Easter is just around the corner, and with it, a decision. Are you going to serve Easter brunch, complete with vegetarian quiche and bacon in the oven, or are you going the dinner route with baked ham with pineapple sauce and balsamic asparagus?

My family goes the dinner route for Easter, and then a brunch celebration about a month later on Mother’s Day.

No matter what you choose, this unique charcuterie board idea could come in handy. You can serve it as part of your brunch buffet, or as an appetizer before dinner.

An Easter Charcuterie Board is the perfect way to showcase a variety of savory and sweet treats and create a beautiful and enticing spread for the holiday.

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DIY Charcuterie Cup Ideas

All the way from a Thanksgiving charcuterie board to a charcuterie chalet and many stops in between, there’s no denying that this time of year is perfect for as many fun charcuterie board ideas as you can dream up.

Whether you’re entertaining a crowd with a wine and cheese board or just having some snacks at home, this type of food is probably at its most popular during the holidays, so you can have a cranberry rosemary cocktail or grapefruit mule in one hand, and a snack in the other!

And sure, I’ve already done jarcuterie, and I know you’re thinking that this charcuterie in a cup really isn’t much different. And you’re right – it’s not! I’m just publishing these mini charcuterie cups to give you even more inspiration for single serving charcuterie this holiday season.

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Sometimes coming up with new charcuterie board ideas is about more than just the theme. Sure, I love everything from a Halloween themed charcuterie board to a football charcuterie board to a huge platter of Valentine’s snacks, but sometimes you don’t need any theme other than this food is delicious.

Grapes seem to be ubiquitous on a lot of cheese boards, and for good reason. Their sweet, juicy flavor profile pair well with salty cheese and charcuterie.

Just like a quick trip in a cast iron skillet turns ordinary tomatoes into truly wondrous blistered tomatoes that can be spread on bread, roasted grapes turn in a whole different thing than raw grapes.

Warm and so soft and jammy you can spread them onto a cracker with a knife, roasted grapes will elevate your next cheese board by approximately 200%. And they couldn’t be easier to make.

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Salads for specific holidays are becoming a hobby of mine. It all started with Thanksgiving salad, which became very popular and snowballed into Thanksgiving fruit salad.

Naturally, I tried my hand at salad for Christmas and Christmas fruit salad as well, and those were popular, too!

So this Spring, I’ve already brought you Easter salad, and you can definitely guess what is coming next, can’t you?

This Easter fruit salad recipe with sweetened whipped cottage cheese dip can be served in adorable little jars like you see here.

Or, serve it as a bowl of fruit salad, or arranged on your prettiest platter as an Easter fruit tray or fruit plate for Easter, with skewers to dunk into a bowl of dip.

Just like all of my holiday salads, it certainly isn’t meant to ONLY be enjoyed on that specific holiday (just like I wouldn’t hesitate to make shrimp deviled eggs in the middle of the summer).

Think of this more like a Spring fruit salad idea that you can enjoy any time you want this season. It’d also be right at home on a Mother’s Day brunch menu, alongside bacon in oven and vegetarian quiche.

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As I mentioned yesterday, my Thanksgiving Salad and Thanksgiving Fruit Salad recipes have become among the most popular content on this site.

So, I also created a salad for Christmas and Easter salad, and I’m back today with a Christmas Fruit Salad, too. Fruit salad may or may not be something that has a spot on your holiday table, and that’s OK.

I think it’s a nice addition to a meal for a large crowd, especially if lots of kids are in attendance. Even if they won’t eat anything else on their plate, you can usually get a kid to eat a scoop of fruit salad (especially when it’s served in an adorable jar like my Easter fruit salad).

But this holiday fruit salad is delicious for taste buds of all ages. The sweet fruit is balanced with a dressing made with fresh orange juice, honey and seasonal spices. Serve it arranged as a Christmas tree or simply tossed together.

It’s also great as a Christmas breakfast fruit salad or a Christmas brunch fruit salad as part of a brunch buffet.

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Just like almost every food blogger you might follow, I’m double checking my Thanksgiving recipes list this year and trying to figure out what I might be missing. If there’s something that I don’t have that you’d like to see, please, let me know. I love suggestions for what to publish next!

So far, I’ve figured out while I have a classic roasted turkey with maple bourbon glaze and a Cajun turkey, I don’t have a ham recipe (although I do already have a recipe for leftover ham and potato soup, oddly). I’ll be fixing that with a delicious new ham recipe published here in a few weeks.

I also realized I didn’t have a classic gravy, so I published my technique for how to make gravy from scratch.

And while I have a very popular Thanksgiving salad, Christmas salad and Easter salad recipes, I don’t yet have a Thanksgiving fruit salad recipe.

Thanksgiving fruit salad (and Christmas fruit salad) may or may not be something that has a spot on your holiday table, and that’s OK. I think it’s a nice addition to a meal for a large crowd (even a brunch buffet), especially if lots of kids are in attendance. Kids love fruit an absurd amount.

But this fall fruit salad is delicious for taste buds of all ages. The sweet fruit is balanced with a bright and delicious dressing. Serve it in your prettiest bowl.

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I’ve come up with a lot of unique charcuterie board ideas (everything from jarcuterie to a Halloween charcuterie board to a Easter charcuterie board) for you guys. I know! I just love them so much. Styling them and photographing them, and eating them, of course.

But I’ll never make the same cheese board twice. I’m always looking for new and fun goodies to add to my boards, and new ways to pair the ingredients with beverages.

A cheese board for wine tasting!

Consider this cheese board for wine tasting to be a sister post to my cheese board for beer. So, how do you make a good cheese platter to pair with beverages?

Today, I’m going to walk you through how to make a super easy, 100% finger food snack board perfect for a wine tasting.

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Five years ago, when basically everybody in my friend group was childfree, I would get very ambitious and creative when it came to what food I would bring to a party. I’d show up with a Smoked Salmon Platter or Roasted Corn Salad or General Tso’s Meatballs.

But if you’re in your mid-thirties like me, you can probably relate: our “parties” are now just kids running wild everywhere. So many kids. And most kids aren’t really into food they haven’t seen before.

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Earlier this year, I subscribed to a whole boatload of food magazines for food styling and photography inspiration.

One of the healthy-eating magazines recently published an issue with a big platter of snacks on the cover, and declared snack dinners the “new” way to serve dinner.

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Did you know National Hummus Day is this coming Saturday? While you’ll almost always find a tub of hummus in my fridge (24/7/365), I figured this is a day to celebrate my love of hummus a little harder than usual.

I took the opportunity to not only celebrate hummus, but some of my favorite seasonal ingredients (and a few fun goodies), as well.

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