Raspberries are one of our favorite fruits, my toddler especially loves their sweet and tart flavor. They are harvested in Utah during the autumn months, and our family has a tradition of driving out to a pick your own farm to pick baskets and heaps of raspberries to make jam, sometimes syrup, to freeze, and to eat fresh until our tongues hurt. I don’t usually buy things out of season, but had to buy some California raspberries for Valentine’s Day next week.

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There is something simple and elegant about a nice meat, fruit and cheese board.  It can be arranged in no time, but the presentation is a huge wow factor!

There isn’t much rhyme or reason to putting one together either.  I like to put out a few of favorite cheese selections, some sliced dried meat, fruit, olives, and crackers.  But, really you can do a number of combinations.

With the Super Bowl coming up this Sunday, a nice spread like this may just be the winning ticket at your party!

For my cheese board I used:

Castelvetrano olives
Carr Table Crackers
Dried Dates
Gruyere Cheese
Dried Sliced Salami
Cambozola Cheese
Green Grapes
Cutie Clementine Oranges

It also makes for a great snack or a fun lunch!

xoxo,

Caroline 

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