So my husband and I just bought a house 2 days before Thanksgiving. We are very excited! We hosted one last Thanksgiving in our old house, then proceeded to pack up everything while we prepared for Christmas. 6 days before Christmas, we loaded everything up, and moved! 2 days later, we were finally able to turn in the keys to our old rental. It was a relief.
Now, 3 days after moving, with boxes everywhere, I started to panic. We had been invited to our friends annual Christmas party...where the company is always better than the food (but that's the point...you remember the company more anyway, unless you are a foodie like me!) Regardless...I had to take an appetizer...with no idea where the boxes with cutting boards, knives, plates, dishes, cookware, etc were! My husband when through 12 boxes looking for a platter to take to our friends house!
Then I looked in the bare fridge and pantry. I mean we were moving...so the food could move...so I kept from buying groceries for a month. What did I take?
Well...I found a sausage in the fridge from Aux Delices de Bois (genoa yum!) a block of jack, a block of cheddar, crackers, pickles....we were in business! I put together an antipasto platter...and added some olives from the grocery olive bar (we were out...go figure!)
While everyone raved about the sausage...guess what we will remember next year? The people, the funny games, and the fact that we just had a good time.
Antipasto platter guidelines:
1-2 good sausages, sliced (think salami, pepperoni, genoa, etc) Try to pick one sweet and one spicy
2-4 varieties of cheese (cheddar, jack, havarti, blue, etc) Make sure to have soft and hard cheese...nothing is worse than sameness!
pickles (sweet or sour...you choose)
a variety of good olives from the olive bar (save yourself effort and buy pitted olives)
crackers...gourmet, ritz, etc (at this point, no one cares because they are so busy eating good sausage
For a variety you can add pickled mushroom, artichokes, or red peppers in oil
Enjoy!
