Grilling with children - the best ideas

Grilling with children is a great idea to try out new recipes because the little ones often want to be involved. We have put together five culinary suggestions for you.

Chicken thighs from the grill are also possible with the help of children

If you grill chicken legs, you will get a lot of acclaim from children. Not only because the little ones taste good, but they can also help with the preparation.

• Children can help to season and marinate the chicken legs in the freezer bag. However, an adult should look over their shoulders.
• The marinade should then soak in the refrigerator for a few hours.
• The best way to cook the chicken legs is in a closed grill. The legs should rest on the grill for about 30 minutes at 250 degrees. If the meat is already easily detached from the bone, it is ideal.
• This not only scores with small but also with big gourmets.

The classic stick bread

If you really want to involve the children in barbecuing, you can fall back on the classic stick bread. A fire bowl or a charcoal grill is best for this.

• A simple pizza or bread roll dough can be taken out of the can as dough.
• Divide this dough into equal portions and tie it around the ends of the sticks. Bamboo skewers are particularly suitable for this.
• Hold the dough over the coal until it turns crispy brown.
• Stick bread with homemade herb butter tastes particularly good.

Potato bacon skewers

Here, too, children can participate vigorously again.

• For this recipe, simply cut the potatoes into slices and alternately skewer them with breakfast bacon on a skewer.
• Then marinate the skewer with olive oil, pepper and salt. Now it can be put on the grill.
• Turn the skewer at regular intervals. When the potato slices are cooked and the bacon is nice and crispy, the skewer can be eaten.
• The recipe also works with other vegetables such as peppers or eggplants.

bacon-wrapped dates

Since dates are inherently sweet, they are very popular with children. Dates wrapped in bacon are therefore ideally prepared on the grill for a barbecue with children.

• Simply wrap the dates with bacon and fix them with a toothpick.
• Then grill the spit on all sides until the bacon is nice and crispy.

Marshmallows on the grill

Yes, it's true: marshmallows aren't the healthiest meal, but what you don't do for children.

• For this, the bamboo skewers from stick bread can be recycled excellently.
• Simply attach the marshmallows to the top of the skewer and let the barbecue fun begin. Turn until they turn crispy brown.
• As a small variation, you can also prepare American S'mores.

Would you like to try something completely new? Then we will show you in our next practical tip how you can make soap with children yourself.