A silver lining to every cloud

Well, the yoghurt experiment may not have worked yesterday, but it did make rather excellent cream cheese (quark) when I drained it overnight :-) Excuse the "rustic" look, a chef I am not! Tastes good though, that's the main thing.


This is the amount of whey that drained off - around 250ml - and the odd (I think) yellow colour of it. Great in baking though, gives the scones, pancakes and muffins I've made with it so far, a really lovely tang. I stick it in these little containers and freeze it for when it's required later.


On a different note, I am running out of the commercial dishwashing liquid I have, so I have been looking around for recipes for homemade alternatives. I found a lovely lavender-scented one this afternoon on the 'net which I will try, after I have purchased some liquid castile soap and vegetable glycerin from the health food shop this week. I will post the recipe and let you know what I think of it when I've made it :-)