Food for a picnic in nature must meet several requirements. First of all, it should be satisfying, since the appetite wakes up especially strongly in the air. It is important that the food does not take up much space and can be easily eaten without the use of additional dishes. And of course, snacks in nature should not be perishable.
The perfect idea for a picnic in nature is a snack on skewers. The ingredients for them do not take up much space, and you can collect the snack itself quite quickly right in nature. Beforehand, you only need to wash, cut and put the components in food containers.
The classic pick for a quick picnic snack on skewers
Ham and cheese are classic ingredients for making sandwiches and snacks.
You will need:
- 300 grams of hard cheese;
- 250 grams of ham;
- 1 can of pickled gherkins
Cut the cheese into cubes and the ham into thin slices. Divide the small gherkins into three parts. Put everything in separate nature containers, bring along a set of wooden skewers.
Collect canapes on site. To do this, string a piece of cheese on each skewer, thread the ham behind it, rolling it into a roll, insert a piece of cucumber on top. The appetizer is ready.
An exquisite cold snack for nature
You will need:
- cream cheese;
- Rye bread;
- hard cheese;
- olives;
- salami;
- olives.
The number of products is selected according to taste. Cut the rye bread into small pieces, cut out circles from them using a glass. At home, fry such circles in a pan without oil.
Spread cream cheese on each rye slice and place a slice of hard cheese on top. Pour another slice of bread on top.
Stick a skewer into the bread and put a piece of salami in the form of a sail on top of it. Finish off the entire structure with olive and olive.
A fruity version of light cold snacks
This interesting option for a snack in nature - skewers with fruity notes - will especially appeal to children.
You will need:
- grapes of different colors (green, red, purple);
- marshmallows;
- olives;
- olives.
Sweet canapes are very easy to prepare, involve children in the preparation.
String grapes and olives with olives on skewers, alternating them in color or shape, or whatever you like. Paste in the marshmallows periodically.
Vegetarian option of cold snacks for a picnic
You will need:
- cherry tomatoes of different colors;
- bell peppers of different colors;
- pickled champignons;
- olives;
- feta cheese.
Wash the vegetables, cut the feta cheese into cubes, peel and cut the pepper to the same size. Remove the mushrooms from the brine. String the ingredients on the skewers, alternating them according to color, taste, or as you like.
An appetizer from the following sequence looks beautiful: a yellow cherry tomato, a piece of cheese, black olive, red pepper, champignon, again a piece of cheese, a red tomato, yellow pepper and again a black olive.
An Italian option for a quick snack in nature
You will need:
- Bell pepper;
- olives;
- pickled artichokes;
- olives;
- salami.
To prepare an Italian picnic snack, you need to bake strips of sweet peppers, previously peeled from seeds, directly over an open fire. Cut the salami into thin slices.
Next, start collecting the canapes themselves. String the components on the skewers in any order you want. For example: pepper, olive, slice of salami, olive and artichoke.
Hot picnic snack: lavash on the grill
You can't do without a hot snack in nature. Picnic lovers will find a variety of lavash recipes useful.
Particularly interesting are the recipes for hot appetizers that can be quickly prepared directly in the open air, for example, by frying rolls over a fire, on a grill or on a wire rack. This outdoor snack is ideal for barbecue.
You will need:
- 200 grams of suluguni cheese;
- 1 pack of Armenian thin lavash;
- 60 grams of butter;
- 1 bunch of cilantro;
- ground red pepper.
It is better to prepare the filling for pita bread at home in advance and take it with you to nature in a convenient container.
For the filling, grind the cheese and mix with softened butter and finely chopped herbs. Season the mass with red pepper, determine the amount yourself, depending on your preferences.
Directly in nature, spread thin pita bread with the prepared mixture, wrap it in a roll or envelope, grease the surface with melted butter and send it to the fire.
You can fry rolls both on the wire rack and on skewers. This appetizer goes well with pork or fish kebabs.
Nature snack recipe: lavash with cheese and tomatoes
You will need:
- 300 grams of Adyghe cheese;
- 2 sheets of thin pita bread;
- 2 tomatoes;
- 1 bunch of greens;
- 1/2 head of red onion.
Grind the Adyghe cheese with your hands or grate it on a coarse grater. Chop the greens finely and chop the red onion. This is a preparatory step that can be done at home.
Add the fresh diced tomatoes to the mixture and mix. The filling is ready. At a picnic, spread the pita bread with the cheese-tomato mixture and wrap it in an envelope. Fry the appetizer on a wire rack over an open fire until golden brown.
Warm picnic snack with trout
You will need:
- 300 grams of lightly salted trout;
- 1 sheet of Armenian lavash;
- 75 grams of cream cheese;
- 1 fresh cucumber;
- greens.
Remove the peel from the cucumber and cut into thin long strips. Spread soft cheese on a sheet of pita bread, put slices of red lightly salted trout and a cucumber on top.
Sprinkle the resulting layer with plenty of finely chopped greens. Roll the pita bread into a roll or envelope and place on a wire rack to bake over a fire.
A quick picnic snack: sausages in pita bread
You will need:
- thin pita bread;
- cheese;
- sausages;
- mayonnaise;
- mustard;
- greens;
- ketchup.
Children will especially like the idea of making sausages in pita bread, but adults will also support it. Everything is prepared quickly and simply.
Tear off a piece of pita bread to the size of the selected sausage, sprinkle it with grated cheese and herbs, put the sausage on top and wrap it in a roll. You can put the appetizer immediately to bake over the fire.
Serve sausages in pita bread with any sauces, most often mustard, mayonnaise and ketchup are in demand here.
Hot kebabs on picnic skewers
Hot snacks on skewers literally save in nature, when everyone already wants to eat something hearty, and the kebab is not ready yet. In addition, children like to grill such miniature kebabs on the fire.
The simplest idea for a quick hot snack is to roast lard and bread over a fire. But there can be many options, from simple and homemade to sophisticated.
Champignons on skewers in nature
You will need:
- 1 kg of champignons;
- 1 lemon;
- salt and pepper to taste.
For cooking on skewers, choose large and unopened champignons. They can be fried directly fresh, or they can be marinated at home and brought to nature in a container with a marinade.
For the marinade, mix the juice from one lemon with salt and pepper to taste, pour this mixture over the mushrooms and leave them to marinate for about 5 hours in a cold place.
In nature, near the fire, string pickled or fresh champignons on skewers, while you can alternate mushrooms with any vegetables or just with a slice of bread, and fry on charcoal. After such heat treatment in nature, the mushrooms acquire excellent taste.
Chicken kebabs on skewers with bacon and pineapple
You will need:
- 4 chicken breasts;
- 1 can of canned pineapple;
- 2 onions;
- 2 red peppers;
- 12 strips of bacon.
For Hawaiian sauce:
- 0.5 cups sugar;
- 1.5 cups pineapple juice
- 1, 5 Art. l. corn starch;
- 2 tbsp. spoons of soy sauce;
- salt.
Prepare Hawaiian sauce: mix all of its ingredients and stir until the starch is completely dissolved. Place mixture on fire, bring to a boil, reduce heat to medium and cook for 2 minutes. The sauce is ready.
Prepare the components for the kebabs in advance. Cut the chicken, peppers, onions and pineapple into large cubes. For one skewer, take 4 chicken slices, 3 pineapple cubes, 2 each onion and 2 peppers and 2 strips of bacon.
String the edge of the bacon on a skewer, then the chicken, then the bacon again, wrap the chicken on one side with it. Next comes pineapple and bacon again. Then put the pepper and onion in and wrap the bacon together. The final should be chicken and bacon. Brush the finished braids with vegetable oil and grill for about 15 minutes. Serve original skewers with hot Hawaiian sauce.
Potatoes on skewers
You will need:
- whole potato tubers;
- onion;
- garlic;
- lemon juice;
- parsley;
- olive oil;
- spice mix: yellow mustard, paprika, rosemary, oregano, cayenne pepper, thyme.
To make the marinade, combine all the ingredients except the potatoes. Wash and boil the skins until half cooked. Peel the tubers and dip in the marinade.
String pickled potatoes outdoors on skewers and bake over the fire. Cook until crisp on the tubers.
Meatball and puff pastry skewers for a picnic
You will need:
- 400 grams of minced meat or chicken;
- 1 chicken egg;
- 250 grams of yeast puff pastry;
- 2 tbsp. l. bread crumbs;
- 70 grams of hard cheese;
- salt, pepper, dill and parsley to taste.
Make minced meatballs at home using chicken or a beef and pork mix. Add a raw egg and grated cheese to the finished minced meat.
Add some breadcrumbs to hold the melted fat together. Spice up the meatballs with herbs and spices. Stir the mixture and transfer to a shipping container.
Form small balls out of minced meat outdoors. From the puff pastry, prepare strips a little less than the meatballs wide. The length of the stripes depends on the length of the skewers. Since the dough is strung in waves, you need to take strips of twice as many skewers.
Start shaping the meatball appetizer. String the edge of the dough on a stick, then put in a ball of minced meat, prick the dough again, circling the meatballs. In this way, alternate the dough with balls until the skewer runs out.
Grease the dough with vegetable oil and bake such an appetizer on the grill or on the wire rack and serve hot. Sprinkle the cooked meatballs with cheese or sesame seeds.
