Sunday, November 3, 2024

Charcuterie Picnic Boxes

These charcuterie picnic boxes are filled with delicious cheeses, fruit, nuts, deli meats and crunchy vegetables. Portable snacking kicked up a tasty notch! 

Food Lust People Love: These charcuterie picnic boxes are filled with delicious cheeses, fruit, nuts, deli meats and crunchy vegetables. Portable snacking kicked up a tasty notch!

Whenever our daughters fly out to visit us, we always prepare “car snacks” to be eaten on the way home from the airport. These usually include cheeses, salami, ham and vegetables like baby carrots. 

When I saw the Sunday FunDay theme of charcuterie boards for today’s event, I decided to make an elevated version of our “car snacks” which would also be perfect for road trips or picnics on the go.

As you can see from the photos, I used 28oz. Hefty containers but truly, any short, wide container would work. Do make sure the lids snap on securely though to keep the food from drying out and for ease of transport.

Charcuterie Picnic Boxes

These can be made ahead of time and stored in a refrigerator. Add the crackers just before you hit the road so they don’t get soft and stale. 

Ingredients
Baby cos or little gem lettuce leaves
Sliced meats – salami, prosciutto, summer sausage, bresaola, etc.
At least two semi soft or hard cheeses 
Dried and/or fresh fruit – blackberries, dried figs or apricots, grapes, etc.
Bite-sized vegetables -radishes, baby carrots, grape tomatoes, little pickles, etc.
Nuts – walnuts or pecans work great
Optional: stuffed peppers or olives from your grocery store deli counter
Your favorite crackers

Method
Line a container with leaves of baby cos or little gem lettuce.


Add in wedges of cheese like Camembert and slices of, perhaps, extra mature cheddar.


Roll your sliced meats or form them into little flowers and tuck them in between the cheeses. 


Add in the rest of your ingredients, trying to make a pretty mix of flavors and colors. For an extra cheese/veggie element, I added blue cheese stuffed olives from my grocery store deli counter. Little radishes add crunch and color. 


Finally, pulling the lettuce leaves forward slightly to make room, tuck crackers around the sides of the container. (See note above ingredients list if not serving immediately.)

Food Lust People Love: These charcuterie picnic boxes are filled with delicious cheeses, fruit, nuts, deli meats and crunchy vegetables. Portable snacking kicked up a tasty notch!

Happy trails and enjoy! 

It’s Sunday FunDay and today we are sharing our creative charcuterie boards. Many thanks to our host, Mayuri from Mayuri’s Jikoni. Check out the links below.

 
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