A Quarter cup of vinegar or lemon juice, and a gallon of full milk make four cups of rich cottage cheese, and ten cups of whey, nutritious for cooking, in an hour.Four dollars of milk and vinegar or lemon juice make eight dollars of cottage cheese.All you need is a pan and a thermometer and a sieve.Fresh cottage cheese every week.

I include home made fresh cream cheese as part of my recipes, but it might be easier to list the recipe for cream cheese itself in here, because it is so delicious, quick and easy to make.

Mozarella is made by boiling and stretching freshly made cheese curds to make an elastic firm cheese, perfect for slicing and melting on pizzas.This recipe uses the rennet in a slice of frozen leftover mozarella, fresh lemon juice, vinegar, himalayan rock salt and whole milk to make the next batch of fresh mozarella. Freeze slice of mozarella for next batch of mozarella, stays fresh up to six months.

By using dried dairy cream and Lemon juice, we can make any small quantity of fresh Mascarpone Cheese anytime, less than one cup, following the stove top double boiler method of cookpad member Spicequeen. Thank you, spicequeen.We use a little mascarpone cream cheese to make small Tiramisu desserts for two, dont want to have to buy a whole $32 pint of this expensive delicacy.

When you make fresh greek yoghurt overnight from half a gallon of full milk and a cup of leftover greek yoghurt, you end up with whey and yoghurt. When you pour off the whey, the yoghurt still has whey in it. Using salt and cheesecloth, twisting the cloth, and draining the mixture another day, the salt removes more whey from the yoghurt till it turns to a delicious fresh cheese that tastes like feta cheese. Reuse the whey.

A tender mild farm egg omelette wrapped around fresh home made cottage cheese.#GlobalApron

I always feel like I buy a tub of ricotta and only use it for one recipe. The rest just goes to waste and molds in the fridge. So this time I tried making my own and it turns out it is simple, easy and delicious. I'll never buy grocery store ricotta again. The higher quality dairy you use the better it will be. This recipe also only makes about two cups but is so easy to multiply.

By making a small quantity of mayonnaise, it is always fresh when used. Here is the recipe for one cup, small egg quantity. Keeps peak freshness for a month in the fridge.

Fresh home made linguini, fresh basil, garlic, bacon, a mild young cheese and an aged sharp cheese, dinner in 30 minutes.

I watched a cooking program for cheese on TV in Sydney.It looked so easy to make so I tried the recipe straight away.If you prefer a creamier taste, add heavy cream into the milk.I usually use 300 ml of heavy cream and 700 ml of milk.But if you do so, it changes the taste from your typical ricotta cheese, little by little. Recipe by tenakoto88

This Ukrainian and Russian sour cream is richer and thicker than regular sour cream and easy to make.You can make it in your oven, in an instapot or on your stove top in a cast iron pan from a half-cup-and-a-bit of 30+% fat heavy cream and a half cup of greek yoghurt or full milk, which will give you sour cream with 20% fat. Our store bought sour cream is usually 6% fat.Smetana is used to flavor soups, potato salads with herring or other white fish, and sauces in recipes such as in Beef Stroganoff. Stays fresh in the fridge for two weeks.

Squash is a mild vegetable in many forms and tastes. This one is called chayote in Mexico and California, and Christophorus in Europe because Christopher Columbus brought it back from his trips.The size of an apple, it tastes like potato or cucumber or zucchini when fried or baked. Fries like bacon, 3 minutes per side. Makes a great cheese sandwich.