Trips to nature are the best support and inexhaustible source of energy and inspiration for our organism. And is it possible to imagine picnic, fishing, trip to lake, river or active rest in countryside without brazier? And brazier and fire remain in our memory in the form of baked meat, fish, bird, vegetables

Picnic food ideas. Why food, cooked on grill, is characterized with mellowness, pleasant scent of smoke and is always appetizing? Under the influence of live fire, meat, cooked on grill, warms up 2-2,5 times quicker, than while usual frying in an oven or frying-pan. So there’re much more vitamins in meat, fish and vegetables, cooked on grill. Moreover, loss of juice and fat, for example, is 15 % less in meat, cooked on grill, than while any other ways of frying.

Food, cooked on grill, receives that unforgettable scent of wood, which charcoal you use. You can enrich this scent, throwing some nettle, branches or sawdust of alder-tree on charcoal. You can switch your imagination on and experiment. Moreover, in every locality unique “seasonings” for fire can be found.

Picnic food ideas. Barbecue - is the most popular dish we cook on nature. But if you slightly move aside from general rules and try to experiment with pork, salmon, chicken, vegetables, and also marinades and spices, then success and recognition of your company, and also wholesome, tasty food will be guaranteed to you!

Grill-salmon
Salmon or trout cut in portions
Coarse salt
Black ground pepper
Lime (you can replace it by lemon, but richness of taste will be lost)
 
 
Remove bones out of fish and dry it, then pour with salt and fresh ground black pepper. Put pieces on grill and fry. Before serving sprinkle each portion of grill-salmon with lime juice and pour with young dill cut small.
It is a good idea to serve grill-salmon (and also meat and bird) with vegetables, cooked on grill.

Picnic food ideas. Cook an original “vegetable barbecue”, which will make you glad not only with flavouring substances, but also with color decision.

Grill-vegetables
Egg-plants (250 g)
Zucchini (250 g)
Leek cut in circles
Tomatoes (small)
5 table spoons of olive oil
Sea salt
Garlic
Cut egg-plants and zucchini in circles, put on cookery paper (any butter-paper), pour with sea salt and leave for 30-40 minutes.

Picnic food ideas. Cook a mixture of olive oil and ground garlic, pour each vegetable circle there. Then string circles on wooden sticks by turns: zucchini, egg-plants, leek, tomato (don’t cut tomatoes).

Appetizing rosy chicken sticks, cooked on grill, will delight gourmets.
6 chicken sticks
1 pack of marinade
Basil
To make meat juicy and tasty, put chicken sticks in a cellophane packet together with marinade for at least 1 hour. Marinade should only just cover meat. When you pickle small pieces of meat of bird, remember, that each piece should be surrounded by marinade from all sides. But at the same time, treat marinade attentively: excess quantity of marinade dissolves too many wholesome substances, contained in meat.

Picnic food ideas. While cooking chicken sticks on grill, don’t forget to pour them with rest of marinade accurately. Before serving, decorate meat with green leaves of basil. But basil has strong, spicy taste, so you can choose classic greens: leaves of dill, parsley and celery, spring onion and chive.

If you company includes kids, make them glad too with
“crocodiles”
Cut wieners or sausages slightly along edges cross-wise and make several parallel cuts on each side. A funny name, invented by cook, and appetizing look of fried wieners will cause interest and wish to taste these “crocodiles”. A possibility to eat by hands, without covers and plates, will be met with delight by kids. Put a leave of lettuce, dill, parsley, red and yellow paprika, wiener, fried on grill, or meat, cut in small pieces, on a thin pita. Collar everything and serve with sour cream sauce: sour cream with herbs and spices.
Slices of black bread, toasted on grill, rubbed with garlic and slightly poured with salt, is an excellent snack for beer.
And of course, decide how and with what you will serve grill meat, fish, and chicken. In summer and spring we actively use herbs and vegetables as seasoning, and this is not occasionally - green color symbolizes renovation and beginning of life itself.

So let’s enjoy food and life!