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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Cheap Bastid’s Savory Homemade Salisbury Steak
Remember mystery meat? Brown, rubbery, almost tasteless gunk sitting on the bottom of the main dish aluminum section of the “Hungryman” Swanson’s TV dinners you buy when you’re starved and want something which at least resembles meat but you don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Beef Recipes, Comfort Food, family meals
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Whew! No Pink Slime at Stater Brothers
For the last couple of weeks, “pink slime” has been in the news. This is something that I’ll refer to as a “beef by-product” which is added to much of the ground beef sold in the U.S. I think that’s … Continue reading
Eggplant Boats
Do you ever get a craving for vegetables? That’s been me the last few months. It’s a bit like when you see your dog out in the yard eating grass and think that he’s gone weird on you. I’m still … Continue reading
Loosemeat Sandwiches or Maid-Rites
Here’s a recipe for one of my favorite quick, easy and cheap meals. It’s loosemeat sandwiches or Maid-Rites, a Midwestern favorite. Maid-Rite is actually a small chain of restaurants in the Midwest. The original was in Muscatine, Iowa and opened … Continue reading
Posted in Beef Recipes, family meals, kids meals, sandwiches
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