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How To: Dice Veggies

January 23, 2018 by Annie Chesson 1 Comment

Our second post in the new "How To" series: dicing veggies! Seems super basic, but I have had a surprising amount of people ask me questions about this, and I got multiple requests on Facebook for this "how to" when I was putting my feelers out for what people wanted me to post about! I'm not claiming that the dicing techniques shown in the video below are the technical ways you would be taught ...

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Filed Under: Cooking Basics, Extras Tagged With: avocado, bell pepper, carrot, cooking 101, cooking basics, dicing vegetables, dicing veggies, how to, how to cut vegetables, how to dice vegetables, jalapeno, onion

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

Perfect 30 Minute Red Curry

July 8, 2016 by Annie Chesson 20 Comments

Oh my gosh. Hold the phone. HOLD. THE. PHONE. This is quite possibly the best thing I haveĀ ever consumed in my entire life. Food, drink, anything. First of all...allow me to preface... Up until a few years ago, I had never tried Thai curry. I had tried Indian curry, and I wasn't a big fan of that, so I thought that meant that I wouldn't like any curry. Then I went to a Thai restaurant, someone ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, One Pot Meals Tagged With: 30 Minute Meals, Basil, bell pepper, Chicken, Curry, Gluten Free, one pot meal, onion, red curry, thai, thai food

The Perfect French Onion Soup

November 9, 2015 by Annie Chesson 32 Comments

Oh, hello there! Remember me? The girl who used to cook, write, and photograph for this blog every week? I won't hold it against you if you forgot I existed...since I HAVEN'T POSTED IN FIVE YEARS. Okay, well it's been twelve days, not five years. But twelve days?!? That's a long time. That's almost two weeks of not posting! I apologize...I don't even have a good excuse. I do have an excuse, just ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Appetizers, Dinner, Lunch, One Pot Meals, Soup Tagged With: Easy, french, french onion soup, gruyere, one pot meal, onion, simple, Soup

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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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