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Avocado Chimichurri

June 4, 2019 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

I mean, on a scale of one to ten, how acceptable is it to slather avocado chimichurri all over your body like lotion? A hard six? I'll take it. This chimichurri is THE actual best. We have had it twice on grilled flank steak and once on roasted potatoes, and all times it was life giving. Like...I-want-to-eat-this-straight-from-the-bowl-with-a-spoon level of life giving. It's not only THE ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Condiments, Gluten Free, Keto, Paleo, Vegetarian, Whole 30 Tagged With: avocado, avocado chimichurri, chimichurri, cilantro, condiment, Gluten Free, keto, keto recipes, keto sauce, paleo, paleo sauce, Sauce, Vegan, Vegetarian, whole 30, whole 30 sauce

Meal Prep Quinoa and Black Bean Burrito Bowls

August 3, 2018 by Annie Chesson 4 Comments

Let me just paint a quick picture for you here, friends. It's a busy week day, whether you are at home or at work, and before you know it, your stomach is grumbling, you look at the clock, and it's already lunch time. You scan your mind for what you have in your fridge/what you brought to work for lunch, and - ding! - you remember that you did an awesome, wonderful thing for yourself and meal ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Gluten Free, Lunch, One Pot Meals, Vegetarian Tagged With: avocado, Black Beans, burrito, burrito bowls, cilantro, Gluten Free, Greek yogurt, meal prep, meal prep burrito bowls, Quinoa, quinoa burrito bowls, Sour Cream, Vegetarian

Cocoa and Chili Crusted Steak with Jalapeno Chimichurri

March 12, 2018 by Annie Chesson 1 Comment

So I'm sure you have seen lots of those meal delivery ads for Hello Fresh, Blue Apron, and other similar companies, right? They're all the rage right now, and I can fully see why - SUPER convenient. Seth and I tried one a few years ago for one week just for fun to see if the food was any good. It was a fun week, but we still prefer just coming up with our own dinners! In February, when I was in ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, Paleo, Whole 30 Tagged With: 30 minute meal, chimicchuri, cilantro, dairy free, garlic, Gluten Free, paleo, parsley, primal, red wine vinegar, Sauce, steak, whole 30

Twenty Minute Refried Beans

May 30, 2017 by Annie Chesson 2 Comments

OH MY GOSH LIFE. I have been hardcore absent from my blogging world for so long. We were in the last few weeks of the school year, and it was my last year of teaching since the baby is coming soon (yay!), so I really wanted to soak up those last few weeks and stay totally focused on enjoying every minute of them. Also, I was busy - hi, making finals for four different grade levels is time ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Condiments, Game Day, Gluten Free, One Pot Meals, Sides, Vegetarian Tagged With: beans, cilantro, garlic, homemade beans, jalapeno, mexican, onion, pinto beans, queso fresco, refried beans, Sides, tacos

Herbed Pea and Orzo Salad

July 6, 2016 by Annie Chesson 6 Comments

Remember that time we made an amazing herb condiment packed with basil, cilantro, parsley, garlic, lemon zest, lemon juice, and olive oil and then folded it into pasta? OH WAIT. That happened today ????. And holy delicious, it was a big bowl of wow-it's-hot-outside-so-let's-make-easy-food-with-bright-flavors-and-be-happy-forever. You pickin' up what I'm puttin' down? Good. So...those herbs. That ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Appetizers, Dinner, Lunch, Salad, Sides, Vegetarian Tagged With: 30 Minute Meals, Basil, cilantro, green peas, gremolata, herbs, lemon, orzo, parsley, pasta salad, peas, Vegan, Vegetarian

Banh Mi Tacos [21 Day Fix]

March 5, 2016 by Annie Chesson 2 Comments

Mmm. Tacos. Banh Mi tacos. I have discussed my love for Banh Mi before (yes, the plural of Banh Mi is "Banh Mi" - Google teaches me things) when I made this sandwich several months ago. Aaaaand this love is still going strong today. Some may even call it true love. Banh Mi just have the most scrumptious combination of flavors. The pork (slash other meat you choose to use), the pickled carrots and ...

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Filed Under: 21 Day Fix, All Recipes, Dinner, Game Day, Gluten Free, Lunch, Sandwiches Tagged With: 21 day fix, banh mi, carrots, cilantro, cucumbers, daikon, Gluten Free, Healthy, pork, tortillas

Cowfish Copycat “Taste Explosion” Roll

May 30, 2015 by Annie Chesson 18 Comments

Happy Saturday! How is your weekend going? Seth and I went out to lunch today at a super yummy taco place and then just walked around downtown Columbus for a while - they were having a sidewalk flea market/farmers market type thing. We realized during the walk that we have a slightly irrational obsession with our dog. Literally 80 percent of our conversation was made up of talking about how ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Appetizers, Dinner, Lunch Tagged With: bacon, beef, cilantro, cilantro pesto, ground beef, jalapeno, Sushi

Cilantro Cashew Pesto

May 28, 2015 by Annie Chesson 41 Comments

There is this restaurant in Charlotte called Cowfish, and it is one of my top three favorite restaurants that I have ever eaten at EVER. It is soooo so so so soooooooo SO good. The point of the restaurant is the fusion between burgers and sushi - hence the name...Cowfish. So aaaanyway, there is this one burgushi (their sushi/burger combo rolls) called the Taste Explosion that has this cilantro ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Condiments, Gluten Free, Vegetarian Tagged With: cashews, cilantro, cilantro pesto, Gluten Free, Pesto, Vegan, 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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