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Instant Pot Garlic Butter Green Beans

August 29, 2018 by Annie Chesson 4 Comments

These green beans literally have a constant presence in my fridge, you guys. You can almost always find a tupperware full of them ready to be devoured at any moment. The reason = my one year old will go. to. TOWN. on these babies! He literally shoves them in his mouth by the chubby fist full. They are probs his favorite vegetable, and because they are so easy and quick to make, it seems like we ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Christmas, Gluten Free, Instant Pot, One Pot Meals, Sides, Vegetarian, Whole 30 Tagged With: 30 Minute Meals, Easy, Gluten Free, green beans, instant pot, instant pot sides, Instant pot thanksgiving, instant pot vegetables, instant pot veggies, Sides, Thanksgiving, thirty minute meals, vegetables, Vegetarian, veggies

Baked Bean and Onion Dogs

June 18, 2018 by Annie Chesson 1 Comment

Omg omg omg wait. I'm in love. You guys...this is seriously the mother of all hot dogs. The salty, savory hot dog + the sweet baked beans + the sharp onion + the tangy mustard = THE PERFECT combination of amazing flavors to create a summer masterpiece: the ultimate hot dog. These are a NEEDED item in your 4th of July celebrations. Needed. Mandatory. What screams summer more than hot dogs? ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Game Day, Lunch, Sandwiches Tagged With: 30 minute meal, 4th of July, 4th of july recipes, bbq, cookout, Easy, grill, grilling, hot dogs, summer

Crazy Easy Three Ingredient Pimento Mac and Cheese

June 15, 2018 by Annie Chesson 1 Comment

Guess what I found in my eleven month old son's mouth this morning? I'll give you a few minutes to ponder your guess. *** *** Dog food. It was dog food. A pellet of dog food. **Cue all the vomit emojis.** He was crawling around on our rug in the living room and I saw him bring his little fist up to his face and he looked at me, clearly with something in his mouth, and I hopped up and ran ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Game Day, Lunch, One Pot Meals, Sides, Vegetarian Tagged With: 15 minute meal, 30 minute meal, Cheese, Easy, Mac and Cheese, one pot mac and cheese, one pot meal, pimento, pimento cheese, pimento mac and cheese, quick and easy, 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

Hot Cheesy Corn Dip

January 15, 2018 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

Okay, I mean...let's just be real with each other for a second. Is there anyone out there who doesn't have an emotionally intimate moment with their computer screen when they hear words like hot+cheesy+corn+dip in one title? How could this dip possibly not be the most delicious chip topper ever when it's cheesy, creamy, and loaded with sweet kernels of corn? If I'm being honest, I could go to TOWN ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Appetizers, Game Day, Gluten Free, Snacks, Vegetarian, Weight Watchers Tagged With: appetizer, Cheese, cheesy dip, corn, corn dip, cream cheese, dip, Easy, Greek yogurt, greek yogurt dip, hot dip, one pot meal, pepper jack cheese, snack, Vegetarian, weight watchers

Fifteen Quick and Simple 30 Minute Meals

April 13, 2017 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

Even those of us that love, love, looooove cooking are fans of 30 minute meals. Meals that are that quick and easy but still pack so much flavor and yumminess are just so much fun to make. Not to mention, MUCH needed on crazy weeknights when you've either been dealing with a pack of crazy kids all day, dealing with a crazy day at work...or both...yikes. So, this roundup is for you, busy ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, Extras Tagged With: 30 Minute Meals, Easy, fast, Quick, quick and easy, simple

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

Creamy Baked Mushroom Rice

March 27, 2017 by Annie Chesson 14 Comments

Okay, people. Everything I'm about to say to you is CRUCIALLY important, so I need you to not just scroll through and look at the pretty pictures...zone in for some life changing info. This recipe. Is seriously. My new. OBSESSION IN LIFE. You guys...this rice. Thiiissss rrriiiiiiiccccceeeeeee. Let's just talk for reals for a few minutes...just you and me. Here's what you're about to experience if ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Fall Recipes, Gluten Free Tagged With: baked rice, Brown Rice, comfort food, creamy, creamy brown rice, creamy rice, Easy, easy comfort food, Gluten Free, heavy cream, mushrooms, parmesan cheese, rice, Risotto

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

10 Super Simple Crock Pot Recipes

December 19, 2016 by Annie Chesson 8 Comments

Ah, the Crock Pot. Such a wonderful vessel for comfort food goodness. Wouldn't you agree?? Throw your ingredients in, turn that baby on, and let it sit and simmer away allllll day while you're out doing your thangs. Or while you're binge watching Netflix. Whatever floats your boat. And then at dinner time, you pop off the lid and say hello to your delicious, slow-cooked dinner. It's so ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Crock Pot, Extras, One Pot Meals Tagged With: crock pot, crock pot recipes, Easy, roundup, simple, slow cooker, slow cooker recipes

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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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