I’m sitting at my computer on my dining room table trying to figure out how to introduce myself and this whole “Cheap Bastid” thing.
Now, I could blame my wife for liking my cooking and for encouraging me to get creative because the more cooking I do, the less she does and she’d just as soon keep me in the kitchen and out of other trouble. 
Or I can blame my daughter, Susan, who several years ago called me up and asked me for the recipe for Swiss Steak like I used to make for her and her brother Mike when they were little. That single recipe turned into a cookbook full of other recipes I used to make when they were growing up starting with that all time favorite Fish Sticks and Tater Tots.
Or I can blame it all on “Foodies”. These pretentious folks have given food a bad name. Food is for eating not for looking at.
But mostly it’s because deep down inside, I’m a Cheap Bastid. I love to eat. I love to cook. I love to try and make stuff that tastes good and I love it even more when it tastes good and it’s cheap.
Over the last year or so that’s gotten harder to do. Have you noticed how the price of groceries continues to climb while your income hasn’t?
It’s not hard to do. You take basic, inexpensive ingredients and make something good to eat without driving yourself nuts simply by using a bit of creativity and planning and preparation.
So that’s what this site is all about. By the way, there’s one essential ingredient that’s totally free and which goes into every dish or meal I make—just a little pinch of love.
You’ll get used to this mantra too:
That’s the Cheap Bastid Way: Eat Good. Eat Cheap. Be Grateful!
