It’s Valentine’s, and what better way to celebrate than with family and delicious food! This morning we made the yummy cherry hand pies (you can find our recipe here: https://www.ourcityhomestead.com/heart-shaped-hand-pies/ ) and this afternoon we made the absolute best pizza using my favorite pizza dough recipe. This is my favorite dough that I learned in…
Category: Recipes From Our Kitchen
Heart Shaped Hand Pies
Hand pies, mini pies, pasties, turnovers — no matter what you call it, they are delicious stuffed with a sweet fruit filling or even a savory filling. Since we are making these as a Valentine’s treat, we are making them sweet. These cute hand pies are absolutely scrumptious! We made them with cherry pie filling…
Honey Oat Sourdough Bread
I love sourdough bread, especially that unique and authentic sourdough smell and flavor. Oftentimes I see sourdough with all the frills but it does not have to be complicated with the fancy score lines and flour dusting — it can be simple too. I love sprinkling a little food history here and there because I…
January’s No Grocery Shopping Experiment Week Four
It’s week four and we made it! We made a month without grocery shopping, although we did shop a couple times for milk, we made it until the end of the month to do the main grocery shopping. It was a challenge for sure. We did this because we were simply spending too much money…
Southwestern Veggie Tater Tot Chili Casserole
My family loves vegetarian meals like this veggie tater tot chili casserole. It is slightly spicy, and hearty which makes it a great meal for any cold winter’s day. Let’s get started. Saute onion and celery in a spoon of oil and seasoned with salt, pepper and garlic powder or garlic salt and a sprinkle…
Cast Iron Bannock
Doing the No Grocery Shopping Challenge has me thinking how important bread was at meal time to feed a large hungry family. Breads definitely help to stretch a meal — that’s something I definitely learned doing this challenge. Bread doesn’t have to be complicated — it can be as simple as this cast iron bannock….
Dill Pickle Soup with Drop Noodles (Spaetzle)
Dill pickle soup is delicious and made even better with homemade drop noodles, which is similar to spaetzle, but cooked right in the soup. So good! Let’s get started! First, saute onion, carrot and celery seasoned with salt, pepper, dill and minced garlic. I am using dried minced garlic since I do not have any…
