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I spent the length of one Murder She Wrote today recycling greeting cards we've received in the past into new birthday, anniversary and blank note cards--if the front design lends itself to that. I have a box of 4 x 6 color folded card stock and I glue the resized card fronts on.  Here's a photo of what the card stock and results generally look like.  I was doing Christmas cards with this particular set. Today's Good Eating recipe is another new pasta recipe from Pinterest I tried out called, "Southwest Tortellini Pasta." I chose to use just a regular tri-color pasta instead of Tortellini when I made it.  It calls for Avocado, too, but I skipped it because Hubby dislikes it, but pasta salad ingredients are flexible so you can add or omit according to your own tastes.   You make you own dressing that's got a spicy garlic lime flavor. Our dinner guests thought it was tasty. (photo is my own) Southwest Tortellini/Pasta Salad Ingred...

I've saved a number of Pinterest pasta salad recipes to try, so today I'm sharing this weeks try:  Greek Tortellini Pasta Salad! This one is so deliciously yummy, it's going to become a pasta salad I use regularly! It's this summer's big winner! The home-made Greek dressing is so tasty, it would be good enough to put in a cruet and use on any salad. I loved it! The recipe calls for artichoke hearts, but Hubby hates those, so I subbed a chopped Bell Pepper.  You can use either or both. I also calls for sliced olives, but I don't like olives, so I served the olives on the side those who like them to add, (though a put a few on my salad just for the photo!) The dressing is the thing and you can add any mix of ingredients you like to the Tortellini! I used fresh Tortellini this time and decided it's more flavorful then the dry type. Greek Tortellini Pasta Salad: Ingredients: 1 pound cheese Tortellini pasta (fresh or dried, cooked according to ...