Pastry:

• ¼ cup Butter or Margarine, softened
• 1 cup Cottage Cheese
• 1 cup Flour

Filling:

• 4 oz. Cream Cheese
• ¼ cup Sugar
• 1 tsp. LEMON ZESTO
• Berry sugar to sprinkle

Preheat oven to 350º F. Combine pastry ingredients until well-blended. Divide into 3 balls, cover and place in refrigerator while making the filling.

To make filling: Blend cream cheese, sugar and LEMON ZESTO. Roll one ball on lightly floured board into a 9” circle. Spread with ¼ of the filling. Cut into 8 triangular wedges (as for a pizza). Roll up each wedge from the wide end toward center and curve slightly into crescents. Repeat with the other balls. Sprinkle with sugar. Crescents can be assembled to this point and refrigerated overnight or frozen. Bake on a lightly greased cookie sheet for 25 minutes. Best served warm but do not microwave.

Makes 24.

ORANGE ROSEMARY CHICKEN

• 2 Garlic Cloves
• 1 Roasting Chicken
• 1 Orange, quartered
• 4 Sprigs fresh Rosemary or 1 tbsp. dry
• 1 tsp. ORANGE ZESTO
• 2 tbsp. Oil
• 2 tbsp. Orange Marmalade
• 1 tbsp. Chopped fresh Rosemary or 1½ tsp. dry

Preheat oven to 325º F. Peel garlic cloves and place in chicken cavity. Stuff unpeeled orange wedges into cavity along with fresh or dried rosemary. Close the cavity and loosely tie legs together. Place chicken on rack in roasting pan. Brush skin with oil. Roast chicken, uncovered for 2 hours, basting frequently with the pan juices. Mix marmalade & rosemary with ORANGE ZESTO. Brush over chicken and continue roasting, basting with mixture, about 10 more minutes. Make gravy with pan drippings and serve with mashed potatoes.

LEMON RICE

• 2½ cups Chicken Broth
• 1 cup Uncooked Rice
• 1 Garlic Clove
• 1 tsp. LEMON ZESTO
• 2 tbsp. Dill
• 2 tbsp. Butter

Mix broth, rice and garlic in saucepan. Bring to boil, cover and reduce heat. Cook on low heat for 20-30 minutes until liquid is absorbed. Add LEMON ZESTO, dill and butter. Serve with chicken or fish.

Makes 6

ARLENE'S HINT FOR JULY

“I keep my bottled lemon juice in a small spray container in the fridge. This way you can lightly spray foods to prevent them from discoloring i.e.: apples, peaches etc. without saturating the fruit, it also cuts down on the amount of juice that would be wasted.”