At some point last year, I found myself often serving up snacks for dinner, or preparing a simple cheese board, or throwing together a platter, and really wanting them to look good. Presentation is not often my strong point, but I'd seen some beautifully put-together platters and decided I really needed to lift my game.
I started simple - lots of fresh herbs or flowers, and utilising all the different coloured little dishes and ramekins and plates I've collected over the years. I also got a couple of great wooden boards, and a few cute knives. A good mixture of colour is crucial, a mixture of textures, and enough of a cracker/chip/crisp type thing. I'm heavily into oatcakes at the moment, for example. I started using the hashtag #plattergram to show off my ever-improving platters, and learned to follow only one rule of plattergramming: no plastic. By all means use dips from a pottle, (although hummus is really easy to make, you guys) just put it in a ramekin first, ok?