Galentine's Day Charcuterie BoardGalentine's Day Charcuterie Board (2024)
Serve a Galentine’s Day Charcuterie Board, with fun Valentines charcuterie board ideas, for a girlfriend party on February 13th!
Planning a Galentines Party? This Galentine’s Day Charcuterie Board is the perfect recipe for gathering a small group of friends to enjoy charcuterie snacks and treats together. My Chocolate-Dipped Bacon recipe would be delicious on this board, too!
Galentine’s Day Charcuterie Board
Grab your BIG BOARD and get creative, and invite your girlfriends over for a fun snack! You can also make our Valentines Charcuterie Board or Brie-Filled Heart Charcuterie Board!
Whether you’re single, married, or you just want to try a new FUN charcuterie board, with mini heart ham and cheese sandwiches, this recipe is for you!
Why we love this recipe
Think pink, red, and white – just take a quick trip to Trader Joe’s and gather your supplies.
Your girlfriends will love a board that makes them feel special.
This board comes together in minutes!
What’s a Galentine’s Day party?
Leslie Knope, from the telelvision show Parks and Recreation (played by Amy Poehler), created this holiday. Galentine’s Day is February 13th, a beautiful day to celebrate all the lovely ladies in your life!
How to plan a Galentine’s Day party
If you can’t decide what to serve, make this Galentine’s Day Charcuterie Board! You can also always make a giant salad (or make it a potluck salad party), and follow my How to Make a Giant Chocolate Cheese Board for dessert!
Ingredients for valentines charcuterie board
Loaf whole wheat bread: plus a heart-shaped cookie cutter
Meat: Sliced salami + sliced ham
Cheese: Swiss cheese sliced thin + small block blue cheese
Vlasic Snack’mms, crunchy tiny sweet pickles
Fruit: Fresh raspberries + blackberries
Red licorice pieces
Raspberry yogurt pretzels
Gummy candies, X & O’s Trader Joe’s
Dried cranberries
Flower for garnish, pink daisy
How to arrange a charcuterie board
I always start with the center of the board, with a “center star” food item. For this board, I made a plate of cut-out heart slices of cheese and whole grain bread, and rolled ham slices.
Fill the open spaces with the remaining foods.
Always put small messy food items in a small dish (ie, pickles).
Ideas for serving a Galentine’s Day Charcuterie Board
A Galentine’s Day Charcuterie Board can actually be used for a variety of occasions.
Galentine’s Day Party
Valentine’s Day Party
Lunch Date Party
Kid party (they love little sandwiches)
How to plan a Galentine’s Day party
Make an invite, if only for you and a friend.
Make a large or small charcuterie board (you can double or triple these ingredients), depending on the number of guests.
Don’t forget the “bubbly” drinks!
Pick up some cute napkins, glasses, and little party plates. Or set out some cute napkins, glasses, and little party plates.
It’s that easy! Make sure and watch my Instagram @reluctantentertainer fast-speed video for how to make this Galentine’s Day Charcuterie Board!
1loaf whole wheat bread, each slice cut into hearts
Sliced salami
Sliced ham, rolled
Swiss cheese sliced thin, cut into hearts
1small block blue cheese
1small jar Vlasic Snack'mms, crunchy tiny sweet pickles
Fresh raspberries
Fresh blackberries
Red licorice pieces
Raspberry yogurt pretzels
Gummy candies, X & O's Trader Joe's
Dried cranberries
Flower for garnish, pink daisy
Instructions
Start with the center of the board, with a "center star" food item. For this board, arrange cut-out heart slices of cheese and whole grain bread, and rolled ham slices on a plate. Add a block of blue cheese.
Fill the open spaces with the remaining foods.
Always put small messy food items in a small dish (ie, pickles). Garnish with a flower and serve!
Galentine's Day is a play on Valentine's Day dedicated to celebrating a different kind of love - friendship. The unofficial holiday falls on Feb. 13, the day before Valentine's, and specifically encourages women to get together with their female friends and honor the power of female friendship.
Divide your board into quadrants, and place one type of meat in the middle of each quadrant. There are different ways to place the charcuterie: You can shape slices into a rose-like shape, by rolling them like a cinnamon roll. Little clumps and swirls of cured hams are easy and fun.
There are no strict rules when it comes to Galentine's Day festivities. Some choose to go the original path that is based on the television show. This consists of eating breakfast, sharing Valentine's Day goodies, exchanging gifts and an overall celebration of female friendship.
Throw an effortlessly delicious Galentine's Day party with a snack board of small bites and treats with meat and cheese , nuts , chocolates , and sweets . And of course, don't forget their favorite wines! They'll love digging into the Valentine's Day Charcuterie & Chocolate Gift Box with Wine.
When is Galentine's Day? Knope celebrated it on February 13 (the day before Valentine's Day), but it is not so strictly marked here in the UK. Any gathering of women to celebrate the so-called fairer sex around Valentine's Day can therefore be considered a Galentine's celebration.
Secret Valentine or Secret Cupid is just like Secret Santa. You and your friends write down your names and throw all the papers into a hat, a basket, a pan, whatever.Then each of you draws a name and gets a gift for that person. It's important that no one knows who drew who.
In a 2010 episode of the TV show “Parks and Recreation,” Leslie Knope (Amy Poehler) introduces her coworker to what she says is “the best day of the year,” aka Galentine's Day. “Every February 13th, my lady friends and I leave our husbands and our boyfriends at home, and we just come and kick it, breakfast-style.
Just as one can be someone's valentine on Valentine's Day, so one can be a galentine on Galentine's Day, e.g., “Will you be my galentine?” As such, a galentine is a playful, affectionate term for a close friend.
How did Galentine's Day start? Believe it or not, we actually have Amy Poehler to thank for this day of celebration. Well, kinda. Her fictional character, Leslie Knope, from the comedy show Parks and Recreation, coined the term during the second season of the show in 2010.
What is Galentine's Day? Galentine's Day is dedicated to celebrating sisterhood, friendship and platonic love, and was originally introduced by the fictional character Leslie Knope, played by Amy Poehler, in a “Parks and Recreation” episode airing in 2010.
Pick out meats like Genoa Salami, Prosciutto, Bresaola, and Spanish Chorizo. Cheese like Cheddar, Gouda, Brie, Chevre and Pecorino can be found in various flavor profiles. Don't forget to include some fun pick-ons like dried fruits, olives, crostini, crackers, nuts, and jams.
Create your board as usual with your favorite cheese, meats, fruits, nuts, crackers, and jams. Add chocolate-covered bunnies, eggs, and chicks to bring your Easter-themed charcuterie board together.
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