A charcuterie board aka a meat and cheese tray has become a popular appetizer these days for any occasion. Today I made what I call a Quarantine Charcuterie Board.
This is an impressive selection of meats, cheeses, dips, and fruits made of ingredients you typically have at home.
Check out my Virtual Quarantine Charcuterie Board Class from my Facebook Live event!
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Watch as I demo how to make a charcuterie board using ingredients you have at home.
I make charcuterie boards just about every week.
They are great for movie nights, parties, holidays, cleaning out the fridge, and just nights you don’t want to cook.
Quarantine Charcuterie Platter
Ingredients
- Sliced cooked meats like lunch meat, sausage, pepperoni, prosciutto, and bacon
- Nuts like honey roasted peanuts, trail mix, smoked almonds
- Spreads like jam honey, mustard, salsa, ranch dip, hummus
- Cheese like cheese sticks slices of cheese for sandwiches, and soft cheese like cream cheese, brie.
- Crackers and dippers like butter crackers bread sticks, croutons, and chips.
- Additional fillers like pickles olives, veggies like carrots, dried fruit like raisins, fresh fruit like grapes, apples, pears, berries.
Instructions
- Use a large cutting board, plate, platter, or tray to plate.
- Add small bowls for dips and spreads and include knives and cheese cutters along with toothpicks for serving.
- Fill in the entire board with toppings, adding color, textures, and height with different themes.
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Use a variety of meats and cheeses you have at home.
I like sausage and pepperoni, rolled lunch meats, cheese sticks, sliced cheese for sandwiches, and bacon.
I also go through my pantry and add different crackers and snack mixes.
I add bowls around the board and fill them with olives, nuts, grapes, berries, and dips.
Dips we usually have on hand are mustard, ranch, and jam.
I also like to make kids charcuterie.
Some fun ideas for this platter are popcorn, apple slices, baby carrots, pickles, cookies and crackers.
Check out my Oh My Cherry Pie Cream Cheese Spread recipe to make for your board.
You can make it with any jam or jelly.
I can’t wait to hear what you make with your quarantine boards! Comment below and let me know.
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Jan Lee
I’d order Perfectly Imperfect, Live More, and the Stay Home Squad hoodie. 🙂
Michelle
We love charcuterie boards here. They’re great fun to make and eat. Love the quarantine shirt!
Angela P
Love the mama love shirt, there are so many awesome ones is hard to choose
gloria patterson
love picking stuff off a board……….. you try so many different and new things
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Barrie
First off, I’m totally impressed by your Charcuterie board! It looks A-MAZING! I lke the Eagle Ridge shirt that says “perfectly imperfect.”
Lori
So many cute things on Eagle Ridge, but I love the Quaranteach shirt!!
Megan Cromes
i like the quarantine stay at home shirts ty 🙂
Janet Boyanton
I like the Love Love Love shirt.
Kelsey Vinson
Stay home squad
Leela
I like the Wan•der•lust – Mountains tshirt.
Bonita English
Thanks for sharing with us! Your food board is just awesome and made me hungry. It’s just my son and I but we do the cheese and pepperoni board with crackers as we bing watch shows. We also do a veggie tray and a rye bread boat with dip in the boat of dried beef. We switch back and forth especially since the virus hit but we try to make it fun.
Terri Schneider
Love the perfectly imperfect shirt!
Jamie Martin
I want the Imperfect Shirt!
Kristen
The one that caught my eye is Women Belong.
Ashley N Hudson
Laugh More Worry Less shirt is super awesome!
Donna James
Looks great!! I will try this for my birthday in March. Thanks
Jen Reed
I like the Stay Home Squad shirt. It is really cute!
McKnight
The Better Days Ahead is the one I like the best
kristi
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Annmarie Weeks
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I would order the /stay home squad hoodie.
Tracy Robertson
I like the “People’s Power” T-shirts, but the Quarantine one is actually my favorite.
Leah Shumack
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Fredrick Pauly
I like the stay at home squad hoodie in black.
Sara Stegeman
The wanderlust mountains shirt is super cute!