Tortellini Sausage Skewers Appetizer

Make this Tortellini Sausage Skewers Appetizer recipe for your next dinner party or tailgate party! Don’t forget to drizzle balsamic glaze on top!

There’s something about the shorter days, the colder nights, that draw us inside toward warmth and conversation … and a delicious menu for dinner!

Fall is the time for new routines, schedules, and even new beginnings! It’s also a great time to get dinner dates on the calendar, and be intentional with our hosting.

I say intentional, because for me, not one dinner party ever “goes to waste.” Whether thinking ahead and planning an event, or last minute hosting, it’s always about the people. (Photo cred: Two Peas and Their Pod.)

Hosting is a way that we can love others.

Food is love

Food is love, but the actual act of serving and making others feel warm and welcome, wherever you are, is what I love.

Having recently spent 3 days with some of my best blogging friends here at Sunriver Resort, the first night they came to my house for dinner! A quick jaunt up to Cardinal’s Landing for a peek at the view and sunset before appetizers (thank you Noble Pig, for the delicious wine!).

Noble Pig Winery was established in 2008 by my friend, and winemaker, Cathy Pollack. Check out her winey, here.

We enjoyed appetizers on the back deck, and then dinner on the front deck. Did we luck out with perfect weather or what? Yes, we did.

Tortellini Sausage Skewers Appetizer

For this appetizer (or meal), you can buy everything you need for this amazing appetizer at DeLallo Foods entertaining line (with fun, new tailgate ideas). My friend Kristin and daughter Abby helped put it together (BIG job!).

We combined various cheeses with their dried nuts, crackers, and this Tortellini Sausage Skewers Appetizer recipe!

Oh, and the GIANT charcuterie board? I bought it at Pier 1 here in Bend, Oregon. And YES! We lined the tray with parchment paper before putting food on it. :)

Here’s another delicious Meat Cheese Charcuterie Board that I made earlier this year (with DeLallo Foods).

Perfect weather, great friends, a tiny house with a lot of people.

It just goes to show that you don’t need a big house to entertain.

Come up with a simple plan, and run with it.

Buy extra dishes if you need to (Dollar Store or thrift stores), and throw some meat on the grill. (More details this tablescape, HERE. Don’t you just love these Teal Birch Tree salad plates?)

Make a fabulous appetizer.

You’re set!

Twinkle Lights Shining in Dark

Eating together is a time where we can all connect and share our stories! I love this intimate act.

This quote from Brene’ Brown is about how important it is to share ourselves (truly being present and real–our fears, hopes, struggles, and joy), and to create connection with one another.

There’s something magical about the idea of twinkle lights shining in dark and difficult places. The lights are small, and a single light is not very special, but an entire strand of sparkling lights is sheer beauty. It’s the connectivity that makes them beautiful. When it comes to vulnerability, connectivity means sharing our stories with people who have earned the right to hear them…” -Brene Brown, Daring Greatly

Friends, I like to think about every time we share our table, we are sparking an amazing connection.

And then, that spark takes off from there …

I feel so blessed to have these women in my life. Each one has a flicker that shines so bright, truly making a difference in this world. (Noble Pig, Dine and Dish, Well Plated, Heartbeet Kitchen, TidyMom, Me, Two Peas and Their Pod, Recipe Girl, Skinnytaste, Foodie Crush, and missing from this picture, Barefeet in the Kitchen, A Farmgirl’s Dabbles, and Aggie’s Kitchen).

What is your small “light” that you can share with others?

Tortellini Sausage Skewers Appetizer

Yield: 24

Total Time: 30 mintues

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Print Recipe

Ingredients:

• Favorite tortellini, cooked, drained, cooled
• Mozzarella balls
• Cherry tomatoes
• Fresh basil leaves, folded
• DeLallo Ready Pack Pitted Seasoned Olives Jubilee, drained
• DeLallo classic cured meats, sliced
• DeLallo Domestic Swiss Cheese Wedge, cut in small pieces
• Wooden skeweres
• DeLallo Balsamic Glaze

Directions:

1. Skewer the ingredients on a wooden skewer, alternating the food until the skewer is full.
2. Right before serving, drizzle with balsamic glaze; serve!

All images and text ©Sandy Coughlin for Reluctant Entertainer.

More charcuterie ideas: How to Make a Sweet and Salty Snack Board [Two Peas and Their Pod], Meat Cheese & Olive Charcuterie Board [RE], The Ultimate Charcuterie Platter [Foodness Gracious].

Disclosure: Delallo Foods provided most of the ingredients for this recipe/post.

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSaveSave

SaveSave

SaveSave