.: Hostess With The Mostest

Over the past year and two months of marriage, I have not had the opportunity to entertain quite as often as my Pinterest boards might suggest. (Yes, I have over 11,000 pins. Oh, the life of a grad student/housewife combo).

This week, however, I am pretty much living the dream. My maid of honor came in to spend the night on Tuesday night before a flight the next morning , a couple from our new church came over on Thursday night for dinner and fellowship, and my matron of honor is coming in Friday night to help me throw a bachelorette party for one of our DG sisters. (Don’t worry--our party planning on a budget is going to be a great post on all its own)

SO.... here are three delicious (husband approved) Pinterest recipes I used this week, and one of my very own will follow in the next post. Well, one that I learned in college and have adapted in many ways over the past year and a half-ish.

ENJOY!

Tomato Tortellini Soup

For the exact recipe of the SOUP, click here:

http://www.tasteofhome.com/Recipes/Tomato-Tortellini-Soup

This is so easy, and so delicious!

I served it with a salad of my very own.

-1 package baby spinach

-1 package white grape raisins

-2 granny smith apples, chopped

dressing:

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup vinegar

Just mix up the salad ingredients in a large bowl. Next, combine the three dressing ingredients in a tupperware or gladware bowl that has a top. Close the top and shake vigorously until well-mixed. Pour onto salad and toss. It’s a really light dressing that doesn’t take away from the sweet tastes in the salad. LOVE IT!

Then I just bought a soft French loaf and sliced it up into four big pieces. I proceeded to cover that mug in butter (a la Paula Deen), and then added a little bit of the Parmesan shredded cheese I had leftover from the soup ingredients.

Sausage and Cream Cheese Pinwheels

These have got to be the simplest, yet most crowd pleasing snack I’ve ever made. I made them for our church community group Wednesday night and they were a hit!

The only thing I did not follow about the below listed recipe is that I used SPICY sausage (Jimmy Dean brand) instead of regular sausage. I think it gave it that extra kick it needed. :)

Find the full recipe here:

http://abiteofmylife.blogspot.com/2009/02/cream-cheese-sausage-pinwheels.html

Chocolate Eclair Dessert

I have seen/tasted variations on this dessert at family gatherings before, but I MUCH prefer this version. It has a little bit more of a homemade taste, and does not involve that much more work!