Spring is the time to have a picnic in nature. For those who are going on vacation, the main question is what to cook in order to nourish everyone who is satisfying, and at the same time not to spend a lot of time. It is also desirable that the dishes were convenient to carry away. The recipes that you will find in this article will help you successfully complete this task.
Lavash roll
For a picnic in nature, a dish such as pita bread roll is perfect. You can cook it in just a few minutes. In nature, you can quickly eat without getting dirty and not afraid to lose half of the ingredients along the way. The undoubted advantage of this dish is a large number of various fillings. You can cook such rolls with poultry, meat, fish, or make them vegetarian. So, having mastered the basic principles of their preparation, you will be able to impress people with fresh shades of flavors every time.
The main thing is that the combination of ingredients is successful and tasty. For example, you can make an original roll with salmon. This will require:
- pita;
- 200 grams of cream cheese;
- 200 grams of slightly salted salmon;
- 1 tablespoon of lemon juice;
- 1 bunch of dill;
- 1 bunch of green onions.
To cook this roll, you need to finely chop dill and green onions, then mix the greens with cream cheese, gently squeeze the lemon juice. Apply the resulting cream in an even layer on pita bread. Cut the salmon into thin strips, lay the fish on top of the creamy mass. Wrap pita bread in a roll, cut into slices about three centimeters thick.
You can use bell pepper as additional ingredients in this roll, then the filling will look not only delicious, but also colorful. If desired, you can take peppers of several different colors.
Zucchini Cupcakes
Perhaps, not a single picnic photo in nature can do without beautiful and tasty snacks. Many prefer muffins, which are made from a very unusual ingredient - zucchini. This is an amazing appetizer that can be the signature dish of any spring outing. It is noteworthy that the classic recipe can be varied with various components, for example, vegetables, herbs, ham and cheese.
This is an excellent picnic dish in nature suitable for even the most fastidious children who are difficult to feed. These delicious muffins will disappear from the improvised table in nature almost immediately. For cooking you will need:
- 2 medium-sized zucchini, which can be replaced with zucchini;
- 2/3 cup flour;
- 2 chicken eggs;
- 1 teaspoon of baking powder for dough;
- 1 pinch of salt;
- 1 teaspoon of sugar.
To prepare such a dish for a picnic in nature, you need to preheat the oven to a maximum temperature. Zucchini grate on a coarse grater without peeling. Salt and mix thoroughly the whole mixture. Leave it in a bowl to infuse for several minutes, until all excess fluid is released. After it must be drained.
In the zucchini add flour, baking powder, eggs. Once again, mix everything thoroughly. After we spread the dough in molds for muffins and muffins, bake in the oven for about a quarter of an hour. This is a universal recipe for a picnic in nature. The photo with this snack, which you most likely will post after the picnic in one of the popular social networks, will attract the attention and interest of housewives who still do not know how to cook it. So the recipe will have to be shared.
Marching hot dog
One of the best picnic dishes in nature is a hot dog. Many consider it a harmful product of fast food, but in the home performance it is a very healthy and satisfying snack. If you make all the ingredients yourself, then you will be absolutely sure that such a hot dog will not bring harm. Typically, a variety of sausages or sausages are used for such an appetizer, but if you are not afraid of culinary experiments, you can try adding any other meat, for example, chicken or even crab. Now you will know what to cook from snacks for a picnic in nature.
For two servings of a classic hot dog you will need:
- 2 buns specially for this dish;
- 2 sausages;
- 1 large potato;
- 1 onion;
- 1 pickle;
- vegetable oil, which is required for frying.
Separately, we prepare homemade mustard sauce from the following components:
- 2 tablespoons of mustard;
- 2 teaspoons of natural yogurt;
- a teaspoon of honey;
- clove of garlic;
- spices to taste.
A photo of this recipe for a picnic outdoors is presented in this article. Cut the potatoes into strips and fry in vegetable oil. Separately, fry the onion until it becomes an appetizing golden color.
We cut each bun for a hot dog in half, put the fried sausage inside. This can be done on a grill, wire rack or ordinary pan. Add the fried potatoes, as well as onions and cucumbers, sliced in circles.
Separately, take on the sauce. Crush the garlic into tomato paste. Then you need to mix thoroughly and beat a little with a fork. We pour hot dog sauce and treat participants to a picnic in nature. Photos of satisfied relatives and friends can then be uploaded to social networks along with these delicious hot dogs.
By the way, if desired, you can add more ketchup or mustard.
Greek salad
Such a salad is a tasty and uncomplicated dish that almost everyone likes. This article has his recipe with a photo. For a picnic in the countryside, taking such a salad is not difficult; you can treat everyone to a varied kaleidoscope of tastes of this dish. The components of which it consists are not only healthy and tasty, but also outwardly attractive, so the salad will not leave anyone indifferent. Moreover, you can make it in just a few minutes, and then take it with you on a trip, carefully placing it in containers or lunch boxes.
For Greek salad, we need:
- large tomato;
- 2 medium-sized fresh cucumbers;
- bell red pepper;
- red onion;
- a teaspoon of olive oil;
- 40 grams of olives or olives;
- 100 grams of feta cheese.
Such an appetizer for a picnic in nature, recipes and photos are given in this article, even a completely inexperienced hostess can cook. Cut tomatoes and cucumbers into large cubes. Pepper the seeds, divide into several large parts, and then cut into thin strips.
Red onion is added to the salad in the form of half rings, and if the onion is large, then you can cut it into quarters. According to the recipe, olives are used in the salad, but you can add olives, which will look even more spectacular.
Cut the cheese into cubes, sprinkle a mixture of vegetables with a pinch of seasonings, for example, basil and oregano. Pour olive oil and pack to distribute to everyone on a picnic.
Pate appetizers
The outdoor picnic menu traditionally includes a variety of snacks. We will tell you more about the recipe for making original sandwiches with chicken pate. So you immediately solve the problem of what to cook on a picnic in nature. And you can make not ordinary sandwiches, but bruschettas, which will look even more spectacular. Chicken meat pate can be prepared in advance and take with you to relax in the fresh air. This is a great snack for a picnic in winter in nature.
For this recipe, you need to take the following ingredients:
- 300 grams of turkey or chicken meat (it can be in any form - boiled, grilled or fried);
- 125 grams of mascarpone cheese (or any other cream cheese);
- clove of garlic;
- half a lemon;
- a handful of walnuts;
- several branches of parsley or tarragon;
- spices to taste.
All the ingredients except nuts are laid out in a blender and finely chopped. Then we add the nuts and grind them again in a blender so that the nuts turn into small pieces, but do not grind into dust.
That's the whole paste recipe that can be applied to bread, bruschettas, toasters or pita bread. By the way, if the paste itself turns out to be too thick, then there is a little trick that will help fix this trouble. If desired, put a couple of spoons of natural yogurt in it. It will be especially tasty if you first put on the bread the flesh of an avocado along with salt and lemon juice, and only then - paste.
Vegetable Tartlets
Elegant vegetable tartlets are ready to turn any picnic in nature into a real holiday. The recipe for their preparation is as follows. Take:
- packing puff pastry;
- 4 tablespoons of tomato or pesto sauce;
- 8 cherry tomatoes;
- 7 champignons;
- small zucchini;
- bell pepper;
- 2 tablespoons of olive oil;
- 70 grams of cheese;
- salt and herbs to taste;
- basil and herbs - for decoration.
First, puff pastry needs to be thawed. You can do this at room temperature, if you have enough time, or in the microwave. Then, on a table sprinkled with flour, cut the dough into squares measuring about 10 by 10 centimeters.
Preheat the oven to the highest possible temperature. Wash vegetables thoroughly. Cut pepper, zucchini and mushrooms into thin slices, and cut the tomatoes into quarters or halves. We put all the vegetables in a bowl, pour olive oil, add salt and dried herbs. Mix the base for our tartlets.
The squares of the dough should be greased in the center with the sauce, being careful not to touch the edges. In the center we spread the vegetable mixture, and grated cheese on top. Tartlets are cooked in the oven at a temperature of 180 degrees, this takes about 15 minutes. We serve them to the table, decorated with basil and sprigs of fresh herbs.
Eggplant with meat
The main dish, which you can please guests at a picnic, can be eggplant with meat. It is not only tasty, but beautiful and festive, so it’s suitable if you decide to celebrate some kind of celebration outdoors.
To prepare them, you will need such components:
- 3 eggplants;
- half a kilogram of minced meat;
- bulb;
- 2 medium sized tomatoes;
- A glass of tomato juice;
- red bell pepper;
- 3 cloves of garlic;
- a pinch of dried oregano;
- a pinch of dried mint;
- 50 ml of vegetable oil;
- several branches of parsley;
- spices to taste.
Cooking process
So, we cut the eggplant into pieces about one centimeter thick. We salt them and leave for 20 minutes to insist so that juice stands out from them, and all the unpleasant bitterness is gone. After that, they must be washed and dried with paper towels.
Cut the onion into small cubes, put the half aside for now, and add the remaining to the minced meat. Salt, pepper and mix. Separately, prepare the sauce. To do this, onion, which we have left, you need to stew for several minutes in vegetable oil. Dice vegetables, add pepper, tomatoes and garlic, previously passed through a press. Stew for another five minutes, and then pour in the required amount of tomato juice. Bring to a boil and turn off the heat. Do not forget about oregano and peppermint for taste, and mix thoroughly the base for the sauce.
For baking, we collect the dish. On each piece of eggplant, put a little minced meat and put it on a baking sheet. Pour all the sauce and bake for about 45 minutes. In this case, the temperature should be 180 degrees.
Before serving, we decorate the eggplant with parsley.
Liver with apples
This is an original recipe, which can be either an original dish or a complement to a side dish of rice or potatoes. To prepare, you must have at hand:
- 500 grams of chicken liver;
- 4 green apples of medium size;
- 50 ml of vegetable oil;
- spices to taste.
The liver must first be cleaned of films, washed well and dried with paper towels. We remove the cores from the apples and cut into slices, while not peeling.
We spread them in a frying pan, add a little water and fry over medium heat. When the fruits begin to break up, you can add chicken liver. Now we fry everything together, adding vegetable oil in sufficient quantities. Pepper, salt and bring to readiness.
Cooked in this way, the liver can be packed in containers that retain heat, and served to guests at a picnic during a gala dinner in the open.
The drinks
What a picnic without lemonade! Especially it becomes relevant when it is warm outside, and instead of hot tea or roasting coffee, you want to drink something cool and refreshing. Therefore, you definitely need to bring homemade lemonade with you on a picnic.
Making this non-alcoholic drink is very simple, it tastes much better than store soda and is much more beneficial. In addition, herbs and fruits for lemonade can be chosen independently, each time creating new flavor combinations.
For classic lemonade we need:
- 5 lemons;
- litere of water;
- 250 grams of sugar;
- fresh mint.
Peel the lemon from the zest with a peeler and chop coarsely. Pour the required amount of sugar, mix thoroughly and let it brew for 45 minutes.
During this time, boil water and pour zest with sugar in boiling water. Wait for the water to cool completely, and then remove all the crusts. You need to squeeze the juice out of the lemon, and then strain the drink. Finally, add sugar syrup to it, pour it into bottles. First, the lemonade should be cooled for several hours in the refrigerator.