Ways to use up milk?

[prairiewindmomma]

We have an abundance of 2% milk right now that we need to use up in the next few days. Ideas?

[saraha]

yogurt and pudding 🥰

[Laura Corin]

Rice pudding. 

[Pen]

Or freeze for in case out later on?

It doesn’t melt out exactly like fresh, but better than powdered

[Ausmumof3]

Creamed rice.  Custard.  White sauce.  Freeze it.  Banana smoothies.  

[Momto6inIN]

pudding and creamy soup

[regentrude]

make cheese

[mathnerd]

1: Make yoghurt.

2: Make paneer cheese: it is the easiest of cheeses to make. The internet has tons of recipes.

3: Cook with it. I make waffles, pancakes etc that call for milk when I have an abundance of milk that is close to expiry date.

[KungFuPanda]

I usually do yoghurt, breakfast gravy, or rice pudding. My MIL’s rice pudding recipe uses a half gallon of milk. 
 

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[KungFuPanda]

I usually do yoghurt, breakfast gravy, or rice pudding. My MIL’s rice pudding recipe uses a half gallon of milk. 

[Spy Car]

Another for paneer cheese. Really (really) easy and you'll feel like a culinary genius.

Bill

[wathe]

20 minutes ago, regentrude said:

make cheese

This.  Paneer-style cheese is super-simple, yummy, and uses up a lot of milk.

[Junie]

I feel like I've never had this problem...

What to do with an abundance of milk? Find a teenage boy.  That's all I've got. 😉

[Spy Car]

Another for paneer cheese. Really (really) easy and you'll feel like a culinary genius.

Bill

[Melissa in Australia]

Sago

Currently our house cow is giving us 8 litres a day plus feed g her calf. I am making sago every second day

Yoghurt 

[Kassia]

I was also going to suggest pudding or pancakes.  You could freeze the pancakes.  Freezing the milk as someone above suggested is also an option.  

[PeterPan]

We do pancakes and freeze, yum yum. 

[KungFuPanda]

 . . .

You'll find milk and I'll find flour

And we'll have a pudding in half an hour

. . .

[theelfqueen]

Biscuits and gravy. 

[rjand6more]

My family loves this recipe: https://moneysavingmom.com/creamy-milk-rice/

[prairiewindmomma]

My teen boys are no help with milk, unfortunately. 
 

I have made ricotta, but not paneer. Does anyone have a good tutorial link?

[mathnerd]

9 minutes ago, prairiewindmomma said:

My teen boys are no help with milk, unfortunately. 
 

I have made ricotta, but not paneer. Does anyone have a good tutorial link?

You boil the milk and add an acid to it (traditionally lemon juice or vinegar) and stir. The milk curdles and then you pour it through a cheesecloth and shape the cheese. I save the whey and use it as my liquid in soups. So, no waste. Any paneer recipe will work. Here are a couple:

 

https://www.indianhealthyrecipes.com/how-to-make-paneer-cubes-at-home/

 

[ktgrok]

19 hours ago, Junie said:

I feel like I've never had this problem...

What to do with an abundance of milk? Find a teenage boy.  That's all I've got. 😉

That was going to be my suggestion as well. 

[Pam in CT]

Put some lemon juice in it to make fake buttermilk -- it'll keep for another week+ like that, and you can use it for scones.  Of course you'll have to get heavy cream to go with the scones, If You Give A Mouse a Cookie-like...

[MercyA]

Egg casserole, waffles, pancakes. (Are you seeing a theme here? I love breakfast food!)

[*****]

Make homemade tapioca!

[wintermom]

Have my 2 teen boys over for the day. They'll use it all up! 🤣 I NEVER have an abundance of milk. 

[Tanaqui]

Brownies and cake. What is this "yogurt" talk?

[Melissa in Australia]

2 minutes ago, Tanaqui said:

Brownies and cake. What is this "yogurt" talk?

yogurt is easy to make. you just need to bring milk up to the right temperature, add a spoonful of yogurt, and keep at that temp for about 9 hours.

[marbel]

6 hours ago, Melissa in Australia said:

yogurt is easy to make. you just need to bring milk up to the right temperature, add a spoonful of yogurt, and keep at that temp for about 9 hours.

And yogurt lasts longer than milk (though how much longer I don't know) and can be used as in place of buttermilk and sour cream in many recipes. 

[Tanaqui]

Sorry, that joke didn't land. I know yogurt is super easy to make, what I meant is "Why make something healthy like yogurt when you could make brownies?"

[Carol in Cal.]

Homemade tomato soup uses a lot of milk, as does homemade butternut squash soup, and either one can be frozen in pint sized canning jars—if you use the wide mouthed ones it’s easy to thaw just the edge and slide the block into a pot to reheat later on.

[marbel]

This is a total aside: I do not recall ever using milk when making brownies. 😄 

But I do bake a lot of delicious treats using yogurt, lol.

[Sherry in OH]

18 minutes ago, marbel said:

This is a total aside: I do not recall ever using milk when making brownies. 😄 

But I do bake a lot of delicious treats using yogurt, lol.

Pour the milk into a glass and hand to the afore mentioned teen boy along with a slab of brownie.  Also works with cookies or pie.  

Scalloped potatoes, homemade mac and cheese, custard, pudding