Halloween Inspired Charcuterie Board

I am back with another charcuterie board but this time and I have wanted to do a smaller Halloween theme for so long but have never gotten around to doing it. But this is the year, it is time! If you have been around, you might remember the HUGE Halloween Charcuterie Board that I did a few years ago- that thing covered my entire kitchen island and it might have been one of my favorite projects ever! For this board I wanted it to have spooky elements but not gross because that’s really not my style at all!

Now let’s take all these ingredients and make something really cool!

WHAT I USED!

• Moon drop grapes

• Pomegranate Seeds

• White aged cheddar

• Blue cheese

• Blueberry and cinnamon coated goat cheese

• Mini Brie Wheels

• Mike’s Hot Honey

• Milk chocolate covered almonds

• Merlot Bellavitano cheese

• Almonds, dried cranberries and dark chocolate mix

• Herb Coated Salami

• Prosciutto

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I also added in these little skulls that came in a pack from Target and the bag was secured with the even littler skulls that added a fun touch! Lastly, the spiders were a fun addition and I got those in a bag with some fake spiderweb decor which was also from Target. You can shop the skulls here and the spiders here!

The star of the show though was the CUTEST charcuterie board that I grabbed! I literally couldn’t walk away without this coffin charcuterie board. I liked that I could use it for a cheese board but it also doubles as home decor! After I got done with making the charcuterie board I put it up against the wall in front of an outlet in the kitchen and put the skull candle and a pumpkin in front of it for decoration!

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Small Summery Charcuterie Board

If you have been here for awhile then you know about two years ago I started doing charcuterie boards for Bachelor/Bachelorette viewing parties that I went to with my friends. Fast forward through a pandemic and a move to Orlando, I am finally back to doing them and I am so excited! I mentioned on Instagram a week or so ago that I felt like I was back on my game with creating and making fun recipes, appetizers and fun drinks. This is one of the ways that I can share those things with you guys! This week is a Small Summery Charcuterie Board and next week will be a Gluten Free S’mores Board. Later on I have a Mediterranean Charcuterie board planned and a Popcorn Bar coming your way as well! Also keep in mind that these blog posts are fairly short because I can only tell you so many things about the meats and cheeses on the board lol.

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Here’s what you will need:

• Vintage Irish Cheddar Cheese {always}

• Double Creme Brie

• Black Pepper Bellavitano

• Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese

• Honey Goat Cheese

• Le Gruyere

• Bite Size Dry Salami

• Prosciutto Italiano

• Pepper Salami

• Hot Calabrese

• Balckberries

• Basil for garnish

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I guess I am also curious.. are you watching The Bachelorette? Have you before? I started watching Coltons season and never looked back lol. I think as long as seasons are coming out I will be making snacks and watching! What looks the like yummiest thing on this board? Let me know in the comments below or you can send me an email at tarynintotravel@gmail.com!

Summer Inspired Charcuterie Board

Happy Friday you guys! Wow its been a minute since I have build a charcuterie board! I missed it so much and it was great to be back building them. During quarantine I really had no reason to make one just because it was just me and Dustin. I made one back in March but we ended up taking it back apart and eating it just in bits here and there. I was so happy to make this one because Dustin and I actually had it for dinner the other night. I like building them because it is usually a conversation started when I bring them to parties and get togethers. For this one, Dustin got back from the airport around 2pm and I needed to be at the airport the next morning at 5am. So we had this for a little catch up date night! It was perfect, I think it worked for dinner because it wasn’t all meat and cheese, I added fruit and tons of different textures!

What you will need

-Prosciutto

-Salami

-Red Pepper Stuffed Olives

-Cherries

-Blackberries

-Cheese Honey

-Basil {for garnish}

-Small cheese knifes

-Havarti

-Sharp Cheddar

-Rosemary and Olive Oil Asiago

-Everything but the bagel goat cheese

-Brie Wheel

-Swiss Cheese

-Marcona Almonds

-Parmesan Crisps

I always love putting together videos when I build boards because they are so fun to watch! You get to see the progression of the board and really my thoughts as I put it together. Nine times out of ten I change my mind and rearrange things up until the very end! You can see the video below!!

What is your favorite thing to put on a charcuterie board? Mine definitely changes with the season but usually a reallllly good aged cheddar must make it onto my boards. But surprisingly my favorite thing on this one was the rosemary asiago! OMG YUM. It is freakin’ delish. I would love to hear what your favorite thing is on a board. You can either comment below or send me an email at tarynintotravel@gmail.com!

Winter Inspired Charcuterie Board

I haven’t made a charcuterie board in SO long! I was so happy that this was the schedule! We are back in the full swing of Bachelor nights and I am loving having a reason to make appetizers again! This week I created a charcuterie board which was a little winter inspired and a lot of fun to make.

What you will need

• Prosciutto

• Pepperoni

• Rosemary

• Fig Jam

• Blue Cheese stuffed Olives

• Garlic, Herb, and Olive Oil Gourmet Almonds

• Blue Cheese

• Manchego Cheese

• Extra Sharp Chedder

• Triple Cream Brie Wedge

• Swiss cheese

• Havarti Cheese

I am going to start making these about once a month just to show you guys how much flexibly there is when it comes to making a charcuterie board! I love all of the different options there are as well! If you want a candy board, make one! If you want just cheese and meats, absolutely go for it! You can do whatever you want with whichever ingredients you would like.

Christmas Grazing Table

This is honestly one of my favorite things that I have ever put together.. I love the way that it turned out! I’ve said this before but I think that when you have guests its hard to gage when people are hungry and I like having food around to snack on that people don’t feel weird about grabbing. It is so easy to put something like this {of any size} together that people can pick and choose what they like and don’t like and then you aren’t having to worry about making something that everyone will want to eat. Here is my Christmas Grazing Table!

The Setup

The decor that is on the table is 100% from Target! They are all old but you could easily find new versions of these things. The trees I found at the dollar spot along with most of the houses. The jingle bells, lighted garland and the pine cones are from the Christmas area of Target and then there are a couple of the houses that are Hearth and Hand!

The food

Cheeses

Brie Wheel

Manchego Cheese

Red Wine Soaked Goat Cheese

Dijon Herb Rubbed Fontina 

Dubliner Cheese

Aged Cheddar

Cabot Clothbound Cheddar 

Havarti Cheese

Blue Cheese

Vermont Extra Sharp Cheddar

Mozzarella Balls

Meats

Prosciutto

Genoa Salami

Pepperoni

Chorizo

Extras 

Marcona Almonds

Table Crackers

Simple Mills Almond Flour Crackers

Macaroons

Pistachios

Cranberries

Blue Cheese Stuffed Olives

Fall Inspired Charcuterie Board

I am back with another charcuterie board but this time I used things that remind me of fall! I used things like apples, caramel, pumpkin seeds and other fall things that I chose pretty much because they made me happy haha which I think is a perfect way to choose things to put on your charcuterie board! You will see in the video below that I changed my mind quite a bit on the layout of the board. I start one way but then change it and that is the best part, it can be whatever I want it to be!

What you will need

• Red apples (I used gala…I believe)

• Caramels

• Salami

• Dried apricots

• Aged Cheddar cheese

• Artigiano cheese

• Green apples

• Blue cheese stuffed olives

• Gouda cheese

• Jam (I used strawberry rhubarb)

• Camembert cheese

• Gluten free table crackers

• Gluten free multi-seed rice crackers

• Rosemary for garnish

• Pepperoni {not pictured}

• Prosciutto {not pictured}

ABC's Bachelorette Party: Large Charcuterie board

I can’t believe that we are well over halfway done with this season, its crazy! It is seriously time for Luke P to go home and I jokingly said that this charcuterie board is as large as Luke P’s ego! The idea behind this was that it was going to be red, white and blue but it really turned into red, white, blue and orange.. a little unavoidable. But it was so so good!

What you will need

• Brie wheel

• Pistachios

• Pepperoni

• Goat Cheese

• Colby Jack Cheese

• Blue Cheese

• Cheddar Cheese

• Hot Habenero Cheddar (warn your guests of the heat!)

• Fresh Mozzarella Balls

• Raspberries

• Blueberries

• Dried Cranberries

• Simple Mills GF Crackers

• Hershey’s Chocolate

I’ve definitely said this before, but the best thing about charcuterie boards is that you can do what you want and there aren’t any rules when it comes to what you have to do. If you missed it, you can read about my smaller charcuterie board here! You can tell in the video that I would put something down and then change my mind with how it was looking as I placed things! The freedom with these is so great. Side note, I know I have already made two but I’m sure this won’t be my last one! See the video below! As always, I have so much fun putting these together and I hope you enjoy!

ABC's Bachelorette Party: Charcuterie Board

Before Colton’s season I had never really watched the Bachelor/Bachelorette, maybe an episode here or a string of episodes there.. but since moving to Boston I have started to watch it with a group of friends I have made here! I like it, but I think I enjoy it because I do themes for each episode! I love a good theme haha I love doing these and I want to share them with you!

I am going to start doing this every week where I share an appetizer that I am bringing to share with everyone. Going forward, I might add in a game or something as well…maybe an outfit?! We will see!

This week is just a simple charcuterie board and seriously, it was a hit!

The board that I used I got from our wedding registry a couple of years ago but I found tons of cute and similar ones from Target.

THE BOARDS

THE FOOD

I got everything on this board from either Target or Trader Joes! But really you can get it all from the same store, I also added a couple of things that I had on hand already! That is sort of the great things about charcuterie boards, you don’t have to follow rules and anything goes. You can use small things you may already have to spice up and bring some color to your board!

What I used:

-Triple Cream Brie Wheel

-Cherries

-Honey

- Shelled Pistachios

-Prosciutto Wrapped Mozzarella

-Sharp Cheddar

-Dubliner Aged Cheese

-Chocolate Covered Almonds

-Van’s Gluten Free “the perfect 10” (any type of crackers will work!)

THATS IT!

It was so easy and I created a video to show the process, let me know what you think!