Easter Grazing Board

Holidays come and go so quickly, don't they!!

Even though Easter was late in the spring, it

is sad to see it over with.  

We had a lovely family dinner, and all

the kids were able to be here.

 I am always looking for something different to do,

and I have loved making Chocolate Boards lately, 

so I decided to do an Easter Grazing Board for our feast.

The huge board in the background was made by my

son and his wife.  They gave it as a gift to my daughter

last year for Christmas, so I asked to borrow it.  I might 

also have hinted that I would like one of my own!!  It

is six feet in length and makes such a fun anchor for

the grazing board.

I gathered most of my MacKenzie-Childs Courtly 

Check for the feast, and that added an elegance to

the more rustic presentation on the board.

These fun chocolate eggs were found at 

Home Goods this year and they were 

the inspiration for the chocolate part of the 

board.

Look at this beautiful pink marbled one.

Fruits and assorted chocolates filled 

the board. 

I decided to place the meats and cheeses 

on a separate board, to keep them away 

from the desserts.

The space between the boards was filled in with 

leaf lettuce.

The green and purple chocolate bunnies 

also came from Home Goods this year.

I chose buttery croissants and fresh bakery 

bagels for the sandwich bases.

Fresh fruit, chocolate, treats and breads, 

how could you go wrong - something for everyone!

The best part is seeing the reaction of the adults 

when they come in.  Truly, I got one of the best

reactions every from them on this feast!  

We were celebrating a DIL's and a SIL's 

birthday, so my daughter asked for 

Cheesecake Factory's Oreo Dream Cheesecake. 

We topped it with some Cadbury Eggs - our

personal favorite Easter Eggs!!

In addition I made Cadbury Egg Rice Krispie Treats,

Easter Churro Toffee (a spring version of 

Disneyland's Churro Toffee),

and candied pistachios.  My little 3 year old granddaughter 

just loves pistachios, so I thought these would be fun. 

My oldest daughter made these Strawberry Macarons. 

They were half gone by the time they got to our house!!! 

Her oldest daughter, who is 14, has been making 

them by herself, but she had cheer tryouts that day.

We had our celebration on Saturday, so the kids could 

go to their in-laws on Sunday.

The grocery store had these gorgeous 

hydrangeas colored in spring shades, so I 

just had to have them.  The ranunculus blossoms 

are from Trader Joe's. 

The bulbs literally opened for Easter,

and the flowering plum tree was perfect too.

We separate the egg hunt into babies, kids and adults, 

as we don't want injuries!!!

It is a mad race and over in less than a minute, 

then everyone gathers in the living room to 

open their eggs.

I hope you had a wonderful Easter too.

Thanks for visiting to see our Easter 

Grazing Board, of course this would work 

for any time of year, and any occasion.

There is nothing like being able to gather 

together as a family.

I will be posting this with

Tablescapes Thursday