About Me
My wife started to call me Cheap Bastid a while back because I enjoyed coming up with dinners that cost next to nothing--and making them taste good. I'm just a home cook who grew up in a home where cooking was from scratch and was a little bit Midwest and a little bit country. I love to cook and I love to cook good food cheap. And I write about my cooking and my recipes so that I can share them with you.
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Homemade Hawaiian Rolls
Know what I like about baking? It’s a little bit like Forest Gump’s “box of chocolates”. You’re never sure what you’re going to get. It’s a little bit messy. You’ve got to be organized and a bit more systematic. It’s … Continue reading
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Cheap and Easy Calzone
We love to kick back on the sofa on Friday nights, paper plates of pizza on our laps, feet up on the edge of the coffee table to watch some TV and relax—enjoying one another’s company and feasting on some … Continue reading
Posted in baking, Comfort Food, family meals, Italian, kids meals, pasta & pizza
Tagged calzone recipe, calzones, calzones recipe, cheap and easy calzone recipe, cheap and easy calzones recipe, cheap calzone recipe, cheap calzones recipe, easy calzone recipe, easy calzones recipe, homemade calzone recipe, homemade calzones recipe, italian calzone recipe, italian food recipe
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Homemade Lasagna
Everybody’s got a recipe for lasagna I would imagine. For years I just did the recipe on the back of the box. Now I pretty much do it out of my head. I don’t try to get fancy. And this … Continue reading
Posted in Comfort Food, family meals, pasta & pizza
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Saucy Meatballs and Grits
“Comfort food always has something gloppy in it” was Mrs. CB’s definition this morning when we got to talking about the dinner I made last night. Saucy Meatballs and Grits is definitely comfort food and I think Mrs. CB hit … Continue reading
Posted in Comfort Food, family meals, Italian, Southern Cooking
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