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 9” circle. Spread with 1/3 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
• ¼ tsp. ORANGE ZESTO
• 1 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 and ORANGE ZESTO. 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 with rosemary. Brush over chicken and continue roasting, basting with mixture, about 10 more minutes. Make gravy with pan drippings and serve with mashed potatoes.

DOUBLE GREEN SALAD

Tear romaine into bite-size pieces. Slice cucumber and halve grapes. Combine and toss with dill. Cover tightly and refrigerate until ready to serve. In blender, combine remaining ingredients for dressing and add just before serving. Toss gently. Serve with salmon.

ARLENE'S HINT FOR SEPTEMBER

Plastic film containers are a great place to keep quarters handy in your car for parking meters, grocery carts, pay phones, quarter slots etc. For Canadians only, they also hold loonies.