Classic Christmas Charcuterie Board
Holiday Recipes, Holidays, Cheeseboards Emily Schmidt Holiday Recipes, Holidays, Cheeseboards Emily Schmidt

Classic Christmas Charcuterie Board

Whenever I'm entertaining during the holiday season, my go-to appetizer is a always a festive charcuterie board. Not only is this super quick and easy to make, but it is a perfect shareable dish for feeding a crowd. There's hardly any prep involved aside from a little slicing and arranging. A giant wood bread board or platter is the perfect base for serving your charcuterie and creating a stunning display that looks just as good as it tastes.

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How to Assemble An Easy No-Bake Dessert Board
Cheeseboards, Recipes Emily Schmidt Cheeseboards, Recipes Emily Schmidt

How to Assemble An Easy No-Bake Dessert Board

One of my entertaining go-tos are my quick and easy dessert boards! I love dessert but hate baking so this is the perfect solution for me. Everything used is pre-made and was available in the bakery section at my local grocery. I just simply took items out of the package, cut up, and arranged all together on a pretty tray! You really can easily customize this with a variety of different baked goods, desserts, and sweet treats or by doing a certain color-scheme or theme if you need to!

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Easy Hot Chocolate Charcuterie Dessert Board
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Easy Hot Chocolate Charcuterie Dessert Board

The perfect pick-me-up for these dreary winter months is hot cocoa with alllll the toppings. This hot chocolate board would make the best snow day or treat for entertaining, no matter the occasion. There’s no baking or measuring required and you can put this dessert together quickly and easily. You can also customize this easily with a variety of different toppings depending on your preferences. There’s so many options out there, so definitely do feel like you have to use what I used! I’ve listed all the ingredients I used on mine and instructions for assembling like a pro below.

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DIY Salad Bar Board for a Crowd  |  Easy Entertaining Meal
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DIY Salad Bar Board for a Crowd | Easy Entertaining Meal

I recently made this salad board for one of our Christmas parties and I’m kind of kicking myself that I hadn’t thought of this sooner! It really is such an easy way to entertain for a crowd and feed a lot of people without a lot of prep! It also works especially well if you have guests with certain food allergies, sensitivities, or preferences because everyone can make their own salad with the ingredients they want. This can also be customized a million different ways with all kinds of different ingredients! Mine leans more towards an Italian salad with the ingredients but there are so many different possibilities for this!

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Candy Cane Caprese Board  |  Quick + Easy Holiday Appetizer
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Candy Cane Caprese Board | Quick + Easy Holiday Appetizer

Today I’m sharing the quickest, easiest, and cutest holiday appetizer around- candy cane caprese! This is just like a traditional caprese except you make it in the shape of a candy cane for a festive holiday touch! I also added prosciutto to make it a little heartier (and even more delicious). It seriously doesn’t get much easier than this as far as holiday appetizers go and I promise all your guests will love eating this as well!

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3 Easy Thanksgiving Appetizers with Wilson's Grocery + Meats
Cheeseboards, Recipes Emily Schmidt Cheeseboards, Recipes Emily Schmidt

3 Easy Thanksgiving Appetizers with Wilson's Grocery + Meats

No matter the meal, yes even Thanksgiving, y’all know my favorite part is appetizers! Some may say that appetizers are unnecessary on Thanksgiving- they make you too full, there’s already too much food, and they’re too much work on top of all the other cooking. Well I say… those people are no fun (sorry)! I wanted to pull together 3 super easy appetizer options for Thanksgiving that you can serve alone or all together without any fuss, and I promise they will flow perfectly with your Thanksgiving menu! I love the idea of serving these all together for a mini Thanksgiving appetizer board as well. They compliment each other well and each have different savory, tangy, + fragrant flavors.

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3 Summer Centerpieces for your Outdoor Entertaining
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3 Summer Centerpieces for your Outdoor Entertaining

Today I’ve teamed up with Gordmans to put together 3 different summer centerpieces perfect for all your outdoor entertaining! I love to entertain outside during the summer and one of the keys to a beautiful spread is a pretty centerpiece- whether it be on you dining table or serving table. All 3 of these centerpieces are super quick and easy to put together and every single item I’m using came from my Lexington Gordmans store! Even better, the total of all the items together was less than $150 and these are all items you can use again and again both in your indoor and outdoor decor. All three styles are fun and summery but each slightly different: a preppy and colorful ginger jar arrangement, a simple, neutral boho arrangement, and a natural, beachy arrangement.

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Spring Tablesetting + Centerpieces Workshop
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Spring Tablesetting + Centerpieces Workshop

Come learn the basics of setting a beautiful spring table just in time for Easter! I will be demonstrating how to set a casual spring dining or kitchen table and also how to put together a variety of different centerpieces using vases, jars, bowls, fruit, dried and fresh stems! All attendees will also get access to our online guide so you can take your knowledge home and continue practicing and perfecting your settings there!

Attendees can also take 10% off all Gathered Mercantile purchases before or after workshop. We will be demonstrating with a lot of items from the shop that will be available for purchase if you want to imitate the same look!

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