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Instant Pot Beef and Broccoli

February 13, 2019 by Annie Chesson 3 Comments

I basically find myself craving Chinese takeout all the time...for SURE multiple times a week. Why? Is it because it tastes so dang good or is it because of the simplicity of just being able to run in and grab it from the counter and peace out, maybe sneaking a few bites in the car on the way home 😬? It's probably a combo of both. The problem with this is that Chinese takeout is usually ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Gluten Free, Instant Pot, Lunch Tagged With: 30 minute meal, Chinese, chinese instant pot, chinese takeout, chinese takeout copycat, Dinner, instant pot, instant pot beef, quick and easy dinner, recipes, takeout recipes

Beef Stroganoff

October 1, 2018 by Annie Chesson 1 Comment

Can I just start by saying that this is like THE definition of comfort food? Noodles smothered in a creamy, flavorful sauce loaded up with tender ground beef, mushrooms, onion, and garlic. It's just GOOD - that's the best way to describe it. Just straight up good food. Beef stroganoff is one of those cafeteria slash frozen food classics that you always seem to see. I'm talking the overcooked ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Fall Recipes, Lunch Tagged With: 30 minute meal, beef stroganoff, Dinner, easy dinners, Pasta, quick and easy, stroganoff

Summer Fresh Corn and Zucchini Chowder

June 11, 2018 by Annie Chesson 2 Comments

Alright, year-round soup lovers, this one's for you! The only thing "wintery" about this soup is the fact that it's soup...everything else screams summery goodness! The super fresh corn and zucchini particularly. The sweet pop of that fresh corn...you can't beat it! Frozen corn is a great substitute in those cold months when fresh isn't available, but the difference between fresh corn and frozen ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Lunch, One Pot Meals, Soup, Vegetarian Tagged With: corn chowder, Dinner, easy dinner, Lunch, one pot meal, Soup, Summer recipes, summer soup, Vegetarian

Crock Pot White Chicken Chili

April 6, 2017 by Annie Chesson 2 Comments

My dearest Crock Pot, I am grasping onto you for the remaining few weeks that it is acceptable to use you! Soon, warmer weather will be knocking on my front door, and I will welcome it with EXTREMELY open arms, but I will store you away, my Crock Pot friend, until next fall with sadness. One of the very few sad points about winter ending. Emphasis on FEW. I am sooooo ready for winter to be ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Crock Pot, Dinner, Fall Recipes, Game Day, Gluten Free, Lunch, One Pot Meals, Soup Tagged With: Chicken, chicken chili, Chili, crock pot, crock pot chili, Dinner, Easy, Gluten Free, Healthy, one pot meal, slow cooker

Buffalo Chicken Lasagna

August 9, 2016 by Annie Chesson 7 Comments

Oh my gash it's been yeaarrrssss. Maybe not years, but it definitely feels like it's been forever since I've talked to you! My week and a half of no blogging for our trip to Mexico and our move morphed into two and a half weeks. Yikes. I'll explain later....but first... BUFFALO CHICKEN ????. Yes please forever. I am a tad bit obsessed with buffalo chicken anything...as you can probably tell from ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Game Day Tagged With: buffalo, Buffalo Chicken, buffalo chicken lasagna, Casserole, Cheese, Chicken, chicken lasagna, cream cheese, Dinner, lasagna, Mozzarella

30 Minute One Pot Hamburger Helper

July 14, 2016 by Annie Chesson 2 Comments

Do you have any meals that you used to eat growing up that, despite their unhealthy and processed-ness (?), you love because they're nostalgic? Or even if it's not nostalgia, you like eating them now because you never were allowed to eat them when you were a kid? My parents were pretty healthy people, so we NEVER had sugary cereals, bags of chips, or lunchables laying around our house. And of ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Lunch, One Pot Meals Tagged With: 30 minute, 30 Minute Meals, Cheese, Dinner, Ground Turkey, hamburger helper, One Pot, One Pot Meals, Pasta, simple meals

Loaded 21 Day Fix Pizza

February 29, 2016 by Annie Chesson 19 Comments

Pizza and sushi. The two best foods that have ever existed in the world of food. If you don't like sushi, I can forgive you. Sushi can be a little bit funky, and there are some interesting textures goin' on in there with the raw fish. But pizza? Evveerryyone loves pizza. If you don't love pizza, then I don't love you. Just kidding. I still love you. Just a little bit less, pizza hater. So the ...

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Filed Under: 21 Day Fix, 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Appetizers, Dinner, Game Day, Lunch Tagged With: 21 day fix, Dinner, Easy, Ground Turkey, healthy pizza, naan, pizza, Turkey, turkey sausage, whole wheat

Blackened Tilapia with Cucumber Avocado Salsa [21 Day Fix]

February 18, 2016 by Annie Chesson 28 Comments

WHEW this has been a crazy several days! I have been trying to find a spare minute to cook, photograph, and post all week. I ended up having to use artificial light for these pictures because I kept getting home after dark, and I am writing this at 9:45 pm! Like I said...cray cray week. Craaaaaay. Okay so before I start going on and on about this DELICIOUS recipe, I need to talk about the next ...

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Filed Under: 21 Day Fix, 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch Tagged With: 21 day fix, 30 Minute Meals, Dinner, Easy, fish, Gluten Free, light, Lunch, Quick, seafood, tilapia

30 Minute Brown Butter Sage Gnocchi with Spinach and Pine Nuts

February 16, 2016 by Annie Chesson 6 Comments

Gnocchi...Gnocchi, gnocchi, gnocchi. You are so tender and potato-y and delicious. Have you ever had gnocchi before? If you haven't, YOU ARE MISSING OUT, PEOPLE! They are iiiiitttyyy bitty, tiny, cute, adorable little potato dumplings...they sound kind of weird, but they are soft and pillowy and taste like a mix between pasta and a dumpling. That might be a horrible description, but we're goin' ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Lunch, Vegetarian Tagged With: 30 Minute Meals, brown butter, Dinner, Easy, gnocchi, italian, Pasta, pine nuts, potato, spinach

Baked Chicken with Tomato Cream Sauce and Capers

February 10, 2016 by Annie Chesson 10 Comments

Mmmm flavas. So many flavas. Perfectly seasoned, juicy chicken; tangy, rich, creamy tomato sauce; salty, bright capers. So much yumminess. You know what's awesome?? Baking chicken. You would really think that someone who is as obsessed with cooking as I am would have discovered this awesome technique earlier in life, but NO. I have baked whole chickens before, but never just chicken breasts. ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch Tagged With: baked chicken, capers, Chicken, Dinner, Gluten Free, tomato cream sauce, tomato sauce

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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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