By Mike Thayer I love pie, I’ll take pie over any other kind of dessert offering, but I hate making them, namely the pie crust.  Making the dough is a labor intensive project if you want a flaky, golden brown and delicious final product.  It entails using chilled water and really cold butter with the […]

By Mike Thayer I love pie, I’ll take pie over any other kind of dessert offering, but I hate making them, namely the pie crust.  Making the dough is a labor intensive project if you want a flaky, golden brown and delicious final product.  It entails using chilled water and really cold butter with the […]

Tasty AND Nutritious By Mike Thayer Tasty and nutritious, I’ve always got a bag of Bob’s Red Mill Flaxseed Meal in my refrigerator.  Versatile, the nutty flavor of flaxseed meal tastes great and really enhances something simple like a bowl of cottage cheese and works well with a lot of recipes. I prefer the meal […]

A convenient lunch for an on-the-go kind of day. By Mike Thayer Thanks to a coupon card for a fundraiser (shout out to Ashley C. and her daughter!), I’ve been sampling the menu from QT Kitchens, enjoying an occasional slice of pizza, a nice sub sandwich, breakfast tacos and more.  Today I checked out the […]

WASHINGTON, – Tyson Fresh Meats, Inc., an Amarillo, Texas establishment, is recalling approximately 93,697 pounds of raw ground beef products that may be contaminated with extraneous materials, specifically reflective mirror-like material, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) announced today. The raw, ground beef items were produced on November 2, 2022. […]

By Mike Thayer While the turkey is the star of the show for a majority of Thanksgiving celebrations, for me, the side dishes put on a better performance.  Center stage on my Thanksgiving plate is the stuffing, potatoes, gravy, green bean casserole, deviled eggs and more!  The couple slices of turkey, while delicious (especially when […]

Coming soon to your grocery store, lab-grown meat has officially received the FDA’s safety stamp of approval If you appreciate the work I do and want to support more great food, product, service review content, recipes and other great information on BachelorontheCheap.com to include recall information, cost comparisons and more, you can help me broaden […]

FDA Completes First Pre-Market Consultation for Human Food Made Using Animal Cell Culture Technology Although it is not approved for sale yet, cultured meat and chicken just got one step closer to your grocery store shelves today. Wednesday, November 16, 2022, the FDA announced that it has “evaluated the information submitted to the agency and […]

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NO, not for Thanksgiving! By Mike Thayer Mac-n-Cheese – This is a recipe that turns an everyday comfort food classic into a holiday special.  We’re not talking Kraft Mac and Cheese here, we’re talking scratch made, ooey-gooey, cheese pull and a crispy top Mac-n-Cheese side dish.  Shout out to my oldest sister, who instilled an […]

Everything is better with bacon! By Mike Thayer Brussels Sprouts w/bacon – These tiny members of the cabbage family go GREAT with bacon!  Ingredients: 1 pound of Brussels Sprouts, halved 4 ounces of thick cut bacon (that means 1/4 of a 1 pound package for those of you who live in Valley Center) cut in […]

Gravy mixes, the gravy in a jar stuff, doesn’t compare to gravy made with meat drippings By Mike Thayer Thanksgiving Gravy – The holiday would be incomplete without it, after all, there are mashed potatoes and stuffing to cover and more importantly, if by chance, somebody over-cooked the bird, you’ll need some gravy to top […]

By Mike Thayer Cranberry Sauce – It’s a classic, but you either love it or hate it.  I don’t care for that jellied stuff in a can, but I do like cranberry sauce made from scratch, it’s especially good on leftover turkey sandwiches and better yet, on waffles for breakfast.  Ingredients: 1 twelve ounce bag […]