Megan Austin | Ninnescah Homestead on Instagram: "Ever tried flavoring your homemade cheddar cheese? Today I’m making a wheel of white cheddar with cranberry + jalapeño. It’s sweet, spicy, and sharp in all the right ways. I chopped dried cranberries + dehydrated jalapeño peppers with cheese salt to keep everything from clumping (food processor works great for this!), then worked it into the cheese curds before pressing. It’s one of my favorite ways to customize cheddar cheese at home! Want to le

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Kate @venisonfordinner on Instagram: "Luck? You mean hard work, grit, the willingness to go outside and care for animals year round? The willingness to make every dang thing I can from scratch (when ‘you could buy that at the store you know’) because that’s what I want for my family? sure. You could call it luck. But that’s a lie. I worked DANG HARD to hone in on my cheesemaking recipes so that our family has all the cheese we could possibly eat- and I put it all together into a cheesemaking cou

Kate @venisonfordinner on Instagram: "cheesemaking isn’t all long game! Most of the wheels of aged cheese in my cheesemaking course are delicious after 4-6 weeks! Wild hey?! . If you leave them longer, they do get even better, but you don’t need to be waiting forever to eat homemade cheese, you just need the right recipes! . “But my family likes cheddar!” Friend- thats one of the hardest and longest aging cheeses- may i suggest butterkaese, simple to make and ready to eat after 4 weeks?! . Becau