Recipes

Fresh mozzarella is one of the quickest and easiest cheeses to make! Try it! If you’ve ever wanted to try your hand at making cheese give mozzarella a try. It’s super simple.It only takes about half an hour.And you can eat it right away. No aging, no waiting, just delicious cheese in half an hour. Homemade fresh mozzarella is unlike any mozzarella you’ve ever eaten. Forget that shredded stuff in a bag. Forget those tasteless bricks wrapped in plastic. Even the fancy … [Read more...] about How to Make Fresh Mozzarella in Under 30 Minutes

Beets, like Brussels sprouts, are loved by a few courageous souls, it is likeable by a beet-conscious crowd and loathed by others. They are healthy, easy-to-grow vegetables which can bring about a love-hate relationship to the dinner table, that often causes a stir in the most tolerant of households - including those with picky eaters. Despite all their amazing health benefits and with more than 33 ways to eat beets, how do you get reluctant family members to embrace the goodness of … [Read more...] about Simple Beet Kvass Without Whey

Homemade yogurt is so much better than anything you can get at the store. I’m constantly amazed at the number of foods that can be made easily at home that taste infinitely better than their store-bought counterparts. The best example is homemade yogurt. There is nothing at the store that even comes close to the creamy, sweet-tart taste of homemade yogurt.   I’m sure if you’ve tasted store-bought plain yogurt before, you’re giving me a dubious frown. Let’s be very honest … [Read more...] about Easy Homemade Yogurt And The Secret Step To Make It Extra Creamy

Making cultured buttermilk is easy to do, and requires no special equipment. Did you know that the buttermilk we use today has nothing at all to do with making butter? Most of us know that when you make butter, what’s left over is buttermilk. However, the buttermilk you get in the store is not the byproduct of making butter, but rather milk that has been cultured by lacto-fermentation. This is what gives it that thick texture and slightly tart taste. The cultured buttermilk of … [Read more...] about DIY Cultured Buttermilk In Seconds + 25 Delicious Ways to Use It

Garlic is noted for having both antibacterial and antiviral qualities, as well as boasting a whole other suite of health-boosting properties. Antioxidant-rich garlic is known to help prevent, and treat, the common cold, it lowers blood pressure and strengthens our often perplexed immune systems. Raw garlic is definitely the way to go if you are preventing disease, though many people prefer the milder flavors, when it is cooked. Let's meet somewhere in the middle and try something … [Read more...] about How To Make Lacto-Fermented Garlic + 5 Ways To Use It

About ten years ago I got it into my head that I was going to start making wine, mead, and hard ciders. I imagined myself opening a bubbling bottle of cider and smugly saying, “Why yes, I made it myself,” while pouring my amazed family and friends each a glass. I ordered myself a small home winemaking kit and eagerly unpacked it when it arrived in the mail. Laying out all of the different gadgets and powders and hoses I thought, “Now what the heck do I do?” I knew there had to be … [Read more...] about No-Fuss Hard Apple Cider – An Introduction to Homebrewing