Please note that this giveaway has ended. Congratulations to “Kristin B,” whose comment was randomly chosen as winner!
Today is day seven, the very last day of Giveaway Week and I am giving away a copy of Home Dairy With Ashley English: All You Need to Know to Make Cheese, Yogurt, Butter & More.
You probably know that I am very much a make it from scratch kind of womyn gal, but I have yet to make the leap to my own dairy products, (although I have been wanting to try The Frugal Girl’s yogurt recipe.) And if Ashley English’s books on Canning, Keeping Chickens and Keeping Bees are any indication, this book is going to be filled with both information and inspiration.
To enter to win this book, write something in the comments section about why you want to win this book.
I will randomly choose a winner this Tuesday, March 29 at 9:00 P.M., west coast time.
Click HERE to enter Monday’s giveaway of Annie Leonard’s The Story of Stuff.
Click HERE to enter Tuesday’s giveaway of Dave Wann’s The New Normal: An Agenda for Responsible Living.
Click HERE to enter Wednesday’s giveaway of Natalie McNeal’s The Frugalista Files: How One Woman Got Out of Debt Without Giving Up the Fabulous Life.
Click HERE to enter Thursday’s giveaway of Gretchen Rubin’s The Happiness Project: Or, Why I Spent a Year Trying to Sing in the Morning, Clean my Closets, Fight Right, Read Aristotle, and Generally Have More Fun.
Click HERE to enter Friday’s giveaway of Homemade Living: Keeping Bees with Ashley English: All You Need to Know to Tend Hives, Harvest Honey and More.
Click HERE to enter Saturday’s giveaway of Maya Frost’s The New Global Student: Skip the SAT, Save Thousands on Tuition and Get a Truly International Education.
Katy Wolk-Stanley
“Use it up, wear it out, make it do or do without”
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I would love to share it with a friend. We both are working on getting away from processed food. I am not sure how ambitious we really would be in making our own dairy products but I know it will be an inspirational read. Thank you for so many opportunites this week.
Love your efforts at helping the rest of us to learn how to live responsibly and supporting other writers with that same mindset at the same time! Would love to know how to make more of our own dairy products.
Thanks!
Oooh, I’d like to have this book! I do make yogurt and I know how to make butter, but cheese is not something I’ve tried so far.
Ohhhhhhh . . . I would love to have this book. I want to learnt to make more at stuff at home!
Ohhhhhhh . . . I would love to have this book. I want to learnt to make more at stuff at home!
I have been REALLY wanting to make my own yogurt and cheese, but I never ever buy milk, so it requires a special trip to the store whenever I have the urge, and I never make that special trip. This would really get me going!
I have a cheese obsession. If I make my own, I may save some $$$!
Ooh! This would be awesome to have. I’ve been making yogurt for a while now but would love to give cheese and butter and other dairy a try.
I would like to try making yogurt. It must be much healthier and cheaper than store bought, as well as more environmentally friendly.
My family has started purchasing milk from a local dairy recently. We enjoy drinking fresh milk and a request has been made by my children to make fresh yogurt and cheese. I want my children to help with this process and I think Ashley’s dairy book would be a great educational resource for this life skill project.
I would love to try making more on my own (we do make yougurt) as we are trying to get away from processed products as much as possible, step by step.
I also make many, many things from scratch, but have been too intimidated by dairy products (apart from creme fraiche). Would love to win this book!
I’ve become addicted to Greek yogurt in the last few years. I’d love to be able to make it at home!
Just last night I made some butter. I make yogurt weekly. I cook with the buttermilk. However, I have yet to branch out into actual cheese.
I’m sort of new to this whole frugal thing but dairy is a big part of my family’s diet and I would love to try my hand at making yogurt, butter and especially cheese! (I did make butter once in elementary school, when we all passed around a bottle full of cream shaking it all day until it turned solid. Pretty cool!) I have a fantasy about moving to the country and becoming a cheesemaker, so this might very well be the first step on my path to realizing my dream!
I would like to win to learn how to make fresh mozzarella (is it in the book? I hope so). Also, I don’t like the anti-fungal additives a lot of packaged cheese contains.
I’m a big fan of this author and would love to have this book!!! I’m also going to ask my library to buy a copy!
Ooh, I would love to have this book! I make yogurt on a regular basis and butter is on my list of things to try. I’ve found most cheese-making tutorials to be overwhelming, but I know Ashley’s style is pretty laidback, so I think this would be a great resource.
Because my partner is a cheese addict. 🙂
To be less silly, because I love trying to make as much as I can at home, but the dairy recipes in larger recipe collections always seem to be missing some pertinent bit of information. Also, because I think I may have finally found a good source for the milk.
I was just looking into making yogurt yesterday! I saw it on a crockpot website. It doesn’t sound like the slow cooker way is the best but I am dying to try it. The cost comparison to store bought yogurt is unreal!
i make a lot of things scratch myself but dairy products have been tricky. even finding sources for local organic milk is sometimes a challenge but it’s definitely a change i’d like to make & this would be super helpful.
I’ve semi successfully made yogurt using the Frugal Girl’s recipe (it’s never smooth & creamy but it tastes good). I’m curious about homemade cheese, since cheese is one of my favourite foods.
(disclaimer:I live in Canafa, not sure if I qualify for your giveaway)
What a great book! Love to win and share the dairy-making experiences with my daughter this summer!
Well, The Frugal Girl’s gotten me going on yogurt, and now I just want to tackle more dairy. I told my son the other day that we could maybe try to make homemade kefir and his eyes just lit up, so this book would be a great help!
One day I’d like to own a family cow – have a small farm. This would help me get ready for that long-term life plan, since a single cow can produce a staggering amount of milk each week!
Heck yes, how to make your own cheese?! I’ve tried out Kristen’s yogurt, and would looooove to make my own cheese and butter.
I’ve been trying to make even more of my own food (and live more sustainably in general), so I’d love to have a copy of this book. I was actually planning on trying yogurt soon, so this would be absolutely perfect!
Oooh, I’ve been waiting for this one to come up. I already make my own yogurt and I know at least one person who has made cheese at home. I really want to try it myself.
Because my husband would like to have me try it (he’s the real cheesehead around here), because I’d like to try it, because Ashley English’s books all sound great, and because it’s been super-generous of you to do all these book offers this week. Thanks!
I need to add more “homemade” to my repertoire. Yes, bread and jam are good things, so are pickles. But cheese? Yes please.
I LOVE Ashley English’s books. I already make my own yogurt, but haven’t delved into cheese and butter yet. I’d really appreciate this book as I know the information will be great!
I am really trying to get away from processed foods and make more things from scratch. I would really like to try my hand at making cheese and thought this book would be a great place to start.
We live in the city, but have a decent size yard for being city-folk.
We just built a chicken coop, and are about to get our city-limit of 3 chickens. We also have a next door neighbor (with a lot more land) who is grandfathered in to being allowed “livestock”. Being in the city, we COULD have up to three pigmy goats without a permit, but we just reached an agreement with the neighbor next door to house a goat or two for us with their goats and sheep.
This book would be an excellent resource for us new goat owners. (My wife grew up on a farm, but hasn’t been a farmer in a long time, so any help is good help.)
I just found your blog from the Happiness Project interview. I did make some basic cream cheese several months ago and I would love this book by Ashley English.
How would lov to win this book! It would fit in so well with my love of The Little House Books and my desire to be more like them.
I would love to win this book and be inspired to make my own cheese, butter and yogurt. Yummy!
You had me at butter! I’ve been waiting all week to enter to win this book. I’m starting to like yogurt, but my baby daughter loves it so I’d love to make it at home like the rest of her food. And I want to try to make my own butter. This book looks AWESOME!
I just added sheep to my little homestead, and in preparation for having milk, I’d love to win this book to start learning more about making dairy products at home.
Would love to learn how to make yogurt — so much creamier!
Oh yay! I am a self admitted cheese addict and this would be a fabulous start to making my own!
I really, really want to try and make yogurt. And eventually cheese.
If I had this book, maybe my yogurt wouldn’t always turn out so grainy. That would be good.
Oh! Would love to read this book, as I love yogurt, cheese AND butter. Obv. it was meant to be!
I’ve made my own yogurt but would like to be able to do more – try different recipes and maybe even make yogurt cheese.
I would like to win this book to add to the *Homesteading* collection I lend out to like-minded souls! My books seemed to have just set on a shelf only being used by me for years… until just the last year or so…no EVERYONE seems to want to *borrow* my *backyard* farming books!
Oh, I would love to win a copy of this. Thank you for your generosity.
I would love to win this book because I tried to make yogurt once, and it was a dismal, runny failure. And Ashley is so brilliant, I feel like her book would help me be able to do it right.
I would love to learn to make my own cheeses and yogurt, without additives and with healthy non chemical laden local milk… this contributes to sustainable living and (for me) keeping kosher 🙂 would get used!!!!
I know a lady who keeps goats and makes her own cheeses and yogurt from their milk…I can’t have goats so maybe this would help with other solutions lol!
I live in a land of cheesemakers – Vermont. Great dairy is abundant and while I will still want to support them by buying their specialties for a treat I would love to make some of the everyday dairy products I use myself.
When I saw this, I immediately thought of my mom, who raised us with fresh dairy milk and good organic vegetables from our garden and sometimes the store. I would love to give it to her–she already makes her own yogurt sometimes but to give her other good ideas would be great! It would be used, I promise!
Like many others, I make yogurt, but would love to branch out…
I tried to make butter once many years ago but I thought I was doing it wrong. I would love to know how to make different butters. I would adore knowing how to make my own cheese! That is a favorite thing in my house and it would be great to know exactly what we are eating.
Thanks for offering these giveaways!
We buy our cream and milk from a local, organic dairy farmer, and if I could learn to expand my usage of his dairy products into making other items, I would be thrilled!
I’m lactose intolerant but love dairy, especially yogurt, so I’d like to try to make lactose-free versions.
I actually have this book from the library. My husband and I are known throughout both of our families as “people who eat a lot of cheese.” I would like to take this moment to reassure our loved ones that we have had our cholesterol checked and both of us have excellent numbers so we are perfect candidates for eating even more cheese and other tasty dairy products. We plan on getting goats as soon as our living situation permits it (goats seem like thy would be a little more manageable than cows).
Oh please, please, please!
I recently began a restricted diet and so I can’t eat most store bought yogurt and most aged cheeses. So I’ve really wanted to learn how to make mozarella/ricotta things like that on my own. I’ve tried to make yogurt a few times before and did OK, but I think that it would be better for me than the store bought stuff.
If I don’t win, I’m definitely going to see if I can this book at the library!
As my husband embraces frugality more, it has given me the motivation to look for other ways to live life more simply. I’ve started cooking at home and making things from scratch A LOT more than I ever used to, and what I’ve found is that we enjoy the food more, feel better health wise, and know we are saving money. I would LOVE the chance to delve into the world of making your own dairy products. I used to be afraid to try new things, but after a few failed attempts in the kitchen, I quickly got over that. I won’t learn if I never try! 🙂
My husband has been extremely ill the last two years, and we have been trying everything possible to help him get well. My husband had never had more than a cold, and the doctors are baffled as much as we are. We were eating a healthy diet and doing all the right things before, but now we are having to become even more selective in our food choices. I have started making/doing everything from scratch. I have never even heard of this book or author before. I now have it on my wish list.
Thank you for a GREAT blog. I am learning so much on my journey for improved health/life.
Something that really helped me was reiki. Get initiated, both of u and practice it as much as possible. Reiki taught me to be grateful most of the time for many, many things.
Also laughter heals: deliberately get/borrow funny movies, joke books, cartoons and ask friends to make u smile.
Meditation too is wonderful.
I’ve had my eye on this book! Love love love Ashley English! Can’t wait to read this latest one from her.
Would LOVE to get this book! I really enjoy creating in the kitchen and I never would have thought to go the dairy route. What fun things to try out with my kiddos!! 🙂
I would love to learn how to make yogurt
This would be a great reference book! I love reading Ashley’s blog and I would love to learn how to make dairy products.
Awesome! We have a cow share where we receive raw milk monthly so this would be a perfect book to have!
Oh my my my! I was so excited when I saw today’s giveaway! I’ve dabbled in yogurt and cheese making, but there’s so much more I want to learn! I would love to win today’s book 🙂
My little brother (love to call him that tho’ he happens to be 6’3″) would LOVE this book, so if I won, I’d be gifting it to him. And who knows, he just might be so inclined now and then to gift me with the fruits of his labors!
I’ve made yogurt in a Crock Pot lots of times and I love it. I would love to try other things like cheese (my favorite).
My husband makes The Frugal Girl’s yogurt and I bought a cheese cloth but I’m not exactly sure what to do with it:). This book would be great to win. Thank you for giving us newbies lots of books to look into
I make our yogurt, but wow would I love to do more!
I’m on the waiting list for this book at the local library – would love a copy of my own!
Making your own yogurt and cheese sounds like so much fun! I would love to learn how.
I really really want to learn how to make yogurt!
Some of my friends are starting into their own yogurt and cheese making adventures. I’d love to join them! 🙂 Pick me!
Cheese, the most magical of foods. This giveaway coincides with my very first glimmering hope of making my own cheese. Just last week I saw a recipe for mozzarella and thought,”I can make my own cheese?!” I gasped, having never had this thought before and realized I needed this book to send me on my way to a new career as an artisan cheesesmith (am I getting ahead of myself?).
I have a canning book by Ashley and LOVE IT! I would love to get this book and make my own dairy too!
We eat a ton of yogurt. I am ready to learn how to make my own!
I’ve always wanted to know more about making yogurt and making cheese would be an awesome new adventure!
I’d love to have this book ! So far I have made some yogurt but I’d love to step up to cheese and other dairy projects …thanks for the giveaway !
I too have tried my hand living a homemade life. Most recently I’ve become obsessed with canning (Thanks to Ashley’s other book!). My pantry is now full of orange marmalade! I have yet to attempt my own cheese and yogurt and am itching to do so. Home Dairy would be a great kick to get me going!
Thanks for the giveaway!!
I would really love to have cows but in the meantime, making our own yogurt is one of our favorites. I have cheese on my list for this year and I love her books!
this is something i’ve always wanted to try. i’m also a diy gal, but i’ve yet to really put that to use in the kitchen!
Because we WILL have a cow! And not in the Bart Simpson way, though perhaps having a cow would cause that too… Someday, we will have a family cow and I intend to be prepared when that day comes…
Great giveaway, thanks!
This would be an AWESOME book. I have been blessed to grow up with a grandmother and mother who taught me to garden and preserve the abundance. I make my own yogurt and have made butter…but would really love a milk cow for Christmas:) What a wonderful giveaway!
LOVE dairy and LOVE ashley and her website! i’ve never made cheese and want to make my own ricotta for my famous blueberry ricotta pancakes 🙂
I love AE’s Canning and Preserving book and am definitely curious about this Dairy one.
I love cheese!!!
I LOVE CHEESE! and i’ve been working up the courage to try making some fresh mozzarella… this book would sure be helpful!
Love to make yogurt, and DYING to try cheese. I’m slowly replacing as much of my family’s food as possible with homegrown/local foods, and this book would help!
I want to make yogurt because I’m tired of buying and disposing of so many yogurt containers! That and I love her writing style. 🙂
I make my own yoghurt and cottage cheese sometime…would love to try other stuff…count me in for the drawing
I’m loving learning from this author – I’m getting chickens – she just has so much info!
Blessings to you,
Lana @ ilovemy5kids
I would love to win this book because I have heard great reviews and really want to make cheese.