Hello beautiful people,

We are doing well here on the homestead. Hope you are as well. Not much going on here. I’m enjoying a little down time. Winter (well almost winter) is the time to catch up on things that have been put on the back burner. Specifically, I’m going to start making broth and canning it. I use a lot of it in stews. Broth is a great nutrient dense food.

Scott is out today (and yesterday and the day before and the day before . . . ) repairing fence and gathering wood. We’ve finally cranked up the wood stove. We will be using much less central heat. The electric bill will temporarily go down. Yay. 

Our new heifer is doing great. All of the cows are doing well. The ram got to go visit the ewes. He started to work immediately. Literally, within 3 minutes. I’ve calculated that our first lamb is due on May 6th 2020. We may have as many as 14 new lambs next year. I am using a significant portion of our protein resources to help feed the homeless. One of our church ministries is supporting an overflow homeless shelter during the winter months. I will be providing an evening meal for up to 30 homeless women at least 2, and up to 4 times, per month from now until the end of March 2020. It is a fantastic way for us to give back to the world.  

Our herd shares are sold out, but please get on our mailing list. I will have more available in the spring.

Please go HERE to learn all about Herd Shares and get on our waiting list.

We are out of fresh milk and yogurt. We have lots of cheese and look forward to serving your cheese needs throughout the next 4 months until we once again have fresh milk and fresh milk products. Our farmhouse cheddar past the taste test and lots of you really like it. It’s still pretty mild and will only get better with time. We still have Peaceful Heart Gold and Ararat Legend as well as that very popular Pinnacle available for herd share owners.   

As a reminder, those of you that shop the Independence Farmer’s Market can still place your orders for lamb, beef and goat via the online market. Here is a link to the online store. Register for an account, place your order online and pick it up on Wednesday afternoon at Grayson Landscaping (next to the old court house). Email me if you don’t see what you are looking for and place your order now for holiday “leg of lamb.” Now taking pre-orders via email. 

News This Week

• Products Available This Week
• Let’s Get Together
• This week’s FarmCast: “Popular Cheeses” Lots of good information on many cheeses. Types covered are hard, semi-hard, semi-soft and soft (fresh and ripened).
• FREE Cheese tasting downloads
• Most Recent Recipes – Queso Fresco was added.

Products Available to Herd Share Owners

Products Available to the General Public

Let’s Get Together

As always, we’d love to meet you in person.  This week is the second Christmas market,  December 14th. Hours are 10 am to 2 pm for this great market day. Then we continue twice monthly through the winter.  The Winter Market hours are 10 am to noon on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month – Now through April. 

As always, you may visit us at our dairy farm in Claudville, Virginia Tuesdays from 10 am to 12 noon and Saturday afternoons from 3 pm to 5 pm. Find out how we raise our animals and why you will love the taste of tradition that is inherent in all of our products. Herd share holders will be able to see up close how their cows are cared for and where the cheese is made and stored. 

Peaceful Heart FarmCast

 This week’s podcast, Popular Cheeses, provides some great information about all kinds of cheeses. Cheese types include: Hard, semi-hard, semi-soft, soft (fresh and ripened). There is too much to do more than a brief overview. If you want more, see my podcasts The Taste of Cheese and The Basics of Cheesemaking. 

Listen to “Popular Cheeses” here.

Free Downloads

I want to follow up on a previous FarmCast, The Taste of Cheese where I talked about developing your expertise with using descriptive words. The FREE downloads of Classifying Cheese by Type and Category and Expand Your Cheese Vocabulary are still available at our website. Please stop by and get your FREE resources. 

You can LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE. Or, if you have an Alexa device, just say: “Alexa, play podcast Peaceful Heart FarmCast.”

And don’t miss an episode! Subscribe to the Peaceful Heart Farm podcast on Apple Podcasts, Android, TuneIn, Stitcher or Spotify

Recent Recipes

Click the links and check them out. All of my recipes are printable.

Queso Fresco: Want to make queso fresco at home? Here is an easy recipe to make this homemade cheese that is a popular topping for tacos, nachos, enchiladas and tostadas. Many Latin foods use this ingredient and it is so easy.

Crème Fraîche: Crème fraîche is similar to sour cream. While sour cream and crème fraîche are both used to add richness and tangy flavor, they are not the same thing. And is it worth taking the extra time to make your own crème fraîche? I’m going to say absolutely, yes, depending on the use.

Vanilla Cream Cheesecake Fat Bombs: A word of caution to anyone not living the keto lifestyle. If you are primarily burning carbohydrates and just add a lot fat such as in these luscious fat bombs, you will not induce ketosis and you will likely put on weight. There is a science to it. Ketosis first, then fat bombs for fun.

These delicious vanilla cheesecake fat bombs are high on taste and will give you a long-lasting boost of energy. They are deliciously creamy and taste just like cheesecake.

Lamb Chops with Balsamic Reduction Sauce: This recipe for lamb chops is a favorite on our homestead. The title sound fancy but it is an easy and quick recipe for two people (we eat two chops each). Rosemary, basil and thyme give it great flavor.

Hello beautiful people,

And it’s December. Winter is coming. Couldn’t help it. Had to say it.

Scott has finished with the creamery walls. He is now on to other tasks such as fence repairs and gathering wood for the stove we use for heating in the winter. We’ve been using the central heat and it’s time to reduce the load on the electricity we use. 

I’m so excited to report that we have a newborn calf and it is a heifer. She is, of course, very beautiful. We are so excited to have a new heifer on the farm. We were beginning to wonder if we were ever going to get one. That worry will be taken care of in the next breeding cycle. We have finally reached an agreement with a semen supplier. There are two bulls that are certified A2A2 genetics that we will be using. Additionally, we will be using sexed semen. No more boys. Only girls. Who knows what we will get in April this year, but in April next year it will be all girls.  

Our herd shares are sold out, but please get on our mailing list. I will have more available in the spring.

Please go HERE to learn all about Herd Shares and get on our waiting list.

We are out of fresh milk and yogurt. We have lots of cheese and look forward to serving your cheese needs throughout the next 4 months until we once again have fresh milk and fresh milk products. Our farmhouse cheddar past the taste test and lots of you really like it. It’s still pretty mild and will only get better with time. We still have Peaceful Heart Gold and Ararat Legend as well as that very popular Pinnacle available for herd share owners.   

As a reminder, those of you that shop the Independence Farmer’s Market can still place your orders for lamb, beef and goat via the online market. Here is a link to the online store. Register for an account, place your order online and pick it up on Wednesday afternoon at Grayson Landscaping (next to the old court house). Email me if you don’t see what you are looking for and place your order now for holiday “leg of lamb.” Now taking pre-orders via email. 

News This Week

• Products Available This Week
• Let’s Get Together
• This week’s FarmCast: “Popular Cheeses” Lots of good information on many cheeses. Types covered are hard, semi-hard, semi-soft and soft (fresh and ripened).
• FREE Cheese tasting downloads
• Most Recent Recipes – Queso Fresco was added.

Products Available to Herd Share Owners

Products Available to the General Public

Let’s

As always, we’d love to meet you in person.  This week is additional Christmas market at Wytheville. The second Christmas market is on December 14th. Now we continue twice monthly through the winter.  The Winter Market hours are 10 am to noon on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month – Now through April. 

As always, you may visit us at our dairy farm in Claudville, Virginia Tuesdays from 10 am to 12 noon and Saturday afternoons from 3 pm to 5 pm. Find out how we raise our animals and why you will love the taste of tradition that is inherent in all of our products. Herd share holders will be able to see up close how their cows are cared for and where the cheese is made and stored. 

Peaceful Heart FarmCast

 This week’s podcast, Popular Cheeses, provides some great information about all kinds of cheeses. Cheese types include: Hard, semi-hard, semi-soft, soft (fresh and ripened). There is too much to do more than a brief overview. If you want more, see my podcasts The Taste of Cheese and The Basics of Cheesemaking. 

Listen to “Popular Cheeses” here.

Free Downloads

I want to follow up on a previous FarmCast, The Taste of Cheese where I talked about developing your expertise with using descriptive words. The FREE downloads of Classifying Cheese by Type and Category and Expand Your Cheese Vocabulary are still available at our website. Please stop by and get your FREE resources. 

You can LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE. Or, if you have an Alexa device, just say: “Alexa, play podcast Peaceful Heart FarmCast.”

And don’t miss an episode! Subscribe to the Peaceful Heart Farm podcast on Apple Podcasts, Android, TuneIn, Stitcher or Spotify

Recent Recipes

Click the links and check them out. All of my recipes are printable.

Queso Fresco: Want to make queso fresco at home? Here is an easy recipe to make this homemade cheese that is a popular topping for tacos, nachos, enchiladas and tostadas. Many Latin foods use this ingredient and it is so easy.

Crème Fraîche: Crème fraîche is similar to sour cream. While sour cream and crème fraîche are both used to add richness and tangy flavor, they are not the same thing. And is it worth taking the extra time to make your own crème fraîche? I’m going to say absolutely, yes, depending on the use.

Vanilla Cream Cheesecake Fat Bombs: A word of caution to anyone not living the keto lifestyle. If you are primarily burning carbohydrates and just add a lot fat such as in these luscious fat bombs, you will not induce ketosis and you will likely put on weight. There is a science to it. Ketosis first, then fat bombs for fun.

These delicious vanilla cheesecake fat bombs are high on taste and will give you a long-lasting boost of energy. They are deliciously creamy and taste just like cheesecake.

Lamb Chops with Balsamic Reduction Sauce: This recipe for lamb chops is a favorite on our homestead. The title sound fancy but it is an easy and quick recipe for two people (we eat two chops each). Rosemary, basil and thyme give it great flavor.

Hello beautiful people,

It seems as though we skipped from summer to winter with only a few days of fall in between. Oh well, perhaps it will be warmer in December. Sometimes it is.

Scott is nearly finished with the creamery walls. He will be putting the final touches on in the next couple of days. Then, it’s off to the pastures for fence repairs. That will keep the animals safely enclosed throughout their winter grazing. 

I’m so excited about the impending arrival of a newborn calf. Even though she wasn’t planned, life is precious to us and we will welcome this calf with open arms. We will figure out what to do with her. I’m sure it’s going to be a heifer. Ok, I’m not really sure. We don’t do ultrasounds to determine the sex of our calves, but it still feels great to say out loud what I want.  

Please go HERE to learn all about Herd Shares and get on our waiting list.

Many of you have been enjoying our Pinnacle cheese. This week I have our farmhouse cheddar ready for tasting. It’s called Clau d’ville Cheddar. We still have Peaceful Heart Gold and Ararat Legend as well as that very popular Pinnacle available for herd share owners. You can also get yogurt just one last time until spring.  

There is a special Independence Farmer’s market on November 29th. I will be there with lamb, beef, and goat. And as a reminder you can still place your orders for lamb, beef and goat via the online market. Here is a link to the online store. Register for an account, place your order online and pick it up on Wednesday afternoon at Grayson Landscaping (next to the old court house). Email me if you don’t see what you are looking for and place your order now for holiday “leg of lamb.” Now taking pre-orders via email. 

News This Week

• Products Available This Week
• Let’s Get Together
• This week’s FarmCast: “From Raw Milk to Ultra-Pasteurized Milk – and everything in between” This is a basic educational podcast regarding all kinds of milk and milk products.
• FREE Cheese tasting downloads
• Most Recent Recipes – Crème Fraîche was added.

Products Available to Herd Share Owners

Products Available to the General Public

Let’s Get Together

As always, we’d love to meet you in person.  This week is the first Christmas market at Wytheville. As mentioned above, market hours are extended to 2 pm this week. There is also an additional market in December 7th and then the second Christmas market on December 14th. In December we continue twice monthly through the winter.  The Winter Market hours are 10 am to noon (with a few exceptions as noted) on the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month – November through April. 

As always, you may visit us at our dairy farm in Claudville, Virginia Tuesdays from 10 am to 12 noon and Saturday afternoons from 3 pm to 5 pm. Find out how we raise our animals and why you will love the taste of tradition that is inherent in all of our products. Herd share holders will be able to see up close how their cows are cared for and where the cheese is made and stored. 

Peaceful Heart FarmCast

This week’s podcast, From Raw Milk to Ultra-pasteurized Milk – and everything in between, provides some great information about all kinds of milk. Topics include: Milk, milk processing, milk products, cream products, other milks, and cultured milk.

Listen to “From Raw Milk to Ultra-Pasteurized Milk” here.

Free Downloads

I want to follow up on a previous FarmCast, The Taste of Cheese where I talked about developing your expertise with using descriptive words. The FREE downloads of Classifying Cheese by Type and Category and Expand Your Cheese Vocabulary are still available at our website. Please stop by and get your FREE resources. 

You can LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE. Or, if you have an Alexa device, just say: “Alexa, play podcast Peaceful Heart FarmCast.”

And don’t miss an episode! Subscribe to the Peaceful Heart Farm podcast on Apple Podcasts, Android, TuneIn, Stitcher or Spotify

Recent Recipes

Click the links and check them out. All of my recipes are printable.

Crème Fraîche: Crème fraîche is similar to sour cream. While sour cream and crème fraîche are both used to add richness and tangy flavor, they are not the same thing. And is it worth taking the extra time to make your own crème fraîche? I’m going to say absolutely, yes, depending on the use.

Vanilla Cream Cheesecake Fat Bombs: A word of caution to anyone not living the keto lifestyle. If you are primarily burning carbohydrates and just add a lot fat such as in these luscious fat bombs, you will not induce ketosis and you will likely put on weight. There is a science to it. Ketosis first, then fat bombs for fun.

These delicious vanilla cheesecake fat bombs are high on taste and will give you a long-lasting boost of energy. They are deliciously creamy and taste just like cheesecake.

Lamb Chops with Balsamic Reduction Sauce: This recipe for lamb chops is a favorite on our homestead. The title sound fancy but it is an easy and quick recipe for two people (we eat two chops each). Rosemary, basil and thyme give it great flavor.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Shake: There are tons of protein shake recipes out there, but if you love that chocolate and peanut butter combo, a chocolate peanut butter protein shake is a great way to curb the craving without reaching for the cookies or peanut butter cups. This chocolate peanut butter protein shake can be whipped up in your blender or smoothie maker in no time. It is packed with protein to keep you full, satisfied, and healthy.

It is peak leaf season. Well perhaps a little past that. The leaves are on the ground but last week was absolutely beautiful. There is no better time of year in the Blue Ridge mountains. 

Scott continues to get the creamery walls up. He is 2/3 of the way up the last walls. There is not much more going on here. It is wonderful to begin winding down for the winter. We go 90 miles an hour beginning in late March and keep it up through the end of October. I am truly greatful for the break. Not a complete break. We still care for all of the animals year round. We also care for the cheese year round in the aging chambers. The garden is done — mostly. There is still some cleanup to be completed. Milking is winding down.

I hope you days are as wonderful as ours and your life is moving along smoothly. If you are interested in coming to the farm, please let us know. We’d love to give you a tour and let you see how we care for your animals. 

Please go HERE to learn all about Herd Shares

I hope you enjoyed our Pinnacle cheese. We will have more of that available for herd share members along with Ararat Legend and Peaceful Heart Gold. Yogurt will be available via herd share all the way through November.  

This is a reminder that the outdoor farmer’s market at Independence is done for the season but you can still place your orders for lamb, beef and goat via the online market. Here is a link to the online store. Register for an account, place your order online and pick it up on Wednesday afternoon at Grayson Landscaping (next to the old court house). Email me if you don’t see what you are looking for and place your order now for holiday “leg of lamb.” Now taking pre-orders via email. 

News This Week

• Products Available This Week
• Let’s Get Together
• This week’s FarmCast: “Benefits of Raw Milk” It’s another frequently asked question.
• FREE Cheese tasting downloads
• Most Recent Recipes — Vanilla Cream Cheesecake Fat Bombs was added.

Products Available to Herd Share Owners

Products Available to the General Public

Let’s Get Together

As always, we’d love to meet you in person.  This week is the last weekly market at Wytheville. As mentioned above, market hours are extended to 3 pm this week. In November we continue twice monthly through the winter. The next Wytheville market day is Saturday November 9th. The Winter Market hours are 10 am to noon (with a few exceptions) and the 2nd and 4th Saturdays of the month – November through April. 

As always, you may visit us at our dairy farm in Claudville, Virginia Tuesdays from 10 am to 12 noon and Saturday afternoons from 3 pm to 5 pm. Find out how we raise our animals and why you will love the taste of tradition that is inherent in all of our products. Herd share holders will be able to see up close how their cows are cared for and where the cheese is made and stored. 

Peaceful Heart FarmCast

This week’s podcast provides some great information about the “Benefits of Raw Milk.” Topics include: Raw milk nutrition, lactose “tolerance,” general health benefits, flavor, community, environment, and ethics.

Listen to “Benefits of Raw Milk” here.

Free Downloads

I want to follow up on a previous FarmCast, The Taste of Cheese where I talked about developing your expertise with using descriptive words. The FREE downloads of Classifying Cheese by Type and Category and Expand Your Cheese Vocabulary are still available at our website. Please stop by and get your FREE resources. 

You can LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE. Or, if you have an Alexa device, just say: “Alexa, play podcast Peaceful Heart FarmCast.”

And don’t miss an episode! Subscribe to the Peaceful Heart Farm podcast on Apple Podcasts, Android, TuneIn, Stitcher or Spotify

Recent Recipes

Click the links and check them out. All of my recipes are printable.

Vanilla Cream Cheesecake Fat Bombs:A word of caution to anyone not living the keto lifestyle. If you are primarily burning carbohydrates and just add a lot fat such as in these luscious fat bombs, you will not induce ketosis and you will likely put on weight. There is a science to it. Ketosis first, then fat bombs for fun.

These delicious vanilla cheesecake fat bombs are high on taste and will give you a long-lasting boost of energy. They are deliciously creamy and taste just like cheesecake.

Lamb Chops with Balsamic Reduction Sauce: This recipe for lamb chops is a favorite on our homestead. The title sound fancy but it is an easy and quick recipe for two people (we eat two chops each). Rosemary, basil and thyme give it great flavor.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Shake: There are tons of protein shake recipes out there, but if you love that chocolate and peanut butter combo, a chocolate peanut butter protein shake is a great way to curb the craving without reaching for the cookies or peanut butter cups. This chocolate peanut butter protein shake can be whipped up in your blender or smoothie maker in no time. It is packed with protein to keep you full, satisfied, and healthy.

Hot Buttered Rum: This is a rich and delicious beverage. It can be made with or without alcohol so everyone can enjoy it! This is as large recipe that makes 52 servings. No problem though. It is a mix that stores well in the freezer.

• Products Available This Week
• Let’s Get Together
• This week’s FarmCast: “Is Raw Milk Dangerous?” It’s a frequently asked question.
• FREE Cheese tasting downloads
• Most Recent Recipes — Lamb Chops with Balsamic Reduction was added.

Lamb Chops with Balsamic Reduction Sauce: This recipe for lamb chops is a favorite on our homestead. The title sound fancy but it is an easy and quick recipe for two people (we eat two chops each). Rosemary, basil and thyme give it great flavor.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Shake: There are tons of protein shake recipes out there, but if you love that chocolate and peanut butter combo, a chocolate peanut butter protein shake is a great way to curb the craving without reaching for the cookies or peanut butter cups. This chocolate peanut butter protein shake can be whipped up in your blender or smoothie maker in no time. It is packed with protein to keep you full, satisfied, and healthy.

Hot Buttered Rum: This is a rich and delicious beverage. It can be made with or without alcohol so everyone can enjoy it! This is as large recipe that makes 52 servings. No problem though. It is a mix that stores well in the freezer.

Ice Cream Base: When it’s warm outside, a cold refreshing dish of ice cream can really hit the spot. This is a basic ice cream recipe that can be used as a base for many different flavors. I’ve included a download link to the flavorings. This silky, luscious and very classic custard can be used as the base for any ice cream flavor you can dream up. These particular proportions of milk and cream to egg yolk will give you a thick but not sticky ice cream that feels decadent but not heavy. For something a little lighter, use more milk and less cream, as long as the dairy adds up to 3 cups. You can also cut down on egg yolks for a thinner base, but don’t go below three.

Hello beautiful people,

No calf yet. Still eagerly anticipating the blessed event. Cloud is a wonderful cow. She has easily worked into the milking routine. With only a few times of special urging, she now readily comes in, puts her head in the stanchion and eats her nutritional treats. She is the only cow we have that has never been milked. That will be her next training event but it must wait until she actually has milk.

Still very light on the number of quail eggs we are getting. Scott found this really cool setup while watching YouTube videos. It consists of a solar panel and a string of Christmas lights. According to the video he watched, it will be enough light for them to start laying eggs again. We shall see. The baby quail hatched. Not a very good return there. I think that the fertility has also diminished with the reduced light. Only 8 hatched and we lost one chick the first day. That makes 7 baby quail are in the brooder. They will stay there for a couple of weeks or until they have fully developed their feathers.  

On the cheese front we will have a new cheese for tasting. It is still very young, but we are going to open a wheel of Pinnacle. This is our alpine style cheese. It is most similar to Gruyere. We will continue to have Ararat Legend and Peaceful Heart Gold cheeses. I hope you herd share peeps are enjoying those.  

The farmer’s market at Independence is done for the season. But all is not lost there. Please check out the online store. I have ground goat (chev), ground beef, and ground lamb as well as various lamb cuts. Register for an account, place your order online and pick it up on Wednesday afternoon at Grayson Landscaping. Email me if you don’t see what you are looking for and place your order now for that holiday “leg of lamb.” Now taking pre-orders via email. 

I have one herd share that just became available. Please email me if you are interested. 

Please go HERE to learn all about Herd Shares

Download the jar cleaning protocol and FAQs.

News This Week

• Products Available to This Week
• This week’s FarmCast is “Home Make Whey Protein” It’s easy to make and so nutritious.
• Most Recent Recipes — Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Shake was added.

Products Available to Herd Share Owners

Products Available to the General Public

Let’s Get Together

As always, we’d love to meet you in person.  This week and next week are the last weekly markets at Wytheville. Then we continue twice monthly through the winter. The Winter Market hours are 10 am to noon. Come by and see me on Saturday.  

As always, you may visit us at our dairy farm in Claudville, Virginia Tuesdays from 10 am to 12 noon and Saturday afternoons from 3 pm to 5 pm. Find out how we raise our animals and why you will love the taste of tradition that is inherent in all of our products. Herd share holders will be able to see up close how their cows are cared for and where the cheese is made and stored. 

Peaceful Heart FarmCast

This week’s podcast is some really great information on “Home Made Whey Protein.” This nutritious liquid is not just for weightlifters. You can make it part of your daily routine. In this podcast I’m talking all about homemade whey protein. What it is, how it might benefit your health, and how you might use it. Whey protein is a traditional food that has sustained humanity since the milking of domesticated animals began about 9,000 bc.   

Listen to “Home Made Whey Protein” here.

Free Downloads

I want to follow up on a previous FarmCast, The Taste of Cheese where I talked about developing your expertise with using descriptive words. The FREE downloads of Classifying Cheese by Type and Category and Expand Your Cheese Vocabulary are still available at our website. Please stop by and get your FREE resources. 

You can LISTEN TO THE PODCAST HERE. Or, if you have an Alexa device, just say: “Alexa, play podcast Peaceful Heart FarmCast.”

And don’t miss an episode! Subscribe to the Peaceful Heart Farm podcast on Apple Podcasts, Android, TuneIn, Stitcher or Spotify

Recent Recipes

Click the links and check them out. All of my recipes are printable.

Chocolate Peanut Butter Protein Shake: There are tons of protein shake recipes out there, but if you love that chocolate and peanut butter combo, a chocolate peanut butter protein shake is a great way to curb the craving without reaching for the cookies or peanut butter cups. This chocolate peanut butter protein shake can be whipped up in your blender or smoothie maker in no time. It is packed with protein to keep you full, satisfied, and healthy.

Hot Buttered Rum: This is a rich and delicious beverage. It can be made with or without alcohol so everyone can enjoy it! This is as large recipe that makes 52 servings. No problem though. It is a mix that stores well in the freezer.

Ice Cream Base: When it’s warm outside, a cold refreshing dish of ice cream can really hit the spot. This is a basic ice cream recipe that can be used as a base for many different flavors. I’ve included a download link to the flavorings. This silky, luscious and very classic custard can be used as the base for any ice cream flavor you can dream up. These particular proportions of milk and cream to egg yolk will give you a thick but not sticky ice cream that feels decadent but not heavy. For something a little lighter, use more milk and less cream, as long as the dairy adds up to 3 cups. You can also cut down on egg yolks for a thinner base, but don’t go below three.

Bone Broth: This rich and nutritious drink and flavoring for soup, gravy or sauce is made with bones that have bits of meat still clinging unlike “stock”. It is also generally thinner than “stock”. Most people use the terms interchangeably. It has been made for centuries. Roasted bones will add flavor to the broth and will darken the color. Bone broth is now a popular health food. Try it?

This recipe includes fresh herbs for an added bit of flair.