Birthday is the brightest holiday, I want to make it not like all the others. Celebrate at home, or in a restaurant of course you can. But not a single chic restaurant will replace the enchanting nature with its unique colors and captivating unique aromas. How to arrange for a trip out of town to succeed and remember for a long time both the guests and the birthday boy?

Homemade picnic preparations

A holiday in nature means a long walk in the fresh air, at the same time, a good appetite of guests, a great mood. In order that nothing could darken the long-awaited sortie, you should prepare in advance and take everything you need for an unforgettable vacation.

• Food and products - the main thing from the fact that it is better not to forget. Be sure to take vegetables and fruits - fresh, salted, pickled. You can cook it at home, and fill it in place, cut it and make it. Attention should be paid to perishable foods, they are best removed from the shopping list. If such products are still used in your menu, you need to cool them in advance and pack them well, the best thing is a refrigerator or a thermopack in the bag.
• Useful little things - a knife and a plastic board, a tablecloth, a corkscrew and a minimum of necessary utensils, paper towels or napkins, however, may be needed. The lack of cutlery, even plastic, will make eating a salad very difficult.
• The drinks. The choice of alcoholic beverages largely depends on the company itself, therefore, dry wine, champagne, brandy or vodka is up to you. Do not forget about soft drinks, juices and clean water, especially if you are going with children.
• Everything for barbecue. Whether it will be a real kebab on the grill, a sausage barbecue, grilled vegetables or a bonfire with stones and baked potatoes laid out on the sides is your choice, but the fact that this will be is an indisputable fact.
• Items for entertainment. Badminton, football or volleyball, flying disc, twister and even bags for jumping in a race - fun, defiantly, festive.

We make the menu

The perfect menu is the key to the success of your holiday. Make it, taking into account the preferences of the guests, and do not forget that everything is perfect - simple.

Salads and appetizers

1. Sandwiches: a maximum of 2 species (do on the spot).
2. Rolls of pita with different fillings.
3. Meat sausage and cheese.
4. Assorted: pickled cucumbers, mushrooms, olives, fresh vegetables and a variety of greens.
5. Salad is better to choose one, but favorite. Excellent in the fresh air under the kebabs are Korean salads, you can buy them in a nearby supermarket, or cook deliciously at home.

Main course

It is considered to be the main dish at a picnic, but fantasy and good mood can bring many ideas and variations to this dish.
  or potatoes baked in foil, sausages or grilled vegetables - all in the hands of the chef.

Dessert

There are many options, but for a holiday in nature there are some interesting ones. Cake from sweet corn sticks with condensed milk or with the same condensed milk wafer rolls (shortbread), fruit.

Entertaining guests

At the gathering place of guests, even before leaving the city, the birthday should be congratulated, emphasizing its importance on this day and instilling a festive mood to the guests.
  Games and items that are collected for entertainment will not let anyone get bored, but at the very beginning of the holiday all the guests are announced a competition for the best gift from natural material and creative congratulations to the birthday man. At the end of the day, the winner is awarded the medal "Best Guest of the Day" and a comic souvenir. Invite several guests to prepare one competition at home.
  Preparing a holiday is a painstaking exercise, but a couple of helpers and a good mood will make it unforgettable and everything will be at its best!

Spring, summer and early autumn are wonderful seasons of the year for picnics, swimming in a river or a lake, a birthday party in nature. Appetite increases in the open air, therefore, for organizing such events, it is necessary to prepare a menu in advance. Often, a good rest in nature can not do just one kebab and beer, there are many other alternatives.

What can you cook with you on nature

Outdoor snacks are different from those served at home. Fatty, nutritious foods, hot first and second courses are not suitable for preparing picnic treats. The following dishes are suitable for forays into nature:

1. Cold snacks. There are several types of such treats:

• Cold meat dishes. Baked or roasted meat, sliced ​​from ham or sausage.
• Vegetable mix. Fresh, pickled, salted tomatoes, cucumbers, sweet peppers, beets.
• Flour products. Pies, rolls, tortillas, pies, pampushki, cheesecakes.
• Sandwiches.

2. Appetizers in the form of salads. Preference is given to dishes made from fresh vegetables.
  3. Cheese products. Fit all varieties of hard cheeses, processed cheese.
  4. Fresh fruit.
  5. Snacks from canned vegetables. Ideal for a picnic in the winter, early spring.

Simple and delicious appetizer recipes for going to nature with a photo

To organize a successful picnic, you need to approach with all seriousness. It is important not only to prepare tasty snacks, but also to pack them correctly. Use the following simple rules of serving food for a raid on the nature:

• Each dish is packaged separately.
• Sandwiches and sliced ​​paper wrapped.
• Picnic snacks with harsh smells (pickles, fish, pickled foods) and salads are packed in sealed plastic trays.
• Bread is placed in a separate plastic bag.
• Glass, porcelain dishes easily beats and is not suitable for a picnic.
• Take wipes, kitchen towels to wipe your hands.
• Forks, spoons, plates for a meal during a picnic, use disposable.

Meals that are convenient to take with you to nature, a huge amount, their preparation does not require much time. Mainly for such snacks use fresh vegetables and non-perishable foods. If you have not yet decided on the menu, prepare a snack on the nature of the photo with step-by-step recipes, which are described below, they perfectly diversify your feast under the open sky.

Quickies sandwiches

A picnic sandwich is simply indispensable. They make it from different foods that you find in the fridge, as long as there is bread and any sauce or mayonnaise. To rest not spoiled substandard snack, it is recommended to use these tips:

• If possible, prepare ingredients for snacks in your kitchen beforehand, put them in different containers, and make sandwiches on arrival at the picnic site.
• Do not use for cooking snack foods that can melt (butter).
• Fry eggplants for snacks.
• To make sauces for sandwiches do not leak out and become thicker, mix with them chopped greens.
• Bread is the most important ingredient in the snack, the taste of the dish depends on its variety. Use any that you like - rye, white, with sesame, cereals or bran, pita, in the form of toast or toast.

Vegetable Sandwich

A great easy snack option for vegetarians or dieters. For the dish will need the following ingredients:

• rye bread - 2 pieces;
• eggplant - 5-6 cloves;
• 1-2 small tomatoes;
• lettuce leaves - 2-4;
• dill, parsley - 0.5 bunch;
• fresh basil leaves - 5 pcs .;
• spicy tomato sauce;
• ghee

Cooking method:

1. Fry the eggplant slices on both sides in a small amount of melted butter.
2. Prepare two pieces of bread of medium thickness, spread them over the entire length of the sauce.
3. Then on one piece of bread, put lettuce leaves, fried eggplant slices.
4. On top of the eggplant, place the basil leaves, then the tomatoes and the green dill.
5. Close the second half of the bread.

American sandwich

Cold cuts are nourishing and tasty. Show originality - prepare small sandwiches, cut the bread into triangles, beautifully lay out the products. For the recipe we need:

• black bread - 2 slices;
• sausage or ham - 50g;
• salad - 1-2 leaves;
• tomato - half;
• cucumber - 2-3 circles;
• mustard.

Cooking method:

1. Cut the sausage or ham into thin slices. Spread slices on one half of the bread.
2. Cheese cut the size of the bread, put on top of ham.
3. Then lay out the washed leaves of lettuce.
4. At the end of the appetizer we put thin cups of tomato and cucumber. Cover the second half of the bread, pre-smeared with mustard at the edges.

Cold snacks on nature

Canapes are very popular at a picnic. To use them is possible, even if you do not have time to wash your hands. The recipe for such a snack requires the following ingredients:

• hard cheese - 150-200 g;
• fresh cucumber - 2-3 pcs .;
• sausage - 20 pieces;
• skewers - 20 pcs.

Cooking method:

1. Cucumbers cleaned from the skin, cut into even mugs.
2. Similarly, chop the sausage.
3. Cheese cut plates.
4. Then we form canapes. On a skewer consistently put cheese, cucumber, sausage.

Cheese and Ham Roll

Meat lovers will love small ham rolls. We propose to use the following option of the recipe, all participants of the picnic will be delighted with it. Necessary ingredients for snacks:

• ham - 300 g;
• processed cheese - 200 g .;
• chicken egg - 2 pcs .;
• garlic - 2-3 cloves;
• walnut - 100 g;
• mayonnaise;
• green onions - 100g.

Cooking method:

1. On a fine grater, rub cheese and pre-cooked and peeled eggs.
2. We clean the nuts from the shell and finely chop.
3. Squeeze the cloves of peeled garlic.
4. Mix with mayonnaise melted cheese, eggs, nuts, garlic.
5. Cut ham into thin slices, on each edge of which we place 1 partial tablespoon of filling.
6. Fold the ham into a roll, tied with a green onion. To keep things going, fix each bundle with a toothpick.

Quick and tasty salads and barbecue snacks

Departure on the nature without barbecue is difficult to imagine. But one fried meat is not enough. An excellent addition that will emphasize the taste of kebabs are snacks in the form of salads with a lot of vegetables. It is recommended that vegetables be prepared and washed in advance at home, and cut and mixed in nature. Dress up salads just before serving.

Salad with feta cheese and fresh vegetables

Ingredients:

• 3-4 tomatoes;
• cucumbers - 2 pcs .;
• salad - 2-3 leaves;
• bulgarian pepper - 1 pc .;
• pitted olives - 1 can;
• feta cheese - 100 g;
• olive or vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. spoons;
• mustard - 0.5 tsp.

Snack preparation method:

1. Pre-washed peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers cut into large cubes.
2. Break lettuce leaves in small pieces, finely chop the greens.
3. Olive oil in a separate bowl mixed with mustard.
4. Put chopped vegetables and greens on a plate, cover with cooked dressing, mix.
5. Next, put in the appetizer the feta cheese, diced and whole olives.

Salad with cabbage and radish

Ingredients:

• fresh cabbage - 300-500 g;
• cucumber - 3 pcs .;
• radish - 100-150g;
• lemon is half.

Cooking method:

1. Rinse all vegetables well.
2. Insect cabbage and slightly remember it with your hands, pour it into a salad bowl.
3. Cut radish and cucumber into thin slices or slices, add to cabbage. All mix well.
4. We salt, we season with snack freshly squeezed lemon juice.

Snacks for birthday children in nature

Children's picnic - a great opportunity to relax in the fresh air with children. Snacks for children are different from food for adults; they should be as healthy as possible and have an attractive appearance. It is worth considering that if we are preparing a holiday, you need to take care of the availability of desserts, snacks from fresh fruits. Then the birthday will be remembered by the birthday and will be a wonderful moment, reminiscent of childhood.

Fruit canape

Ingredients:

• bananas;
• kiwi;
• grapes;
• peaches;
• pears

Cooking method:

1. For canapés, it is possible to use other ingredients, it all depends on your imagination. Rinse fruits well in running water, let them dry.
2. All but grapes cut into cubes.
3. On skewers strung fruit squares, alternating them in color. Last chop a bead of grapes.

Sausages in puff pastry

Children will not be satisfied with sweet treats, therefore we offer to diversify the festive menu with a simple snack with sausages. The required ingredients are:

• puff pastry - 1 kg;
• sausages - 15 pcs .;
• pickled cucumbers - 4-5 pcs .;
• hard cheese.

Cooking method:

1. Cucumbers cut into quarters.
2. Cut the cheese into thin slices.
3. Defrost puff pastry, thinly roll out and cut into long (30 centimeters) strips, 4 centimeters wide.
4. Sausage to clear of skin and wrap in a strip with dough, with cheese or cucumber.
5. Wrapped sausages lay out on a baking sheet, previously covered with parchment paper.
6. Baking put in a preheated to 180 degrees oven, bake for 20-25 minutes.

Simple pita bread recipes

Pita bread is thin Armenian bread. There are a huge number of snacks with pita bread, each cook can come up with his own original recipe. The most popular ingredients for pita bread with filling:

• Chicken's meat.
• A fish.
• Mushrooms
• Hard cheese.

Rolls with pita bread, ham and salmon

Ingredients:

• pita bread - 2 packs;
• salmon - 200-300 g;
• cheese paste - 2 pcs .;
• ham - 300 g;
• greenery.

Cooking method:

1. Crush greens.
2. Slice the salmon and ham into thin slices.
3. On a sheet of pita bread, apply a thin layer of cheese paste.
4. Then put the salmon, tuck all the greens.
5. Roll the pita bread with salmon into a roll and put it in the freezer for 10 minutes.
6. After, reach, cut into slices.
7. Also make another roll, but replace the salmon with ham.

Lavash envelopes

Ingredients:

• tomatoes - 4 pcs .;
• ham - 300 g;
• cheese (hard) - 300g;
• pita bread - 2 pcs .;
• mayonnaise - 200g;
• garlic - 1 pc .;
• greenery;
• salt and pepper.

Snack preparation method:

1. Chopped garlic and dill mixed with mayonnaise.
2. Each sheet of pita cut into 8 squares.
3. On one side, grease the squares with garlic-mayonnaise sauce.
4. Cut ham and cheese into thin plates, tomatoes - into rings.
5. Put the layers of lavash in layers in the following order - cheese, tomato, ham.
6. Wrap the envelope, put it on a baking sheet. Bake 10-15 minutes in the oven.

Appetizing beer snacks

In nature, it is appropriate to drink a glass of tasty and cool beer. In order not to be limited to the presence of banal and unhealthy snacks in the form of chips, salted nuts and crackers, we recommend using the following tasty recipes.

Cheese sticks

Ingredients:

• 400 g puff pastry;
• 1 yolk;
• grated cheese - 200-300 g

Cooking method:

1. Roll a thin dough, grease the top with his yolk.
2. Visually divide the dough sheet into two halves, on one of them lay out the cheese previously grated on a medium grater.
3. Cover with the second half and roll well over the dough with a rolling pin.
4. Cut the workpiece into identical strips (2 centimeters long).
5. Put the strips on a baking sheet. Send bake for 10 minutes in a preheated oven.

Garlic Croutons

Ingredients:

• thick bread;
• melted butter;
• garlic - 2-3 cloves;
• salt.

Cooking method:

1. In any thick bread (Borodino, Sliced) remove the crust. Cut the flesh into small pieces.
2. Bread slices greased with melted butter.
3. We put a dry frying pan on the fire and fry quickly on each side.
4. Ready toast spiced with a mixture of garlic, water and salt.

Video recipes: what snacks to cook for a picnic in nature

A trip to nature (in the forest or to a river) is a pleasant event. But first you need to properly prepare, collect and prepare delicious snacks. Simple vegetable and meat cuts have already managed to bother everyone. To pleasantly surprise your family and friends, prepare original and easy-to-prepare snacks according to the below step-by-step video instructions.

Delicious summer picnic snack

Stuffed long loaf with herring

Canapes on skewers

Spicy snack of young zucchini

Salad of pickled tomatoes with garlic

Ideas for celebrating a birthday in nature should differ significantly from all other options for celebration, this is undoubtedly.

I tried to collect all the most interesting things so that you could choose suitable ideas for your holiday.

We solve the most important question. Which one This is the question of who exactly organizes everything and the birthday in nature will be truly memorable.

OPTION 1:
  we do everything ourselves

OPTION 2:
  we order a holiday with departure on the nature

Option 1: We do everything ourselves!

Until the end of the article there will be ideas for those who are ready to arrange a memorable holiday for their loved ones. Honestly, it’s not so easy, you need a clear preparation plan and lists of necessary things, otherwise you can forget the most necessary things in the pre-holiday rush.

We treat!

1. Get ready meals so that the guests calmly wait for hot

This is a tip from a multi-year picnic experience. People usually come to nature in the morning, few have time for breakfast, and even the road is far away ...

There must be a stock of ready-to-eat foods, tea and coffee in thermoses, otherwise the preparation of a kebab does not turn into a festive expectation, but a nervous process in which coals are heated for too long, meat is fried for too long

What can be taken as a morning buffet:

Ready sandwiches
   pies with salty and sweet fillings
   pancakes with fillings
slices of fried meat in breadcrumbs or round flat cutlets (it is convenient to make hamburgers with them)
   fresh and salted vegetables
   washed fruits
   tea, coffee, juices

2. For grill menu

Of course, on a birthday in nature I want to see such treats, which does not happen during home feasts.

There are so many marinade recipes that I would not risk describing them here, just to remind you that you can cook on the grill.

Meat Skewers
   chicken kebab (by the way, there is no vinegar, and the semi-finished product can be made at home and heated on a fire directly in foil. Children always want to quickly)
   fish on the grill
   seafood
   baked vegetables (zucchini, zucchini, eggplants, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers)
   in the pot you can cook soup or meat sauce with greens
   pilaf

3. Do not forget:

Drinking water in small bottles
   juices
   bread, buns, biscuits
   ketchup and mustard
   salt, sugar, seasonings
   disposable tableware and tablecloths
   good knives, ladle, skimmer
   corkscrew
   wet wipes
   trash bags
   silicone gloves to wash your hands less often
   a set of skewers and lattice
   folding brazier, coal
   fast igniter

Disposable foil trays for ready-made kebabs and vegetables
   folding furniture or inflatable chairs
   raincoats
   spare clothes for children
   mosquito repellent
   rolls of foil and cling film to cover products from flies and wasps
   first aid kit with plaster, peroxide, painkillers
   compact tent (if children do not start playing in it, you can put all the bags, packages and backpacks in the tent, which always spoil the natural landscape with their views and spoil all the photos)

We make a cottage (meadow, gazebo)!

There are ready-made paper decorations that can be turned into bulky balls, stars and pompons in a couple of seconds.

Ready made paper decorations

That's the problem. All these decorations are quite LARGE and not so much to decorate the room. The price is very cozy, they are sold folded and are very easy to fold, in just a couple of seconds. Rate my work, I dedicated a separate article to each type of decoration:

Here is a selection of articles with examples:

  Large

  Multicolored paper

  And here's another

  Do you know what fanta is?

We entertain guests!

Now we are talking about a family holiday, but there may also be options:

1. gathered adults of different generations from 18 to 90 years
2. on holiday many young families with small children from 1 year to 9 years
3. you came to visit families with children from 1 year to 17 years
4. there are no small children, but there are teenagers of 12-17 years old who are bored in an adult company

Agree, in each of these cases, the program should be different.

Free scripts for kids and teens

•   (especially suitable)
• Board games: quality cards for the games "Crocodile", "Mafia", "Alias", "Svintus", etc.

All together: 2 to 92

The most difficult case, the task for such a company to come up with the most difficult.

If you feel that adults are not averse to having fun with their children, let me remind you some time-tested fun. Yes, something will need to be bought, but then the most successful props will be used for many, many years.

• If there is a place for outdoor games, there are always willing for volleyball, badminton and frisbeedo not forget to throw balls, rackets and "flying" plates into the backpack. Often there is no such thing for such fun, you need something less active, read on!

• Fanta. Just like that, people also start dancing and start reading funny poems, but in the fans there are very unexpected ones. Naturally, you also buy all sorts of funny trivia and utter the phrase “I will give this prize to a number of fanta ... 5!”. In the second half of the party, for some reason, everyone is even amused by the very formulation of the task, and even the execution - even more so. Books with detachable phantoms are sold in bookstores.

• Limbo. Fun dance with a stick, which horizontally held two assistants at a height of 1.5 meters. Dancing pass the first circle under the stick, lining up for the passage of a new circle. Just lower the stick 10 cm below ...
• Dance battle. Here the most difficult thing is the selection of music. In the presence of the Internet, there are no such difficulties, and in nature for such a competition it is necessary to pre-record fragments of well-known dance melodies on the disc: lambada, dance of little swans, lezginka, ducklings, tango, hip hop, makaren dance, etc. d.

• Can take interesting and fun family play scenario. For example, we have on our site
• Darts. If it is very difficult to draw men into all previous entertainments, then, having seen darts, they immediately leave the place at the holiday table and line up with darts. There are enough budget options. Hang on a tree and compete! By the way, darts can be replaced a ringbrosit's fun too! Another look at the game "Towns". All kits are sold, just do not forget!

• Face painting, popua and indians. If the birthday in nature takes place in the hot season, divide the guests into two teams and arrange body art show. children are generally delighted with the idea that it is possible to paint not only a part of the face, as on all other holidays, but ALL THE BODY! For adults, too, is multicolored excitement. It would be nice to prepare small accessories - feathers, Hawaiian flower beads, paper skirts made of ribbons, bracelets, thin plastic masks and funny glasses. Prepare a camera, these are memorable shots!
• Team games.  Honestly, if no one has experience in holding such games, everything is not very interesting. A good leader is able to make a “candy” from the most banal task. Just in case, let me remind you about the tug of war and running in the bags.
• Relay  In nature, water can be dragged into the polovniki and poured into a jar, bagels are carried on the head while running with obstacles, “stringing” all team members on a string, inflating or bursting balls for speed, etc.
• Sochiral strongmen. It is very easy to hold, and the excitement around the prize 5-liter beer barrel is always very large. It should be kept on the outstretched hand as long as possible. Replace the "barrel" can be arm wrestling.

• Running lantern, cold fountain, crackers. A birthday party in nature should also have a beautiful ending. Launching Chinese lanterns is a very beautiful tradition. The main thing is to do everything right, it will fly beautifully and there will be no random fires. There are no "contraindications" for cold photos. It's just silver spray in honor of the birthday!

There is not much to go to nature, and this is good even for a crowded company. It is enough to think over the menu for a picnic on the nature of a birthday party, buy the necessary products, grab a brazier, coals, knives, disposable dishes and mosquito repellent - and that's it! The main thing is not to forget anything necessary, like this:

Skewers, grates, embers
   Klenka dense for covering the improvised table
   bedding for seating
   napkins, boards for cutting, foil, sachets, matches
   sunscreen, mosquito and tick repeller

Then water, drinks, garbage bags (the state of nature should be monitored, so that other arriving companies can enjoy the rest and contemplation of nature, and not the rubble of the garbage after the previous company).

Snacks

If all this is collected, meat for barbecue purchased, pickled, you need to take care of more snacks - after all, until the fire is lit, until coals appear and barbecue is prepared, everyone will get hungry, and you will not be filled with barbecue. Therefore, in addition we collect more products:

Cheese, sausage (preferably smoked or half-smoked)
   more vegetables, they go to nature for “hurray” - cucumbers, peppers, tomatoes, greens of every few bunches
   potatoes (required!)
   bread, pita bread
   oil for salads
   fruits are abundant
   sauces for meat, fish

If you are traveling for at least a day - bring a cauldron and cereal with you. Kulesh cooked on a campfire or an ear from a fish caught in a river is an incredibly tasty dish, there will be everything!

Picnic menu

Birthday in nature is a great opportunity to entertain and tasty feed your friends. But now the main thing - the main food, which will feed the guests. The most important thing is a fire, because all the dishes are arranged under it. Meat, fish, chicken - for kebabs, vegetables for roasting in the fire in foil, buns for quickly creating sandwiches, pita - you can quickly roll the rolls of a wide variety of products.

Barbecue

Chicken wings

Next: chicken wings or hips - very tasty on the grill are obtained. And do not necessarily pickle them in something - just rinse. dry and take with you. Since the chicken is cooked much faster than pork, the same wings can be simply cooked - laying on the grill, just salt it - and that's it! Well-toasted, these wings will simply go off with a bang under the beer, while you will be cooking kebabs.

Squash on charcoal

2 kg zucchini
   salt
   pepper
   lemon
   olive oil
   oregano

Squash cut fairly large and circles, for example, a centimeter of 3. Prepare the dressing by mixing olive oil with spices and lemon juice. Next, tear off a small piece of foil (so that the zucchini circle wraps itself well in it), coat it with the prepared mixture, and wrap it tightly in foil. All, as the coals burn out a little, throw zucchini there, digging it into the coals. The same can be done with potatoes - either just throw it into the fire, or wrap it in foil. A great addition to meat - go with a bang!

Stuffed peppers on the grill

This appetizer will look very nice and tasty: buy large colored thick-walled peppers, clean them at home, rinse and put them in a bag. Prepare the cheese, garlic, greens and butter filling. Upon arrival for a picnic, place the peppers on the grill grate, in which the fire is already smoldering, put in the stuffing, sprinkle with greens and very soon the aroma of saliva will all begin to drip - yummy!

Picnic menu for a birthday party

Departure to nature is always a long-awaited event for residents of large and stuffy cities, and if there is a significant reason for this, for example, the birthday of a friend or a loved one, then there is no limit to joy.
  In nature, every person relaxes, becomes more alive and mobile, and what is very important, everyone has a good appetite in the open air. This is what should be remembered by those who organize a birthday party in the form of a picnic.
  It is very important to carefully consider the menu and take everything you need 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 just take it away with them in containers, or take a grill, prepare products and make all the dishes in front of guests. So 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 in nature, because often the table is only a blanket or tablecloth, laid out in a meadow. Here are a few ideas for people looking for a picnic menu for a birthday party:

Snacks

After the guests came to the feast, they should immediately be treated to something. And simple snacks are best for this. 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 chop the walnut, carbonate, smoked bacon and several types of sausage.

On another plate, you can put the usual hard and soft cheese varieties, pigtail cheese, as well as melted and curd cheese. Vegetable slices should also be as diverse as possible. In addition to cucumbers, tomatoes and peppers, you can chop carrots and onion rings. Also, many people love greens, olives, beans, so you should stock up on these products.

In addition to bread and sandwich buns, take pita bread with you, and as soon as the grill is ready, prepare a tasty snack with tomatoes and cheese in a few minutes. In this way, guests will quench their hunger a bit and will be able to wait for the main festive dishes. For more information, see the link on our website.

Salad with tomatoes and champignons

As a snack, you can also make a salad. Cutting it is also better at home in advance. This salad is just perfect for them to stand for a while before they start to eat it. As an idea: it is better to immediately decompose the salad, for example, in plastic cups with lids, then guests can easily eat it, and at the same time do not overturn anything, and do not soil their clothes while they are laying the dish on disposable plates. In order to prepare such a salad with mushrooms and tomatoes, you will need:

• 400 grams cherry tomatoes
• 200 grams of fresh champignons
• basil and chives to taste

for refueling:

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

First you need to wash the tomatoes and greens, dry them on a napkin and chop. Basil and onions are cut as small as possible, and tomatoes - in half. After that, you need to clean the mushrooms and cut them into several pieces along.
  Then prepares refueling. For this, vinegar is mixed with oil and spices. Then the tomatoes are mixed with greens, mushrooms, poured dressing and everything is well mixed. After that, the salad can be decomposed into portions and left in the refrigerator for at least three hours. You can make this dish before leaving the country and put the glasses with salad in the cooler bag.

Main dish

Not one trip to nature can do without a kebab, and meat cooked on fire - certainly, becomes a highlight of any holiday. Everyone has their own recipe for delicious kebabs, and the most important thing in this business is to marinate the meat correctly. And not always it takes a lot of time, if you use, for example, mayonnaise, spices and kiwi, then it will take a little more than an hour for the meat to be ready for frying - and during that time you can get to the place of celebration. It remains only to ignite the brazier. Step by step photos of how, see the link on our website.

Wings on a fire

By the way, you can fry on the fire not only pork, but also chicken wings. They are very tasty and crispy. By the way, it is also possible to pickle chicken in mayonnaise sauce. Or make soy honey sauce. To do this, add to the soy sauce 2 tablespoons of honey and mustard. If the honey thickens, heat it up a little. Salt and seasonings to taste.

Mushrooms on the grill

As a garnish for meat dishes, you can bake vegetables, or, for example, mushrooms. By the way, cooked are very similar in taste to meat, so this dish can be made when there are those who do not eat meat as guests or when there are many people, and there is a possibility that not everyone eats kebabs.

The best companion of meat dishes, of course, is a potato. It can also be baked on the grill, but it will be quicker to feed the guests, if you cook this side dish in advance. At home, you can boil the potatoes, drain the water, add butter, herbs, onions, close the pan, wrap in paper, then wrap tightly with a large towel and put in the trunk. So the potatoes retain their heat, and it can be served to freshly cooked kebabs. If a simple potato does not like it, then you can mash it, or stew the potatoes with vegetables.

Hamburgers

As an addition to all the dishes, or at the end of the feast, when everyone is hungry again, you can make fresh burgers sandwiches that can be served hot. Here's what it takes to make burgers in nature, for example, for five people:

• 5 meatballs: 500 grams of ground beef, one large onion, 100 grams of any hard cheese, 100 grams of breadcrumbs, olive oil, pepper and salt
• 5 buns
• bulb
• 5 cream cheese plastics
• leaf salad
• big tomato
• sauces to taste

First you need to make burgers. You can form them at home on the eve of the holiday, then freeze them and take them to the place of celebration in the cooler bag. First you need to grate the cheese and chop the onion finely. Then the onions should be fried in olive oil, cool a little and mix with minced meat and grated cheese. You can salt and pepper, mix well, make cutlets and roll them in breadcrumbs. In the middle of each billet for hamburgers it is necessary to make a small depression so that the burgers do not lose their shape.

Finished patties need to be fried on the grill on both sides until a dark crust appears. It remains only to cut the buns in two, dry them and put the lettuce leaves. Then you can put the chops, pour your favorite sauce, add cheese, onion rings, tomatoes and close the burgers with the top of the buns.

Stuffed pepper

Very tasty on real fire, you can cook vegetables, and it will be very convenient to eat stuffed halves of bell pepper. Here is what is required for this dish:

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

In this case, the stuffing for peppers is best done at home, and fill the vegetables and bake them - in nature. First you need to grate the cheese. It is better to immediately put 100 grams in a container, as cheese will be needed for sprinkling peppers already stuffed with. After that, peel the garlic and finely cut the cloves. Then you need to mix the oil with garlic, walnuts and finely chopped basil leaves.
  Then you need to clear all the peppers from the seeds and cut them along in half. Eight halves must also be sent to a container, and four cut into small cubes.
  After that we finish cooking the filling. Roasted sliced ​​peppers until soft, add the resulting mixture of cheese and corn. Five minutes later, remove the pan from the stove. Ready stuffing need to cool and put in the fridge.
  In nature, all that remains is to put the halves of peppers on the grid, bake them for several minutes on the inside, then stuff them, sprinkle with cheese and put them on the grid for a while until the rind turns dark and becomes soft.

Banana Boats

On the grill you can even cook a dessert. Best for this fit bananas. Tasty delicacy can be arranged in the form of boats, this will require foil. Here are the necessary ingredients:

Lemonade

Of course, a picnic is not complete without alcohol, but refreshments are also needed. And not necessarily to buy them, because you can make a real delicious lemonade. For 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 should be finely chopped, put in a deep container, cover with all the sugar and set aside for one hour. After that you need to boil water, pour it into a container with lemon peel and wait about thirty minutes. At this time, you can squeeze the juice of all the lemons, strain it, and after a time, add to the water with lemon peel. If desired, the peel can be immediately laid out, and you can leave and pour the lemonade into transparent bottles.

  Here is one of the examples of the birthday menu, which is celebrated in nature, but, of course, you should always proceed from the wishes of the birthday man himself and the taste preferences of the guests.

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