Homemade Mozzarella Recipe

A Girl, a Market, a Meal...: The Big Cheese: "The recipe is simple (mozzarella recipe); heat a gallon of milk until it is 55 degrees, add 1 1/2 t of citric acid dissolved in 1/4 C water. When the temperature reaches 88 degrees, add 1/4 t liquid rennet dissolved in 1/4 C water. When the milk reaches 100 degrees, it will be thickly curdled and pulling away from the sides of the pot.

The whey will be clear. Scoop out the curds into a microwaveable bowl and squeeze out excess whey. Microwave for 35 seconds and squeeze and repeat. Eventually you will have a pliable, stretchy mass of cheese that is ready to be salted and shaped."

Here's a link to a more detailed recipe: Ricki's 30 Minute Mozzarella

And a different recipe which includes instructions about how to make Ricotta from the leftover whey: Making Cheese at home.

And finally a recipe just for the Ricotta: Whey Ricotta Cheese Making Recipe

Recycling/Waste Disposal in Ontario

Do What You Can: "This website is designed to help you find places to drop-off household hazardous and special wastes and unwanted electronics that can’t be put in your Blue Box and should not go in the garbage. You can search for places by municipality, postal code or material. To get started,select household hazardous and special waste, (such as leftover paint, non-rechargeable batteries and empty propane cylinders), or electronics, (such as televisions, computers and fax machines). And thanks for doing what you can to deal with waste responsibly."