Goat milk ricotta cheese

Here is a recipe I have shared before but it is worth sharing again because now is prime milking time after all the goats have had their babies and milk is in abundance

This recipe is so easy! I love it!

You need:
1gallon Goats milk
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar

Bring your milk to 175° on medium heat. You want to warm slowly so you don't burn the milk. Remove from heat, add vinegar and stir. You will see the milk start to separate. Strain milk thru cheese cloth or a cotton dish towel, a strainer will work too but you may lose some of your cheese.
Done!

Now season as you wish!
Italian seasoning
Raspberry chipotle sauce

Options are endless!
We love to season it and eat it on crackers or spaghetti!

Enjoy!

Baby goats

Sweet little baby goats came to our herd!

1 boy & 1 girl

Baby Nubian goats

New to the farmyard are two baby goats from our mama goat Bambi. 1 Doe and 1 Buckling. Beautiful moon spots and sporting 5 different colors in their coat.

play time

Playtime with puppies. So fun! 

Ok, line up for feeding time!

Ok everyone! Line up for feeding time!

Dairy Goat Baby Nubian Bucklings

Surprise!!!

The babies have arrived!

Sweet mama did such a great job with 3 babies! No wonder she looked so uncomfortable!!!!

Beautiful Moon Spots with lots of variations of color!

Nap time! 

Sweet little nubian baby bucklings that will snuggle up and fall asleep in your lap!
Awesome milk lines, beautiful moon spots and cute personalities! Complete package!
Bottle fed so ready to go home.

Goat milk vs Baby formula

If your familiar with Dr. Wallach's work then you know the desperately saddening fact for parents that have infants and toddlers. Infant formulas have close to no nutritional value for our children. As a matter of fact it has less minerals then Dog Food. There are 90 essential nutrients that our bodies need for optimal health, Dog food contains 40, rat food contains 28, and our baby formula has 12. That didn't hit me so hard till now that I have my son and my milk supply is going down so I was faced with fact that I needed to give him something else to help him grow. Let me tell you how good it feels to put your baby on something when you know your dog is better off.
So what other options do we have other then letting our kids play in the dog bowl? Cow milk? I hope not! Milk is perfect for the offspring is was created for. A momma cow makes milk for a baby cow that starts off at 100lbs and is designed to turn a 100lb calf into a 1,000lb cow. The protein content (among many other things) is off the charts compared to human milk.
Goats milk however is amazingly comparable to breast milk. Like humans, a baby goat starts off at about 7 to 8lb and grows to a 100- 150lb adult! The consistency and nutrition is so close to breast milk that I know that the Lord was thinking of mothers like me when he made it!



I have spent a lot of time on my knees and researching the best options for what I can give my son.
Here is the recipe for what I have found works the best.
4oz(1/2 c.) Goats Milk
2oz(1/4 c.) Distilled Water
2 tsp Brown rice syrup
1/2 tsp Coconut Oil
1/16 tsp Unsulphured blackstrap molasses

Heat up distilled water in a pan and then add it to a jar with the brown rice syrup, coconut oil and molasses. Stir well to combine. Then add the goats milk.

Here's a video of milking our goat straight into my sons bottle because he was crying and we didn't have the milk pan with us.

Raw Goats Milk!!

There are so many benefits to drinking goats milk and Raw goats milk is even better! For those that are lactose intolerant goat milk can be a great option as it has less lactose then cows milk and has a high probiotic content that helps aid digestion and assists the immune system in keeping us healthy. It's an Amazing alternative to breast milk as mentioned in the previous post, and has great nutritional value. You can put it in soap or other homemade natural products as well if you are looking for a softer option to what you can buy in the store!
Because of the high potassium content, goats milk is alkaline instead of acidic when digested by the body. Cow's milk is acidic and will make you build up mucus inside the body, which is why doctors say not to drink it if you are sick or have a productive cough.... but, goats milk is different and wont cause the same reactions.
There has been lots of research going into the benefits of goats milk! It is so amazing!!

To bad the FDA has made laws so that raw goats milk cant be sold for "human consumption". Of all the medication that can be sold over the counter, the pesticides that are sprayed over our food and all the processed items that we can buy so easily and goats milk is what they decide to monitor.
If I, as a consumer, educate myself and find that I would like to buy fresh goats milk, and someone has extra goats milk they would like to sell,.... why should they be able to say no???

I love having a goat in my back yard! I love that even though I don't always eat perfectly I have found something that has made a difference for me,... something natural... something that is a step in the right direction!!

Homemade Ricotta cheese from goats milk

This recipe is so easy I love it!

You need:
1gallon Goats milk
1/2 cup apple cider vinegar

Bring your milk to 175° on medium heat. You want to warm slowly so you don't burn the milk. Remove from heat, add vinegar and stir. You will see the milk start to separate. Strain milk thru cheese cloth or a cotton dish towel, a strainer will work too but you may lose some of your cheese.
Done!

Now season as you wish!
Italian seasoning
Raspberry chipotle sauce

Options are endless!
We love to season it and eat it on crackers or spaghetti!

Enjoy!