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Hidden Veggie Marinara (great for kids!)

August 17, 2018 by Annie Chesson 2 Comments

You may only enter this post if all children under the age of ten aren't in visual range of your computer screen. You must answer TWO secret questions to pass the mom test and prove that you are not, indeed, a small child. The questions follow: How many days has it been since you have showered? How many goldfish and/or other cracker crumbs are in the back seat of your car currently? If ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Condiments, Gluten Free, One Pot Meals, Paleo, Vegetarian, Whole 30 Tagged With: food for kids, Gluten Free, Healthy, healthy sauce, kid food, marinara sauce, paleo, paleo recipes, pasta sauce, primal, primal recipes, recipes for kids, red sauce, Sauce, Vegan, Vegetarian, whole 30, whole 30 recipes

Watermelon Salsa

May 21, 2018 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

One million percent inspiration for this recipe goes to my bestie, Megan. I have two AMAZING best friends that I've known since I could barely read (aka forever), and to this day they are still two of my favorite people in the entire world. More family than friends at this point. Anyway, they both live in North Carolina, so we try and visit each other whenever we can. Recently, I went there and we ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Appetizers, Condiments, Gluten Free, One Pot Meals, Paleo, Sides, Snacks, Vegetarian, Whole 30 Tagged With: condiment, Gluten Free, Healthy, paleo, primal, salsa, tacos, topping, Vegan, Vegetarian, watermelon salsa, whole 30

Roasted Cauliflower with Lemon Tahini Sauce

May 11, 2018 by Annie Chesson 5 Comments

Roasted cauliflower and me = BFF. Do you have a good relationship with cauliflower? Have you ever roasted it? If you answer was "no" to the first question, it's highly probable it was also "no" to the second question. When you roast cauliflower in the oven for a niiiice longggg time, allowing it to get soft and deliciously toasty and caramelized, it is HEAVEN. It is probably my favorite vegetable ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Appetizers, Fall Recipes, Gluten Free, Paleo, Sides, Vegetarian, Whole 30 Tagged With: cauliflower, Gluten Free, Healthy, paleo, roasted cauliflower, roasted veggies, roasting, Sides, vegetables, Vegetarian, whole 30

Smashed Chickpea and Avocado

May 9, 2018 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

Aaaaand welcome to my obsession. My love language. My crack = ^^^^. I made this recipe FOR-EVER go, before my Instant Pot series and before Whole 30, so it has taken me this long to actually get around to posting it because I had to finish those two things out first. Now that I am done with my Instant Pot series and done with my Whole 30 recipes, this delicious little baby FINALLY has its time in ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Appetizers, Gluten Free, Lunch, Salad, Sandwiches, Sides, Snacks, Vegetarian Tagged With: 10 minute meal, 30 minute meal, avocado, chickpea and avocado, chickpea mash, Chickpeas, dip, Gluten Free, Greek yogurt, Healthy, one pot meal, smashed avocado, smashed chickpea, spread, Vegetarian

Spiralized Sweet Potato Taco Skillet

May 7, 2018 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

Tacos are life. I've been having a consistent taco craving fooorr...I wanna say...approximately 15 years. It's never ending - I'm always down for a taco. Luckily, on whole 30, a taco craving is actually pretty easily satiated. There are a lot of healthy substitutes where you ditch the cheese and tortilla but still get your taco fix. Lettuce wraps = perf. Taco bowls (with cauliflower rice) = ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Gluten Free, One Pot Meals, Paleo, Whole 30 Tagged With: 30 minute meal, avocado, dairy free, Gluten Free, ground beef, Healthy, mexican, mexican sweet potato, one pot meal, paleo, sweet potato, sweet potato noodles, sweet potato taco, taco skillet, whole 30

Blackened Chicken with Avocado Cream

May 2, 2018 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

I think the world would be a better place if we could eat some type of delicious sauce on everything. Are you with me on this? Sauces make everything SO YUMMY. Whether it be a chipotle sauce on your sandwich, a cheese sauce on your burrito, a bearnaise sauce on your steak (we just went so fancy [except I had to google how to spell bearnaise, so I think that disqualifies my fanciness there]), or an ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, Paleo, Whole 30 Tagged With: 30 Minute Meals, avocado, avocado cream, avocado sauce, blackened chicken, Chicken, chicken and avocado, Gluten Free, Healthy, paleo, whole 30

One Pot Smoky Lentil Stew

January 17, 2018 by Annie Chesson 2 Comments

Do you want to know what happened in Kansas today? They closed schools because of EXTREME COLD. Like...no snow...no ice...no dangerous driving conditions...just cold weather. The concern is that they don't want kids waiting outside for the buses when it's like negative ten degrees. So hopefully that gives you a nice frigid visual of theĀ  weather outside right now. Growing up in North Carolina ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Fall Recipes, Gluten Free, Lunch, One Pot Meals, Soup, Vegetarian, Weight Watchers Tagged With: Gluten Free, Healthy, lentil stew, lentils, One Pot, one pot meal, Soup, stew, Vegan, Vegetarian, weight watchers

Roasted Tomatillo Stewed Chickpeas

January 10, 2018 by Annie Chesson 4 Comments

Chickpeas are my new food obsession. They are like these tender and hearty morsels of yumminess, and they have way better flavor and texture than other beans - less mushy, more tasty! This recipe right here, friends, is THA best chickpea recipe I've ever had. Here's the situation we're talkin' about here - tomatillos, red onions, and garlic roast in the oven and are then pureed. Meanwhile, the ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, One Pot Meals, Vegetarian, Weight Watchers Tagged With: Chickpeas, Gluten Free, Healthy, Vegan, Vegetarian, weight watchers

Stout Chili

December 8, 2017 by Annie Chesson 1 Comment

You chilly? Eat some chili. Ima just leave that cheesy pun there for a few minutes so you can enjoy it. Has it been enjoyed? Good. Let's continue. Ummmm can you maybe ignore the fact that this is the second chili recipe I've posted within a few months? What can I say...I'm a fan of chili, and I love how creative you can get with it. Also, it's the perfect cold weather food! It simmers on ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Fall Recipes, Game Day, Gluten Free, Lunch, One Pot Meals, Soup, Weight Watchers Tagged With: beer, Chili, comfort food, Gluten Free, ground beef, Healthy, one pot meal, pinto beans, Soup, stew, stout, stout chili, weight watchers

Orange Chicken

December 1, 2017 by Annie Chesson 2 Comments

Pizza and Chinese takeout = two of my lifetime staples. I mean, let's just talk about the wonderfulness of these two items real quick. Firstly, they are both delicious. Secondly, they can both be delivered to your door or picked up on your way home. Thirdly, they are both delicious. The deliciousness deserved two points. BUT - problem: both of these food items are super calorie/fat/carb loaded ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, One Pot Meals, Weight Watchers Tagged With: Asian, Chicken, chicken breast, Chinese, Gluten Free, Healthy, Orange, orange chicken, takeout, weight watchers

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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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