Recipe Day: Kefir Cheese Flavor Recipes

I started making kefir cheese because I really did not like the taste of kefir drink. I went through various cookbooks looking for recipes for dips, sour cream, cream cheese, or other appetizer things. These are some of the ones I adapted. They are for a 1 quart, drained, amount of cheese, roughly 2 cups.

Spicy:

1½ tbsp. apple cider vinegar
¼ tsp. celery salt
Pinch chili powder
1½ tsp. horseradish
¾ tsp. prepared mustard
Pinch paprika
Pepper
6 sm. cloves garlic, pressed

Dill:

3 tbsp. apple cider vinegar
Salt
1 tbsp. dill weed
Pepper

Parmesan:

1 clove garlic, pressed
Lemon juice
2 tbsp. Parmesan cheese
Salt

Cole De Luxe:

1 tbsp. lemon juice
½ tsp. celery seed
Salt
Slivered almonds
Pepper

Garlic:

½ tsp. celery salt
2-3 cloves garlic, pressed
1 tbsp. snipped chives
2 tbsp. Parmesan
3 pinches paprika

Cream Spreads:

1 or more of:
1 tsp. chopped onion
1 tsp. chopped chives
1 tbsp. lemon juice
1 tbsp. chopped celery
3 tbsp. chopped bacon
Salt
Pepper
¼ cup slivered almonds
Paprika

References:

Hazel Corliss, Hilltop Housewife, page 17 – Dill
Joy of Cooking, page 81 – Cole Slaw
Joy of Cooking, page 58 – Cream spreads
Good Housekeeping, page 412 – Parmesan