Welcome to Our City Homestead where we share our love of good old fashioned cooking, meals made from scratch, gardening and crafting fun!
Good Morning Bran Muffins
These Good Morning Bran Muffins are loaded with goodness! These muffins have added carrot and apple which help keep the muffins moist and tender. They’re so good! Let’s get started! Combine carrot, apple, and raisins in a large bowl. I’ll be adding the raisins later to half the batter. I’ll plump the raisins in hot…
Slow Cooker Sunday – Salsa Chicken
Today’s Slow Cooker Sunday is Salsa Chicken. There are so many variations of this slow cooker meal, but today I am sharing mine. I add beans and some veggies to the chicken so it’s a bit heartier of a meal and it helps to stretch the chicken a bit further! Let’s get started! Place chicken…
Slow Cooker Sunday – Poor Man’s Meal
There are several versions of Poor Man’s Meal or Poor Man’s Dinner. It was a common meal during the Great Depression because it used affordable ingredients like ground beef or hot dogs, potatoes, tomato sauce or ketchup and sometimes other veggies too. It’s a simple meal, but delicious, using ingredients most of us have on…
Slow Cooker Sunday – Vegetarian Chili
I look forward to Slow Cooker Sundays each week. It’s an easy way to prepare a hearty meal. Today’s Vegetarian Chili is simple to get ready, and is loaded with beans (high in protein and fibre) and veggies which makes it hearty – I don’t miss the meat at all when it has a lot…
Cheddar Cheese Adventures
We are bringing back old traditions! Cheesemaking was once a common thing. Each spring pioneers would make cheese. Bovine Rennet would provide enough rennet to make nearly one hundred pounds of cheese – that’s enough for three families! We are using a microbial vegetable rennet which works great although sometimes vegetable rennet can be a…
Slow Cooker Sunday – Pepper Steak
It’s Slow Cooker Sunday! Today’s meal I’m sharing with you is Pepper Steak. It’s absolutely delicious and a family favorite. It is also a great way to use a tougher cut of steak or even stew meat to make this yummy meal. Pepper Steak sauce reminds me of a cross between teriyaki sauce and sweet…
Biscuit Topped Chicken Pot Pie
This Chuckwagon-style Chicken Pot Pie is simply delicious! The extra step of grilling the chicken first really made a difference in the flavor of the stew. I usually cook the chicken in the stew and use different seasonings, but this was excellent! I got this recipe from Cowboy Kent Rollins – and I put my…
Yogurt Making
Homemade yogurt is actually quite simple to make! I cannot believe we did not make it sooner! It’s flavorful, thick and creamy. It’s smooth and has a pleasant taste unlike some store yogurts. After a couple days, the yogurt mellows and tastes like dessert. It’s so good!! All you need is a good quality whole…
