Recipes by Walter Blevins (Page 4)

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	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	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
	Homemade Hawaiian Rolls by Walter Blevins Know what I like about baking? It’s a little bit like Forest Gump’s “box of chocolates”. You’re never sure what you’re going to get.It’s a little bit messy. You’ve got to be organized and a bit more systematic. It’s like different kinds of art. Baking is a little bit like “paint by numbers” because you really can’t go too far…	0 votes 453 views
	Roasted Brussels Sprouts by Walter Blevins Remember school lunches way back when? Were you a member of the “Clean Plate Club”? OK, so here’s how it worked at Manhattan Elementary in Tampa 50 years ago.Everyday after lunch the teacher would call each kid’s name from the class roster. There were 3 replies—“clean plate”, “little bit” or “no”.The only answer that was good was…	0 votes 686 views
	Semi-Homemade Enchilada Sauce by Walter Blevins I love enchiladas, especially New Mexico style. But I haven’t really tried making them very often because I just don’t like the taste of the “enchilada sauce” that you buy in a can. It always has a faintly metallic taste that I don’t care for.So, I took off on a quest to come up with a recipe for enchiladas and a homemade sauce that…	0 votes 3602 views