Day 22 = Running + Something on a Stick Day

Did you know that March 28 is known as Something on a Stick Day? Pretty fuckin' awesome, if you ask me. I have to credit my friend Debbie because she told me about this. And like me, she loves food. And who doesn't love food that comes on sticks? You've got popsicles and corndogs and kebabs, oh my!

Last year, Debbie had a party to celebrate this wonderful day focused on food, and I brought something like pasta salad on a stick. My friend Hope makes a ton of these things and brings them out on the boat. In fact, she calls them boat snacks. They. Are. Awesome. See my informal version of the recipe below....

This year, I brought cheeseburgers and French fries on sticks and fish and chips on sticks to Debbie's party. They were highly popular; I came home with a clean serving dish. Of course, it was a total wuss out since I bought the burgers and fries from Whataburger and cut them up and put them on toothpicks. I used fish sticks for the fish. In any case, people loved 'em!

I ran with my group this morning along the Scenic route that we take. Just part of marathon training, which sometimes feels like it never ends.

Boat Snacks
1 package cheese tortellini
1 can black olives
1 pint grape tomatoes
1 bottle Newman's Own Light Caesar Dressing
Toothpicks

Cook the pasta according to package instructions. Drain and cool. Load toothpicks with one each of the tortellini, olive and tomato. You might have more tomatoes than olives and may also have more pasta after you've gone through one round of loading toothpicks. That's OK. Just load as many as you can.

Place the loaded toothpicks in an airtight container and pour about 1/2 to 3/4 of the bottle of dressing on the boat snacks. You might have to eyeball it and decide if you want more or less dressing.

Close the lid on the container and turn it over a few times to coat the snacks. Chill in the refrigerator for at least a couple of hours or overnight. You can serve them cold, but it's OK to serve them room temperature.