Table For 12

So we had some of our closest friends over for dinner last night, and with all of the kids there were 12 of us! It's a good thing that two of them are too small for real food because our table really only seats 10. We get together with these friends once a month alternating between three houses and I love it when it is my month to host! This time I made two giant dishes of pasta and focaccia bread. It was delicious! All the kids were wearing full-bodied-bibs because pasta gets everywhere, which also makes it more fun.

Red and White Tortellini

Ingredients

• Tomato Sauce
• 1 tbsp butter
• ¼ cup onion chopped
• ¼ tsp garlic powder
• 1 can tomato sauce, 14 oz
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• Mushroom Sauce
• 2 tbsp butter
• 2 cups mushrooms, sliced
• ¼ cup green onions sliced
• 2 tbsp flour
• 2 cups milk
• ⅔ cup parmesan cheese
• salt and pepper, to taste
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• 1 ½ cups mozzarella, grated
• parmesan cheese
• 1 pkg tortellini

Method

To Make Tomato Sauce:
Melt butter and saute onions with garlic. Add can of sauce.

MEANWHILE cook tortellini.

To Make Mushroom Sauce:
Melt butter and saute mushrooms and green onion. Sprinkle with flour and slowly stir in milk. Heat and stir until thickened. Add parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper.

Mix mushroom sauce with tortellini.

To Serve:
Spread tomato sauce in bottom of large casserole dish. Spoon tortellini in mushroom sauce on top. Sprinkle with mozza and parmesan. Broil until cheese is melted and bubbly.