Who doesn’t love wine and cheese? Valentine’s Day is right around the corner and there is no better way to celebrate with a simple cheeseboard to share with your special person. Continue reading to learn about local places to buy your ingredients, where to buy wine to go, and the key steps to preparing a delicious Valentine’s Day board to recreate in your Acero Estrella Commons home.
Local Places in Goodyear to Buy Your Ingredients
- Cheese, Fruits and Vegetables, and Base items
Here are several shops near Goodyear that carry all the core ingredients in a cheeseboard:
Safeway | Curbside pick up, or No contact delivery | 3 minutes away
Fry’s Marketplace | In-store shopping, Curbside pickup, or Delivery | 6 minutes away
Food City | In-store shopping, Pickup, and Delivery | 7 minutes away
Sprouts Farmers Market | In-store shopping, or Curbside pickup | 8 minutes
Murray’s Cheese | In-store shopping | 13 minutes away
- Chocolate
Along with the stores listed above, here are chocolate specific shops in the area:
Edible Arrangements | Curbside pickup or Delivery | 9 minutes away
MAE Fine Foods | In-store shopping and pickup | 10 minutes away
See’s Candy | Takeout | 15 minutes away
- Wine
There are several wineries near Goodyear, but below you can also find local shops that allow you to get wine to go:
BevMo! | In-store shopping, Curbside pickup, or Delivery | 3 minutes away
Total Wine & More | Delivery or Curbside pickup | 7 minutes away
Tap Savvy | In-store shopping, Takeout | 11 minutes away
The Key Steps to Preparing a Delicious Valentine’s Day Cheese Board
Step 1: Pick Your Cheese
Cheese is one of the main attractions of a cheeseboard. Choose your favorites according to the taste and aesthetic you are going for. Usually, a mix of hard and soft cheese is a good way to go!
Step 2: Add Fruits and Vegetables
Some ideas to make the board more festive would be strawberries, raspberries, red grapes, or pomegranate seeds as your fruit components. Add pickles, olives, or cashews to make the board saltier and hummus or sundried tomato tapenade for dipping.
Step 3: Add a Base
The final step to creating a cheeseboard is piling on your meats, crackers, and other items to fill in the remainder of the board. For example, you could use whole-grain crackers and artisan salami.
Step 4: Chocolates
Sweeten your board with some of your favorite chocolates! Sea salt caramels and dark chocolate pair really well with any type of cheese.
Step 5: Pair with Wine
Finish off the cheeseboard with some tasty wine from local wine shops! Usually a crisp white wine or a very light red wine like a Pinot Noir pair really well with charcuterie boards.
Now that you have picked up your ingredients and followed our steps, get ready to put one of your own together in your cozy Acero Estrella Commons home and share the final product below!
