It's movie night so what are you going to eat this time?
It's movie night at home so skip the potato chips and pizza and go with a charcuterie board for TV Time! Too often we grab the potato chips, M&Ms, and salty popcorn when we settle into our comfy chair for movie night. But why not try something different and go with a "Charcuterie Board" full of treats. Not only will it feel like you went all out, but it will count as snack time and supper time too. The flavors on a Charcuterie board will satisfy both sweet, salty and savory taste buds alike. "Trust Me" You know how it is when you're watching a movie...
You eat something sweet and then you need to eat something salty to get the sweet taste out of your mouth. Then you reach for something salty to get the sweet taste out of your mouth and it becomes a vicious circle of craving salt and sweet and salt and sweet. Well, I have good news! A Charcuterie Board will satisfy the full circle your taste buds crave.
A great way to use up the odds and ends in the refrigerator
How often have you looked in the fridge and found out you didn't have enough of this to do this, and you didn't have enough of that to do that? Well creating a TV Time Charcuterie Board using all the odds and ends in the refrigerator is the perfect way to go. This is a great way to clean out the refrigerator each week too.
So, here's what you do ~
It's traditional to put the food on a wooden board so go grab that big cutting board you have stuck in the corner of the kitchen that you never use. Open the fridge and drag out the last of the sandwich meat, the last of the 5 partial pieces of miscellaneous cheeses you have, find that 1/4 of a block of cream cheese that's about to mold... Drag out the last 12 olives in the jar, also drag out the scrapings of the sandwich spread that you made, drag out the end pieces of all 3 bags of bread you've had in there all week, and drag out those left-over carrots and celery that you had left from the chicken wings you ate yesterday. Wink~
Then reach to be back of the fridge and see what you feel.
I bet you find that awesome jar of special preserves that you were gifted from the last holiday. You know you forgot all about it and it would be great on this "Charcuterie Board of yummies". How about some spicy pickles? You got any of those? Then place all of the above on the wooden board.
Then take a look at what's left in the fridge.
What do you see? Do you have any flavored butters? Do you have any nuts? What about fruit? Do you have any grapes in there? What about figs? What about the last few crackers in the box? Well grab those too. You will find out you just cleaned out your fridge and gave you and your family a fantastic movie night supper.
Now take it all out of its old wrappings
Make it pretty now. Take it all out of its old wrappings and put it on the board. Once you do it's going to look like you just bought it and will fake everybody out. LOL~ You're going to say to yourself.... "Why haven't I done this before!!!" And you're going to be so proud that you cleaned out the fridge and made more room for the next grocery shopping spree your about to make too. Wink~
Closing words ~
💡That's my thoughts for today. It's good to be reminded that creating a delicious Charcuterie Board / Grazing Platter for yourself can be lots of fun to eat and can also clean out your fridge at the same time. What could be better right! Well let me tell you... I just finished creating my very own Charcuterie Board. Yep!
👀 Now just so you know... I have a few more posts I'm writing about charcuterie boards so if this interests you then keep an eye out for them. I have some great pictures to share in the future too!
💻 I placed this post in the "Charcuterie Boards" category if you ever need to find it again. Remember this idea when celebrating any of the holidays in our calendar. Oh and.... when it's an anniversary in the family too! It will feel so fancy!
📸 If you ever want a close look at the picture I posted, just click the photo. It will expand in a large view window for a closer look. Then click the area you want to look even closer at and it will usually expand just that part of the photo too. 😀
📅 And as always, I've listed related 📅 calendar dates below 🠟, and any related shopping links 🛒 that would be helpful to this article.
"Live everyday like a holiday." Pam
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📅 September 26 / National Family Day
📅 September / Charcuterie Week in UK
📅 November 15 / National Clean out your Refrigerator Day
📅 September 29 / National Declutter Day
📅 National Family Month is observed during the five-week period between Mother’s Day in May and Father’s Day in June.
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