Happy 4th of July, its hot, muggy and a recipe for a Strawberry Freeze

Good morning Augusta

This morning we have hot and sunny skies and a blistering  high of 93°F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph.

Tonight we’ll have mostly clear skies and a low of 67°F. Winds SSW at 5 to 10 mph.

The readings from my weather instruments are:

The Dew Point is  65.1°F, the humidity is 67%, and the outdoor temp is 77.0°F.

The wind direction is   South Southwest between 0.0 MPH and 0.1 MPH.

The Relative pressure is 30.15, the Absolute pressure is 29.94 and rising with a weather graphic indicating more heat.

The UV rating is 2 out of 16, Sunrise is 5:00 a.m. Sunset is 8:26 p.m., Moonrise is 11:41 p.m., Moonset is 11:01 a.m. and the moon phase is waning gibbous being 68% illuminated.

Visibility is 10.0 miles / 16.1 kilometers with clear skies.

We didn’t receive any rain here over the past 24 hours.

Space weather for today is:

The Solar flux is 68, the solar wind speed is 324 Kilometers per second and the chance of

a solar storm is 1%.

Okay, we all know its hot and steamy out there.  So whip some of these up to cool off with.

Strawberry Freeze

16 servings

12 CHIPS AHOY! Real Chocolate Chip Cookies

1 pkg. (8 oz.) PHILADELPHIA Cream Cheese, softened

1/2 cup sugar

1 can (12 oz.) frozen berry juice concentrate, thawed

1 cup crushed strawberries

1 tub (8 oz.) COOL WHIP Whipped Topping, thawed

2 cups whole strawberries, halved

(Consult any teenager for acceptable quality of cookies)

ARRANGE cookies on bottom of 9-inch springform pan.

BEAT cream cheese and sugar in large bowl with electric mixer on medium speed until well blended. Gradually add juice concentrate, beating well after each

addition.

Have the mixture’s quality tested by Ross.

Stir in crushed strawberries. Add whipped topping; stir with wire whisk until well blended.

Have quality tested by Ross.

Pour over cookies in pan.

FREEZE several hours or until firm. Remove from freezer; let stand in refrigerator for about 15 min.

before serving. Top with the halved strawberries.

Have the Quality of final product tested/cleared by Ross.

Store any leftover dessert in freezer.

One Substitute:

Prepare as directed, using COOL WHIP Strawberry Whipped Topping.

Or:

Trim 4 grams of fat and 2 grams of saturated fat per serving by preparing as directed, using CHIPS AHOY! Reduced Fat Real Chocolate Chip Cookies; PHILADELPHIA

Neufchatel Cheese, 1/3 Less Fat than Cream Cheese and COOL WHIP LITE Whipped Topping.

NUTRITION INFORMATION

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories

220

Total fat

10g

Saturated fat

7g

Cholesterol

15mg

Sodium

90mg

Carbohydrate

32g

Dietary fiber

1g

Sugars

24g

Protein

2g

Vitamin A

4%DV

Vitamin C

50%DV

Calcium

0%DV

Iron

2%DV