Thai Vegetable Curry

I was in the market the other day, trying to decide what I’d be making for dinner this week.  Hmmm…Bob’s going to be out of town, so I can pretty much make whatever I want.  I know!  Thai! 
Luckily I recently found this great mobile website (My Recipes mobile, part of the Cooking Light family) , so I [...]

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Meatballs, Revisited. Again.

Perhaps you remember my post from long ago – the one about the meatballs made into Stroganoff.  Well, I wasn’t kidding when I said I make a double batch and use them for everything.  They are so versatile.  I’ve made Stroganoff, Swedish Meatballs (I varied the spices, but I used the same meats), Spaghetti & Meatballs, BBQ [...]

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Coconut Lovin’

I am a big fan of coconut cream pie…but alas it is probably among the worst things you can eat:  egg yolks, heavy cream, pastry dough, coconut, whipped cream, etc.  I was jonesing HARD for a coconut fix, so I had to try to come up with a healthy alternative to this heavenly dessert.  I believe I have [...]

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Ask Wendalicious – She’s The Cheesiest!

A reader writes:
Hello, I am looking for a restaurant in or around Schenectady, New York that has really good macaroni and cheese. Can you help me?
Hmmm…that is a great question.  I haven’t had macaroni and cheese in a long time, and when I do I make it myself, so this is toughie.
Here’s what I [...]

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Homemade Spaetzle, As Promised

I’ve been meaning to add this recipe for many many moons now…and yesterday I made a traditional German dinner again for my increasingly-grateful husband (see my previous post about the Sauerbraten Episode), so I took some photos as I was preparing the spaetzle, and created a slideshow!
Ingredients and instructions are part of the slideshow, so [...]

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Dinner for One

When Bob’s traveling, I usually do not make dinner for myself – I usually scrounge around the pantry and have cereal, leftover pizza, or sometimes even ice cream for dinner.  I don’t think it’s worth the time to whip up something fabulous just for myself. (Who would I impress?)  But this week was different.
Bob was [...]

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The First Tastes of Autumn

When Sarah was visiting last weekend, we traveled down to Chatham to meet friends for brunch (at a great little place called Lippera’s…I’ll get to that another time).  On the way back, we stopped at Golden Harvest Farms for some apples and, more importantly, apple cider donuts.  The place came highly recommended by our friends [...]

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Hmm.

Yesterday, I traveled down to Middletown to help my parents with the long and arduous process of cleaning out my grandparents’ house following their deaths this summer. What a task. More than 60 years of accumulated “stuff”, exacerbated by at least 5 years of no housecleaning (due to physical inability). Many, many [...]

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Damn! That’s Good Barbecue!

Well, I think I’ve outdone myself this time! I was inspired to make BBQ Pulled Pork this week – thanks to a recommendation from Sarah. Sarah told me about this McCormick seasoning mix for slow-cooker pulled pork, and I went out and bought it. Three years ago. When I went into [...]

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Vietnam by Way of Upstate NY

My dinner this evening was absolutely fantastic! I’m hesitant to call it Wendalicious, because it was not my recipe – I found it in this month’s issue of Cooking Light, my favorite magazine in the world! I’ve been a subscriber for 12 years now, and it’s been worth every single penny of the [...]

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