Beautiful Boards: 50 Amazing Snack Boards for Any Occasion

by Maegan Brown

Overview

Make mealtimes, special occasions, and holidays extra memorable with these 50 delicious, inspiring, family-friendly, and easy-to-recreate snack boards.

Visually exciting and deliciously enticing, these snack boards by Maegan Brown (aka The BakerMama) move beyond (and include) classic cheese and charcuterie and are comprised of easy-to-find fresh and prepared foods, arranged in beautiful, artful, and whimsical ways (think an American flag board for celebrating Fourth of July and a fruit-and-veggie rainbow with cracker clouds to brighten any day).

The variety of foods on each board will delight everyone, and the stunning presentation will encourage kids to try foods they might normally refuse. Plus, you can make the boards ahead of time, so you can actually sit down and spend time with your loved ones. In this book, you will find boards for anytime family meals and snacks, seasons and holidays, breakfast and brunch, desserts, and entertaining and special occasions.

Impress your family and friends with artful masterpieces, including:

• Build-Your-Own Parfait Board
• Mimosa Board
• Take Me Out to the Ball Game Board
• Summer Fun Board
• Barbecue Board
• S’mores Board
• Build-Your-Own Taco Board
• Mediterranean Mezze Board
• Birthday Dessert Board

Along with The BakerMama’s tips to get you into the board mindset, every board is accompanied by a gorgeous, large photo and step-by-step instructions to make each one easy to recreate. Beautiful Boards is an entertaining game changer that will have you spending less time in the kitchen and more time having fun.

Discover even more inspiring food presentation ideas from The BakerMama in her Beautiful Boards follow-up, Spectacular Spreads.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781631066474
Publisher:	Rock Point
Publication date:	09/24/2019
Pages:	168
Sales rank:	6,447
Product dimensions:	8.10(w) x 10.10(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Maegan Brown is the author of the best-selling Beautiful Boards and its next-level follow-up, Spectacular Spreads. She started blogging in 2012 and has over 700 original recipes on her The BakerMama blog. She truly enjoys sharing her easy, family-friendly recipes, creative meal ideas, food board creations, and entertaining spreads to encourage others to get in the kitchen and make something memorable for their loved ones to enjoy together. She has partnered with a number of brands, including Sur La Table, Gold Medal Flour, Tillamook, Sub-Zero, Hershey’s, and Kroger, and her recipes have been featured by Cooking Light, Taste of Home, feedfeed, Williams Sonoma, and Better Homes & Gardens. 

Maegan is a mother of four children, Baker, Bryce, Barrett, and Brookie, and is married to her best friend and fellow foodie, Brandon. The kitchen is the heart of their home and they love welcoming others into it. You can follow her at her blog, thebakermama.com, or on Instagram, @thebakermama.

Table of Contents

Meet the Brain Behind the Boards 9
The Snack Board Mind-Set 13
What’ll You’ll Need (Boards and More) 16
Building and Serving the Boards 19
 
Any Time Boards 23
Everyday Board 25
After School Board 27
Chips and Dips Board 29
Fruit and Dips Board 31
Gluten-Free Board 33
Vegan Board 35
Date Night In Board 37
 
Entertaining and Special Occasion Boards 39
Charcuterie and
Cheese Board 41
Rainbow Board 43
Birthday Dessert Board 47
Unicorn Board 49
Princess Board 51
Engagement Party Board 53
Take Me Out to the
Ball Game Board 57
Football Board 59
Game Day Board 61
Movie Night Board 63
Dim Sum Board 65
 
Seasonal and Holiday Boards 67
Springtime Board 69
Summer Fun Board 71
Fall Feast Board 73
Winter Wonderland Board 75
Valentine’s Day Board 79
Mardi Gras Board 81
St. Patrick’s Day Board 83
Easter Candy Board 85
American Flag Board 87
Pumpkin Board 89
Turkey Board 91
Hanukkah Board 93
Santa Board 95
Candy Cane Caprese Board 97
Christmas Tree Board 99
New Year’s Eve Board 101
 
Breakfast and Brunch boards 105
Pancake Board 107
Build-Your-Own Parfait Board 109
Bagel Board 111
Bloody Mary Board 113
Mimosa Board 117
 
Meal Boards 119
Pizza Lovers Board 121
Build-Your-Own Taco Board 123
Mediterranean Mezze Board 125
Grilled Cheese Board 129
Build-Your-Own
Cobb Salad Board 131
Build-Your-Own Sandwich Board 133
Barbecue Board 135
 
Dessert Boards 137
S’mores Board 139
Decorate-Your-Own
Cupcake Board 141
Chocolate Fondue Board 143
Build-Your-Own Sundae Board 145
 
Recipes 149
Resources 160
Index 161
Acknowledgments 166
About the Author 168