Things that are close to my heart: 1. A Colombian emerald ring my grandma gave me 2. Amelia’s toes (bc they’re so chubby!) 3. My pager from childhood. My most used pager codes: 143, 80085, 123 4. A sweet note Joshua wrote me a few weeks ago 5. All carbs. Especially bagels. So naturally, cream cheese is also very important to me. I’ve been wanting to make homemade cream cheese 4evrrrrr. I’m so glad I finally bought da stuff and decided to do it. It definitely took me a few times to get it exactly right. I ended up buying this vegetable rennet. I also bought cheesecloth off of Amazon because yes to anything that can be delivered right to my door. There are plenty of things that I think are silly to make homemade. Cream cheese IS NOT ONE OF THEM. The texture is a million times better than the cream cheese you buy at the grocery store. It’s so much smoother, lighter, creamier. The main difference is that store-bought cream cheese usually has a gum listed in the ingredients (guar gum, xanthm gum, etc.) which means it’s a lot thicker and denser. Well, not this one. It’s so …

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