Craving comfort food? Make creamy mac and cheese from scratch that is worthy of your mama’s kitchen. Using Honeysuckle Catering’s easy recipe, learn to make a bechamel sauce (impressive, no?) and whip up this traditional dish for yourself or to share! If you’re in the mood to expand your horizons, add in the optional nutmeg for a grown-up twist on the mac and cheese of your childhood.

Good ‘ole cream cheese: It’s tangy, spreadable and just plain delicious! In this lesson, you will learn the recipe for making perfect cream cheese at home. You will review the basics, including sterilizing your cookware, bringing ingredients to temperature and straining and resting your cheese. Make sure you hit the bakery before your cheese is complete, because you will need loaves of bread at hand to toast and taste your concoction.

Have a bunch of leftover zucchini and tomatoes from your garden? Make a vegetable cheese tart with puff pastry, fresh basil and thyme. In this cooking lesson from Linda's Pantry, you'll learn how to assemble a savory tart with layers of shredded Parmesan and mozzarella, fresh herbs, green onions, zucchini, and tomatoes. You'll then top it off by pouring an egg and cream mixture over it before baking. This healthy, vegetarian dish is super easy to make!

You've made delicious homemade cheese with a little help from the Little Green Cheese lessons. Now how can you preserve it and give it time to age? Learn how to coat homemade cheese in wax, keeping out the air and keeping in the moisture as your cheese ages. Learn how to heat the wax, dip the cheese, and fill in the gaps. Happy cheesemaking!

Become a true cheese aficionado by making your own stilton from scratch! Gavin from Little Green Cheese teaches you the recipe and instructions for making your own nice and creamy stilton cheese. Learn what you'll need and how to mix the cheese with only the moulds you want, not introducing any foreign cultures. Squeeze out the whey, mix in the cheese salt, mold the cheese, make room for the blue lines in the cheese, and presto! Wallace and Gromit would be proud.

Picture this: tender, shredded beef seasoned with Italian herbs and spices on a soft hoagie roll with oozing melted cheese. In this lesson, Lynn offers a delicious, down-home recipe and teaches you how to make it step-by-step. Slow cook the beef all day in a crockpot full of spices and broth to achieve the perfect tenderness and taste. Then, shred the beef and place it on a hoagie roll. Allow the beef to melt your choice of cheese and enjoy! Perfect for a hot lunch or dinner.

Have you already tried and succeeded at making some beginners cheeses, such as ricotta and mozzarella? Learn how to make camembert cheese, a delicious and creamy variety of surface-ripened cheese that is similar in appearance to brie. The arduous process of stirring, flipping, and waiting will be rewarded with several delicious wheels of homemade goodness. When you’re done, use the excess whey to make some ricotta!

Do you love a wine lover? Forget taking an expensive trip to Napa Valley! Learn how to make a gift basket that brings wine country to you. Pairing delicious eats—like bottles of wine, fancy cheese, and chocolates—with hostess tools like an electric bottle opener, you’ll satiate the thirstiest of winos. Tracey demonstrates her expert basket arranging skills, and shows you how to build height and pack tight. Using glue dots, cellophane, and lots of ribbon, you’ll enjoy making this basket your own.

Making cheese doesn't have to involve fancy tools! Learn how to easily make soft cheese with just yogurt, salt, paper towels and a fine sieve! This lesson from The Cool Kitchen offers a quick and easy recipe for making a delicious and creamy Lebanese cheese called labneh. You only need a few items and the ingredients list is sparse: yogurt, salt and whatever herbs or seasonings you’d like to add. Flavor this cheese to your liking and serve with salmon lox or on bread.

Living a sustainable homestead life leaves you with a lot of fresh milk. In this lesson from Homestead Productions, learn how to make mozzarella cheese from scratch with fresh cow's milk, rennet, citric acid, and water. This simple recipe only uses four ingredients and can be done in a gif. Have the kids help you with this fun project in the kitchen and enjoy fresh mozzarella in salads or main course meals!

In this classic Italian recipe, learn how chef Gianni makes his authentic homemade pasta dough for a ravioli dish that combines fresh basil, ricotta cheese, mozzarella cheese, and grated pecorino romano! These tender ravioli are paired with a San Marzano tomato sauce, making it the perfect food for any occasion.

Upcycle your boyfriend’s old jeans! This lesson shows you how to taper and distress an old pair of jeans to get a chic fit with a worn-in look. You’ll need: an old pair of jeans, a sewing machine, and a few household items like a cheese grater and X-Acto knife for distressing. The result is a one-of-a-kind pair of jeans that you can proudly state are the product of your DIY skills.

Basic risotto is much easier to make than most people think. The secret to making a perfect risotto is to stir, stir, stir! In this traditional Italian recipe, the broth is added to the rice gradually, to allow for maximum flavor and creaminess. Once all the broth is absorbed, bam! Hit it with the romano and parmesan cheese. Sheer heaven. This two-minute lesson from Watch Learn Eat demonstrates how to make this basic risotto, step by step.

Would you like to explore the fine art of fondant cake making? In this lesson, Whisk Me Away demonstrates how to create the base for a cake inspired by the movie “Cinderella” in the shape of Cinderella’s magical carriage! Get the recipe for a simple pumpkin cake, and follow along to see how to layer the base with a rich cream cheese frosting and form it into a perfect sphere. Then, learn how to cover the cake base with colorful fondant. Join in for a cake fit for a princess!