Recipes by Walter Blevins

United States Chef

	Spicy Mexican Carrots by Walter Blevins You may have noticed—or you may not have noticed—that Cheap Bastid hasn’t been doing much cooking or recipe posting lately. That’s not a rumor. It’s a fact.I don’t really know how these big muckety-muck foodie-bloggers manage to post every day with hundreds and hundreds of recipes. My problem is two-fold. I have to work to afford…	1 vote 1775 views
	Amazing Grilled Tomatoes by Walter Blevins This is that time of the year when the grill gets a workout. The weather in most parts of the U.S. is great and the outdoor grill beckons.Some of us use the grill year-round because it’s easy and fast—and because it doesn’t get the kitchen all messed up, hot and smelly. And the grill is great for more things than just charring meat.…	1 vote 311 views
	Grilled Sirloin for Two by Walter Blevins Help! All of a sudden I’m getting an Andy Williams song coursing through my brain—“It’s That Most Wonderful Time of the Year.” Arrrghhhhh, I can’t stand its incessant reverberation at Christmas let alone in June.This is supposed to be about grilling which is probably why that song has hit my brain. But I live in the San Diego area…	1 vote 1153 views
	Mango Peach Pie by Walter Blevins A lot of guys like to golf or fish on their days off—or any of a whole bunch of other activities. Well, I don’t golf and while I love to fish, I haven’t wet a line in quite a while.So on my days off I like to cook. Maybe that’s because I like to eat and on my days off I can do something that takes a bit more time and effort. And…	1 vote 688 views
	4th of July Veggie Feast by Walter Blevins I knew heading off to work yesterday that I was going to grill chicken when I got home for our 4th of July dinner. And, I knew that I wanted something a little less ordinary than potatoes in one of their many summer forms—baked, fried, potato salad all seemed a bit boring.So on my way home I stopped at our favorite grocery store,…	1 vote 439 views
	Blueberry Slump by Walter Blevins I’m always looking for recipes—for things that I can cook, bake, grill, sauté, etc. that promise to be tasty, easy and cheap. So a couple of weeks ago I stumbled across a recipe that made my mouth water. I saved it to make on one of my rare days off.Well, yesterday was one of my rare days off—the first of August, a full day off…	1 vote 600 views
	Pie Crust Kringle by Walter Blevins I’m on a constant quest for my next Cheap Bastid creation. Sometimes I stumble across something and sometimes I don’t. So recently I came across something that extolled the virtues of the convenience of store-bought refrigerated pie crust for a Danish Kringle recipe.And I thought to myself—“Self, you can do that and save a bunch by…	1 vote 685 views
	Pretzel Buns by Walter Blevins Have you noticed the commercials from both Wendy’s and Sonic touting their new pretzel buns? Wendy’s is promoting a pretzel bun cheeseburger while Sonic is peddling a hotdog in a pretzel bun.I see those commercials and think to myself, “Self, those look good.” Have you noticed? In the world of fast food, they look really tasty.…	1 vote 1427 views
	Shredded Pork Sammiches by Walter Blevins I got home last evening, the first in nearly a week, in time to cook something for dinner. It’s doubtful in the good old U.S. of A. that there’s any occupation that’s as degrading and unrewarding (both personally and financially) than selling cars for a living.But that’s what I do. And I try to keep a good firm grasp on my integrity…	1 vote 615 views
	Homemade Refrigerator Cucumber Pickles by Walter Blevins It’s been just flat out hot here in the San Diego area for the last couple of weeks. So hot that we just don’t want to cook and heat up the kitchen. So hot, we don’t look at the weather forecast on TV.Way back in the ancient days of the late 1950’s and early 1960’s we lived in a little house on the southside of Tampa, Florida. I…	1 vote 603 views