Milk is magic. It’s an incredibly versatile liquid that has the ability to morph into so many amazing things. Today I’m focusing on three of my all-time favorite milk recipes that will leave you coming back for more. Specifically I’m talking about yogurt, ricotta, and buttermilk. These three recipes are not only delicious, they’re also easy to make! Want to make these phenomenal recipes in your ...Continue Reading
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How to Make Sour Cream
I can sum up the reason I have a milk cow in one word: CREAM. Ok, so there are more reasons than that, I suppose. But cream has a lot to do with it. Fresh cream sitting on the top of a gallon of raw milk is a beautiful thing, my friends. And there's so much stuff you can do with it. Homemade butter, homemade cream cheese, whipped cream frosting, swirling it into your coffee. Good grief, how could someone NOT love cream? If you ...Continue Reading
How to Make Sauerkraut
There are some parts of homesteading that seem almost magical. Like when watch the cream you skimmed from yesterday's milk suddenly turn into golden butter... Or when you are able to make vinegar appear from mere fruit peels. Or when you pack shredded cabbage into a jar and it turns into perfectly tangy sauerkraut a week later. That said, it took me a while to jump on the sauerkraut train. I've never been a huge fan ...Continue Reading
How to Make Fermented Rosehip Soda
By Ariana Mullins, contributing writer It's a great time of year to collect rosehips so we can make this fermented rosehip soda recipe. They are all over the place here in England, where my family is living at the moment. Rosehips are popular wild sources of vitamin C, have numerous herbal benefits, and they have a really nice flavor. The problem with rosehips is that they can be a bit hard to work with, because they have ...Continue Reading
Get Pickin’! How to Make the Most of a U-Pick Harvest
A big welcome to Renee from Raising Generation Nourished to the blog today! She 's writing about a topic that honestly, makes me a bit green with envy... I grew up around U-Pick farms and absolutely love them. Unfortunately, they are pretty much non-existent where we currently live, so I did drool a bit at Renee's buckets of blueberries! ;)Years ago when I first made the switch to eating more whole foods, I wanted to “do it all." I am ...Continue Reading