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'Cheese making in the Suburbs of South Africa' bares simple cheese making recipes using easily-accessible products

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Author Nona Ross makes cheese making simple for kitchen enthusiasts everywhere with her newly-released recipe book "Cheese Making in the Suburbs of South Africa" (published by Partridge Africa). This compendium of easy-to-make cheese recipes are made even simpler with ingredients and products that are available from local grocers.

Motivated by the need to survive in the rough economy, Ross has turned her hobby into a money-making venture. Her 16 years of accumulated experience in cheese making are collected and detailed in this new book. The author introduces readers to using pasteurized, homogenized city milk that can be bought from the local grocery store and materials that can be found even in children's toy boxes or a husband's garage.

"I believe that many city and suburban people would love to make cheese at home," says Ross, "but when you read the cheese books that are out there, they are far too complicated. This one is easy."

The author dabs her cheese making procedures with good-natured humor to give readers a laugh while at the chore of doing their own cheesy magic. With her hilarious, easy-to-understand and varied recipe choices, Ross encourages readers to enjoy the craft of cheese making and maybe, start selling and making profit out of it.

“Cheese Making in the Suburbs of South Africa: The Rainbow Nation”

By Nona Ross

Softcover | 8.5x8.5in | 82 pages | ISBN 9781482802955

E-Book | 82 pages | ISBN 9781482803044

Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble

About the Author

Nona Ross is a 63-year-old author from Johannesburg, South Africa. She finds great love in animals and would have loved to become a veterinarian. She came from a musical family and, following the heritage, has become a lead singer with the first girl band in South Africa in the 1960s. She then progressed to big bands and sang for a number of years before getting married. Now, she has two daughters and one son, who gave her four wonderful grandchildren. She considers herself a sports woman and loves playing tennis, league squash and horse riding. Ross is also an artist and used to make and sell furry toys when her kids were small. She is currently In the process of transcribing what is yet to be her first novel, "A Touch in Time.


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PRESS RELEASE

'Cheese making in the Suburbs of South Africa' bares simple cheese making recipes using easily-accessible products

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – Author Nona Ross makes cheese making simple for kitchen enthusiasts everywhere with her newly-released recipe book "Cheese Making in the Suburbs of South Africa" (published by Partridge Africa). This compendium of easy-to-make cheese recipes are made even simpler with ingredients and products that are available from local grocers.

Motivated by the need to survive in the rough economy, Ross has turned her hobby into a money-making venture. Her 16 years of accumulated experience in cheese making are collected and detailed in this new book. The author introduces readers to using pasteurized, homogenized city milk that can be bought from the local grocery store and materials that can be found even in children's toy boxes or a husband's garage.

"I believe that many city and suburban people would love to make cheese at home," says Ross, "but when you read the cheese books that are out there, they are far too complicated. This one is easy."

The author dabs her cheese making procedures with good-natured humor to give readers a laugh while at the chore of doing their own cheesy magic. With her hilarious, easy-to-understand and varied recipe choices, Ross encourages readers to enjoy the craft of cheese making and maybe, start selling and making profit out of it.

“Cheese Making in the Suburbs of South Africa: The Rainbow Nation”

By Nona Ross

Softcover | 8.5x8.5in | 82 pages | ISBN 9781482802955

E-Book | 82 pages | ISBN 9781482803044

Available at Amazon and Barnes & Noble

About the Author

Nona Ross is a 63-year-old author from Johannesburg, South Africa. She finds great love in animals and would have loved to become a veterinarian. She came from a musical family and, following the heritage, has become a lead singer with the first girl band in South Africa in the 1960s. She then progressed to big bands and sang for a number of years before getting married. Now, she has two daughters and one son, who gave her four wonderful grandchildren. She considers herself a sports woman and loves playing tennis, league squash and horse riding. Ross is also an artist and used to make and sell furry toys when her kids were small. She is currently In the process of transcribing what is yet to be her first novel, "A Touch in Time."

Cheese Book in the making

               CHEESE INFORMATION TO BE FOUND IN-

"CHEESE MAKING IN THE SUBURBS OF SOUTH AFRICA THE RAINBOW NATION BY NONA ROSS   A Penguin publication due out MID OCTOBER 2014 in Ebook and soft cover.

Cheddar and Edam cheese drying                  Rockford cheese ripening in mini Humidors  

               

                         Yes! 

 YOU can make cheese in the suburban environment of your home. You do not have to own a farm or small holding, or even a cow!   I have been making cheeses for a number years and have only had a tiny kitchen in my cottage on the property of my landlord.   Cheese making is an exciting hobby which can soon become addictive.   When you take that first mouthful of your first cheese no matter what type, it will fill your chest with pride and you will wonder why you had not tried making cheese years ago.



                             FETA BEING DRIED AND SALTED                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      

                         What I would like to achieve with this book is to enable the city girl or guy a chance to live a little bit of country life in their own suburban home.   I do not want to overload you with too much information, but give you enough to get started and to think out of the box, so that pretty soon you will adlib and invent your own cheeses.   For example if you do not have blue mold, keep some bread in a plastic bag and watch the mold grow,  scrape it off and dry it out. Voila!   Your own blue mold.

                          As referred to   previously, I have used Wiki Articles to give you a little more information about this fascinating subject which is the process of changing milk, (whether it be goat's, Cow's, sheep's or buffalo milk) into cheese by set of controlled additives (acid, starter cultures, enzymes,) applied temperatures, heating and cooling), and applied physical movement (stirring, cutting, molding, pressing) the result is a defined chemical change to a certain cheese.   The combination of additives, temperature, and physical process applied and this resultant cheese is infinite as evidenced by a trip to a grocery store.

     Cottage Cheese Curds.                                             

Over the last couple of a thousand of years certain cheeses have become more popular and their recipes available.   But calling this interplay a recipe is an injustice as cheese making is not as simple as following a cooking type recipe  as milk ( and are ingredients)  is an extremely complex material subject to seasonal and regional changes and preprocessing  (raw, pasteurized and homogenized).   Thus cheese makers and lovers need to understand the interplay of the process and components to obtain the kind of cheese they want.

Visualize cheese making as a giant tree, starting at the base with raw cow's or goat's milk, cream or whey, then you decide a fresh or aged cheese, then how you want a fresh or aged cheese, then how you want to coagulate the milk, then what process to apply, and what other ingredients to add.

But let me warn you that as soon as you think you have it taped and understand this organized “cheese tree” (sheep's milk and dry powdered non-fat cow's milk Gorgonzola using white and blue molds).    the whole tree suddenly springs new branches!   Everything affects cheese making, seasons, weather, milk, your mood, patience, and product quality such as rennet culture and so forth and last but not least, interruptions. 

Freshly made             Camemberts                                                                                         

  Make friends with your local grocery store and organize a good price for your pasteurized full cream milk, which may be homogenized or not, and you are sorted.

For the rest dig into your kitchen cupboard, husbands garage and kids toy box, you will find nearly everything you will need to make unique molds and shapes.   

                                    Herbed Halloumi

This is just the introduction to my book!       Hope you find it promising.  
 Can't wait for the book to be published in October!                      

Culture! Do you have it?

Time to get Cultured and be Cheesey for a change!

Motivating Yourself for Anything - even to make cheese - Free ebook - by Nona Ross

HOW TO MOTIVATE YOUR    SELF FOR ANYTHING!

by Nona Ross   FREE EBOOK

Although aimed at health, fitness and weight the same principals apply to any goal you may want to achieve and for which you need some self-motivation.

YOU AND YOUR PERSONAL HEALTH PLAN  DECIDE WHAT MAKES YOUR

                                              BODY TICK TO BE HEALTHY & FIT!

Weight? What is being healthy, what is being fit and what is being the right

Well, as far as I am concerned we are all individuals who have very unique bodies, of which no two are the same.   Our bodies all operate totally differently from each other even though we all have the same physical make-up.

Each and every bodies system has its own genes which we have inherited from our parents and grandparents and so on and so on.   Our build, our skin color, our eye color etc. etc.

Right down to how our metabolism works.

We are all unique.

Now let's get down to it and give you some tips and tricks that YOU must adapt to your life style and body type, and what your ultimate goals are.

Whether you are just trying to feel better health wise and possibly a little bit fitter so you can look and feel contented with yourself, as that is what your ultimate goal should be.   Not what others have to say, but how you feel and think when you look in the mirror.   Do you see who and what you want to be staring back at you, or do you feel you could do something to improve your self-image.

This must be YOUR decision coming from your heart, not from other people.

Here are a few TIPS to get started on your journey to self-love and self-appreciation of yourself.

Get a vision board started for yourself.

Buy a large piece of card board big enough to stick pictures and write goals and information on.   The top of your VISION BOARD must have the foremost goal that you want to achieve.   If it is weight loss cut out a picture of someone whose body is just as you would like to see yourself. Cut of the head and replace with your head. Amazing when you see this at the top of your board.

Then start adding other goals that you wish to achieve, as these must be obtained in between the bottom and the top of your goal list.

Such as growing your hair, time to build up for exercising each week. Learn to make low carbohydrate brown breads, learn to play piano, or paint or grow vegetables etc. etc. you can achieve many goals while trying to reach your main goal.   Even going on a cruise one day, no time line has to be set on this for example.   Just set MANY big and small goals, all with different time lines.

Your Vision board MUST BE LIKE AN ARTISTS WORK, SO TAKE GREAT PRIDE INMAKING IT, AND DO NOT BE TOO HARD ON YOURSELF BUT ALWAYS KEEPING YOUR MAIN GOAL IN SIGHT!

Start a diary, write a little something every evening about how your day went, how you feel and any interesting information you would like to look back on, on the good or bad days.

   After you have achieved your goal it is amazing to read the notes you have made through your journey.   It also helps as a reminder WHEN YOU FEEL YOU ARE LOSING FOCUS AFTER THE GOAL HAS BEEN OBTAINED.

So write your joys and your agonies down.

Take your measurements and weight – write them down in your book.

Remember to take a photograph (before - then after) Take measurements of chest, waist, hips, lower hips, thighs each, above knees, mid-calf and ankle.   Then your upper arm, across the muscle.

Do both sides as all measurements will not be the same.   One thigh can be a bit bigger than the other.  Write them down in your book.

Write down everything you eat for a week no matter what, even before you get started on your plan.  I keep writing down everything I eat while I am on the eating plan but it also tells me if I am eating too much or not.  

 It helps you understand what is working and what is not.   It also gives your ideas for

I for example have the same breakfast every day of my life. 2 boiled eggs, some coal-slaw and a slice of low GI Brown toast with scraping of low fat margarine.   I never get tired of it.   Possibly swop slaw for a fruit or other veg when I run out, even bottled beetroot.

Try to weigh your food or use   your hand measure for example.

A good rule is

(1)   What you can pick up in you one hand for

Carbohydrates

Meats, fish and Poultry, the size and thickness of your palm.

Vegetables & Salads as much as you can eat.

Always use a side plate and not a dinner plate as it makes your   mind think that you have a larger serving of food.   It really does help.

1 x meat- 1 x low carbohydrate such as low GI brown bread or sweet potato) whole-wheat pasta

1 x vegetable and 1 x fruit.

This is just an example.

Try to remove foods that you snack on which are high in sugar, salt and white flour.

When you break your eating plan for say one meal or a whole day DO NOT panic.   Just start fresh on the following day or for the following meal.

Until you are in a routine you will make the odd mistake and as long as you know it is not the end of the world, get back onto you plan. Just remember you are the only one you will disappoint.

The VOICE.

Ignore the little voice.   It is not your friend.   It will tempt and lie to you as hard as it can.   This is your biggest enemy. Either block it out or go and do something else, and drink water, but do not give in.

WATER. WATER. WATER

A minimum of 8 glasses per day = 2 liters.

Even when not on an eating plan.   Iced water definitely pushes the metabolism up and helps to burn more calories (kilojoules) approximately 2.4 k’s to a Cal.

Green tea or any health teas will do, iced tea (no sugar) make your own as they all give you extra water.   You can add some sugar fee juices to your jug of tea and give it a flavor if you wish.

Best time for a cold glass of water is before your meal, as this will help you eat less and push up your metabolism in order to burn off the calories more efficiently from your meals.

TIPS TO REMEMBER:

-Reduce calories in your meals and burn more with exercise

Eat lots of fruit and vegetables (including as snacks) ration nuts, no peanuts.

avoid  to many animal fats

only eat when you feel hungry – do not skip a meal or snack

take your time over eating and chew food at least 20 times before swallowing

Save treats for the week end. I take Sunday as my free day.

drink plenty of water

walk more often and try to take additional exercise

try using smaller plates and portions of food

have a low calorie starter such as soup or a salad

plan meals and cook veg etc. in quantities

take healthy snacks if not eating at home if away from home

learn about calories and what foods are high and low

Stay motivated and allow yourself a cheat but get back on plan again Below a few sample menu ideas[ng1] :

You need to use your common sense with regards to your quantities.

On rising drink a glass of warm water with a fresh lemon slice squeezed into it. This is a good cleanser and metabolism booster.

If you exercise before breakfast drink a protein shake 1 hour before you start as an energy supply.   If you eat before exercise wait at least 2 hours before exercise.

A glass iced water

Breakfast:   2 Boiled eggs, serving coleslaw, 1 slice of Low GI Brown bread   with butter or margarine (a scraping).

Glass iced water

Glass iced water

Snack:      About 2 ½ hours later.   Fruit or veg and some non- nuts roasted, about 25gms. Nuts.

Glass iced water

Lunch:            140gms. Chicken, meat or fish, salad or fresh vegetables           
                  1 medium boiled potato or microwaved with plain yogurt                                                                        dressing                          Glass iced water

Glass iced water

Snack:             Small plain yogurt and a fruit

Glass iced water

Glass iced water

Dinner:          200 gm.   Grilled meat fish or chicken, vegetables or salads,                         100gm.  Brown rice, or whole-wheat pasta.

Glass iced water

Snack:          Not later than 8pm at night.  Make it protein.

                                                  Glass iced water.

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Fact:   Water before bed time is a good prevention for blood clots.

Remember this,   something I practice myself, it helps digestion.

Fruit or veg first, carbohydrates second then your protein – as each in order takes longer to digest.   Fruit 1 hour, carbohydrates 2 hours, meat 3 plus hours.

It is up to you to mix your meals around and eat what suites you for that time of the day. Quantities are just an example.   You must not feel hungry at any time.   If you eat junk food you will always feel hungry as you are not getting the correct nutrients and vitamins,

Herb and Green teas drink freely.  Tea and coffee no sugar and only 250ml of low fat milk for the day. Try to avoid these if you can, save your milk for making a fruit smoothy.

Alcohol is very high in sugar carbohydrates, so try to avoid it.   If you must 1 glass red wine is good as it also is a great antioxidant.

 (Cleans out the toxins in your body).

Use Olive Oil for making dressings for salads by adding some Balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper.   Paint your meat or chicken or fish with olive oil and you can fry it lightly or grill.

Fish is not always easy to come by so Tuna in water, Haddock, tinned Pilchards, or tinned Middle cut are all acceptable.   Hake is fairly easy to buy fresh as well.   Meat must have fat cut of and please remove skin from chicken, and remember white meat is less fatty than dark meat with poultry.

Greener bananas have far less sugar than ripe or over ripe ones.   Not too often.

EXERCISE – That awful word to some of us:

What is exercise?

It does not have to mean hours and hours at the gym or endless hours running around the country side.   That is for the fanatic.

   Exercise is an hour of doing something that pushes your heart rate up and makes you breath heavily, and makes you use your muscles in order to stay supple and to burn up some calories.

   The less weight you have to lose the less calories you have to burn if you are eating correctly.

  For example:

If you eat 2000 calories per day and only burn 1500 you will gain weight. If you eat 1500 calories per day and burn 1500 you will maintain your weight.

And if you eat 1200 calories per day and burn 1500 you will lose weight.

Each person needs a various amount of calories per day, so not the same amount could necessary apply to you.   Depending on how active you are on a normal day without exercise will help you decide on how many calories you should be consuming per day.

A good average is between 1200 and 1800 for a woman and between 1600 calories and 2200 for men. Again looking at how active you are if a man

A steady loss of 1-2 kilos should be the maximum loss per week so do not go overboard.   Weight that is lost too quickly is gained quickly.

Slow steady weight loss and the body will learn to accommodate it as you become well entrenched in your new eating plan.   Your stomach will adapt to the smaller meals and also the nutrients in the healthy food you are now eating.

Thus feeling less like snacking on bad foods.

RIGHT:  
  For those who are not used to exercise just start walking.  15 minutes away from home and 15 minutes back.

  This means a brisk walk like you are late for something.   If you can do this twice a day it is perfect, but to start you can go once a day.

Or, not into walking, then get your best music for pumping to (mine is Final Countdown) and play it over until you have done a good 30 minutes of mad dancing. 

 Invent moves as you go along.   A short breather here and there is OK. But do your time.   You must feel pooped when you are finished and heavy breathing is a must. 

 A good exercise pattern is 2 minutes medium pace and 1 minute hectic pace.   Keep this up for the full 30 minutes.   As you get fitter you will build up to 60 minutes at a time or 30 minutes twice per day.

As long as you stick to your eating plan you will lose weight.   Possibly you get to feel fit enough to join a gym and it becomes a favorite pass time of yours.

  You need to exercise a minimum of 4 times per week.   Please do this as it will show results quickly.

Remember that muscle weights more than fat, so you may think you are not losing very much but I guarantee you are gaining some muscle and you will soon see how your body reshapes itself.

If you are exercising at home and would like to use weights just fill some bottles with water and use them as weights or fill some bags with sand they serve the same purpose. 

These will help with muscle tone which everybody needs.   Or could be you prefer tennis or squash, well get on with it as long as you build up to at least an hour of hard play at least 4 times per week, or combine them all and do something different each time.  It all works.

Losing weight and getting fit need not be a long lonely road.   Share your plans, your failings and your achievements with family and friends.   Let them help and encourage you as you go along.

Try to get a family member are 2 to join you on your new eating plan and getting fit trip.   It is so much fun when you can share your goals and obtaining them.  Set up some competitions between each other to achieve your goals.

Well I hope this little book is going to assist you in your venture into improving and motivating yourself towards new things, be it weight loss, healthier eating or achieving new goals or just becoming a better you that you love to death.

Visit my site and get more E-Books and articles and blogs with loads of information for you.

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                                             GOOD LUCK! -   MAY THE FORCE BE WITH YOU

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Micro Mozzarella - made some again this morning.

Micro Mozzarella - made some again this morning.

Such a tricky little cheese but well worth it