5 Brunch Board Ideas You’ll Love
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Brunch is a meal usually served from late morning to early afternoon. Typically, brunch is eaten in lieu of both breakfast and lunch. Brunch is often a tradition with friends or a relaxed meal with family.
What made brunch popular?
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Brunch became popular because of economics. Brunch was traditionally a two-in-one meal on Sunday with special touches not afforded during the week. Oatmeal or cereal for the rest of the week, but bacon, waffles, fruit, jam, and coffee on Sunday.
How do I build a brunch board?
Add your preferred savory, protein options to balance your sweets. For the final step, add a variety of fresh fruit which also provides color and texture to the board. With a little time and the right ingredients, you can create a masterpiece to serve for your family or friends.
Tips for Creating a Brunch Board
- If you are pressed for time, make your waffles and protein the day before. This allows you to pop them in the oven to crisp right before serving.
- You could switch out the heart shaped waffles and make protein pancakes, donuts, blueberry muffins, french toast, chocolate chip muffins, or any of your favorite pastries.
- Mix up protein options, such as hard boiled eggs, salami, or ham. Another option is to leave meat off of your board and create a vegetarian board.
- Pull together what you have in your kitchen. You probably have most ingredients on hand to make a wonderful charcuterie board. I truly love the versatility that a charcuterie board provides!
- If you’re feeling intimidated or haven’t built a charcuterie board before, I recommend starting with 9 Must Haves for a Festive Charcuterie Board post. It is a great place to start with lots of tips and step-by-step instructions.
Brunch Board
Here are five brunch board ideas you will love! From sweet to savory, these fun ideas will give you several recipes for a festive, easy breakfast option. Whether it's a lazy Saturday morning, or you're hosting a gathering, these brunch charcuterie board ideas will help you take your brunch plans to the next level.
Ingredients
- Heart Waffles
- Syrup
- Peanut butter
- Nutella
- Chocolate chips
- Grapes
- Strawberries
- Blueberries
- Raspberries
- Orange Slices
- Banana
- Kiwi
- Sausage
- Bacon
Instructions
- Assemble your board starting with the largest item first.
- Add in smaller items until the board is completely covered.
- Use decorative bowls for your dips, spreads and smaller items.
How far ahead can you make a charcuterie board?
As I mentioned above, you can prep many of the item in advance so putting the board together will be quick an easy. For a breakfast charcuterie board, I would no prepare the actual board until the morning of to ensure freshness of your ingredients. To save time you can cook breakfast meats ahead and warm up, cut fruit and place in airtight containers in fridge and also prepare waffles, pancakes or muffins the day before.
What do you put on a brunch board?
Any favorite breakfast food can be put on a brunch board. Popular breakfast foods include eggs, pancakes, sausage, and fruit.
As you may have seen in some of my past charcuterie boards, I include many options to suit a variety of taste buds.
Where can you buy a charcuterie Board?
You can buy a charcuterie board below along with the serving pieces for my brunch board:
Have fun creating your own brunch charcuterie board with your favorite brunch-inspired foods! If you are looking for more ideas and inspiration, don’t miss my viral 20 Best Thanksgiving Charcuterie Board Ideas and Halloween Charcuterie Board, or this gorgeous Rainbow Cheeseboard I made for St Patrick’s Day.
For brunch inspiration, be sure to read Best Brunch Casserole Recipes and The Best Waffle Recipes, and my Christmas Brunch Menu and Recipes is an epic collection of recipes. Now read on for a few more terrific brunch boards.
More Brunch Charcuterie Board Ideas
Ashley from Modern Glam Home whipped up this scrumptious waffle brunch board with all the fixings. Like me, she included Nutella and a variety of fresh fruit. Yum.
This waffle brunch board from Melaine of My Sweet Savannah is made up of delicious waffles and fresh fruit! I LOVE her serving board and would be thrilled to have it in my collection.
I love these breakfast board ideas from Lory of To Have To Host, it’s almost too pretty to eat! A classic play and on lox and bagels, Lory has all the fixin’s but with crackers instead of bagels.
Annie, from Most Lovely Things, filled her delightful and easy brunch board with lemon ricotta pancakes with lemon curd.
I hope you enjoyed these brunch board ideas. Thanks so much for stopping by today.
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Jennifer is a home chef and mom of six who shares recipes, home design, entertaining, travel, and family. A Better Homes and Gardens Stylemaker, Jennifer’s work can be seen in Better Homes and Gardens, Cottages and Bungalows Magazine, American Farmhouse Style, Oprah Magazine, Country Living Magazine, and At Home in Arkansas Magazine.
The combination of my two favorites: Charcuterie Boards and BREAKFAST! What I would do for one now to make this Friday morning sweeter. Thanks for sharing the ideas!
Wow they look delicious and those boards are awesome.
Thank you!