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Spicy Shrimp and Avocado Lettuce Wraps [21 Day Fix]

March 22, 2016 by Annie Chesson 24 Comments

Oh my goodness love. Love. Love. These lettuce wraps make me so happy ????. They seriously pack the most amazingly flawless combination of flavors and textures... Let's start from the bottom and work our way up: A crispy leaf of fresh romaine lettuce. A crunchy layer of tangy, slightly sweet honey, lime, cilantro slaw. P.S. easiest stuff evaaaaaaa. Three or so flavor packed blackened ...

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Filed Under: 21 Day Fix, 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Appetizers, Dinner, Game Day, Gluten Free, Lunch, Salad Tagged With: 21 day fix, 30 Minute Meals, avocado, blackened, cole slaw, Easy, Gluten Free, jalapeno, Lettuce Wraps, seafood, Shrimp, slaw

Baked Coconut Shrimp [21 Day Fix]

March 7, 2016 by Annie Chesson 10 Comments

Coconut shrimp brings back happy, happy memories for me. There is this restaurant in Charlotte (and other places I'm sure), called Firebirds, and they have a-may-zing coconut shrimp. So, so, so, so, yummy. And I always had so much fun going there for various celebratory occasions (it's slightly fancy). Now, these aren't exactly like Firebird's because theirs have a good quarter inch of breading ...

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Filed Under: 21 Day Fix, 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Appetizers, Dinner, Game Day, Lunch Tagged With: 21 day fix, 30 Minute Meals, baked, baked shrimp, coconut shrimp, Easy, Healthy, light, seafood, Shrimp

Poached Eggs over Roasted Asparagus with Lemon Vinaigrette [21 Day Fix]

March 3, 2016 by Annie Chesson 6 Comments

Poached eggs are scary. They seem very fancy and seem to require a lot of technical skill to make. Let me tell you something, though - with a few little tricks, making poached eggs is just as easy and scrambling 'em up in a skillet. I promise! And then you will look all fancy and awesome eating a perfectly poached egg. We can just keep it between you and I that it was super simple. No one else has ...

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Filed Under: 21 Day Fix, 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Appetizers, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, Salad, Sides Tagged With: 21 day fix, 30 Minute Meals, asparagus, Easy, eggs, Gluten Free, lemon, poached eggs, roasted asparagus, vinaigrette

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

Zuppa Toscana [Olive Garden Copycat]

February 8, 2016 by Annie Chesson 16 Comments

Have you ever been to Olive Garden? If you haven't been there, chances are you've heard of it. It's actually not my favorite restaurant ever - everything there is okay but not amazing. With one exception!! Can you guess what the exception is...? Yes! This soup! They have a soup there called "Zuppa Toscana," and it is basically my favorite thing on this whole planet. I am obsessed. If I go to ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Appetizers, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, One Pot Meals, Soup Tagged With: Easy, Gluten Free, kale, olive garden, one pot meal, potatoes, sausage, Soup

Easy Crock-Pot BBQ Chicken

February 3, 2016 by Annie Chesson 29 Comments

Staaahhhppp I'm in love. So obsessed with this chicken. This is seriously the EASIEST recipe ever, yet it yields probably the most flavorful and moist chicken I have ever eaten in my life. Again...I'm obsessed. You know how sometimes when you cook just meat (rather than soups/stews/etc...) in a Crock-Pot, it turns out pretty dry? Tender, yes - but also dry! It makes me sad when this happens. I ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Game Day, Gluten Free, Lunch, One Pot Meals, Sandwiches Tagged With: bbq, bbq chicken, Chicken, crock pot, crockpot, Dinner, Easy, Gluten Free

Chicken Tortilla Soup

February 1, 2016 by Annie Chesson 26 Comments

Yes. The answer to your question, yes, it tastes as good as it looks 👅👍😍👅. In case you missed that...it was one slurpy tongue (which signifies delicious food in my emoji dictionary - I don't know about yours), one thumbs up, one "heart eyes," and a second slurpy tongue (signifying more delicious food). This all roughly translates to the following: this soup rocks and you must make it and love it ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, One Pot Meals, Soup Tagged With: Easy, Gluten Free, mexican, mexican soup, one pot meal, Soup, tortilla soup

Cashew Chicken

January 27, 2016 by Annie Chesson 40 Comments

Cashew chicken...one of MA FAVES when it comes to Chinese take-out. I love the different textures from the chicken, veggies, water chestnuts, and cashews. But the BEST part, in my opinion, is when the sauce kind of soaks into the cashews, softening them and loading them with delicious, saucy, flavor. You could say I am quite the expert on Chinese take-out. It is a go-to for Seth and I on lazy ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, One Pot Meals Tagged With: 30 Minute Meals, Asian, Broccoli, cashew chicken, cashews, Chicken, Chinese, Easy, Gluten Free, Quick, take-out

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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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