{"id":19134,"date":"2021-11-30T19:21:23","date_gmt":"2021-12-01T00:21:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/?p=19134"},"modified":"2021-12-30T20:59:38","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T01:59:38","slug":"easy-family-friendly-holiday-charcuterie-board","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/2021\/11\/30\/easy-family-friendly-holiday-charcuterie-board\/","title":{"rendered":"Easy Family Friendly Holiday Charcuterie Board"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\"><em>This post is sponsored by Walmart but all the food was enjoyed by me! \ud83d\ude42<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>One of my favorite things to enjoy as a family, or put together when we are hosting friends or a party is a charcuterie board!&nbsp; It&#8217;s the perfect easy appetizer or light meal to serve and we seem to do them a lot around the holidays, and bonus&nbsp; &#8211; no cooking!&nbsp;&nbsp;They may seem a little intimidating to put together but they are truly EASY and I am going to show you how.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19144\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-13-900x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"676\" height=\"902\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-13-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-13-525x700.jpg 525w, https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-13-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>First, you will need some basic supplies like a cutting board or I love to use this <a href=\"https:\/\/rstyle.me\/+RsSSsqYwjkaH6aCjnj96Vg\">wood tray<\/a>!&nbsp; Some <a href=\"https:\/\/rstyle.me\/+kJ99S4QsX_2rT6YZh5k5wg\">small white bowls<\/a> help to corral small items or dips\/sauces.&nbsp; I recently picked up this <a href=\"https:\/\/rstyle.me\/+Nabkbx-rHQDGv7aY__otWw\">gorgeous wood cake stand <\/a>that I could use for cakes but also use as another serving spot to add more charcuterie board food.&nbsp; &nbsp;These <a href=\"https:\/\/rstyle.me\/+lBiUlXl8nUweTX7reiQNHA\">glass tree beverage dispensers<\/a> are such a great price and perfect to use for all your holiday parties and get-togethers.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-19135\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-1-1200x1188.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"717\" height=\"710\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-1-1200x1188.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-1-700x693.jpg 700w, https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-1-768x760.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 717px) 100vw, 717px\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"shopthepost-widget\" data-widget-id=\"4648631\">\r\n                <script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n                    !function(d,s,id){\r\n                        var e, p = \/^http:\/.test(d.location) ? 'http' : 'https';\r\n                        if(!d.getElementById(id)) {\r\n                            e     = d.createElement(s);\r\n                            e.id  = id;\r\n                            e.src = p + ':\/\/widgets.rewardstyle.com\/js\/shopthepost.js';\r\n                            d.body.appendChild(e);\r\n                        }\r\n                        if(typeof window.__stp === 'object') if(d.readyState === 'complete') {\r\n                            window.__stp.init();\r\n                        }\r\n                    }(document, 'script', 'shopthepost-script');\r\n                <\/script>\r\n                <div class=\"rs-adblock\">\r\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/assets.rewardstyle.com\/images\/search\/350.gif\" style=\"width:15px;height:15px;\" onerror=\"this.parentNode.innerHTML='Turn off your ad blocker to view content'\" \/>\r\n                    <noscript>Turn on your JavaScript to view content<\/noscript>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\n<p>Now comes the food.&nbsp; You can get as fancy or basic as you wish with this &#8211; that&#8217;s the fun about charcuterie boards is you get to customize it and use whatever you want.&nbsp; While I do like brie and fancy cheeses and meats we usually stick with more kid-friendly\/family-friendly\/budget-friendly foods.&nbsp; But sort of the basics you will need will be cheese, meat, crackers, fruit, something sweet.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-19136\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-2-1200x936.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"716\" height=\"559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-2-1200x936.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-2-700x546.jpg 700w, https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-2-768x599.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 716px) 100vw, 716px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I will link all of these exact food items below to make it easy to just click to add them to your grocery pickup order.<\/p>\n<div class=\"shopthepost-widget\" data-widget-id=\"4648628\">\r\n                <script type=\"text\/javascript\" language=\"javascript\">\r\n                    !function(d,s,id){\r\n                        var e, p = \/^http:\/.test(d.location) ? 'http' : 'https';\r\n                        if(!d.getElementById(id)) {\r\n                            e     = d.createElement(s);\r\n                            e.id  = id;\r\n                            e.src = p + ':\/\/widgets.rewardstyle.com\/js\/shopthepost.js';\r\n                            d.body.appendChild(e);\r\n                        }\r\n                        if(typeof window.__stp === 'object') if(d.readyState === 'complete') {\r\n                            window.__stp.init();\r\n                        }\r\n                    }(document, 'script', 'shopthepost-script');\r\n                <\/script>\r\n                <div class=\"rs-adblock\">\r\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/\/assets.rewardstyle.com\/images\/search\/350.gif\" style=\"width:15px;height:15px;\" onerror=\"this.parentNode.innerHTML='Turn off your ad blocker to view content'\" \/>\r\n                    <noscript>Turn on your JavaScript to view content<\/noscript>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\n<p>Now comes the arranging part.&nbsp; I looked at pictures online a good bit when first learning how to arrange a board but honestly, there is no wrong or right way to do it.&nbsp; Just make groupings of each item repeating things like crackers and cheese in different areas around the board making it easy for multiple people to be grabbing things at the same time.&nbsp; The middle bowl is cream cheese spread topped with pepper jelly which we love.&nbsp; If you really want to make it extra fancy just adding some sprigs of rosemary dresses it up so much and for Christmas, I added a few cranberries with the rosemary sprigs.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-19142\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-8-889x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"699\" height=\"943\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-8-889x1200.jpg 889w, https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-8-519x700.jpg 519w, https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-8-768x1037.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 699px) 100vw, 699px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I piled much of the fruit on the cake plate along with more salty and sweet things.&nbsp; I love to include some kind of nuts and also something sweet on a board.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19147 \" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-16-992x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"695\" height=\"841\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-16-992x1200.jpg 992w, https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-16-579x700.jpg 579w, https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-16-768x929.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 695px) 100vw, 695px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ll also share a basic punch recipe &#8211; 1 ginger ale, 1 Cran-Raspberry juice, 1 pineapple juice makes a yummy punch!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19137\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-3-1060x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"793\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-3-1060x1200.jpg 1060w, https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-3-618x700.jpg 618w, https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-3-768x870.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>If you want to dress up the punch a bit freeze some fruit in some ice cube trays or just float some in the top.&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-19148\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-17-900x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"691\" height=\"921\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-17-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-17-525x700.jpg 525w, https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-17-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 691px) 100vw, 691px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I hope this inspires you to serve a charcuterie board at your next gathering &#8211; they truly are so fun and easy and not to mention YUMMY!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19141\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-7-1031x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"703\" height=\"818\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-7-1031x1200.jpg 1031w, https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-7-601x700.jpg 601w, https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-7-768x894.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 703px) 100vw, 703px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-19144\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-13-900x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"675\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-13-900x1200.jpg 900w, https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-13-525x700.jpg 525w, https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-13-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 675px) 100vw, 675px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Add some holiday decor like this <a href=\"https:\/\/rstyle.me\/+i02f81wnNpGfD5Wsze5zSg\">realistic-looking wreath<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/rstyle.me\/+QUuapytt6oeKrTao5XvxIQ\">some wood-carved trees<\/a> and you&#8217;ll have your party ready!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-19143\" src=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-11-950x1200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"879\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-11-950x1200.jpg 950w, https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-11-554x700.jpg 554w, https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-11-768x970.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/> &nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d love to hear what your favorite food is on a charcuterie board?&nbsp; Is it the fancy cheese and meat or just basic meat and cheese and fruit?&nbsp; I love it all!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post is sponsored by Walmart but all the food was enjoyed by me! \ud83d\ude42 One of my favorite things to enjoy as a family, or put together when we are hosting friends or a party is a charcuterie board!&nbsp; It&#8217;s the perfect easy appetizer or light meal to serve and we seem to do [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":19144,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[509,72],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-19134","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-parties","8":"category-recipes","9":"entry"},"mv":{"thumbnail_id":19144,"thumbnail_uri":"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Easy-Family-Friendly-Holiday-Charcuterie-Board-13-525x700.jpg"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19134","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=19134"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19134\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":19152,"href":"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/19134\/revisions\/19152"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/19144"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=19134"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=19134"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thefrugalhomemaker.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=19134"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}