Share your BBQ surprise food item with Lidl - chance to win one of five sets of Lidl vouchers worth £50 NOW CLOSED

[AngelieMumsnet]

Fingers crossed it will soon be BBQ season - and as part of their #LidlSurprises campaign, the team at Lidl would love to hear about your surprising BBQ successes.

Lidl say "With BBQ season hopefully upon us soon, we'd love to hear from Mumsnetters with fabulous ideas for how to make your BBQ a summer sensation! We're really excited to be working with Mumsnet to promote the range of BBQ items available in Lidl - everything from salads, to meats and dessert ideas - but we know you probably have a genius idea up your sleeve to make even the most basic foods into a BBQ treat. Surprise us!"

So what's surprisingly good on the BBQ? Could be a fairly everyday dish that's even better grilled in the open air, or something that you'd never have thought of barbecuing until you tried it - or just a particular combination of ingredients that seem to sing when cooked on the BBQ?

What reaction did you get from the hungry hordes? Why were you surprised it worked - and would you try it again? Tell us how long you cooked it for, and if it's a bit complicated please do share the recipe. Any photos are VERY welcome!

Add your surprisingly good BBQ food below - savoury or sweet - and you'll be entered into a prize draw where 5 MNers will win each £50 of Lidl vouchers.

Please note your comments may be included on Lidl's pages on MN, their social media channels, and possibly elsewhere, so please only post if you're comfortable with this.

Thanks & good luck,
MNHQ

Bananas split sideways with chocolate buttons put in the middle and wrapped in tinfoil are lovely.

Pork chops marinaded in garlic, pepper and soy sauce overnight

drunken chook...google it! lol

My DS1 had made camp fire bread on cub camp and asked to do this on the barbeque. Very simply we made a dough using self raising flour, water and a bit of sugar, rolled it into a sausage then twisted it round a stick. We toasted it on the barbeque and amazingly it tasted great! After the savoury option it is always then marshmallows toasted over the remaining coals once the rest of the barbeque is finished.

Haloumi and charred orange pepper on a bit of baguette

BBQ Banana in their skins with toffee or chocolate sauce, may not be healthy but very tasty

Toast with syrup and sugar

Fresh mackerel is surprisingly delicious and less oily tasting - that sometimes puts folk (Not me!) off

I love roasting marshmallows on there after the meat has been eaten.
I love chicken and pepper kebabs with BBQ marinade on them :) cooked until they looked well cooked and me and dh like them a lot

Lemon Kebabs

Take a twist on normal vegetable kebabs by adding lemon quarters on the skewer. Vegetable combinations are endless: from peppers to onions, mushrooms, and tomatoes. The grilling softens the sourness of lemons and adds the perfect amount of citrus flavor to the veggies!

Mackerel is awesome on the BBQ!

another with the banana with chocolate in foil!

Marinaded spicy chicken kebabs with stuffed peppers - yum!

Can't beat chicken kebabs, with the chicken marindaded in jerk seasoning

Big flat mushrooms with sweet chili sauce and blue cheese on top then cooked on the barbeque

Slices of aubergine marinaded in olive oil, garlic and herbs are delicious barbequed

Get a whole lamb leg and open it up and remove the bone, open it out into a large flat peice of meat, marinate with mint and lemon or garlic and herbs or anchovy and black olive, cook slowly on the bbq (wrap in foil for some of the time) until your desired doneness, Slice and serve-it seems very extravagant but it does go a long way

Whole cod wrapped in foil, and sweet potato chips.

Fresh sardines

Drizzle in olive oil, wrap in foil, bbq for 5 mins each side, serve with tomatoes & crusty bread - lush.

Smoked haddock & chorizo fishcakes are just yummy when cooked over a BBQ.

BBQ pizzas are always a favourite with my lot get to add their own toppings and be creative x

place lumps dark chocolate in bananas, wrap in foil & barbecue

surf and turk skewers

Halloumi with slices of granny smith apples on top... They make a really tasty (and quick) snackwhislt the main meats are cooking.

Prawns with chilli and lime in tinfoil parcels.