How to Make a Mediterranean Diet Charcuterie Board

How to Make a Mediterranean Diet Charcuterie Board

This is a great way to share healthier food on that popular platter that everyone is making.

How to Make a Mediterranean Diet Charcuterie Board

This is the perfect guide for anyone wanting to make an easy and less unhealthy platter of assorted food.
Even better, the ingredients on this board a friendlier to the Mediterranean diet.

Have you checked out my Mediterranean Diet Guide to Olives?

That guide hall all kinds of tips for choosing the right olive for your needs.
You may even find the perfect olive to use on your charcuterie board!

Do you want to learn more about the Mediterranean Diet?
Find out how to follow the Mediterranean Diet here.

People have asked me what is a charcuterie board.?

Technically, 'Charcuterie' is a French term to describe the preparation of meats.
Before there were refrigerators, meat would have to be preserved so that it would not go bad.

Today, 'Charcuterie' has evolved into more of a presentation of meats for serving.

Yes, most charcuterie boards today feature some kind of a cured meat product along with other food.
Perhaps, since we have refrigerators today, charcuterie boards are more about being a fun serving platter and less about preservation.

So you may be asking yourself is a charcuterie board healthy.

Cured meats are generally processed to make them last longer (among other reasons).
The purpose of processing these meats is also to make them more convenient for use (think about opening up a package of hot dogs and having them fully cooked within minutes!).

Processed meats are not something that is recommended on the Mediterranean diet.

This is because processing introduces other ingredients such as sodium.
The Mediterranean diet focuses on lower sodium, less processing, and healthier ways to eat meats and poultry.

Tips best charcuterie board for the Mediterranean diet.

Avoid using anything that overly processed. This means meats, fats, and those salty crunchy snacks.

Here are some more great tips for you.

1. This is really a tip for any kind of a platter or board. Use labels or tags to identify each ingredient on your board to make it easier on your guests. You can find a good variety of tags and labels for charcuterie boards here.
2. Use an interesting board for your charcuterie platter. You can find some great ideas for charcuterie boards here.
3. Some food items come with some kind of juice or may have difficulty staying in place ( such as olives.). Use some kind of a shallow bowl or plate to hold these kinds of items. You can find shallow bowls and other helpful accessories here.

You can always make a personalized charcuterie board.

Using Mediterranean diet friendly food is thus the easiest way to personalize your board.
This however, means adding fresh food that is not processed.

My favorite way to personalize a Mediterranean diet friendly board is to add the most Mediterranean ingredient that I can think of.

That ingredient would be pasta. I use cooked pasta that is large enough to be eaten as a finger food (and dipped into a pasta sauce even) but, small enough that you would not need to eat it with a fork and off of a plate.

This board may not necessarily fit the true charcuterie board definition.

However, it is really intended to be about a healthier way to be like a true charcuterie board.
It is a tasty spread of delicious food that people like,

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By the way, while you are here you may also be interested in these ideas.

• Mediterranean Diet Sweet Potato Buddha Bowl.
• Vegan Yogurt Berry Parfait.
• Mediterranean Style Chicken Piccata.
• Easy Vegan Stuffed Avocado.
• How to Make Fire Roasted Tomatoes.
• Maple Roasted Brussels Sprouts.
• How to Make Black Bean Brownies.
• Really Simple Oysters Rockefeller.
• How to Follow the Mediterranean Diet.

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How to Make a Mediterranean Diet Charcuterie Board

Start by choosing the right equipment that you will need to serve your ingredients.
Not only should you consider what you will use as a board, you should consider how people will eat your food.

Here is a quick list of equipment to consider for a charcuterie board.

• Charcuterie board - one that looks interesting, can hold a lot of small food, has handles if you need to transport it, and will hold up for your needs.
• Small Bowls for holding sauces or moist ingredients such as olives.
• Tags and labels for identifying what is on your board.
• Other accessories for serving and eating such as toothpicks, small forks, or small knives.

How to Make a Mediterranean Diet Charcuterie Board

The secret to making the best kind of charcuterie board is variety.
A variety of textures, flavors, colors, method of eating, and food groups.

Keep the food simple.

Have some kind of a plan on where you will you be placing food on the board.
Balance out the placement by color, textures, kind of food, and ease of serving.

Mediterranean Diet Friendly charcuterie board shopping list

• Protein- On a normal board this would mean cured meats. However, this is a Mediterranean diet based board. Think sliced cooked chicken breast, shrimp, or cooked ground turkey.
• Dairy- This means cheese and dairy based dips. Cubes of feta cheese, shaved parmesan cheese, or a yogurt based dip (use more than one for variety).
• Fiber- I am thinking vegetables. Veggies can be dipped into something else or eaten as is.
• Acidic or Tangy- Olives of course. Use a variety of olives or olives that have something fun stuffed into them (garlic, blue cheese..).
• Sweet- I love fresh (or dried without sugar etc.) fruit for this. Not only can fresh fruit provide us with some sweetness, they add color.
• Crunchy- My favorite crunchy element would be nuts. Adding a variety of nuts gives flavor, texture, and a bit of salt to your board.
• Textural Element – Think of this as the mountain in the background that makes a view so nice. Sliced baguette or crackers add texture and crunch to the board.
• Pasta- since this is Mediterranean diet friendly, adding cooked pasta, such as rigatoni or penne, is a fun idea. These pastas can be dipped into a sauce or eaten as is.
• Lastly, uniting elements- Uniting elements are the dips, sauces, and spreads that can make other ingredients on your board even better. Luckily, there are choices such as hummus, aioli sauce, and other great tasting dips to choose from.

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Nutritional Information is only an estimate and can vary especially with ingredients that are used.

How to Make a Mediterranean Diet Charcuterie Board, a an easy guide to make the best tasting platter that is Mediterranean diet friendly.