. Preparing canapés in Italian is simple. All you have to do is string the peppers onto the sticks one by one, thin piece sausages, olives and artichokes.

Sandwiches with herring

Sandwiches with soft curd cheese are easy to prepare both at home and outdoors. You need: 10-12 slices of black bread, one lightly salted herring, 150 grams of curd cheese, as well as herbs and salt to taste. While still at home, cut the fish (remove the head, tail, fins and internal organs), rinse the greens.

Mix in advance cottage cheese and dill, salt or add a little ground pepper. Then place a teaspoon of the mixture on pieces of bread, and on top - a piece of herring. Garnish the dish with onions and pierce each sandwich with a skewer to preserve it better.

Snacks with lavash

When you're on a picnic in the summer and the kebab is already grilling on the coals, time almost stops. To diversify the wait, make one of the easy ones, but hearty snacks based on everyone's favorite lavash. There is a whole collection of recipes suitable for holidays outside the city. We have prepared 7 of the best especially for you.

Create the filling for the lavash in advance and bring it to the picnic in a container. To do this, simply chop 200 grams of Suluguni cheese, mix it with melted butter and greens. You can add a little ground pepper.

Already at the picnic, spread the mixture on pita bread, wrap it in an envelope or roll. After greasing with oil, such a snack can be baked over a fire until a thin crust appears.

Chop the egg as finely as possible and finely grate the cucumbers. How pickles cucumbers, the more piquant the taste of the finished roll will be. Grease the sheet with a thick layer of mayonnaise and let it soak. Spread the pita bread with pate, not forgetting the dry edges. Sprinkle the pate chicken egg, and then put pickled cucumbers on it. Carefully cover the pita bread (it’s easiest to make an envelope) and cut it into portions.

For cooking warm snack you need: a sheet of Armenian lavash, 75 grams of cream cheese or processed cheese, 300 grams of lightly salted trout, cucumber and some greens to improve taste qualities. You need to cut the skin off the cucumber and make thin strips out of it. Spread soft cheese on the pita bread, place trout and cucumber on top. Sprinkle with herbs or spices as desired, and then bake on the fire.

Use thin pita bread, spices and vegetable oil. Stir salt, Provençal herbs and oil in a small container. Pour this solution over the pita bread cut into triangles. Mix it well so that each piece is saturated with liquid.

Place the chips on a wire mesh in one layer and dry over heat for about 6 minutes. If there are more chips than normal, place them all on the grill at once. But don't forget to stir them.

People of all ages like pita bread, and the simplicity of this dish makes it one of the most popular solutions for outdoor gatherings. Small resources allow us to make sausages in pita bread for companies of 20 - 40 people.

Tear off a piece from the lavash sheet and wrap the sausage in it, sprinkle the roll with seasonings and safely bake over the fire. It is better to serve sausages with sauce; ketchup is popular, mustard sauce and mayonnaise.

Mix curd cheese, crushed garlic and herbs. Place the filling and tomato circles on the pita bread. Wrap the dish in an envelope. Fry in a grid over coals on both sides. Don't forget to turn it often so that the cheese stays firm and the base doesn't burn.

Grilled dishes

Time away from civilization in both spring and summer quickly awakens the appetite. Therefore, do not think that kebabs alone will be enough for you to have a snack in nature. If you have some meat left over from the barbecue or the desire to cook over coals is still not gone, these recipes are for you.

To cook champignons over a fire, choose large and open mushrooms. Fry them immediately or marinate them. For the marinade, pour lemon juice over the champignons, sprinkle with salt and pepper, and leave to marinate in a cool place for 5 hours.

Outdoors, pierce pickled champignons with chopsticks and fry over coals. After heat treatment appearance the dishes will be unsatisfactory. And champignons with photos can sow doubts about their own edibility. But don’t be afraid that something went wrong: taste properties the dark crust has no effect.

First of all, prepare the sauce. Mix 1.5 cups of pineapple juice, 1.5 tablespoons of starch, soy sauce, a little table salt and sugar. Stir the sauce until the starch dissolves. Bring the sauce to a boil. All components of the kebab itself must be prepared in advance.

Cut the pineapple, pepper and onion, and the bacon into even strips. Use the leftover marinated chicken as well. For one skewer, take 4 pieces of chicken, 3 pineapples and 2 pieces of other products. Chicken and bacon should go last. Bake the kebabs once you spread the butter on them. They should be served with sauce.

Treat four ears of corn with any type of oil for better cooking. Turn the cobs frequently and keep them on the grill for 15-20 minutes. Or until a characteristic crust forms. Grease the finished corn with vegetable oil, chopped herbs (dill, basil) and salt.

Stir in chopped garlic and spices. It is better to use ground red and black pepper, cumin, ginger and coriander, as well as 2 teaspoons of turmeric. Then cut cauliflower into identical vertical steaks 20 millimeters wide. Brush them with oil before frying. Grill the cauliflower steak for 5 to 8 minutes on each side.

Add red pepper, oregano and cumin to the chopped garlic, stir well. Place the seafood on wooden skewers (but don't forget to soak them in water for half an hour). Coat the shrimp with oil and fry for 3 minutes on each side. Stir in sour cream, fine parsley, salt, lemon juice and zest. Fill pre-baked or purchased tortillas with red and cabbage, two sauces and sautéed shrimp.

There is an extensive list of technologies for preparing barbecue outdoors. Some are banal, while others are suitable for the holidays. After all, it’s nice to sit with a barbecue in nature on your birthday. But all cooking methods end with the same thing: frying the meat on skewers. Therefore, it is important to pay attention primary processing meat: marinated.

For pork

When making marinade for one kilogram pork meat You will need: a glass of red wine, 2 small spoons of coriander, cinnamon and salt at your discretion. Mix warm alcohol with spices, pour into a container with meat and let it soak in the marinade cool place 4-5 hours. It doesn’t matter if not all the meat is immersed in the marinade, but in this case you will have to stir it;

For chicken

Marinade for chicken weighing 1 kilogram consists of 500 milliliters of light, weak beer, 1 large spoon of salt, 2-3 cloves of garlic and small cumin seeds. Pour in the beer, don't forget to add chopped garlic and seeds, cut up the chicken and put it in the marinade. Leave the covered dish in a warm place for 2 hours.

Lemon, 1 teaspoon black pepper, 3 large spoons of mustard, rosemary and 1 glass of white wine are needed to create a marinade for 1.5 kilograms of lamb. All products must be thoroughly mixed and the marinade poured over the pieces of meat. Lamb should be marinated for at least 6 hours, since the meat is tough and does not respond well to the solution.

To prepare “baby shish kebab,” cut 1 kilogram of pork meat into even pieces, add salt and pepper and add onion half rings. Layer the mixture into a bowl, pouring kefir over it. Let marinate for 5-8 hours. The recipe has this name because neither vinegar nor alcohol is used during marinating. This kebab is absolutely harmless to children’s digestion;

If you miss picnics in winter, there is a solution. And this is kebab in a jar. Place the prepared meat on sticks and lightly fry. To the bottom three-liter jar(check it in advance for cracks) add crushed garlic, pour up to 8 drops liquid smoke. Place the skewers vertically, no more than 6 will fit in the jar. Cover the jar with a double layer of foil and place it on a baking sheet in the oven. This shish kebab needs to be baked for at least an hour. When opening the oven, be careful: due to temperature changes, the jar risks bursting. Meat prepared in this way is soft and flavorful.

As you can see, to organize a gathering with a fire or barbecue in nature, you don’t need a lot of resources and funds. But the picnic will give you incredible memories for many months to come.