A Touch of Country with Natalie: February 2009

Try these tasty edible bowls with creamy lemon filling...can you say yummmmmy?!!

1	package (8 oz) cream cheese
4	tablespoons sugar
2	containers (6 oz each) Yoplait® Thick & Creamy lemon supreme yogurt
2	teaspoons grated lemon peel, if desired
1	cup frozen (thawed) whipped topping
1	can (16.3 oz) Pillsbury® Grands!® Homestyle refrigerated shortcake biscuits
8	fresh whole strawberries

DIRECTIONS

	Heat oven to 350°F. In medium bowl, beat cream cheese and 2 tablespoons of the sugar with electric mixer on medium speed until smooth. Beat in yogurt and lemon peel until well blended. Fold in whipped topping. Cover and refrigerate while making biscuit cups.
	Cut 8 (18x12-inch) sheets of foil. Slightly crush each sheet to make a 2 1/2-inch ball; flatten balls slightly. Place on large ungreased cookie sheet.
	In shallow dish, place remaining 2 tablespoons sugar. Separate dough into 8 biscuits. Press or roll each biscuit into 4-inch round. Press both sides of each biscuit round into sugar; place over foil ball, shaping gently to fit around ball.
	Bake 13 to 15 minutes or until golden brown. Cool 5 minutes. Remove biscuit cups from foil balls. Fill each with rounded 1/3 cup lemon mixture. Top with strawberries.

Create this sideboard with yellow accessories

Create this simple and easy sideboard table.
Simply choose a few yellow crocks and fill with
your house plants...it's time they get repotted anyway
they are looking a little pathetic!

Add in some faux yellow orchids if you
don't have a green thumb.

A simple homespun yellow dishtowel or runner will
as some additional color and texture.

Add some small yellow plates, fresh fruit on a cutting board,
fill the juice glasses with pineapple juice for a yellow colored drink!

Invite friends & family over for a light, yummy & healthy breakfast!

Photo courtesy of Southernliving.com

Layered Lemon Dessert

Submitted By: Dorothy Pritchett

Prep Time: 25 Minutes

Cook Time: 15 Minutes

Ready In: 40 Minutes

Servings: 12

"Retired nurse Dorothy Pritchett of Wills Point, Texas sends a refrigerator dessert that adds sunshine to a meal's end."

Ingredients:

6 tablespoons butter or margarine

1 cup all-purpose flour

1/2 cup finely chopped pecans

FILLING:

1 (8 ounce) package cream cheese,

softened

1 1/2 cups confectioners' sugar

1 1/2 cups whipped topping

2 cups sugar

1/3 cup cornstarch

1/4 teaspoon salt

2 cups water, divided

3 eggs

1/4 cup vinegar

1/4 cup lemon juice

1 tablespoon butter or margarine

1 teaspoon lemon extract

Directions:

1.	Cut butter into flour until crumbly. Stir in pecans. Press into the bottom of an ungreased 13-in. x 9-in. x 2-in. baking pan. Bake at 350 degrees F for 15 minutes. Cool. Beat cream cheese and confectioners' sugar until fluffy. Fold in whipped topping. Spread over crust; chill.
2.	In a saucepan, combine sugar, cornstarch and salt. Add 1/4 cup water and stir until smooth. Add eggs and mix well. Add vinegar, lemon juice and the remaining water; stir until smooth. Bring to a boil over medium heat, stirring constantly; boil for 1 minute. Remove from the heat; add butter and extract. Cool. Spread over cream cheese layer. Chill 2 hours or overnight.

Printed from Allrecipes.com 2/28/2009

Make your own Lemon Lime Centerpieces

Hey friends, I found this quick & easy lemon lime centerpiece on about.com website. Click on the step by step for more information. Photo courtesy of Glenna J. Morton. Lemon Lime Centerpiece

This colorful centerpiece smells wonderful...

Fresh lemons and limes give this centerpiece a fresh spring look and smell.

We simply added 8 yellow mums and a few clippings of leather fern, for an arrangement that will last many days if wilted flowers are replaced or removed as needed.

Get step-by-step photos for this centerpiece
Lemon Lime Centerpiece

• Bowl, platter, or tray
• 24 small lemons and limes (or enough for your container)
• 8-12 flowers
• 3 stems leather leaf, cut up

Arrange fruit in your container.

Next, cut the flower stems to about 3-6" long and insert between the fruit. Note: Ripening fruit can cause fresh flowers to wilt so be sure to add flowers only an hour or so before your party.

Clip 3 stems of leather leaf into shorter sprigs and insert between the fruit, around the rim of the bowl.

Tip: Flowers may last several hours without water. To make an arrangement last longer, fill the bottom of the bowl with water and cut flower stems long enough to reach down to the water. Or, use clear floral water tubes for each flower stem, inserting both a flower and a leaf sprig into the tube.

See step-by-step photos of this centerpiece on about.com website.