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Brown Butter Mashed Potatoes

November 6, 2018 by Annie Chesson 2 Comments

Let's see...hooowwww do I put this so that I'm not verbally assaulting you BUT also properly indicating how important it is that these are a part of your life asap...? Let me just put it this way: if these aren't on your Thanksgiving spread this year, why even celebrate the holiday? I mean...sure, it's good to be thankful for what we have and spend time with family and friends, I knnoowww - sure, ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Fall Recipes, Gluten Free, Sides, Thanksgiving, Vegetarian Tagged With: brown butter, butter, Gluten Free, holiday, holiday food, mashed potatoes, potatoes, Sides, Thanksgiving, thanksgiving potatoes, thanksgiving sides, Vegetarian

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

Blueberry Butter

April 11, 2017 by Annie Chesson 7 Comments

Blueberry butter. It's a thing. And it's upping breakfast's game hard. Not that this delicious butter has to be served with breakfast or anything, but...I'm just sayin'...smeared across a biscuit or across a toasted slice of cinnamon bread in the morning? Heaven. H-e-a-v-e-n. When I have stumbled across fruit butters in the past, they always seem to use jam as the fruit ingredient. I considered ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Appetizers, Breakfast, Brunch, Condiments, Gluten Free, Snacks, Vegetarian Tagged With: blueberries, blueberry, blueberry butter, butter, condiment, fruit butter, spread, topping

Garlic Butter Chicken Thighs

February 17, 2017 by Annie Chesson 21 Comments

I mean, big surprise - garlic. Garlic is so goooooooodddd (hence blog title), and it's an injustice to food not to use it in every single recipe you ever make for the rest of your life. At least that's the logical conclusion I've come to. The grocery store I shop at, Dillon's, carries these bags of garlic, and the bag is filled with like 4-pack vacuum sealed pouches of garlic. Already peeled and ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, One Pot Meals Tagged With: 30 Minute Meals, butter, Chicken, easy chicken, easy dinner, garlic, garlic butter chicken, garlic chicken, Gluten Free

Arugula Pasta with Tomato Butter Sauce

January 13, 2017 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

You guys...you will legit have dreams about this pasta sauce. There is nothing like it. Is it a tomato sauce? Is it a butter sauce?? Your taste buds are confused in the most delicious way imaginable ❤️😍. The butter in this SUPER simple tomato sauce just kicks everything up ten million notches, and it makes the tomato sauce so rich and almost creamy, in a way. YOU WILL BE IN LOVE. The tender ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Lunch, Vegetarian Tagged With: 30 minute meal, arugula, arugula pasta, butter, Easy, easy dinner, Pasta, quick and eay, tomato, tomato butter sauce, tomato sauce

Overnight Slow Cooker Apple Butter

September 27, 2016 by Annie Chesson 15 Comments

Okay, halllooooo FALL. I know, I know...I'm five days late. Absolutely unacceptable for someone like me who lives through their entire year looking forward to the first day of fall. BUT, can I please make up for my lateness by giving you this recipe for the best apple butter in the whole entire world? Okay, good. Preesh. I will explain my VERY long (over two weeks...yikes) absence from this ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Christmas, Condiments, Gluten Free, One Pot Meals, Snacks, Thanksgiving, Vegetarian Tagged With: apple butter, apples, butter, Condiments, crock pot, Fall, slow cooker

Fancy Schmancy Grilled Cheese

November 18, 2015 by Annie Chesson 47 Comments

Um....excuse me while I have a moment with this grilled cheese. This. Grilled. Cheese. Is. The. Best. Thing. Ever. Yes, I have been known to say that a lot about many different things...but fo reals. THIS IS THE BEST THING EVER. I died when I ate it. I died and went to crispy, buttery, cheesy, flavor heaven. And I wanted to stay there forever. You know what I would wish for if I had one wish? I ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Game Day, Lunch, Sandwiches, Vegetarian Tagged With: 30 Minute Meals, butter, Cheese, dijon, dijon mustard, grilled cheese, sandwich, Sandwiches, 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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