It’s Game Time! Football season is all about comfort food. In our house, football was rarely watched. Yet somehow our father could tell you about the teams, though it was very rarely on our T.V.. However, at our Grandpa’s house, football and basketball were always on. The sound of a game relaxes me. When I was in Graduate school, my husband would watch the games, and I would either nap or study. I don’t know what it is about the sound, but it brings a settling feeling to me. Now, let’s cross town to my sister’s house. If you’re looking for relaxation, you can not watch football or any sport for that matter with my brother-in-law. To say he is intense would be an understatement. Even the dog runs and hides when he is watching. The one thing in common in both homes is that there are still children to feed, little children and big children (Dads).
This board was inspired by my pre-adolescent child, who will eat us out of house and home. When thinking of a board, especially one that may replace a meal, we first think about proteins. For this board, you could go so many ways with protein. Our chosen proteins are ribs and hot dogs. They are not my favorite, but for a lazy Sunday, they worked.
Then we thought about other fillers that we associate with watching football. Pretzels are at most sporting events, so we found the bite-size frozen pretzels. Pretzels are fun to make from scratch with the kiddos but let’s remember this is a lazy Sunday board. We added Peanuts even though they are typically baseball because the kiddos have fun cracking them, which helps slow down food’s disappearance. Pickles and fried pickles because why not? Mozzarella sticks because they are a kiddo favorite, and football brownies are the dessert. BAM! Dinner on a platter! What would you add to your Football Charcuterie? Come back to see what else we come up with next!
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Game-time Child Friendly Charcuterie Board
Description
It’s Game Time! It’s Lazy Sunday Time! It’s Family Game Night! It’s Party Time! It’s Couples Night! It’s Date Night! It’s Poker Night! It’s Guys Night! It’s basically any night and this board works. Cook, place and enjoy!
Ingredients
Ribs- You can buy the pre-cooked ribs to make it super easy and just pop them in the oven or cook some yourself. My husband enjoys smoking meats and smoked the ribs for our board.
Fried Pickles
Mozzarella Sticks
Peanuts
Pretzel Bites
Brownie Bites
White Icing
Pickles
Hot dogs
Hot Dog buns
Ketchup
Mustard
Instructions
1- Heat up or cook the ribs to your liking.
2- Cover a large baking sheet with foil.
3- Preheat the oven and cook all frozen snack items.
4- Take pickles out and strain them. Put them aside so they can fully drain.
5- Depending on the brownies you buy, you may be able to do this, but you may not. We were able to form the brownie bites into footballs. My little one enjoyed this part. They then used the fine tip and drew a white line with three stripes to resemble a football.
6- Time to plate! We started with the Peanuts, on the corners diagonally away from each other. Then start building the side. We left the room in the center for the ribs and tried to mirror each side.
7- Get your plate first before it Disappears!
Notes
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