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We got back from Buffalo yesterday evening. Weather there was fantastic and it was a beautiful day for the drive back. However after sitting in the car all day I didn't want to sit last night, so I decided to make fresh mozzarella cheese the traditional (long) way. Not a good idea, didn't get to bed until 3am but it turned out really good...so much better than what you get in the store. My daughter and her partner are coming over for dinner Thursday and we're going to use it to make a version of chicken parmesan.
Usually I don't do challenges but I joined the challenge to lose 10lbs in one month which started yesterday. It should help me get back to the right mindframe and back to losing weight again. My wife has said she'll do it with me so that'll be nice for both of us and provide some mutual support.
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1129 kcal
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Fat: 50.25g | Prot: 106.26g | Carbs: 72.14g.
Breakfast: Coffee, Great Value Powdered Creamer. Lunch: Tillamook Extra Sharp Cheddar Cheese, Hidden Valley Light Ranch Salad Dressing, Green Giant Fresh Baby Cut Carrots, Frozen Blueberries, Hershey's Natural Unsweetened Cocoa, Optimum Nutrition Gold Standard 100% Whey - Double Rich Chocolate, Blue Diamond Almond Breeze Unsweetened Vanilla Milk, Yoplait Greek 100 Yogurt - Blueberry. Dinner: Hidden Valley Light Ranch Salad Dressing, Hy-Vee Imitation Bacon Bits, Kraft 100% Grated Parmesan Cheese, Kraft 2% Milk Mexican Taco Cheese, Fresh Express Garden Salad, Wal-Mart Boneless Skinless Chicken Breast. Snacks/Other: Frigo Light String Cheese, Low Fat American Cheese, Blue Cheese, Blackberries (Alaska Native), Tostitos Scoops! 100% White Corn Tortilla Chips. more...
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3056 kcal
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Exercise:
Walking (exercise) - 3.5/mph - 55 minutes, Yard Work (gardening) - 1 hour and 30 minutes, Resting - 13 hours and 35 minutes, Sleeping - 8 hours. more...
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Way to go JMB! The cheese sounds awesome. Hope all is going well with the your family as well! Keep rocking the climb brother!!!
12 May 15 by member: Jonathan Walsh
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Whats the long way? Mine takes about 40 minutes. I am always interested in cheese recipes! There is nothing like fresh cheese. Its awesome in salads.
It's great that your wife will do it with you, you guys will rock the challenge with double the focus!
12 May 15 by member: nicholaix
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Good luck to you both for the challenge.
12 May 15 by member: snezica
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You are a whole lot more ambitious than me! But I bet it will be worth the lack of sleep. Enjoy your daughter's visit.
12 May 15 by member: BuffyBear
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Curious about the cheese too
12 May 15 by member: Rockiesfan
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Nic / Rockiesfan - the "long" way you use a bacteria culture instead of citric acid or lemon juice to acidify the curds. That means some extra steps and time, holding the curds and whey at temperature and letting the culture work to create acid and flavor in the cheese. It took 4 to 5 hours to make the cheese instead of 40 minutes. Next time I think I'll split the batch into 2 halves and do one half the short way, one half the traditional way, and compare the finished results to see if the extra time and work is worth it. But next up I'm going to do a brie or a blue cheese. I've got an external thermostat on order that I'll install in a dorm fridge so I can hold temperature around 55 degrees, I'll use that as my cheese cave for aging.
12 May 15 by member: jmb3450
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12 May 15 by member: soonsoonsoon
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Great to have a challenge partner!
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Glen if we lived close I'd love to get together with you and all of my FS buddies to share some good friendship. And some homeade cheese, wine, and beer.
12 May 15 by member: jmb3450
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I bet the cheese has more flavor that way. I can buy the citric acid in bulk here but I bet I could find the cultures online. I may have to try it. Thanks!
12 May 15 by member: nicholaix
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Nic, I got my cultures online. I just ordered some cultures for blue, brie, havarti and camembert from an online supply today. I want to do a cheddar but may wait until fall as I have a room in my basement that stays around 53 degrees in the cooler months and would be a good place to age cheese...plus I'll have more experience doing it by then. Glen, we'll make it a cheese AND wine day. :)
12 May 15 by member: jmb3450
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I am going to order from New England Cheesemaking this time. Now that school's done I am taking the summer off and want to do more cheeses as well as other things. My kids have summer camp all summer hallelujah! That wine sounded delicious too. I just planted a pile of blackberry and blueberry bushes. That would be quite a party wouldn't it? It's too bad we are scattered all over the country.
12 May 15 by member: nicholaix
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Hey I want in on the wine party...cheese, I like but am mostly off dairy now...but I could make an exception!
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A wine and cheese party would be great. Nic you could make wine or lots of things out of the berries you'll get. One gallon batches are good too, I do that a lot.
13 May 15 by member: jmb3450
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