Blessed to have sunshine and share!

Wow what a beautiful weekend.  Hope you all enjoyed.

This week May 21st thru Sunday the 27th  both at the ranch store and at Bee Healthy we will have on the shelves lots of milk, both plain and chocolate..  Kefir too:  we make both plain and  Maple/Vanilla  and it will be available, read below if you are interested in creating your own.  Call us for grains!!
Other Raw milk delights you can order: 

•  Cheddar Cheese aged 60+ days packaged in 8 oz packages
• Three kinds of cheese curd - Garlic Chive, Hot Pepper & Plain order some of each & save $'s
• Cultured Butter - please get on our list. 
• Yogurt - plain Raw Milk Yogurt and Lebnah (a greek style Yogurt)  limited supply. Order ahead
• Whipping cream 
• Creme Fraiche 
• Blue Cheese dressing 

Get your orders in early if you are not on our regular list or want to add anything extra by responding to this e-mail or texting 307-272-5334.  Orders would be appreciated by Wednesday morning each week.  Next week we will have:

• Ricotta Cheese plain or seasoned with Basil and Oregano - order it the way you like
• Shelly Cheese - that's a light cream cheese seasoned with Herbs de Provence, you can order this plain as well.
• Give us your ideas for fresh cheeses - you help us plan our week with our milk for the week.  

Alot of interest and questions about how we make our KEFIR, so here's the equipment and how we make it. Google this precious raw milk product and share what you find! This pic shows the colander we use. Fine mesh plastic not metal. We strain into a 4 cup measuring pitcher.   Just jogging until the kefir is drained and the grains are contained.  Stirring seems to break the grains up.  We like them to grow to about 1 T in size.  Using 2 or 3 Tablespoons should make 1 quart of kefir within 24 hours.  Just experiment and adjust.

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Second pic shows the kefir being tapped on the pitcher until all is drained.  No stirring necessary. just tapping, unless you like your grains broken apart and in smaller pieces.  After all the kefir is run through the colander, we rinse the grains.  This makes a little milder tasting kefir.  

Many ways to do one thing right.  It just depends on your taste and how you like to do it.  Kefir is very forgiving and can withstand a lot.  Too much heat is not good.

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This pic shows the size of a kefir grain.  This one is aprox 1 teaspoon in size.  It takes about three of this size to add to a pint of fresh milk.  24 hours later you will have kefir to enjoy plain or added to your favorite smoothie.
​Wonderful probiotic activity.  

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We are here to help you on your journey to better health. If you have any questions about any of our raw milk products we will try and answer.   To your good health.   Have a great week. 
Thank you and see you soon.
​Kris for Diamond S