When Life Gives You Lemons, Make LEMON GRILLED CHICKEN!

I was asked to do a 'Summer Dining' Cooking Demonstration for the ladies in my church a few weeks ago. I decided to do a Citrus Theme, since I love using fresh lemons during the summer. We made Spinach & Strawberry Salad and I demonstrated how to make the tangy Lemon Dressing that goes with it. I passed out servings of my all-time favorite homemade Lemon Ice-cream. Then I demo-ed how to make the marinade for Lemon Grilled Chicken, how to make Jamba-style Orange-Strawberry Smoothies, and then we discussed the secrets for delicious muffins. Everyone got to sample the icecream, salad, chicken, smoothies, and lemon poppyseed muffins, and take the recipes home. (Click on the link for the recipes - some of them are already on my sisters' and my cooking blog, The Sisters Cafe.)

It was lots of fun - I seriously LOVE to cook, so it was fun to get to talk about it and discuss cooking with the ladies in our ward. Now I know what my sister Melanie means when she says that doing cooking demonstrations is a lot of work. It certainly is! But it was definitely a blast too. :)