A Delicious Idea for Holiday Entertaining--The Charcuterie Board #Holidayentertaining #Snacksforholidays #BWLPublishing

 

Arranging a Dream: A Memoir by J.Q.Rose
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A DELICIOUS IDEA FOR HOLIDAY ENTERTAINING-THE CHARCUTERIE BOARD

Charcuterie Board
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#Charcuterie #Holidayentertaining
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Whether you are hosting a holiday party, family dinner or friends for game night, the Charcuterie Board makes a festive addition to your snack table. Charcuterie is an arrangement of cured meats, cheeses, fruit, crackers and any fun snack items grouped on a platter, carving board, serving tray or even a rimmed baking sheet. 

My daughter introduced me to them--basically a meat and cheese platter on steroids! The eye-catching loaded trays of goodies are not only attractive but tasty too. The best part is they are so easy to make. There is no way you can make a mistake. Unless you forget to put the pickles in a small dish to capture all the liquids in the bowl. You do not want your foods swimming in pickle juice.

Choose cured meats like salami, prosciutto and ham. Slice them into pieces that will fit a cracker or small toast. Choose hard cheeses like cheddar and Colby and soft cheeses like brie and goat cheese. You can buy more exotic cheeses and/or stick with your favorites. Slice them into different shapes, except for the spreads. Add colorful veggie strips of carrots, celery, peppers, cucumbers, etc with a bowl of vegetable dip, pretzels in fun shapes and sizes, grapes, orange slices, pineapple with a maraschino cherry speared on a toothpick, pickles, olives, nuts, small chocolate squares or my favorite, m & m's. You may add crackers or slices of toasted baguettes to the board or serve separately in a basket or tray.

Do you see what I mean? There's no end to ideas for serving. You are limited by the size of the board or tray you choose. And perhaps your pocketbook.

I hope you have delightful get-togethers during this holiday season. Good food and good fun. Cheers!

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About JQ Rose: 

Whether the story is fiction or non-fiction, J.Q. Rose is “focused on story.”  She offers readers chills, giggles and quirky characters woven within the pages of her romantic suspense novels. Using her way with words, she provides entertainment and information with articles featured in books, newspapers, and online magazines. JQ combined her storytelling skills as an author of fiction and her experience as a journalist to create her "feel-good" memoir, Arranging a Dream: A Memoir.

Blogging, photography, Pegs and Jokers board games, travel and presenting workshops on life storytelling are the things that keep JQ out of trouble. She and her husband spend winters in Florida and summers up north with their two daughters, two sons-in-law,  four grandsons, one granddaughter, two grand dogs, four grand cats, and one great-grand bearded dragon.

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Happy Holidays from J.Q. Rose