Today is a day of rain, wind and general yuckiness. Hence, a day to remain inside the boat and put on my Susie Homemaker hat.
Mike had scored some RTC whole milk that I needed to use up quickly so I decided to make ricotta cheese. It won't make a large amount but just about enough to make a small lasagna for two. Perfect. I also have an eggplant/aubergine that needs using up so I think this lasagna will be of the vegetarian variety. But the eggplant will taste so rich the meat will never be missed.
I am going to use the whey from the cheese to make and boil bagels. I bought some cream cheese just a day or so ago because I have been having a craving for a good bagel. They aren't expensive at the store but I have discovered I can make better ones for about one tenth the cost at home. Win. Win. Mike doesn't object since my recipe makes about 8 and I never buy that many and he just loves himself a good bagel. Unfortunately, we have no smoked salmon for them. Oh well.
Then I went to start my every other day laundry and "discovered/remembered" I needed laundry detergent. So out came the ingredients to make a batch. Ten minutes later I had made enough to last about 6 months and each load will only cost me about 3 cents. You can't hate that.
So, inexpensive cheese, bagels and laundry detergent. A good day for Susie Homemaker.
Mike had scored some RTC whole milk that I needed to use up quickly so I decided to make ricotta cheese. It won't make a large amount but just about enough to make a small lasagna for two. Perfect. I also have an eggplant/aubergine that needs using up so I think this lasagna will be of the vegetarian variety. But the eggplant will taste so rich the meat will never be missed.
I am going to use the whey from the cheese to make and boil bagels. I bought some cream cheese just a day or so ago because I have been having a craving for a good bagel. They aren't expensive at the store but I have discovered I can make better ones for about one tenth the cost at home. Win. Win. Mike doesn't object since my recipe makes about 8 and I never buy that many and he just loves himself a good bagel. Unfortunately, we have no smoked salmon for them. Oh well.
Then I went to start my every other day laundry and "discovered/remembered" I needed laundry detergent. So out came the ingredients to make a batch. Ten minutes later I had made enough to last about 6 months and each load will only cost me about 3 cents. You can't hate that.
So, inexpensive cheese, bagels and laundry detergent. A good day for Susie Homemaker.
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