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Coconut Curry Ramen Revamp

January 23, 2019 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

One of my hubby and I's favorite things to do is upgrade those little 99 cent ramen packs you get at the store (aka that sustained you throughout your college years) into something a little fancier and more extra. Usually we just add some veggies and maybe a little garlic and ginger + a shot of soy sauce, but sometimes we will go real fancy and really throw some extra goodies in there. Eating ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Lunch, One Pot Meals, Soup Tagged With: 30 Minute Meals, 30 minute ramen, Asian, asian noodles, coconut curry ramen, coconut noodles, Curry, curry noodles, easy dinners, easy ramen, homemade ramen, one pot meal, quick and easy ramen, ramen

Orange Chicken

December 1, 2017 by Annie Chesson 2 Comments

Pizza and Chinese takeout = two of my lifetime staples. I mean, let's just talk about the wonderfulness of these two items real quick. Firstly, they are both delicious. Secondly, they can both be delivered to your door or picked up on your way home. Thirdly, they are both delicious. The deliciousness deserved two points. BUT - problem: both of these food items are super calorie/fat/carb loaded ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, One Pot Meals, Weight Watchers Tagged With: Asian, Chicken, chicken breast, Chinese, Gluten Free, Healthy, Orange, orange chicken, takeout, weight watchers

Teriyaki Chicken Noodle Bowls

October 11, 2017 by Annie Chesson 4 Comments

Sometimes, efficiency is just crucial in life, you know? Work might be crazy, you might have a bunch of kids running around the house, you might have a million little to-do list items ticking through your head. On those days/in those situations, you really need easy, efficient, quick, and yummy (because yumminess is key) dinners. Let's take this morning for example. I was multitasking as ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Lunch, One Pot Meals, Weight Watchers Tagged With: 20 minute meals, 30 Minute Meals, Asian, Chicken, chicken thighs, one pot meal, One Pot Meals, quick and easy, stir fry, teriyaki, teriyaki chicken, udon noodles, weight watchers

Pork in Garlic Sauce

October 2, 2017 by Annie Chesson 5 Comments

Pork in Garlic Sauce is one of my all time favorite take out dishes. It's probs between this and lo mein for the top slot- it's hard to beat a good lo mein! But if I'm not ordering lo mein, you best believe there will be a steaming hot container of Pork in Garlic Sauce knocking on my door in 20-30 minutes 👅👅👅. The creation of this recipe is something I have toiled over for quite some time. I ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, One Pot Meals, Weight Watchers Tagged With: 30 Minute Meals, Asian, Chinese, easy dinners, garlic, garlic sauce, Gluten Free, pork, quick and easy, stir fry, weight watchers

Rainbow Veggie Rice Noodle Stir-Fry

June 9, 2017 by Annie Chesson 5 Comments

So there's this restaurant here called Hu Hot, and it's one of those Mongolian Grill places where you "build a bowl," and they cook it on this big flat top next to everyone else's bowls. Sanitation score? Questionable. Flavor? #Bomb. My brother Lawson looooooves this place, so it's not uncommon that after church we end up heading over to Hu Hot for our weekly post-church lunch tradition. I ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, Vegetarian Tagged With: Asian, asian stir fry, Chinese, Gluten Free, noodle stir fry, noodles, rice noodle stir fry, rice noodles, stir fry, Vegetarian, veggie stir fry

Korean Steak Salad

February 28, 2017 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

Sometimes salads can be so blah. When I was growing up, the only salad that I really liked was the typical salad bar selection: romaine or iceberg lettuce, hard boiled eggs, cheese, cucumbers, carrots, RANNNCCCHHHH. So much ranch. Like a ranch swimming pool with some veggie swimmers. That's a gross visual...apologies. BUT the point remains - they were boring salads. It wasn't until I got older ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Lunch, Salad Tagged With: Asian, asian salad, asian steak salad, flank steak, flat iron steak, korean, korean steak, Salad, steak, steak salad

Quick and Simple 5 Ingredient Teriyaki Chicken

September 30, 2016 by Annie Chesson 9 Comments

Okay, this is officially the easiest recipe that has ever been posted on the internet. Or written in any cookbook. Or put on YouTube. To reiterate...THIS IS THE EASIEST RECIPE EVER. It only takes five ingredients and twenty minutes to make! The supa short time and craycray few ingredients aren't what make this recipe so awesome, though... What makes it so awesome is how BOMB it tastes despite the ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Appetizers, Dinner, Lunch, One Pot Meals Tagged With: 20 minute meal, 30 minute meal, Asian, Chicken, Chinese, Easy, Quick, quick and easy, teriyaki, teriyaki chicken

Easy Korean Flank Steak

August 29, 2016 by Annie Chesson 13 Comments

Okay...let me just start by pointing out that I know I say what I'm about to say a lot: "This is the best thing ever." And I can truly tell you that I fully believe my descriptions every single time! I will never rave about a recipe that I'm actually not that crazy about. So...you have to believe me and try not to roll your eyes when I say that this is SERIOUSLY the best flank steak I have ever ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, One Pot Meals Tagged With: Asian, asian flank steak, Easy, flank steak, Gluten Free, korean, Korean flank steak, korean steak, meat, steak

Simple Sesame Noodles

June 29, 2016 by Annie Chesson 2 Comments

Some days you just need super simple sesame noodles in your life, feel me? On those days when life be CRRAAYYY, and you're thinking...really? Do I have to muster up a few ounces of extra energy to make my family dinner? Because reaaallllyyyyy I'd rather punch myself in the face. Let's just order Chinese takeout. Or pizza? Chinese takeout with a side of pizza. Enter: Simple Sesame Noodles. Here's ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Appetizers, Dinner, Lunch, Vegetarian Tagged With: 30 Minute Meals, Asian, asian pasta, Healthy, noodles, Pasta, sesame, sesame noodles, simple

Soy Marinated Grilled Broccoli with Browned Peanuts

June 2, 2016 by Annie Chesson 3 Comments

I have this AWESOME friend named Ceaven (it's pronounced "Kevin"). My phone likes to correct her name seven million times before it accepts that I am trying to type Ceaven. Craven. Caravan. Heaven. The corrections are endless. Anyway, she is also a teacher at the school where I work, so we eat lunch together everyday. We both loooovvveee food and cooking, so we are always trying each other's ...

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Filed Under: 21 Day Fix, 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Appetizers, Gluten Free, Lunch, Sides, Vegetarian Tagged With: 21 day fix, 30 Minute Meals, Asian, Broccoli, broccoli and peanuts, Gluten Free, peanuts, soy sauce, Vegetarian

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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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