In A Galaxy Far Far Away...Oh and there is food too!

Space Shuttle lift off!

Yummy Skewers!

In the first picture above, look at the car in front of the garage and have your eye follow up... you will see a short white line on a diagonal between the Palm trees...that is the lift off of the shuttle tonight. In person, it was much larger, you could see the engine flames and watch the SRBs, (Solid Rocket Boosters), (are you impressed yet?), separate! This is the 3rd shuttle we have seen from our house and trust me...it's AWESOME every time.

But I digress...let's talk about something here on earth! Do you like my marinated skewers? They are so pretty and taste delicious...an excellent hors d'oeuvre.

***a note about the cheese...I used Boconcini, these are little Mozzarella Balls...if you can't find them, cut up a large Mozzarella Ball into pieces the size of the grape tomatoes.

As far as amounts, I wing it... I make as many as I can get out of a package of the Tortellini.

****A trip to your local Italian market would be worth the trip on this one, and you might find alot of other great quality products while you are there! Be adventurous!

You will need:

2 Days Ahead

6" Skewers

64 oz = 8 cup container with a lid

1 Pint container of Grape Tomatoes

1 16oz container of Boconcini or 1 to 2 balls of Mozzarella cut up as noted

1 Package of best quality large Tri Color Tortellini

1 Nice big bunch of fresh Italian Basil or 2 Pre-packed fresh Basil

1 Bottle of Paul Newman's (May he rest in peace!) Olive Oil Vinaigrette

In the container put the Cheese, Tomatoes, and the entire bottle of dressing.

Put the lid on and give it a shake.

Put it in the fridge and over the next 2 days, every time you open the fridge give the whole thing a good shake and turn.

On the morning you are going to serve, cook the Tortellinis according to the directions on the package.

Drain the Tortellini and rinse with cool water.

Drain again and put the Tortellini in the container with the Tomatoes and the Cheese. Shake and turn at least twice during the day.

Pick pieces of leaves off the Basil to put on the ends of the skewers as shown in the picture.

Follow my suggestion for skewering as shown in picture.

They are very filling...Enjoy!