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How To: The Perfect Soft Boiled Egg

January 16, 2019 by Annie Chesson 12 Comments

People. Have you ever ventured into the world of a soft boiled egg? Oh...my gosh. It is heaven. Soft, velvety, silky egg yolk that is perfectly encased within a tender, perfectly set egg white. I had never tried making one before this...isn't that crazy? I was missing out on a whole world of egg perfection! It just seemed daunting to me. How do you find the perfect balance of runny yolk + set ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Appetizers, Breakfast, Brunch, Cooking Basics, Gluten Free, One Pot Meals, Paleo, Snacks, Vegetarian, Whole 30 Tagged With: 10 minute meal, 30 minute meal, boiled eggs, easy soft boiled eggs, how to, how to make eggs, runny eggs, soft boiled eggs, steamed eggs

How To: Salad Dressing + 3 Recipes

January 29, 2018 by Annie Chesson 3 Comments

Alright people, the following information his crucial: THERE IS ZERO REASON TO BUY PRE-MADE SALAD DRESSING EVER. Reasons: Homemade tastes a million times better (that is an exact statistic...one million times better) Homemade is super easy to make Homemade is way healthier and has no refined sugar + preservatives + extra chemicals But most importantly, again, it really does taste so ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Cooking Basics, Extras Tagged With: balsamic vinaigrette, cooking basics, dressing, extras, how to, how to make salad dressing, Salad, salad dressing, vinaigrette

How To: Basic Marinara

January 26, 2018 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

Everybody's gotta have a basic red sauce recipe in their back pocket. It's like THE easiest go-to dinner ever. I always, always have crushed tomatoes in my pantry, I always have onions, and I obvi always have garlic (garlic is life - peep the blog title, yo). And that's basically all you need for this! I personally prefer adding meat at the very beginning and making it a meaty red sauce, but we're ...

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Filed Under: Cooking Basics, Extras Tagged With: basic marinara, cooking basics, how to, how to make marinara, marinara, red sauce, Sauce

How To: Scrambled Eggs

January 24, 2018 by Annie Chesson 2 Comments

I have spent most of my life disliking eggs. They were never something I hated, I just never ever EVER had them in my house unless it was for a recipe. I never woke up and thought "Hm, I can't wait to shove some scrambled eggs in my face for breakfast!" Honestly, I've never really been a big breakfast eater period. Until recently. There was a large chunk of time - several months - after I had ...

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Filed Under: Cooking Basics, Extras Tagged With: cooking basics, eggs, how to, how to make eggs, scrambled eggs

How To: Dice Veggies

January 23, 2018 by Annie Chesson 1 Comment

Our second post in the new "How To" series: dicing veggies! Seems super basic, but I have had a surprising amount of people ask me questions about this, and I got multiple requests on Facebook for this "how to" when I was putting my feelers out for what people wanted me to post about! I'm not claiming that the dicing techniques shown in the video below are the technical ways you would be taught ...

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Filed Under: Cooking Basics, Extras Tagged With: avocado, bell pepper, carrot, cooking 101, cooking basics, dicing vegetables, dicing veggies, how to, how to cut vegetables, how to dice vegetables, jalapeno, onion

How To: Roux (Plus 3 Uses)

January 19, 2018 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

This is the first post in a new "How To" series that is kicking off today! It's going to last about two weeks and five "How To's" all together, covering ultra basic cooking 101 things like this (roux), scrambled eggs, basic marinara, etc...I won't give them all away here 😉. This is for those of you out there who are either learning how to cook from the ground up, or are used to cooking, but don't ...

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Filed Under: Cooking Basics, Extras Tagged With: alfredo, butter, cooking basics, Easy, flour, gravy, how to, roux, sausage gravy

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Annie Chesson
I am a passionate Christian, wife, cooking addict, and mom to the two sweetest boys in the world! Join me in my journey to create delicious, flavorful food. More About Me...

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