After I started this month by explaining how to make an easy cheese at home, I wanted to offer plenty of ideas for using it. The recipe I share this week in my Twice as Tasty column for the Flathead Beacon is both straightforward and versatile. It mixes fresh, homemade Lemon Cheese into basic mashed potatoes for a simple and flavorful side dish.

As I explain in my column, I intentionally leave these mashed potatoes relatively dry so that they work well as a filling for pierogi, a recipe I’ll share in next week’s column. Even though you could mix other cheeses, store-bought or homemade, into a side dish of mashers, my lemony version of farmer’s cheese doesn’t completely melt when heated and won’t become oily and ooze from a pierogi wrapper. This ability to retain its shape, hot or cold, makes this cheese my favorite addition on and in many other dishes.

Learn more about homemade lemon cheese and get the complete recipe for Rustic Lemon Cheese Mashed Potatoes in my column.

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To keep you excited about making cheese at home, here are just a few other recipes on the blog that I like to pair with homemade lemon cheese or farmer’s cheese. You can find more in the recipe index.

• Huckleberry and Cheese Crepes
• Gingerbread Pancakes with Your Choice Berry Curd
• Three-Bean Salad with Fresh Herbs
• Roasted Golden Beet and Garlic Salad
• Potato, Mushroom, and Spinach Curry
• Brined and Seasoned Pot Beans

You can also learn more about making cheese in a how-to article I wrote for the Old Farmer’s Almanac website.

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