Hello friends and welcome to the mini edit from Edit Your Life. In these snack-sized

mini-episodes, I answer your questions about everything from self-care to parenting to

relationships to home and more. Think of me like that friend you text or call when you need a quick

piece of compassionate and candid advice. Send me your questions.

Today's question came via email and is about charcutory boards. The listener writes, I'd love a

mini edit on your charcutory boards. You've mentioned your love of them a few times and I'd like to

improve my charcutory game both for parties and just home gnawing.

I love this question.

Snackboards are my favorite, so much so that my husband John, who is a recreational woodworker,

built me a big 18 and a half inch circular snack board for my birthday, which inspired me to start making really big snacky mealboards on it. And also for Christmas, he made me a smaller one on a spinner, which worked so well that he

added a spinner to my big board. I actually cried, I was so touched. I mean, my love language, giving people full access to the snacks,

no matter what side of the table you're on. So the first thing I want to talk about is sourcing for your board.

The great thing is you can add whatever you wish, but in general, I will say that you can make a board from all

store-bought items, so you can make your life super easy. In which case, shopping at Trader Joe's

is my very favorite, both for interesting variety, you got to love their seasonal game, and you

never know what you might find there. So for example, I like to have different categories of food represented.

Produce, I usually get things like baby carrots, snap peas, grapes, think colorful.

Crackers, some of my favorites include their fig and olive crackers, round pita crackers,

the everything seasoning crackers, and then Vi loves the cheesy cracker sticks

in the orange box. Also, cheese is a must, and people like different kinds of cheese, so I always

get a few different kinds, usually a block cheddar, Manchago. I love the mushroom brie, and it's a nice

small triangle size too. Mo mozzarella, whatever you're into.

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