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Michelle Around the table, Homesteading

How to Make Protein-Rich Ranch Dressing at Home

Who doesn’t love Ranch? In my house, it’s a love language for the kids, so of course, I needed a healthier version for them. And what’s healthier than a Ranch with live and active cultures and 14 g of Protein?

How I made it?

Ingredients:
-16 oz organic Good Culture low-fat classic cottage cheese. (You can buy any brand you are happy with; I chose this one for the added Protein and live cultures.)

-2 TBSP Ranch seasoning, dressing & dip mix

Directions:
– Add cottage cheese in a glass container or storage container of choice.

-Start the immersion blender to soften and thin the cottage cheese.

-After about 2 minutes, add the Ranch seasoning

-Continue blending until the entire mixture is smooth.

Notes:
-Adjust to taste by possibly adding more seasoning.
-To thin it out a bit, add a tablespoon of milk at a time until desired consistency is achieved.

Hope you enjoy!

Michelle

Michelle Around the table, Homesteading

Homemade Sweetened Coffee Creamer Recipe

Time for a new batch of coffee creamer! I love making our own creamer. Raw Cream, with a small hint of vanilla, and half a can of condensed milk for sweetness. This is the perfect mix for us for coffee. Not sugar needed since the cream is already sweetened!

Ingredients:

  • 1 pint of cream (I use Raw Cream from my heard share. But regular, organic, or any other type of cream from the grocery store works)
  • Half a can of sweetened condensed milk.
  • 1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
  • 1 teaspoon of vanilla bean paste

    Directions:
  • Pour all ingredients into a jar with a lid, where you will keep your creamer. Mix all ingredients together well and refrigerate. If you like your creamer a little runnier, you can add milk 1/4 cup at a time. Add until desired consistency
  • Make sure to shake before each use, enjoy!
Michelle Around the table, Homesteading

Exploring the Benefits of Raw Milk: A Personal Journey

Much to my dislike, I don’t have cows… yet. You should see my office, surrounded by all things highland cows. I am hoping one of these days, the husband will agree to a land upgrade and a few cows. 

In the meantime, I’m part of a herd share for raw milk from a local source.

This week, I got half a gallon of milk (already in its glass jar) and 3 pints of cream to makeย all the things. Coffee creamer, butter, yogurt, and ice cream are always the family’s top picks to make.

Have you ever tried Raw Milk? Comment ๐Ÿฎ If you have!

It’s natural, additive-free, and tastes amazing! Big thanks to @creambrookfarm for providing it! If you’re in Virginia, check them out!

Michelle Homeschooling

Simple Strategies for Stress-Free Homeschooling

We all know how it goes, the moment you mention you homeschool or are planning to, everyone starts to give their opinions and experiences. 

Whether good or bad. 

๐“๐ก๐ž ๐›๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐‡๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ’๐ฏ๐ž ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง ๐ข๐ฌ:ย 
โ–ช๏ธ Plan the day with your childย 
โ–ช๏ธ Involve the familyย 
โ–ช๏ธ Don’t be afraid to ask for helpย 
โ–ช๏ธ Use free resourcesย 
โ–ช๏ธ Take breaksย 
โ–ช๏ธ Be flexibleย 

These things all sound simple enough, but sometimes with the madness that is life we forget the fundamental basics that we started with. ๐˜”๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฎ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ต๐˜ญ๐˜บ, ๐˜จ๐˜ช๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜บ๐˜ฐ๐˜ถ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜จ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ฆ!