Goat milk has been part of my diet for years. In my kitchen, it typically ends up as chèvre, greek yogurt, paneer, or cabécou. While those are all wonderful ways to enjoy goat milk, I was searching for something else. Fortunately, someone told me about cajeta and as the saying goes, the rest is history. […]
Homestead Recipes
Mushroom Pizza: Better than Delivery
Pizza. Oh that word conjures up images of hot, heavenly slices. Melting cheeses. Fresh ingredients. Fabulous crust. Does any other food have the mystic quality that can bring everyone to the table? But before you hit the speed dial for delivery, take heart. You can make great tasting pizza at home. With a little planning […]
Homemade Goat Milk Ricotta
One of the easiest cheeses to make at home (in my opinion) is ricotta. It has a fresh, milky flavor. A flavor that is hard to find in commercial, mass-produced brands. And increasingly so, other ingredients are making their way into the commercially produced brands. Examples of ‘other’ ingredients include: modified food starch, guar gum […]
Green Tomato Wine 101
At the end of harvest season, gardeners typically make one last harvest before the first freeze. One item that folks generally end up with is green tomatoes. Now there are a variety of things you can do with green tomatoes: make chutney, fried green tomatoes, mock apple pie, or simply store the tomatoes and let […]
Easy Orzo and Vegetable Soup
For me, November heralds in soup season. Overcast skies, crisp temperatures, and gusty winds have me longing some something warm and comforting. Imagine settling down in front of a fireplace with a bowl of wonderful flavors? What could be better? Well… how about having soup ready to eat in an hour from start to finish? […]
Beyond Chèvre: Cabécou Cheese
I consider myself lucky. On our urban homestead there are chickens, bees, vegetable gardens, mature fruit trees, and a husband who is willing to do chores. But one of the things that I am most thankful for isn’t something that I can’t simply retrieve from the backyard. Instead, my husband picks up two quarts of […]