Homemade Buttermilk, Sour Cream and Cream Cheese are delightfullly simple to make. I was really surprised when I learned just how easy this process can be. Buttermilk 1/2 cup buttermilk ( I used a starter culture to get mine going. You can buy one here , or get one from a friend who is already making homemade buttermilk. You only have to buy it once and can keep making buttermilk from it indefinitely. I've been making buttermilk from this starter for a couple of years now. ) 3 1/2 cups milk Pour buttermilk and milk into a quart-sized mason jar. Shake gently. Leave on the counter at room temperature for 8 hours or overnight. The milk will thicken into buttermilk. Transfer to the fridge. Be sure to keep at least 1/2 cup for the next batch! Sour Cream/ Creme Fraiche 1/2 cup homemade buttermilk 1 1/2 cups heavy whipping cream (not ultra-pasteurized, if you can find any that isn't!) Pour buttermilk and cream into a pint-sized m...
Continuing to try out this weekly homemaker routine, I set out to Iron on Tuesday. I haven't ironed much of anything in years. Occasionally, my husband will need a shirt ironed and I will haul out the ironing board and press it for him; usually I throw in a shirt or two for my son and a few other things while the board is out. Ironing hasn't been a big part of my routine for some time. I used to regularly iron shirts for my husband when he worked at an office. Then when KB was born, I was overwhelmed with all the things having a new baby and a toddler entails. I began taking his shirts to the dry-cleaner to be washed and pressed. At $1.50 per shirt, this seemed like a bargain. My kids loved the weekly trip to our dry-cleaner and visiting with the nice couple that owned it and their little dogs. I'm not sure when we stopped taking shirts there. Perhaps it was when my husband switched jobs and stopped wearing dress shirts. He s...