It is said that the kitchen is the heart of the house, and that is certainly true on the homestead. I have recipes for seasonal eating woven throughout Backyard Farming on an Acre (More or Less) for this very reason. Whether it’s cooking frugal, delicious dinners, or serving simple fruits and vegetables attractively, this giveaway will have something fun for any cook!
(See the other five awesome giveaway packs here)
The prizes of the Kitchen Creativity Giveaway include:
Best Basic Cheesemaking Kit - $44.88 – One of the best kits on the market, this cheesemaking kit will have everything you need to create gourmet cheeses in your very own kitchen. Whether you raise your own dairy animals or not, you can make delicious cheese from milk as needed and relearn an ancient homestead skill.
Villeroy and Boch Garden Serving Bowl - $98.25 – Stunning in it’s amazing floral design, this serving bowl is perfect for highlighting the beauty of your backyard produce. Large enough for a family-sized salad or other side-dish, the garden-inspired artwork is a beautiful touch to any table.
All You Magazine Subscription + $50 value Kitchenwares Gift Basket – All You magazine features frugal savings, delicious recipe options that are family friendly, and with this gift basket subscription set you’ll receive kitchen items like spatula, measuring cups, and other needed items to get your foodie in gear.
To enter to win this amazing collection of prizes use the rafflecopter form below. Entries will stop at 8pm Central Time Zone and winners announced during the live launch party on Backyard Farming’s Facebook Page. You do not have to be present to win but the party will go from 7:30-8:30 CST and will include Q&A as well as giveaway announcements!
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I really want to try cheesemaking, but I would also like to expand my canning recipes and bread recipes.
Enjoy making cheese from the goat milk the herd produces.
I love to try new twist on old recipes. Love to have fresh homegrown veggies and fruit. I just love gardening!
Looks like fun!
Cheese making …. a new adventure!
This year, I really want to get creative with bulk/once a month cooking. I think it would minimize waste and really keep us eating good, whole foods.
I want to make simple fresh cheese. I also want to get better at no knead bread.
I’d really like to perfect my bread baking skills and actually make my own sourdough bread. Cheesemaking sounds fun and I still need to try making my own yogurt.
I am interested in using more of the food we grow in the garden and some simple new recipes might be just the thing to get us going. Thanks for the giveaway opportunity
I want to learn cheese making!
I would love to try cheese making, we eat a lot of cheese here!
I make mozzerella, feta, cottage and riccotta cheese!
I’d love to learn how to make more desserts. It’s a weakness of mine so it sure would cut down on costs!
I want to learn to make my own cheese and how to dry/use herbs
We’ve just started making our own sausage from deer meat! I also want to do more freezer meals for the busy nights.
I love making herbal concoctions. I would love to learn how to do cake decorating.
I’ve been looking at cheese making kits just this week. I would really like to try to make my own cheese.
We plan on perfecting our homemade cheeses and making them well enough to feel comfortable giving them for gifts next year.
I am focusing a lot on fermenting right now. I have so much to learn.
yogurt and cheesemaking!
This year, I want to learn how to cook more recipes with beans and lentils and start making my own pasta! I already do our own bread.
I have always wanted to learn to make my own cheese!
I really want to do two things. One, not be afraid to make my own cheese and two, use my bulk foods to make creative dishes!
I would like to learn about more sauces!
I’m hoping to learn to can and preserve as well as bake my own bread!
We have done some cheese making at home in the past and plan on starting up again this winter. Anything to inspire us would be of great help!
I would love to learn how to make and preserve cheeses for my family’s food storage. We keep a large supply of food, but cheese has been one of the hardest/most expensive things for us to keep.
i want to get back to making cheese now that i have an awesome cellar to age it in and to make acorn flour
i would love to try my hand at cheesemaking….i have learned how to make my own probiotic yogurt and it would be awesome to make my own cheese as well.
My Bourbon Baked Beans with my own BBQ sauce used in it!
I would like to try breadmaking.
I’m a Sandra Lee type . . . I can take any recipe and make it my own.
I make a lot of herbal remedies, I would like to make cheese and kombucha, and grow oyster mushrooms. I want to get into canning and dehydrating foods.
For ‘creativity’? I’d say it’s about trying new things and for that… the internet is my favourite thing!
As for what I want to learn, more preservation methods. Ways to enjoy the gardens bounty year round!
this would be great for me cause i have goats and want so bad to learn how to make cheese!!!! this would get me started in the right direction!!!
I would like to learn to make cheese and to master yeast breads in my high altitude area.
I would like to learn how to make my own organic cheeses or make my own soap.
I would love to learn to make cheese and I plan to expand my canning.
I would love to learn how to make cheese! Also, want to learn how to do some canning.
I’d like to learn to can something other than pickles, so far that’s all I’ve made
did i say how MUCH i want to win this set!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I would love to learn how to make cheese, soap and really good yeast breads.
Cheese making sounds perfect! Never tried it as of yet but I am game!
I want to learn to pressure can for canning meats. I also want to learn how to make yogurt and cheese using raw goat’s milk.
I love making my own homemade bread! Nothing compares to a hot fresh loaf out of the oven with a homemade dinner! Ive always wanted to learn how to make cheese but have no idea how to even get started on that!
OMG!! I’ve been wanting to learn how to make cheese. This would be just the push I’ld need.
Resurrect make-ahead meals, once-a-month cooking concept. Did it years ago (during pregnancies to prepare for the arrival of a new little one), but it has been a long time and I think it would simplify things now with teens, sports, business, ministry activities (and some health challenges) that keep our schedules busy. I like the idea of preparing a bunch ahead. I always loved the feeling of a freezer full of great homemade meals at the ready.
I just learned to make my own raw apple cider vinegar this year and I would love to learn to make my own cheese.
freeze-dry vegetables
This was my first year canning. I want to learn cheesemaking, dehydrating, and more bread making. I am always looking for new canning recipes.
I’d love to learn cheese making…. I love to make breads and I like to throw things together with what I have on hand. I’ve “winged” a lot of different meals that my family has loved – gives us new meals to add to the list of things we make for dinner (ok “we” is really I)
Love making my own cheese. Fresh garden salads are another favorite of mine and my family.
My favorite cheese is mozzarella with fresh sage.
Would love to try making my own cheese. We make our own breads and my favourite is our Christmas bread. I love baking anything and we do most of our cooking from scratch so we do enjoy trying some new recipes. Also like making our own pasta.
This is the next step in our self-reliance plan!!!
I want to learn to use spices better.
I want to learn how to make my own cheeses I love cheese
I will be learning how to garden and can this coming year. Any help is awesome LOL
I have been seeing a lot of cheese making on Pintrest and it has made me really want to give it a try
I’m gluten-intolerant, dairy-free, and spectacularly allergic to cashews (a really common ingredient in recipes for non-dairy cheese products). I HAVE to get creative to work around that. Today I tweaked a gluten-free summer fruit bake so that it turned into a spiced apple raisin pudding with a bourbon vanilla sauce that was delicious. It turned out PERFECTLY. It turned out better than many fruited spice cakes or bread puddings made with conventional ingredients.
Can by pressure cooker! Doesn’t seem like much but I’ve never done it. I’m kind of scared to.
I would love to learn cheese making. I learned so much this year like canning vegetables baking bread and wine making. I have been looking at different ways to make fresh, all natural raw cheese and butter and can’t wait to try my hand at it.
We are looking to get milk goats and make our own cheese and butter.
I would love to make cheese!
I am interesting in starting cheesemaking and fermenting foods this year in my kitchen.
I want to learn how to make cheese or flavored butter.
Would love to learn some of the old ways of doing things for myself. Hopefully on my own land that I hope to get soon.
Cheesemaking, pasta, bread and rolls.
I’m not a big cheese fan, but my wife loves them all. I’ve been looking at making her some Goat Cheese (1 of her faves) because it looks like a pretty straight forward and easy procedure. I’d love some guidance. This could be the ticket to get me started.
My most experimental cooking has been with different kinds of breadmaking, and I’ve been venturing into cheesemaking with classes but haven’t had the nerve (or time!) to do it in my own kitchen yet.
I would like to learn how to preserve more of my harvest and how to preserve/dry/use all of my herbs. I am planning a salsa, tea and herb garden this year for this learning experience!
I want to learn how to make more cultured foods.
I would love to start making my own cheese and butter.
I would love to learn how to make cheese since I love to eat it! Also canning.
This year I have started making most of my family’s food from scratch. Breads, jams, crackers, sauces. I try to use only whole and natural organic ingredients. I am very interested in making cheese, yogurt and butter at home too.
I have just tried making soap. I would love to try more of that. I also love making recipes that I have made before and almost know by heart. It is a great feeling to walk in and make something without having to consult a book every time.
i want to learn how to make home made cheeses
I want to learn to make my own yogurt
its all about the cheese!!
I would love to learn how to make more of my own food from scratch like more canning, making cheese, etc.
I want to learn how to make bread and pasta
Cheese is wonderful
Would love to learn to make homemade pasta. I already have a pasta maker just haven’t been brave enough to start using it.
This year I learned how to make assorted chocolates
I would love to learn to make cheese and to use a pressure cooker more confidently.
I have always tried to live as self sustainable a life as is realistic, which became much more difficult after I was given an unexpected turn in life as a result of being hit by a driver who was on their cell phone, then left on the road to potentially die… despite this I have managed to continue to embrace as independent a life as is possible by doing things such as creating raised beds so I can still continue gardening and growing most of my own food. It has meant many changes besides raised beds to garden, such as my greenhouse having the shelves lowered, a root cellar that is now handicap accessible, and our wood heated home altered with a chute so the wood can go directly from the storage area right to a bin next to the wood stove downstairs. As I continue to adjust, the next alteration is changing the height of our kitchen counters and making the appliances more accessible so I can hopefully return to preserving my food again. As part of that I have been exploring the idea of learning to make cheese, something I was interested in learning long before my life was given this unexpected jump off the original rails I had been on prior. Winning this kit, or the book would be a great inspiration as I continue to adjust the world around me to meet my new limitations without compromising on a lifestyle I am totally dedicated to.
I love to cook just about anything but especially enjoy making soups and stews
I would love to learn how to make delicious, non-bulletproof pastry.
Good luck!
I want to learn some GOOD gluten free recipes for desserts and such. I have a few stand-by recipes, but I’m getting bored with my rut and I’d love some creativity!
I’ve tried cheese making before but the results were not up to par! HELP!!!
I would love to learn to make cheese
I have been wanting to get into cheese making.
My favourite thing to do in the kitchen is make a yummy fresh gluten free bread that the gluten eaters in my house love! I would love to learn how to make quiche!
I have been wanting to learn how to make cheese and yogurt. I have just haven’t made the time to figure out how. It would be awesome to win.
Cheese!!! My next project is Parmesan…
I have vowed to conquer pie crusts this winter.
My favorite thing to make in my kitchen is butter. I use raw cream from my Jersey cow and the blender. It is so simple but it took a friend giving me a hands on lesson before I braved doing it in my own kitchen. She also showed me how to make cheese, its just not as easy as butter.
I love making appetizers for parties or family gatherings. I play with all types of things and learning to make my own flavored cheeses would be a huge hit!
Feta cheesemaking. We will be getting goats soon for milk..Im excited to try this venture!!
I want to make more organic and whole foods meals, breads , and cheeses.
I would love to be able to make cheese and expand my value added skill set
I would like to learn how to dehydrate foods for storage.
I’m liking the idea of cheesemaking!
I want to learn about cheese making!
i want to learn to make authentic gnocchi.
Homemade bread.
I would love to learn how to make soft cheese!
I have learned how to make mozzarella and ricotta. Now I want to venture into making hard cheeses!
I want to learn how to make cheese! Now that my babies are older, I have the hands free to actually try it out
I really want to learn to garden and cook with my own herbs.
I am always amazed at how cheese and butter are made. I think having a sheep farm would be a wonderful endeavor.
Grind flour and make homemade bread.
would love to make cheese for the houseful of mice i have lol
I would love to learn to make goatsmilk cheese.
My favorite creative recipe is my no-tomato sauces for my dh, who is highly allergic to tomatoes.
I’m working on a no-tomato barbeque sauce right now.
These is the pasta sauce and the picante sauce. You cannot tell the difference from real tomato based products.
I cook all the time, cobblers are my go to dessert and I love cooking food from around the world, we have very ecclectic taste buds here! We are getting goats this spring and I’m really looking forward to learning to make cheese, and have homemade yogurt and soaps!
I have thought about looking into making cheese and am excited about this contest– this next year will hopefully be the year I can mark that accomplishment off my list!
I would like to learn how to make cheese. And I can be most creative when it comes to leftovers in the fridge/skillet suppers!
Working on sourdough starters and perfecting them.
One of my favorite things to make is yogurt because if I mess it up I can usually just continue on to make yogurt cheese. I’d love to learn how to make mozzarella cheese and also some hard cheese.
I am looking to learn to make yogurt.
I want to make GOOD bread. The brick like thing I made last week doesn’t count…
I would like to learn how to make my own cream cheese and/or Havarti.
I want to learn more about making food staples such as bread, cheese, and yogurt.
more canning & preserving
I Would like learn how to keep up sourdough and make everything with it.
I’d like to learn how to can meat.
More preservation and more cheese making
I would realy like to learn how to make yogurt and other dairy items such as cheese, cream cheese, etc.
I would like to learn to make fermented pickles and saurkraut.
I’d like to improve my bread making skills.
I love to make breads and desserts
I’d like to learn how to make sourdough bread.
cheese!
I would like to perfect the art of school lunch/snack packing.
I want to learn to make cheese. I’ve been wanting to do it for several years now.
I always make Kombucha…it is a must have! I would love to dapple in cheese making!
I would LOVE to learn to make cheese for my family!!! I know they would love for me to learn too.:D Thank you for a chance to win!
I would love to learn how to make cheeses, especially goat milk cheese.
I’ve made cheese in the past, but really don’t know how to do it well…so I’d like to sharpen those skills!
I want to learn about fermenting foods and also pressure canning. I love to try healthy new recipes.
Bread is definitely the kitchen focus this year – gluten free, good wholesome bread…my family is looking forward to it too!!
I would LOVE to make some cheese in the kitchen…
I am teaching myself how to make the things we normally buy
I want to learn to make yogurt.
I want to learn how to make cheese. We eat a lot of it, and it’s expensive.
I want to learn to make bagels or cheese this year.
This would be great, I milk my dairy goat everyday and use her milk for all kinds of stuff. I wanted to learn to make goat cheese!
I would love to be able to make my own cheese, and have been looking for information on that, so this is PERFECT! Thank you for the opportunity
Better food preservation
Cheesemaking is another avenue I wish to pursue in our quest for self sufficiency
Since we enjoy many different cheeses, I should attempt making one or so.
We do a mean refrigerator dill, but I would like to master hot preserving.
oops confusing my topic! Making my own cheese would be awesome, but Hubby would love yougurt!
This year I want to learn to make my own pie crust. I know it seems simple, but each time I’ve tried, I’ve failed miserably and always resort to store bought.
I am amazed!
I want to learn basic stuff, like how to make a salad (preferably one my kids will eat.)
I would love to learn to make yogurt without carageenan!
My wife would love this.
Cheesemaking and sauerkraut are things I have so enjoyed making this year.
I would like to learn how to make sourdough bread and keep it alive this year. I am trying to soak my grains and ferment more foods, so it seems like a good way to do both!
I would like to get more comfortable with lactofermentation and making herbal remedies.
favourite recipe is a breakfast cookie, want to try making my own bread next.
More dehydrating techniques & recipes, as well as creating homemade pre-packaged foods like soup mixes, desert mixes that are all strictly healthy home raised products.
This year I’d like to make all our personal care products and our beeswax candles. Also, I have some great ideas for unusual herbal ice-cream flavors, but I haven’t tested them out yet.
I’d love to try the cheese making kit.
I would love to learn how to make cheese this next year.
I LOVE baking and cake decorating.
Thanks to a Groupon, hubby and I are taking a cheese making class next month, but I’d love to be able to do it at home! I’ve done yogurt many times, but it doesn’t always turn out.
Would love to make my own cheese and yogurt.
I want to have better success making cheese and learn more about fermentation.
That bowl is absolutely gorgeous!!! To answer the question, I have been wanting for some time now to learn to make cheese. I want to start with the easier soft cheeses, I’ve watched some video how-tos on those. If that’s successful I want to graduate to sharper, harder cheeses. It’s been a long time since I’ve tried something new in the kitchen and I’m excited about learning to make cheese.
I’m going to try making yogurt this week and would really like to try cheese-making!
Just started making Kombucha, would like to learn to make raw milk yogurt.
I need to learn how to can, and I know it’s super easy, but I REALLY need to start making strawberry freezer jam.
I would love to make my own cheese!
I want to learn meals in a jar…
I like soups for creativity… Lots of opportunities to mix things up and change it up.
I like desserts too- mostly cause they are fun to eat and since we make them the real food way- they are good for us and I don’t feel at all guilty! 
kombucha is next on my list
I would like to learn to make hard cheese
I’d love to learn to make cheese.
I would love learn to make cheese and kefir.
I made my own ricotta cheese. I didn’t even know I liked ricotta cheese until I made it myself! I want to try making noodles next.
I’ve been wanting to try cheese making and home fermentation, but I’m still chicken…
I am just learning to make cheese, this is prefect
I attempted a 30-minute mozzarella last Sunday, and lets just say I need some practice!
It seems like we all want to learn cheesemaking…I might as well make it unanimous!!!!
I enjoy making anything from scratch, but I think that my chicken enchilada casserole is my favorite (it was the first meal I made for my husband before we got married)
I would love to try more cheese making!
would love to learn cheese making and meals in a jar
I’d love to learn how to make cheese and yogurt. I know, yogurt isn’t all that hard, but I’ve still not tried it yet!
I’d love to learn to make goat cheese! It is our favorite!
I feel most creative when I am not following recipes, or when I am modifying them to fit our families likes/dislikes or what’s on hand at the moment. Last year’s Whatchagot Jam (tip of the hat to Patrick F. MacManus, my brother’s favorite author) was a BIG hit with the extended fam. Homemade granola bars are fun, since we throw in whatever “stuff” is handy. Eggrolls, the way we do them, are also something like that – whatever little bits are handy. Oh, great. Now I’m getting hungry…
I want to do some lacto-fermenting!
I would like to work with sourdough more
We milk goats and make a lot of different cheeses, but I would like to find a recipe for a good cottage cheese
I really want to try cheese making with my kids.
oh man how neat would that be to make my own cheese id start doing that for christmas gifts hahah
yogurt
This year I want to learn how to use locally available ingredients to cook more ethnic foods from around the world. There are so many amazing cuisines out there and I’ve been inspired by Sasha over at Global Table Adventure. So here’s to learning new recipes, trying new foods and being inspired by the globe!
I’d like to do more freezer cooking in 2013.
I would love to learn cheesemaking.
We’ve enjoyed making our own yogurt, but cheesemaking is at the top of our list for future experiments!
There is a lot I want to learn this year! I just got a dehydrator, so I want to learn a lot of raw food type stuff. Also I want to start juicing, and I do want to ferment my own vegetables and also I just got a sourdough starter I need to learn how to do. I would love to learn to do my own Kombucha!
I would love to learn to make cheese!!!! and Butter!!!!!!
I want to learn how to can meat! I have always been scared to, but I need to get over that and just do it!
I am looking forward to learning how to make lots of different kinds of cheeses.
I want to learn to make my own cheese and preserve meat. I already preserve fruits and veggies but never tried to tackle meats.
A grain-free crust that can be used for a wide variety of dishes.
I would love to become better at baking my own bread!
I would really love to try cheesemaking and sausage making. The only time I tried cheese it was a very nasty mess. And I have not tried sausage yet.
We had made cheese for the first time a few weeks ago and everyone loved it. Would love to get more involved so we can make more organic cheese.
I would like to try making goat milk yogurt and cheese
My favorite recipe for kitchen creativity is salads. I love trying new herbs and foraged plants in them.
I have made fresh cheese and butter. I’d like to do more.
Love to learn how to make cheese also want to know learn how to can
I enjoy trying different styles of food: Asian, American, traditional, Mexican, etc. One thing I would like to learn is cheese.
I make my own bread now but I would love to learn how to make cheese and to can my garden’s produce!
The only thing I haven’t done yet in the kitchen is cheese making. I make yogurt, can, do my own charcutrie and butcher my own game, preserve foods, bake and homebrew.
This year I am bound and determined to learn to use my pressure canner!
I love making fresh cheese. Would like to get better at breadmaking.
I love making homemade butter with my 12 year old daughter, and creating new recipes with her. I would love to learn to make my own cheese and teach her how to as well!
I like to make kim chi.
Cheese, yogurt, etc would be awesome. But I also need to get our garden finally started.
Cheese is such a versatile, nutritious food, can make any meal taste better, can be served in a main course, appetizer, sauce, on top of apple pie, in afruit basket, late night snack in an omelet for breakfast, don’t forget strattas. Well, you get the idea. Cheese-glorious cheese. Love it.
I want to learn how to get rid of our processed food addiction and start eating REAL FOOD!! I have lived a pre-packaged, fast paced, convinience driven life and I have no idea how to cook or how to propperly nourish my family and meet our nutritional needs. I want to learn how to cook and preserve real, natural foods. I’d also love to learn to make my own bread from scratch.
I want to take the time to cook & enjoy the foods that I grow more often.
I would love to learn how to make all natural root beer. I would also like to make my first cheddar cheese (I make cream cheese, and mozzarella as well as ricotta currently.)
I love messing around with jam recipes and mixing fruits that you would otherwise not put together. Chocolate Bannana is Great!!!
I really have been looking at cheese making !! this would be awesome !
I would LOVE to learn how to make cheese!
I can make simple cheese, but don’t have a press. I would love to learn to make pressed cheeses!
Cheesemaking is my one thing I want to learn this year, hoping to start after the first of the year.
Thanks for the chance to win!
Christi
I would love to make cheese i have access to raw goats milk from lovely amish neighbor. have used the milk in soaps and now would love to make cheese for hubby. wonderful giveaway!
I want to learn to ferment veggies.
We got our first milk cow this summer and I have tried making cheese a few times but I am hoping to perfect it this year.
I would love to learn how to can veggies
I enjoy coming up with new recipes all the time and cooking with what I have on hand. I hav
I really want to learn to make a good pie crust this year!
I have not yet mastered the art of pie crusts.
As a family we are really interested in trying to make cheese so this giveaway came at a great time!
Hard to pick one favorite! I would say yogurt in the crock pot because it’s so easy and so good! Here’s my favorite recipe:
Crock-pot Yogurt
Ingredients:
8 cups whole milk
4 tablespoons yogurt
Directions:
Add milk to slow cooker and turn on low. Cook for 2-1/2 hours.
Unplug slow cooker and let sit for 3 hours.
After the 3 hours, scoop out 1 cup milk and whisk with yogurt in a separate bowl. Pour back into slow cooker and stir to combine.
Leave your slow cooker unplugged and wrap it in a heavy towel to keep the heat in. Let it sit undisturbed for at least 8 hours.
After 8 hours, you should have yogurt!
yield: 8 cups yogurt
source: easyhomemade.net
I would love to learn more about fermented foods.
I’d like to be more creative on freezing meals. I’d like to keep learning about fermenting, cheese making and culturing.
Would love to learn about making cheese & yogurt & do more canning this year
I want to leanr how to use my knives more effectively and efficiently to make better and more uniform cuts for my canned and dried fruits and veggies.
I am wanting to learn how to can jam & jellies this year
I want to learn canning.
I’ve always wanted to make my own mozarella cheese!
I love to bake bread. I would love to learn more about cheese-making.
I don’t know that I have a favorite recipe for creativity, but I do love to just create new recipes with what I have on hand. Sometimes it works, sometimes we order takeout. ;O
My hubby says my next project needs to be cheese making.
I totally live in my kitchen. The best thing I could do for myself is move my soft, cushy chair out there!
I would love to learn how to make our own cheese.
I want to really master the art of making our own bread! And cheese
I’d love to find an easy peasy, gluten free bread recipe! I just learned how to make Kombucha!
I really enjoy making sour dough items. Id love to learn cheese making and fermentation this year. So intriguing.
Thanks for the opportunity!
I love making homemade pizza. You can be so creative with toppings!
I want to learn to make yogurt.
My favorite ‘recipe’ foir kitchen creativity is necessity: “What do I have, and how do I make it into a meal?”
I am really enjoying this season of life as I am learning all kinds of new skills. This next year I would like to make my own tallow for soap making as well as try to make new kinds of cheeses.
Julie
I want to learn to do sourdough and dehydrate.
homemade yogurt and granola
I would love to learn to do some more canning this year. My freezer is too full!
I want to learn how to can food. Gotta be self sufficient!
Would love to make my own cheese
Iam tring it this year .
I want to learn how to dehydrate meat and preserve all the food that I grow!
I want to make my own cheese
I would LOVE to be able to make my own cheese
I want to try making homemade pasta & cottage cheese like my grandmother used to make
I really want to learn to make water kefir this year. I already do milk kefir.
I want to learn how to make grain-free sandwich bread (that actually tastes good)!
Who can ever have enough kitchen appliances or tools to give or keep? Thanks for the opportunity to win these wonderful items!
I really want to learn how to make cheese.
Cheese! I want to make cheese!
I LOVE taking old and original recipes and making my own twist with them, most times it works out but other not so good. BUT you will never know if you don’t ever try!
I am super excited to learn to can this year. We just moved to a place with 20 acres and I am gonna plant my first garden in the spring.
I would love to learn to dehydrate food, we were recently given a dehydrator and I’ve got lots of things to try.
I want to learn how to make bread and also learn more about canning. We did sweet pickles this past summer, but would to do other vegetables as well!
I would like to try cheesemaking, improve my dehydrating skills and continue to incorporate more whole foods into our diet.
Make more grain free dishes
Making cheese sounds pretty fun. I would like to make blue cheese
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Canning and cheese making are two things I want to try this upcoming year.
I love to make soups and cheese making is next on my list.
I would like to try homemade bread. Yum!
I would like to learn fermentation, ie kimchee, wine etc. I would like try to cure meats too..
Cheese is a few of my favourite things!
I would love to learn how to make bread.
This year I’d like to learn more about canning and food preservation. The extent of my knowledge is making jam, so I just didn’t know what to do with all the extras from the garden this past year.
I want to learn to make cheese and be able to eat more naturally.
So far, my favorite creative kitchen recipe is raw cream cheese. Love the way this turns out, and how easy it is! In the future, I want to do more cheeses – mozzarella and cheddar!
This year I want to learn how to preserve vegetables I am planning on growing.
I’d LOVE to learn how to make cheese!
My new favorite creative kitchen idea has been culturing buttermilk. I can’t believe how easy it is. I would love to experiment more with cheesemaking. I would especially love to try mozzarella.
Very anxious to learn cheesemaking! The bowl is beautiful too.
I want to learn how to make cottage cheese!
I love making pasta dishes. They are easy and fun to interpret in different ways. I would love to learn more recipes incorporating legumes though!
I am currently obsessed with fermenting, but have yet to try cheesemaking. I would love to take that on.
I’d like to learn to make kefir.
I really really wanna win this!!!
I don’t follow many recipes, but I love combining fresh picked greens with cumin, tumeric, and coriander!
I want to learn how to make cheese.
I want to learn how to make an angle food cake
I recently had a huge success making a seafood soup from stuff I had lying around: homemade seafood broth, talapia, chorizo, corn, bell peppers, mushrooms, seaweed, chicken, & cream of mushroom soup.
I have goats and have not perfected my cheesemaking yet, I need help.
Have been wanting to give cheese making a try.
I would like to learn many new functional food recipes!
My favorite way to be creative in the kitchen is with bread. I pull out the flour and milk and add in whatever I have on hand. Dried fruits and nuts, cheese and Italian seasoning, oatmeal, cinnamon and sugar, overripe bananas, applesauce, cooked sausage and bacon, whatever sounds good. Usually works just great. Once or twice I had a fail, but then the birds got a treat. Thanks for the giveaway!
Cheese making looks like fun. I would like to generally explore dairy. Yogurt, kefer, cheese, butter….
It took me six years to figure out how to grow a garden and i am just as determined to make cheese! Yum
Cheese making… I had no idea you could make your own… what a wonderful way to top a pizza!
I like making soups, nice thick hearty soups
Have always wanted to try cheese making. Please !
I want to perfect my pressure canning and cheesemaking skills this year!
I have been reading about making cheese and yogurt for years, but have been too intimidated to actually try it.
I would like to learn to make different types of cheese!! So this prize package would be totally awesome!!
I want to learn to make goat cheese. I just got two Nigerian mini goats. Once of them is pregnant, and the other will be bred when she is full grown, so I have a few months to learn before we have milk.
I have made yogurt before and would love to learn how to make really good cheddar. Sounds yummy.
I am most creative with bread because it is so difficult to mess up.
I love making my own pizzas with fresh goodies from my garden. I would really like to put homemade cheese on them too!! Mmmmmmmmmmmmm.
I would like to bake a decent loaf of whole wheat bread!
My favorite is anything Italian. I want to learn to make cheese!
Want to learn how to make cheese, jam and to can. — I’m a newbie and there is so much I want to do and so little time for it all.
I would love to learn how to make jams and jellies and can some of the things from my garden.
My favorite recipe for kitchen creativity is “everything soup” where you put together whatever you have on hand to make soup.
I just want to learn to cook more. One time a year or so ago, I decided I want to make a bean soup. I never really cooked anything like that before, or anything in general. So I searched bean soup recipes on line and then made up my own recipe through all those I’ve read. My dad loves it. And I can make a cheesy pumpkin and bean soup, delicious. I want to learn so much on how to make anything to eat from nothing so I can eat when there isn’t much to eat.
I’d LOVE to learn how to make cheese. My friend has a cow so I can get fresh milk too. YUM!
I would love to try cheese making
I would love to learn some basic cheesemaking this year!
I’m another aspiring cheesemaker!
Cheesemaking would be a neat skill to learn. I’m making my own kefir now and love to learn new things! It’s a shame the old ways are forgotten to us!
For creativity…I made candied lemon peels recently and that was quite a task, but they turned out great! I would love to try to make homemade sauerkraut.
I finally managed to grow my own scoby and now I am going to learn how to make Kombucha. I would also like to learn how to make sourdough bread from my own sprouted wheat flour.
Someday.. I hope to have a couple of mini Jerseys. I love making fresh cottage cheese and would love to learn how to make some of the hard aged cheeses.
to water bath can green beans
I want to learn cheese making this coming year.
I am looking forward to making cheese for my family!
I would really like to learn to make cheese …Earlier this year I purchased goats and sheep…as well as learning to make soap.. Trying to get them bread…
My new thing is canning… thats what I’m learning this year… LOvE iT
Excited to see the cheese set!
I’d like to learn more on cheesemaking.
This year, I’d like to learn how to make cheese from our goat’s milk. I’ve done it with cow’s milk before but even that wasn’t what you’d call a success.
Years ago I lived in I Illinois and rented a farm house. The owner raised sheep and goats and I learned about making cheese from him. Now I am starting my own farm I want to do that again and this kit would help inspire me.
I am always looking out for new recipes, I love variety!
Really want to start doing cheesemaking, but currently my favorite creative thing in the kitchen is soup. It’s awesome, almost impossible to screw up, and never the same twice.
I started making cheese last year, and am hoping to learn more about it next year!
I am interested in learning fermenting this year.
Well this sort of relates to teh canning giveaway as well, but I want to learn to can SO BADLY!! I am scared to try it on my own, but I have no one near me that does it that I can watch or help.
Yogurts
I used to make cheese until I lost all my supplies. I would love to due this again.
I want to learn how to make cheese!
I’ve already made homemade yogurt, and want to try stracchino (a mild Italian soft cheese) as my first homemade cheese.
Just purchased a pressure canner and embarking on that learning journey.
I’d like to make cheese and yogurt.
I have been trying to make more things from scratch lately. Yogurt and cheese are on my list!
I love cheese it, it would be cool to learn to make my own and know what is in it.
I would like to try to make cheese from non traditional “milk”.
I want to make sourdough bread and mozzarella cheese this year.
I want to stop being intimidated by yeast and dough and feel more comfortable baking bread in my kitchen.
I am just getting started trying to make more things at home. The one thing I am most excited about is trying my hand at making bread =)
My daughter and I have wanted to teach ourselves to make cheese so this would be perfect!
I want to learn more about lactofermenting.
i want to learn more about breads without use the bread machine we love fresh bread
Want to win!!!
I picked up Saffron for an awesome price recent& have been trying my hand at adding alil bit to just about everything I cook. (omelets, pancakes, stuffed inside the steak, for steak dinners..ect) I love trying new things. Give me a recipe & I’ll try to make it perfect at least 3 times before moving on to something harder.
I want to relearn how to be a scratch cook and get away from processed, pre packaged “foods”. My parents use to make a cheese when I was a child. But I was too busy being a child to learn.
I want to learn to make different cheese other than ricotta and I want to learn to can
I like the creativity I can have while making ferments.
Want to learn cheese making and start canning
Brushetta is my favorite. Lots of fresh garden goodness and happy chopping.
My goat is growing up fast and will be ready for kids soon, so I am eager to learn to make cheese. This was the whole reason for getting a goat, for the fresh milk.
Making cheese would be really neat!
I really want to learn to make cheese! WE are fortunate to have local dairy/milk available so I would love to give it try!
I’m a big fan of hotdishes, casseroles and crockpot recipes. I also like cooking meats. I’m terrible at side dishes, so maybe I’ll work on that this year!
I’ve been making soft cheeses for a while and it is so easy. I cannot wait to learn how to make hard cheese.
Make cheese and bake more breads
I love cooking in general. Right now I am learning how to make water kefir!
I love make raw yogurt and butter, but would LOVE to experiement with cheesemaking!
I want to improve my knife skills and learn how to can meat and fish
I would love to learn how to make cheese.
I want to learn to make sourdough.
Making cheese and canning
canning and cheese making!
I would love to learn to ferment this year! So good for the belly!
My favorite canvas in the kitchen is beans. I love being able to say that we had beans every day of the week and not one day was the same! We can travel the world with beans…chili beans from pintos , red beans with rice, lentils in a masala from central Africa, lima beans and corn tonight–succotash!
The favorites things I’ve learned recently are how to make my own yogurt and sourdough bread.
I want to learn cheese making this year
cheese is my favorite thing to eat (i would love to be able to make it ! )
I really want to make cheese, other than ricotta, and “from scratch” ravioli using all real food items.
I make a homemade pizza from fresh basil, tomatoes, and I make my own dough, but I’m just missing one part of the equation: I’ve never been able to tell my guests that I made the cheese too!
I would like to learn more about soaking grains and making cheese.
I think that cheese making would be a great new skill to learn!
We have planned on adding goats to our homestead and the cheese kit would be put to good use
I have dairy goats and would love to learn to make cheese
I’d like to learn to make bread.