By Mike Thayer Yesterday I decided to issue a small challenge to myself and anyone else wishing to join in. Can you eat for a week on just $50? Breaking it down by the day, that’s about $7.14 per day or $2.38 per meal. Here’s the second meal, Day 1, lunch:  Meatballs & marinara […]

By Mike Thayer Most bachelors fall into one of two groups:  Those that like to cook and those that don’t. Even if you like to cook but your schedule doesn’t really permit it, you fall into the group of those that don’t. So here’s the Bachelor on the Cheap Challenge:  Can you eat for a […]

by Mike Thayer If you have some rice in the pantry and just about any kind of veggie and/or leftover meat in the fridge, you can create some rocking fried rice.  Rice + meat + veggie + an egg = YUM!  And for pennies!  Leftover steak?  Chop it up, make fried rice.  Leftover pork chop?  […]

  By Mike Thayer If you’re into breakfast burritos, Taco Bell is the place to go.  Their ‘grilled’ breakfast burritos are only $1. Taco Bell offers three ‘grilled’ breakfast burritos:  Bacon & egg, sausage & egg and one they call ‘Fiesta Potato.’  Oh, and when Taco Bell says, ‘grilled’, it really just means they put […]

By Mike Thayer Can you say, “Burgerlicious?”  Yes, yes you can!  If you aren’t familiar with the Juicy Lucy, it’s a burger stuffed with cheese.  For those of you who live in Haysville, that means the cheese is inside the patty, not on top.  Said to have been invented in a bar in Minnesota, biting […]

Easy Peasy Beef Pot Pie Saving money at the grocery store By Mike Thayer There is no better comfort food than meatloaf, especially when it’s wrapped in bacon!  And bonus!  You can enjoy meatloaf for breakfast, lunch or dinner.  Enjoy it with eggs, as a sandwich for lunch, or as a regular entree for dinner. […]

By Mike Thayer Bachelor food, go-to food when you don’t really feel like cooking, don’t feel like getting into the vehicle and driving to a restaurant……  So what do you do?  Pull out a Banquet pot pie. Really?  Do you have to?  Heck no!  I mean, don’t get me wrong, those things are OK in […]

By Mike Thayer Payday isn’t for another couple days and you’ve got just a few bucks in your wallet….  What are you going to eat over the next few days? Been there, done that. That’s why it’s SO important to have a well stocked pantry, to be able to make and eat good food until […]

By Mike Thayer I’ve heard a lot of people say, “I can’t afford to be a member of a wholesale club.” Hogwash. I would argue that you can’t afford NOT to be a member. Sure, you have to pay a membership fee, but you really do make up for that annual fee payment through savings […]

By Mike Thayer I’ve heard a lot of people say, “I can’t afford to be a member of a wholesale club.” Hogwash. I would argue that you can’t afford NOT to be a member. Sure, you have to pay a membership fee, but you really do make up for that annual fee payment through savings […]

By Mike Thayer Here’s a great recipe if you’re on a tight grocery budget, costing less than $10 to prepare.   And tight budget or not, this is just a flat out great grilled hot dog recipe! Mike’s HamDawgs Stuffed hot dawgs Ingredients: 1 cup finely chopped cooked ham or luncheon meat 2 Tablespoons finely chopped […]

By Mike Thayer So I was at work, thinking about what to have for dinner, as I failed to pull anything out of the freezer in the a.m. before work and I didn’t have any leftovers on hand to reheat….. “Pizza!” I said, in typical, bachelor, man-speak…… My next thought was, where is a convenient […]

By Mike Thayer It’s cheap, it’s easy to prepare, it satisfies that cold weather craving for soup during the winter months and the best thing, it’s DELICIOUS! Hamburger soup is kitchen friendly, you can pretty much make it with a pound of hamburger, some beef stock and whatever veggies you have on hand.  It’s not […]

By Mike Thayer It’s cheap, it’s easy to prepare, it satisfies that cold weather craving for soup during the winter months and the best thing, it’s DELICIOUS! Hamburger soup is kitchen friendly, you can pretty much make it with a pound of hamburger, some beef stock and whatever veggies you have on hand.  It’s not […]