Cabin Crafted

Tag: cheese

  • Things I don’t buy anymore

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    Tortilla’s for tacos and enchiladas
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    Ricotta cheese
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    Mozzarella cheese
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    Pasta noodles
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    Bar soap, shampoo, laundry detergent
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    Eggs
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    Chicken
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    Tomato products, salsas, jams, chutney
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    Mustard
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    Yogurt and cream cheese
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    Hand and body lotion

    The longer we homestead, the more products have been eliminated from our shopping list, more products are made at home.  As the garden and orchard grow and my desire to be more aware of what goes on and into my body, the more items are removed.  Hopefully, the day will come when we are growing a couple of pigs on our land and at least some of the lard will replace the oils that I buy for cooking and soap making.  If Son #1 or 2 raise bees, we will be able to have honey and beeswax too (I am allergic to bee stings, so I can’t tackle that task.)

    I love being able to make these items, our bread and chicken feed, grow most of our vegetables and have the health and time to do it.

  • First Meetings

    Early this morning, Son #2 arrived with his family.  The eight year old boy cousins haven’t seen each other in several years and the 3 year old girl cousins had never met each other or the boy cousin.

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    The girls hit it off immediately this morning.  They are about 5 months apart in age.  The boys have been running and playing chess with each other all day.

    While this has been ongoing, I decided to learn to make Ricotta cheese. . .

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    A gallon of milk first made into mozzarella and a second gallon into about 4 to 5 cups of Ricotta.  Two balls of pasta dough made and a pound of sausage cooked and a fresh homemade lasagna assembled.

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    Son rolling out the noodles.

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    A baking and a salad and we will have dinner for 9 tonight with two new lessons learned, Ricotta and Pasta.  Three products I will no longer buy.  In a day or two, daughter and I will make homemade tortillas.  I used to make them when Mountaingdad and I were newlyweds but with kids I switched to commercial ones.  Daughter bought an 8″ cast iron tortilla press so we will make our own.

    The dogs don’t know what to make of all the activity and want to be in the middle of all of the play.  The girls escaped. . .

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    It seems safer inside the dogs cage than out.