Welcome to Our City Homestead where we share our love of good old fashioned cooking, meals made from scratch, gardening and crafting fun!
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…
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…
Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Bars
These Chocolate Chip Oatmeal Cookie Bars are delectable – and a family favorite! They taste just like a cookie without all the extra work of scooping cookies! They’re chewy and tender and are great when you need a quick treat! Let’s get started! Cream butter and sugar together. Add egg and vanilla. Beat well. Add…
Slow Cooker Sunday – Chicken Parmesan
This week’s Slow Cooker Sunday meal is a simple meal — an easy and quick Chicken Parmesan. It’s a family favorite! I used to always bread the chicken and fry it and then put the pasta sauce and cheese on and cook it in the oven, and yes, it tastes amazing, but I honestly do…
Making Cheese Curds
We are bringing back old traditions! Cheese curds date back to the mid-1800s and even earlier when it was thought that someone carrying milk in a calf stomach curdled, creating cheese curds. There are variations of this story, but the gist is the reaction between the rennet and the milk heating causing curds to form….
