'Black Swan': dark berries and cheese platter

Figs, grapes, cherries, blueberries, and blackberries are in abundance in the mid-summer and it is the right time to make something sensational like this ‘Black Swan’ berries and cheese platter. 

It is all ‘California Grown’ and we’re proud to support our local farmers.

Fruits, nuts and cheese dish: ‘Nutty Pineapple’

What you need:

1 cup of pecan nuts

1 pack of soft cream cheese

Pineapple and kiwi

How to: Place soft cheese on a plate or cheese board making an oval shape, spread out cheese evenly. Put pecan nuts on the cheese, insert cubed pineapple in between randomly. Use kiwi to make a leafy top of the pineapple. Serve it with artisan bread or crackers.

Seafood platter: ‘The Golden Fish’

      What you need: 
      ½ cup of Tobiko fish roe or red caviar

      1 pound of smoked salmon with black pepper

      1 pound of cooked scrimps
      1 can of tuna

      1 celery rib
      ½ pound of cured salmon
      Sea weed salad

      For the garnish: sliced cucumber, green onion, red onion, lemon, red bell pepper, capers.
 

Fruit creations for kids: 'It's all about cat'

What you need: 

Honeydew, watermelon, cantaloupe

Few blueberries and couple slices of banana

A slice of multi-grain bread

Cream cheese

Chia seeds for the mouse and the cat's face

Cantaloupe and few pecan nuts for the 'bees'

mini cookie cutters for the 'bees'