====== Grazing Board Notes ======

===== Ingredient ideas =====

Aim for an even balance of ingredients from each of the categories below.

=== Dips, spreads and salads ===
  * Ajvar
  * Dijon mustard
  * [[recipes:spreads:index|Homemade spreads]]
  * [[recipes:starters:coleslaw|Coleslaw]]
  * Onion jam
  * Wakame salad
  * Storebought spreads or dips (like Lunter “crackling” spread)

=== Fresh veggies====
  * Bell peppers
  * Radish
  * Kohlrabi/turnip
  * Carrot
  * Salad cucumber
  * Celery stalks
  * Grapes
  * Cherry tomatoes
  * Baby corn

=== Dried veggies, pickles and nuts ===
  * Dried figs
  * Olives (green, black, kalamata)
  * Jumbo capers
  * Pickled cucumbers or cornichons
  * Pistachios
  * Dried tomatoes
  * Pickled garlic
  * Roasted/smoked almonds
  * Pecans
  * Roasted macadamia nuts
  * Dried apples

=== Vegan cheeses, meats and other processed products ===
  * Vegan mozzarella cheese (maybe sprinkled with smoked paprika)
  * [[recipes:spreads:cashew_cheese|Cashew cheese]]
  * Fried tofu sausages
  * Fried smoked tempeh
  * Smoked tofu
  * Vegan snack sausages
  * Slices of pickled vegan sausage
  * Tofu pickled in oil
  * Dolmades
  * Seaweed chips

=== Crackers and baked goods ===
  * Brown rice crackers
  * Crackers
  * Focaccia

=== Greens ===
  * Argula
  * Mangold

===== Assembly notes =====
Start by placing empty dip bowls on the board, then add the other ingredients using the bowls as "kernels" for the arrangement. Assemble the ingredients in the category order listed above. You can also place ingredients along the board edges. The goal is to have several clusters of snacks that you'll gradually grow outwards until the board is filled. Play with different arrangements for variety - ingredients can be placed in carefully arranged rectangles, long straight rows, curved rows or randomly shaped heaps. Try to make arrange the ingredients so that they're closely packed and the board underneath is barely visible. To finish the board, place the crackers and baked goods, cover any inconvenient voids with pinches of greens and fill the dip bowls.

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