By Mike Thayer A cook book classic! Can a guy live on just appetizers alone? I’m going to find out. Over the next couple weeks, I’m preparing, eating and, ‘surviving’ on appetizers alone. Today for breakfast it’s Ham Croquettes. I love these things!  I pulled the recipe from my Mom’s old Better Homes & Garden […]

By Mike Thayer Can a guy live on just appetizers alone? I’m going to find out. Over the next couple weeks, I’m preparing, eating and, ‘surviving’ on appetizers alone. Tonight for dinner, I decided to fry up some tempura battered shrimp.  After all, fried food and a cold beer is satisfying right? I threw together […]

By Mike Thayer Can a guy live on just appetizers alone? I’m going to find out. Over the next couple weeks, I’m preparing, eating and, ‘surviving’ on appetizers, nothing but.  Today for lunch, I had mini BBQ meat balls made in the crock pot.  Did they fill me up?  Yes, quite nicely and I should […]

By Mike Thayer Can a guy live on just appetizers alone? I’m going to find out. For the next couple weeks, I’m going to prepare, eat and, ‘survive’ on appetizers alone. It’s breakfast time and I love eggs.  On the menu, Baked Scotch Eggs. If you don’t know what a Scotch egg is, it’s a […]

By Mike Thayer Can a guy live on just appetizers alone? I’m going to find out. For the next couple weeks, I’m going to prepare, eat and, ‘survive’ on appetizers alone. It’s dinner time and time for shrimp cocktails and well, cocktails! For tonight’s appetizer challenge, it’s shrimp cocktails, yes, plural, because one cocktail just […]

By Mike Thayer The microwave and the crock pot are perhaps two of the best pieces of kitchen equipment for the bachelor.  Meals, easy peasy.  The microwave is SO handy when it comes to reheating leftovers or heating up a ‘to-go’ snack.  Many prepared foods these days in fact, are crafted with microwave cooking in […]

By Mike Thayer Can a guy live on just appetizers alone?  I’m going to find out.  For the next couple weeks, I’m going to prepare, eat and, ‘survive’ on appetizers alone. From a classic shrimp cocktail to a cheese ball and crackers, every ‘meal’ is going to feature an appetizer.  I’m looking forward to this, […]

By Mike Thayer It’s been quite some time since I’ve eaten a Hot Pocket.  I used to eat them quite a bit back in my military days….  Frozen food + microwave = dorm food.  So while shopping at Costco the other night and looking for something that was quick and convenient to prepare, a ‘to […]

By Mike Thayer Hurry up and wait….. That’s pretty much all you can do when your tomato plants aren’t producing any fruit, hurry up and wait until the weather ‘cools’….. I live in an apartment, so I have a container garden on my patio.  I’ve got some gorgeous looking tomato plants, they’re flowering abundantly, but […]

Bachelor on the Cheap Update – 06/20/2022:  This article was originally posted in 2017, but still holds true today despite Dollar Tree’s price hike to $1.25. By Mike Thayer About a month ago, I did a piece on products I use to do household cleaning.  Regular readers know I’m not a name brand product kind […]

By Mike Thayer So I had this old file cabinet on hand, just sitting in my garage no longer being used for its intended purpose…. “How can I re-use this?” I asked myself. I was thinking about storing power tools in it, but came up with a better idea! A Sunday project, I turned an […]

By Mike Thayer Can a person get tired of eating just burgers? HECK NO! In a celebration of summer, yours truly is celebrating with what is THE iconic food of summer, the burger. For a week, lunch and dinner will feature some sort of burger, starting off with a classic cheeseburger and then going on […]

By Mike Thayer So what are you doing for Thanksgiving?  If you’re not into cooking, the smart play is to go to a friend or relative’s house.  Be sure to take a bottle of wine, you can’t go in empty handed.  It you don’t live near the ‘nest’ and you like to entertain, then the […]

Previous month: July 2017 Next month: September 2017 By Mike Thayer Can a guy live on just appetizers alone? I’m on day five of preparing, eating and, ‘surviving’ on appetizers, nothing but. Tonight, it’s a salmon log and crackers for dinner.  I’m taking a 1960’s era recipe, updating it to 2017 and making it my […]