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Dairy

Master creating all of your healthy cultured milk products, soft cheeses, & hard aged cheese in just two hours a week with step-by-step guidance! 

Choose a Course and Start Making your Dairy at Home!

Why bother with homemade dairy?

Raise your hand if the thought of making dairy products like cheese, butter and sour cream at home makes you nervous!  🙋‍♀️

Let’s face it - dairy can be kind of scary! No one wants to be that excited homesteader that dives into making their own yogurt from fresh milk, only to have it spoil again and again, or worse, make their family sick.

And what if you don't have a dairy animal?? You can't bear the thought of wasting expensive ingredients.

I get it! But I promise that not only is dairy not scary, it's actually quite simple. You can weave it seamlessly into your existing kitchen routine and give your family the gift of robust health! 

Imagine making:

‣ ALL of your cultured dairy, like yogurt, buttermilk and sour cream in just MINUTES A WEEK!!

‣ Delicious soft cheeses BY THE POUND with very little effort, all while cooking dinner!

‣ Hard aged cheeses, like farmhouse cheddar and Parmesan in just a few hours a week!

‣ Cultured and sweet cream butter in less time than it takes to clean your dinner dishes!

Not only will you save money on your grocery bill, you know every single ingredient that goes into each one of your homemade dairy products!

Why is preserving food important?

Building up a long-term food supply saves you time and money, gives you greater food security and creates less waste in your household. Not to mention, if/when a crisis arises, you will be prepared. No need to panic shop when food sources are slim! These are just a few of the reasons my family started preserving food at home:

  • Convenience Meals & Snacks are Always on Hand: Make a lot of goodies when you have the time, and it is sitting waiting for you when you don’t have the time to cook from scratch (or just want to be doing something different!)
  • We Know Exactly What Goes Into Our Bodies: When you preserve your own food, you are in control of what goes into each jar. Even if you need to source the produce from your local farmers’ market, a friend, or the grocery store, you are the one responsible for cleaning, preparing and storing your food. It’s empowering!
  • We Avoid Unnecessary Ingredients: No unpronounceable ingredients in those jars… they just don’t need them (and neither do our bodies).
  • We Save Money: Whether you are preserving out of your own garden and orchard, or you are sourcing in-season produce at low prices near you, each time you put a jar on your pantry shelf, you’re saving money. 

INTRODUCING

Our Dairy Courses

 

Practical, Homemade Dairy

  • 60+ video lessons including over 20 thorough, step-by-step recipe tutorials - and fully downloadable!
  • 24/7 lifetime access! Watch over and over again, anytime!
  • 131 Page Class workbook with my tried-and-true recipes to help you succeed faster.
  • Collection of international dairy resources, shared by fellow international students, to help you get the best supplies available in your area.
  • Complete troubleshooting section to confidently navigate any errors!
  • Plus bonuses!
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Wild Milk

  • 15 video lessons including step-by-step recipe tutorials - and fully downloadable!
  • 24/7 lifetime access! Watch over and over again, anytime!
  • Recipe downloads
  • Wild Milk Workbook - 10 printable pages of instructions and recipes.
  • Complete troubleshooting section to confidently navigate any errors!
  • Plus bonuses!
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Each issue of Homestead Kitchen magazine is filled with practical tips from homesteading experts, delicious recipes, and inspiring stories to help you thrive in your homestead kitchen. Every month, you’ll get brand new recipes to help you fill your pantry, freezer and table while learning traditional cooking skills and preservation techniques.

What’s included in your subscription:

  • Monthly Digital Homestead Kitchen Magazine 
  • Physical magazine sent straight to your mailbox! (U.S. customers only)
  • BONUS! Homesteading Family’s Video Vault - a curated collection of over 225 of Homesteading Family’s exclusive and public how to videos
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Success Stories

“I made my sour cream yesterday.  Boy did it turn out good.  So easy and yummy.  I love learning about dairy in the classes.  Who knew it could be so easy.  Sometimes watching the videos more than once.  I will not be buying these products in the stores any longer.”

- Cathy F.

"I loved the Dairy class!  I was already making cheeses, but her recipes are foolproof, which has been great.  I’ve recommended Carolyn class to my cheese group. I’ve taken other cheese classes, but Carolyn makes it so simple and natural. I found it so much easier than what I was doing."

- Nanci O.

Practical, Homemade Dairy Masterclass

Make all of the Dairy Products you need in just a few hours a week!

With the skills you learn in the Practical, Homemade Dairy masterclass, you will have delicious and healthy cultured milk products, soft cheese, as well as hard aged cheeses... without running to the store!

Everything You Need To Master Dairy Making at Home (No Dairy Cow Needed)

  • You’ll learn EVERY SINGLE step and technique of making dairy products at home:
    • Cultured dairy, like yogurt, buttermilk and sour cream in just MINUTES A WEEK!!
    • Delicious soft cheeses BY THE POUND with very little effort
    • Hard aged cheeses, like farmhouse cheddar and parmesan
    • Cultured and sweet cream butter in less time than it takes to clean your dinner dishes
  • Avoid allergens by knowing exactly what is in every product you make.
  • Fill your kitchen with delicious and healthy dairy products for quick and easy use.
  • Fearlessly pasteurize and culture your milk.
  • Know the science behind SAFE dairy making so you can confidently serve your friends and family great items from your kitchen.
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Wild Milk Workshop

Learn the old-fashioned way to make great dairy products without the store bought supplies!

Cultured dairy has been around for thousands and thousands of years! This ancient and almost forgotten skill is one that intimidated me for far longer than I'd like to admit...

But when I think about how many generations of my great grandmothers were doing this in their homes, I decided if they could do it, I can do it! Which means you can do it too!

You will quickly be creating your very own probiotic and enzyme-rich, fermented dairy products, like wild yogurt, sour cream and even soft cheeses - all with only raw milk!

Everything You Need To Master Culturing your Own Dairy at Home

  • Learn the fundamentals of fermenting milk (and how to do it safely)
  • How to tell if your milk (or clabber) has gone bad 
  • In-depth instructions for making:
    • Cottage Cheese
    • Yogurt
    • Sour Cream
    • Fresh Cheese
  • Answers to common clabber problems and questions homesteaders run into
  • Fill your fridge with healthy, flavorful dairy products for quick and easy use.
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MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Carolyn Thomas

 

I’m Carolyn Thomas! My husband, Josh, and I live on 40 acres in Idaho where we grow, preserve, and prepare most of our own food and dairy products right on our property. 

But I didn’t always know what I was doing with dairy. I remember making yogurt for the first time... and I remember scrubbing that charred pot for what seemed like hours and hours afterwards.   

I had no idea how easy (and mess free) it should have been, because I didn’t know other people who actually made their own yogurt.

Knowing what I know now, I am able to make all of the dairy products my family needs for a fraction of the price of store-bought with only a few hours of work a week!

I want you to have the same confidence that you can make wonderful and healthy dairy products EASILY in your own home.  

So, I created these classes that I wish that someone had given me when I was a young mom trying to make healthy dairy for my family... that way you can fill your home with dairy delights, simply and practically (and without all the trial and error that I had)!

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Carolyn Thomas


I’m Carolyn Thomas! My husband, Josh, and I live on 40 acres in Idaho with our 11 kids where we grow, preserve, and prepare most of our own food right on our property.

As a young mom with a quickly growing family and a desire to feed them healthy, whole foods (even on a tight budget) I knew very quickly that we were going to have to figure out how to grow and prepare it ourselves…good food was just too expensive!

Freeze drying has quickly become my go-to preservation method in my homestead kitchen to fill my pantry shelves with our family favorites. I went from spending hours sweating over a hot pressure canner to cutting my preservation time in half and bringing nutritious meals to the table in minutes!

When I started freeze drying a few years ago, there was little to no information on the topic, and there was certainly nobody I knew that was using freeze drying in a practical, everyday way.

That’s why I created this class! You can skip right past the lessons I learned the hard way through messy mistakes and wasted food and get right into confidently creating shelf-stable meals, snacks and kitchen staples!

Success Stories

“I don't have access to raw dairy but l'm finding success with store bought milk and cultured buttermilk as my starter. I've thoroughly enjoyed the learning process of culturing dairy..,I have never heard of cultured butter; but now l'm making it!" - Colleen B.

"This cheese didn't require a lot of babysitting or fussing which meant I could get other things done at the same time. Feta goes quickly in my house and now that I know how to make it what a blessing! ...Thank you for helping me learn the skills to provide healthy and delicious dairy items for my family." - Char U.

Want it all?

Become a Homestead Kitchen Member!

I remember crying with my husband after ruining my hundredth batch of bread, thinking, “I’m done. I can’t keep doing this!” So many times during those early years as a homesteader I wanted to quit. I never want anyone else to feel that way. Enter the Homestead Kitchen Membership! I’ve committed my career to prevent you from experiencing the same overwhelm I did.

We’ve created easy-to-follow processes, courses, and a community to help you make fewer mistakes and more progress so you can enjoy fresh foods with your family, a healthier life and the peace of mind that only comes from the freedom of homesteading! Here's what you get as a Homestead Kitchen Member:

  • WEEKLY, live support from Carolyn, Josh and other homesteading experts! Almost every week, one of us will sit down with our morning cuppa to connect with you over a virtual call and answer your questions LIVE! 
  • A community of other like-minded homesteaders on the same learning path.
  • Our monthly Homestead Kitchen magazine (delivered digitally to everyone and all US customers' mailboxes!)
  • Guided challenges to hone your skills alongside fellow homesteaders.
  • Access to all of our masterclasses (yes...ALL of them!)
    • The Abundant Pantry: Canning ($199)
    • The Abundant Pantry: Freeze Drying ($199)
    • The Art of Homemade Bread ($199)
    • Herbal Medicine Cabinet: COLDS and FLUS ($199)
    • Practical, Homemade Dairy ($199)
    • Household Management ($99)
    • Fearless Fermenting ($79)
    • Herbal Oils & Salves ($39)
    • Preserving Eggs ($39)
    • Wild Milk ($79)
    • Baking with Home-Milled Flour ($39)
    • Permaculture for Your Homestead ($19)
    • And MORE, including homemade soap making, exclusive member-only video content, extra downloads and any new releases or updated content.
  • Plus exclusive discounts on our favorite homesteading supplies, early access to product launches, and a member's only behind-the-scenes weekly newsletter.
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