Who doesn’t love roast beef, especially when the vegetables are cooked with it in a delicious gravy? Since I was a child, I have been enjoying this yummy roast beef with potatoes and carrots. It was a meal my mom made often and one I make for my family, which easily feeds a family of…
Category: Recipes From Our Kitchen
Stuffed Pizza Buns
The smell of fresh bread baking wafting through the house is the best. I love making an assortment of breads and buns – everything from sweet breads and buns to braided breads to savory breads and buns and even stuffed breads like these stuffed pizza buns. These pizza buns are amazingly delicious and a meal…
Pizza Style Stuffed Peppers
Pizza Style Stuffed Peppers may not be an old fashioned recipe and may not have been something our ancestors ate, but they are absolutely scrumptious and a meal we make often. Stuffed peppers actually dates back to the 1890’s and these delectable bell peppers were often stuffed with rice, chopped meat, vegetables and an array…
Dessert Nachos
Dessert nachos is definitely not an old fashioned meal, but it is one we enjoy, especially in the summer months when fresh fruit is more readily available, especially from our local farmer’s markets. We have been craving something sweet, but something that has some nutritional value to it! We opted for these delicious dessert nachos…
Minc’d Collops From Days Gone By
I love history, especially food history. I am always fascinated by foods that were once cultivated, prepped and cooked and I enjoy learning about old world cooking techniques. It is interesting to me how our ancestors ate and I find old recipes enthralling! That is part of why I share that here with you —…
Old Fashioned Pumpernickel Bread
I love making an assortment of breads. Different breads offer different textures and flavors. Some are stronger in flavor like an authentic sourdough bread, some are light in flavor like our fluffy white paska bread recipe (which you can find here: http://www.ourcityhomestead.com/paska-easter-bread/ ), some breads are dense and chewy and some breads have a distinct…
Turkey Veggie Lasagne Grilled Cheese
Lasagne grilled cheese may sound weird, and not exactly from the old fashioned homestead, but it is simply delicious, especially when made with homemade bread!! This turkey-veggie lasagne grilled cheese is delicious and the turkey-veggie sauce tastes wonderful with pasta or made as a traditional lasagne. We love grilled cheese sandwiches and like changing them…
