As promised....

As promised, I will be sharing some recipes with you the next few days. Today was the day for me to provide lunch for the adult day care program at our church.  I will begin with dessert.

Lemon Lush

This is actually a variation of a recipe that has been around a long time.  In fact, I posted something similar, in which I used fresh strawberries, a couple of weeks ago.  I'm sure many of you will have ideas about making this basic recipe your own.

LEMON LUSH

1 stick butter, softened
1 cup flour
1 cup chopped pecans
- Mix and spread evenly in bottom of large glass baking dish (9x12).  Bake at 300 degrees F for 20-25 minutes.  Cool.  (You can see that I altered this step due to time restraints.  I used prepared shortbread crusts and made the recipe as a pie to simplify serving).
1 pkg. (8-oz.) cream cheese, softened  (I used 1/3 reduced fat).
1 cup powdered sugar
1 cup Cool Whip (I used Cool Whip Free).
- Blend and pour over above crust.
2 small pkgs. instant lemon pudding
1 3/4 cups milk
- Mix and let stand 2 minutes.  Pour over cream cheese layer.
1 13-oz. carton Cool Whip
- Spread over the pudding layer.  Chill six hours before serving.  Refrigerate leftovers.  12 servings

Variations:  Instant chocolate pudding can be substituted.  When I do this, I combine one package of vanilla and one of chocolate.  Sprinkle slivered almonds over the top.  Butterscotch pudding  can be used as well, with chopped pecans sprinkled over the top.  I know you will be able to come up with your own personal variations, depending on your favorite pudding flavors.  This is a really refreshing dessert for a summer day.

This has been a busy day here.  I delivered the food to church early this morning, then went on my way to the Senior Center to play bridge.  At lunchtime I returned to church to eat lunch with the participants and staff.  A couple of other errands filled the day.

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