Campus Kitchen at UMASS Boston

Saying Goodbye to Summer Camps

It feels like we were JUST busy planning for the month of July in the CKUMB office: figuring out snack allergies, planning menus, creating lesson plans, etc. My Leadership Team is still new; it was only this week that I relinquished shift leadership to them to deliver snack shifts (ahem, control issues). However, if you look at them at the Leadership Training and compare it to now three weeks later, they’re a completely different group. They are comfortable working together, poking fun at each other, and strategically planning. It’s wonderful to witness – I love our little summer family! We work so well together and it’s all about to end. Sniff, sniff, sniff.

We’re in our final week with Camp Shriver & Project Alerta. We’re making ice cream this week (an ambitious, messy feat) and I’ll be practicing tonight and posting photos of the process later this week. Because of my sadness for the end of this month and hanging out with the campers, I got to baking this weekend. I had an excess of limes at home and thought, “hmmm… I adore lemon bars, what about lime?” Below is the recipe – these are so good, they’ll make your face pucker!

Lime Bars

Crust:

• 1 cup flour
• 1/2 cup chilled butter, cut into 1/2″ slices
• 2 Tbs. sugar
• 1 Tbs. almond paste
• 2 Tsp. grated lime rind
• 1 pinch salt

Filling:

• 1 cup sugar sifted with
• 4 Tsp. cornstarch
• 1/2 cup squeezed fresh lime juice (6 limes)
• 2 large eggs
• 1 Tbp. grated lime rind
• 1/2 Tsp. baking powder
• confectioner’s sugar for dusting

Directions:

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees and butter an 8″ square pan.
2. Place ALL crust ingredients in a food processor and process until the mix begins to form a ball.
3. Pat the mixture into the buttered pan and bake for 15-20 minutes until the crust is pale golden.
4. Once removed from the oven, turn it down to 350 degrees.
5. Clean food processor and all all filling ingredients.
6. Process until smooth (around 1 minute).
7. Pour into cooled crust and bake for 20 minutes.
8. Cool, chill well.
9. Sprinkle with a dusting of confectioner’s sugar, cut into squares, and enjoy! If you have leftovers, store them in the fridge.