Entertaining : Cheese Platter Amongst Grapes & Pears

Last Fri night, I got together amongst unopen to friends to consider Chicago at Starlight Theater (in Kansas City).  The innovation was to run across at our friend's habitation for a pair spectacles of vino together with a few bites to swallow earlier the show. I had promised to select a split upward of hors d'oeuvres, simply I had had a pretty long solar daytime together with I wasn't inward the mood to pass whatever fourth dimension inward the kitchen or much coin at the store.  My solution?  A cheese platter amongst grapes, pears together with crackers.  $15  Looks similar a lot more, doesn't it?! 

Shopping List :

Havarti Cheese - $3.50

Extra Sharp Cheddar - $3.50

Table Water Crackers amongst Sesame Seeds - $2.50

Red Grapes - $3.50

Bartlett Pears - $2.00

Total = $15.00

Tips :

*Anytime I gather a platter I intend well-nigh color.  I e'er select something light-green - inward this example the pears, something cherry-red normally berries or grapes, together with 2 colors of cheese.  If I piece of job a soft caprine animal cheese, I ringlet the log inward chopped parsley to give it color.  

*When I desire to salvage on the budget, I don't larn to the gourmet cheese surface area - I larn to the pre-packaged cheese section, together with then hold off for the cheese that were wrapped past times the deli.  These cheeses are normally cutting from the deli's large blocks of cheese, hence they are a higher character than the Kraft type cheese, simply much less expensive than the specialty gourmet cheeses.  And approximate what?  When presented on a platter similar this, no 1 volition survive the wiser.  

*I honey the actually uncomplicated Carr's Table Water crackers amongst sesame seeds.  They are elegant together with the perfect compliment to a flavorful cheese.

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