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Time for #BoardsWithGourds! A few years ago, I came up with this hashtag to showcase an easy way to make your cheese boards fall-friendly. Simply add a mini pumpkin to create a festive charcuterie spread, et voila! You’ve got the perfect snack or appetizer for Friendsgiving, Thanksgiving, or any other autumn gathering.

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Time for #BoardsWithGourds! A few years ago, I came up with this hashtag to showcase an easy way to make your cheese boards fall-friendly. Simply add a mini pumpkin to create a festive charcuterie spread, et voila! You’ve got the perfect snack or appetizer for Friendsgiving, Thanksgiving, or any other autumn gathering.

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INGREDIENTS
4 oz burrata ball
1 tomato, sliced basil
2 black olives olive oil salt, to taste
INSTRUCTIONS
1. Lay burrata on a platter and cut small incision on bottom half of the ball.
2. Scoop out stracciatella filling and shape into a “ghost tail”.
3. Slice ends of both olives to create the “eyes” and slice length-wise to create the “mouth” and place on burrata
“ghost”.
4. Lay basil and tomatoes along the top half of the platter and dress with olive oil and salt and enjoy!

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Instructions
Pour lime juice, blackberry jam and a few ice cubes into a mason jar and SHAKE.
Add ice to a Collins glass. You could use a traditional Mule glass but I wanted to see the pretty ombre colors of the drink so I used a Collins.
Pour in blackberry mixture equally into both glasses
Top with Ginger Kombucha
Garnish with mint, blackberry and candied ginger on a cocktail pick. Optional: add a lime wedge

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Instructions
In a medium bowl, combine the cream cheese and 1 cup shredded cheese until thoroughly combined.
Using your hands, shape the mixture into a ball, then coat in the remaining shredded cheese to cover the outside of the cheese ball.
Transfer the mixture to a large piece of plastic wrap continuing to shape into a round ball.
Wrap twine around the cheese ball four times (or use 4 large rubber bands) tightly around the wrapped cheese ball to shape into a pumpkin. Refrigerate until firm, at least 4 hours and up to overnight.
Remove the twine and plastic wrap. Press bell pepper stem into the top of the cheese ball where all the lines intersect.
If you want to add some more flavor, check out the mix-ins in the blog post!

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This Halloween costume is brie-lliant if I do say so myself 😉🧀 Comment "BRIE" for the link!

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This pumpkin shaped cocotte is a seasonal favorite that works beautifully from Halloween through Thanksgiving. It’s perfect for serving dips, sides, soups, or desserts while adding a festive touch to any table.🤍

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Halloween eyeball ice 👀

Simply freeze blueberries + water in this ice tray and use it in your Halloween Drinks.

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Add pretzels to the board first. Fill each pretzel with a cheese, meat, and produce.
Add remaining cheese, meats, nuts, and produce to the board around the pretzels. Add olives to a bowl and serve on the board or on the side.

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Instructions
In a medium serving bowl, combine the Greek yogurt, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper, and lemon juice.
Sprinkle with chives or scallions to serve. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.

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These charcuterie witches fingers are such an easy snack to serve up in October!! I couldn’t resist posting now so you can have it on hand when the time comes.

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Instructions
Cut the olives in half cross-wise, then cut the rounded tops off of each half.
Fold each piece of prosciutto in half lengthwise, then fold it in half again lengthwise.
Working one at a time, wrap folded prosciutto slices around mozzarella balls. Top each one with an olive half.
Arrange on a platter and serve.

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Instructions

Add the condiments, sauerkraut, and giardiniera to individual bowls and place on the board. Focus the condiments in the center and the larger bowls around the edge of the board.
Place the sausages on the board, separating the different types. Feel free to slice some of the sausages! Fill in the board with the pickles, cornichons, onion, and radishes.
Add the buns to the board away from the wet items to present sogginess, or serve separately!

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Fall burrata board

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Add pretzels to the board first. Fill each pretzel with a cheese, meat, and produce.
Add remaining cheese, meats, nuts, and produce to the board around the pretzels. Add olives to a bowl and serve on the board or on the side.

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Masterpiece in progress

Do your kids love coloring as much as mine? This kids table is an essential in my home!

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This easy Halloween Pasta Salad comes together with simple ingredients that just look spooky (naturally). The manzanilla olives look like eyeballs alongside the tomatoes… and the black + white pasta is giving BEETLEJUICE! Recipe ⬇️ PS- the bowl is from World Market INGREDIENTS Pasta Salad striped farfalle pasta, cooked manzanilla olives cherry tomatoes, halved ciliegine salami, cut into ribbons Dressing 3/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1/4 cup red wine vinegar 1 tsp Dijon mustard 1/2 tsp dried oregano 1/2 tsp kosher salt 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper INSTRUCTIONS 1. Combine olive oil, red wine vinegar, mustard, oregano, salt, and pepper and whisk vigorously. 2. Combine pasta, olives, tomatoes, ciliegine, and salami. 3. Dress with vinaigrette, toss to incorporate, serve, and enjoy!

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Directions
In a large bowl, use a hand mixer to combine cream cheese, mozzarella, Parmesan, parsley, garlic, olives, crushed red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper.
Using your hands, shape the cream cheese mixture into a football-shaped oval. Transfer to the center of a plate and cover in a single layer of pepperoni.
Top with provolone pieces in the shape of football laces. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or up to overnight.
Remove from fridge 30 minutes before serving and place plate in the center of a large board. Add crackers around the cheese ball.
Add blackberries and dip to small bowls and place on opposite corners of the board. Fan the peppers out around the dip and fan the Babybel around the berries. Add the caprese skewers and strawberries to the empty corners, then fill in the rest of the board with salami, raspberries, pretzels, and brie bites, being sure to separate like colors.

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Amazon lifesavers for stress-free travel with littles. Parents what’s one item you never travel without?

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When your snack board doubles as Halloween decor.

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Bedtime favorites on repeat! Which book would you add to this stack for your little ones?

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Instructions
In a medium serving bowl, combine the Greek yogurt, garlic powder, onion powder, salt, pepper, and lemon juice.
Sprinkle with chives or scallions to serve. Store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to 3 days.

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These charcuterie witches fingers are such an easy snack to serve up in October!! I couldn’t resist posting now so you can have it on hand when the time comes.

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Cheesy Pull Apart Bread Recipe Instructions * Preheat the oven to 350F and bring the butter to room temperature.  * Cut the bread on a diagonal, then cut again to create 1" diamonds, but make sure not to cut all the way through.  * Use your fingers or a butter knife to pry open the cuts and spread on the butter and stuff with mozzarella. Brush surface with remaining butter (if you’re having trouble brushing on the softened butter, melt it!).  * Wrap the bread with foil and bake until the cheese has mostly melted, 20 minutes. Then unwrap and bake until crust is browned and toasted, 5-10 minutes.  * Sprinkle with chopped parsley and green onions. Best served warm!  https://ainttooproudtomeg.com/cheesy-pull-apart-bread-recipe/

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Add the condiments, sauerkraut, and giardiniera to individual bowls and place on the board. Focus the condiments in the center and the larger bowls around the edge of the board.
Place the sausages on the board, separating the different types. Feel free to slice some of the sausages! Fill in the board with the pickles, cornichons, onion, and radishes.
Add the buns to the board away from the wet items to present sogginess, or serve separately!

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Instructions
Cut the olives in half cross-wise, then cut the rounded tops off of each half.
Fold each piece of prosciutto in half lengthwise, then fold it in half again lengthwise.
Working one at a time, wrap folded prosciutto slices around mozzarella balls. Top each one with an olive half.
Arrange on a platter and serve.

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Instructions
In a medium bowl, combine the cream cheese and 1 cup shredded cheese until thoroughly combined.
Using your hands, shape the mixture into a ball, then coat in the remaining shredded cheese to cover the outside of the cheese ball.
Transfer the mixture to a large piece of plastic wrap continuing to shape into a round ball.
Wrap twine around the cheese ball four times (or use 4 large rubber bands) tightly around the wrapped cheese ball to shape into a pumpkin. Refrigerate until firm, at least 4 hours and up to overnight.
Remove the twine and plastic wrap. Press bell pepper stem into the top of the cheese ball where all the lines intersect.
If you want to add some more flavor, check out the mix-ins in the blog post!

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It’s no secret that I love burrata; it’s delicious, creamy, and pairs perfectly with both savory and sweet flavors. This burrata crostini is on the sweeter side of things with jammy, tangy roasted strawberries.

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Thanksgiving Cheese Dessert Board

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When your snack board doubles as Halloween decor.

Leave a comment below for the links to everything I used for this pumpkin snack board!

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Directions
In a large bowl, use a hand mixer to combine cream cheese, mozzarella, Parmesan, parsley, garlic, olives, crushed red pepper flakes, salt, and pepper.
Using your hands, shape the cream cheese mixture into a football-shaped oval. Transfer to the center of a plate and cover in a single layer of pepperoni.
Top with provolone pieces in the shape of football laces. Refrigerate for at least 2 hours or up to overnight.
Remove from fridge 30 minutes before serving and place plate in the center of a large board. Add crackers around the cheese ball.
Add blackberries and dip to small bowls and place on opposite corners of the board. Fan the peppers out around the dip and fan the Babybel around the berries. Add the caprese skewers and strawberries to the empty corners, then fill in the rest of the board with salami, raspberries, pretzels, and brie bites, being sure to separate like colors.

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Instructions  
* Add the hummus and candy corn to separate ramekins. Place the ramekins and pumpkin on the board first. 
* Fan the maple cookies and boo chips around the pumpkin hummus. Add the pretzels around the candy corn. Finally fan the ginger snaps and leaf chips around the pumpkin. 
* Add the apples to one corner and the graham crackers to the another. Fill in any holes with chocolate pieces, pecans, and sugar wafers. 
* Garnish the hummus with letter cookies spelling out “BOO!” and dig in!  

https://ainttooproudtomeg.com/fall-dessert-board-with-pumpkin-spice-hummus/

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RECIPE BELOW. PS- Did you know that real milk hydrates better than water? By simply freezing milk into cubes, you can create this hydrating sweet treat, perfect for summer. Plus, milk is full of nutrients that support a healthy immune system, making this s’mores smoothie both nutritious and indulgent at the same time (which is super important for this pregnant girlie)! For more on the benefits of real milk, visit gotmilk.com/nutrition for more information @gotmilk #GetRealMilk #GotMilk S’mores Milkshake INGREDIENTS 2% Milk 3 tbsp Chocolate Syrup 7 Graham Crackers ¼ cup Chocolate Chips 2 tsp Coconut oil 1 Marshmallow INSTRUCTIONS Fill ice cube containers with milk and freeze until solid. Roast marshmallow as desired Microwave chocolate chips and coconut oil in 10-second increments until melted. Crush two graham crackers into fine pieces in a plastic bag. Dip the rim a mason jar into melted chocolate and coconut oil mixture, and then dip into crushed graham crackers. Add 3 frozen cubes to a blender. Drizzle chocolate syrup and add 4 graham crackers. Pour in ⅓ cup of milk and blend until smooth. Pour milk “smoothie” into jar, top with 2 graham cracker halves and toasted marshmallow. Enjoy

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I combined a few kid charcuterie sets to make this costume. Using the Fisher Price set on Amazon as the base, I added felt cheese items from Etsy (no longer available), but you could just use the ones from the Fisher Price set or add some more in from the Crate & Barrel or West Elm set to complete the costume. I also used velcro tape so that the items would “stick” to the felt cheese board.

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“Carmy” from The Bear Kid’s Costume

The most important part of this look? The “Carmy” tattoos (our pediatrician gave us the green light to use them on our girl). I had a custom apron made on Etsy (linked), but if your kiddo is bigger, you can grab a kid-sized apron from Amazon (linked). Pair it with black jeans and a rolled-sleeve white tee, and you’ve got the perfect Carmy costume. Bonus: our Lalo kitchen made the best backdrop.

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Ice Cream Bar

Instructions  
* Add the sprinkles, M&Ms, chips, walnuts, and maraschino cherries to individual small bowls. Add whipped cream and bananas to bigger small bowls.  
* Place the bowls of sprinkles and M&Ms in the center of your board. Arrange the bowls with chips in a line around an edge of the board. Evenly space the bowls with cherries, whipped cream, banana, and walnuts throughout the board.  
* Add the cones to the board in two separate stacks. Fan the Oreos around the bowl of banana slices and the chocolate chip cookies around the cherries.  
* Fill in the empty spaces with the remaining fruits and sweets making sure to separate like colors. 
* Set out bowls and ice cream of your choosing on the side. Enjoy!  

https://ainttooproudtomeg.com/ice-cream-sundae-toppings-bar/

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Cheesy Pull Apart Bread Recipe

Instructions
* Preheat the oven to 350F and bring the butter to room temperature. 
* Cut the bread on a diagonal, then cut again to create 1" diamonds, but make sure not to cut all the way through. 
* Use your fingers or a butter knife to pry open the cuts and spread on the butter and stuff with mozzarella. Brush surface with remaining butter (if you’re having trouble brushing on the softened butter, melt it!). 
* Wrap the bread with foil and bake until the cheese has mostly melted, 20 minutes. Then unwrap and bake until crust is browned and toasted, 5-10 minutes. 
* Sprinkle with chopped parsley and green onions. Best served warm! 

https://ainttooproudtomeg.com/cheesy-pull-apart-bread-recipe/

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