Cottage Cheese Recipe- from Out of Date Milk

Everyone in our house likes cottage cheese. The kids like it with macaroni and I’ll catch Stealthy Dad eating it right out of the carton. Since the kind from the store is so high in sodium, it is a rare treat unless we make it ourselves.

Cottage Cheese made from Out of Date Milk

Once in a while, an out-of-date gallon of milk will peek out at me from the  back of the fridge. Out-of-date milk is not safe to eat without boiling first and purist cheese makers will tell you not to boil milk before making cheese.  If I have learned anything from my trials and errors with making cheese, it is that every time I mess up I end up with pretty much the same thing. I took all of my mistakes, put them together, and came up with a fool-proof method for making dry cottage cheese. 


Have a gallon (4L) of milk that has "expired?"  You can use it to make a great cheese for perogies or in the place of store-bought ricotta in lasagna. We also use it tossed with penne, garlic, olive oil and parmesan.