While I wait for my sleepy meds to kick in...

I'll tell you about how I domestic goddessed ALL over the fuckin' place this weekend. I made:

1. Yogurt, from SCRATCH. Complete with:
2. A banana and mixed berry compote to mix with it.
3. Farmer's cheese seasoned with minced basil
4. 100% whole wheat bread. FROM SCRATCH.
5. Breakfast muffins of egg, hashbrowns, and spinach.

- The yogurt came out fantastic. I didn't have any cheese cloth, so I strained it as much as possible through coffee filters and my mesh strainer. It took all day to strain and tasted kinda like sour cream when I was done, but once I mixed in the berry compote, it tasted fantastic. I'm so excited about it. I think I'll make more this weekend. 

- The compote (it might be more jam, than compote) was a bag of frozen mixed berries, with like a cup? of orange juice, boiled till it couldn't boil no more. I had to stir constantly once it started to thicken to keep it from burning, and eventually i cooked it down to the consistency of runny jam. Then I took one of the overripe bananas we keep in the freezer, thawed it, and then blended it into the compote. This all in itself was delicious. I saved some to put on toast.

- The farmer's cheese was fun. Made from milk and lemon juice (way more lemon juice than the recipe called for. like twice as much). Then strained through an old clean shirt because again with the no cheese cloth. It's fun but messy work, and it's amazing how little cheese you get from a quart of milk. The only thing that makes the tiny yield worth it is how easy it is to make. Also when you're done you have cheese! When it was made I mixed with with salt, pepper, minced basil, and a little more lemon juice.

- The bread process was a mess from beginning to end. More on that tomorrow, as the sleepy pills have kicked in.