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Dairy Free Vodka Sauce

April 30, 2020 by Annie Chesson 1 Comment

Dairy Free Vodka Sauce - This delicious, complex, slightly creamy sauce skips the dairy and uses cashew cream instead! It has the most delicious flavor and is perfect tossed with al dente penne! TheGarlicDiaries.com #vegan

Vodka sauce is one of those yummy classics that's great to have in your back pocket. It's easy, it's absolutely DE-LI-CIOUS, and it's a perfect dish to serve in multiple different situations: easy enough for a weeknight dinner but fun enough for a dinner party with a yummy, fresh side salad. If you've never had vodka sauce before, it's basically a creamy tomato sauce that has some complexity ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dairy Free, Dinner, Gluten Free, Vegetarian Tagged With: cashew cream, dairy free, dairy free vodka sauce, marinara, Pasta, penne alla vodka, penne and vodka sauce, vegan pasta sauce, vegan vodka sauce, vodka, weeknight dinner

Spinach and Ricotta Lasagna Roll-Ups

March 13, 2019 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

One of my best friends is a vegetarian, and since moving to Charlotte, I see her WAY more often (one of the best parts about living here!). She is here for dinner a decent amount, and it's been really fun coming up with vegetarian stuff to cook when she comes over. This lasagna is seriously the ultimate vegetarian meal - it is loaded with flavor and comfort, and you'll never miss the meat! I ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Fall Recipes, Vegetarian Tagged With: lasagna, lasagna roll ups, Pasta, ricotta, spinach, spinach lasagna, Vegetarian, vegetarian dinners, vegetarian lasagna, vegetarian pasta

Creamy Beef and Shells

January 9, 2019 by Annie Chesson 6 Comments

Okay, firstly - this recipe takes two seconds to make. Secondly, it is ridiculously delicious, satisfying, creamy, saucy, hearty, flavorful, and perfect in every way. Thirdly, it is the biggest busy weeknight win comin 'atcha in 2019. It's done within half an hour and will be a huge hit with the entire fam. If you want to be even more of a rock star, you'll pop a side salad into this ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Fall Recipes, Lunch Tagged With: 30 Minute Meals, beef, beef and shells, beef pasta, cheesy pasta, cream cheese, easy dinners, ground beef, ground beef pasta, noodles, Pasta, shells, tomato sauce

20 Minute One Pot Pumpkin Parmesan Pasta

November 28, 2018 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

Did you all have the best Thanksgiving ever?? I hope it was one for the books, and I hope you are still polishing off the rest of those delicious leftovers. I know after the marathon cooking event that is Thanksgiving, a lot of people (myself included) like to take a little break from intensive cooking for a little while and grab some takeout, eat lots of leftovers, or just stick with easy peasy ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Fall Recipes, Lunch, One Pot Meals, Vegetarian Tagged With: 20 minute meal, one pot dinner, One Pot Meals, one pot pasta, parmesan pasta, parmesan pumpkin, Pasta, Pumpkin, pumpkin parmesan, pumpkin pasta

Baked 3 Cheese Mac and Cheese

November 13, 2018 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

I'm a firm - FIRM - believer in mac and cheese being a mandatory element of a successful and delicious Thanksgiving spread. I've found two parties here: people that are with me and see it as a necessary accompaniment just like stuffing or mashed potatoes, and then the people who never include it with their other sides. If you are in that second group...why? Who hurt you? Jk. BUT let's talk ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Christmas, Dinner, Fall Recipes, Sides, Thanksgiving Tagged With: cheesy sides, holiday food, holiday sides, Mac and Cheese, macaroni and cheese, macaroni casserole, Pasta, pasta sides, Sides, Thanksgiving, thanksgiving sides

Creamy Chicken Gnocchi with Pancetta and Peas

October 30, 2018 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

This is seriously comfort food at its finest! We've got soft, pillowy gnocchi; ultra thick, creamy, comforting sauce; the tender chicken; peas that give a perfect pop of fresh sweetness; and salty pancetta for the most delicious, savory crunch. It's thick, it's rich without being overwhelming, and it will fill your soul with comfort as you devour the entire bowl as quickly as humanly possible. ...

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Filed Under: 30 Minute Meals, All Recipes, Dinner, Fall Recipes, Lunch Tagged With: 30 minute meal, easy gnocchi, easy pasta, gnocchi, gnocchi skillet, pancetta, Pasta, weeknight dinner

Absolute Easiest No-Fuss Lasagna

October 15, 2018 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

One of my favorite things in the world to do is make my totally from scratch lasagna. I mean like SUPER from scratch: homemade pasta, homemade sauce - we even home make the ricotta (actually super easy). I make it when there's a really special occasion or when I'm feeling like spending an afternoon in the kitchen cooking something super labor intensive, because that can be calming and therapeutic ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Fall Recipes Tagged With: Casserole, comfort food, easy lasagna, italian, lasagna, no fuss lasagna, oven, oven baked, Pasta

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

Fresh Tomato Pasta

September 26, 2018 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

WHEW - alright people, we are settled back at home in Kansas after a 3 + week long trip to North Carolina. Seth had a 3 week training in Georgia, and we have tons of family and friends in North Carolina just a few states away (almost said one state and then checked myself and looked at a US map...Lord please never let me teach geography), so Ford and I decided to tag along and hang out in North ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Lunch, Vegetarian Tagged With: easy dinner, fresh tomato sauce, fresh tomatoes, garlic, Pasta, shallot, tomato sauce, Tomatoes, Vegetarian

Instant Pot Beef Ragu

August 8, 2018 by Annie Chesson 2 Comments

Oh my gaasshhhhh, Instant Pot, you are just TOO DANG good to be true. A tough cut of meat that would normally take hours to become tender and juicy in the oven takes literally thirty minutes in the Instant Pot, it becomes fall apart tender, and it cooks into the sauce, leaving you with the most thick, unctuous, richly flavored ragu that you've ever encountered in YO LIFE. I'm telling you guys, ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Fall Recipes, Instant Pot, One Pot Meals Tagged With: chuck roast, easy dinners, instant pot, instant pot beef, instant pot marinara, instant pot pasta, instant pot ragu, one pot meal, Pasta, ragu

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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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