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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

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

Vegetarian Bolognese Sauce

December 12, 2017 by Annie Chesson 4 Comments

I'm bout to have some Italians chasing me down with pitchforks for using the oxymoron "Vegetarian Bolognese"...but wait! It's yummy. And it looks like a bolognese. And it feels like a bolognese. And it has a lot of the same ingredients...so, can we still be frands? I realize that I just created a vegetarian version of a super traditionally meat loaded sauce...kind of like saying "Vegetarian Fried ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, One Pot Meals, Vegetarian, Weight Watchers Tagged With: bolognese, Gluten Free, marinara, Pasta, pasta sauce, tomato sauce, vegetable marinara, Vegetarian, veggie sauce, weight watchers

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

Baked Gnocchi with Blistered Tomato Parmesan Sauce

December 7, 2016 by Annie Chesson Leave a Comment

Wait...I just peaked. I might as well quit blogging now, because this is as delicious as food can possibly get. My career is oveerrrrrrr 😭😭😭. But for real...this baked gnocchi is my love language. Have you ever played the game Desert Island where you go around and say the three things you would bring if you were stranded on an island somewhere like ma' man Tom Hanks and his friend Wilson? ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Fall Recipes, Lunch, Vegetarian Tagged With: baked, baked gnocchi, Basil, gnocchi, parmesan, Pasta, roasted tomatoes, tomato sauce, Tomatoes

Chicken Tikka Masala

October 21, 2016 by Annie Chesson 6 Comments

My brother, Lyndon, and his wife, Amanda, came to visit this summer, and they made all kinds of awesome food. Amanda really loves to cook, too, and she's awesome at it. One night, her and Lyndon made Tikka Masala, aaaaannd I was freakin' out. It was SO good. So flavorful. So saucy. Perfectly spicy. Did I mention flavorful? Because the flavor was on point, people. So obviously I told them I was ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch, One Pot Meals Tagged With: Brown Rice, Chicken, Gluten Free, half and half, indian food, masala, one pot meal, peas, tikka, tikka masala, tomato sauce

Baked Chicken with Tomato Cream Sauce and Capers

February 10, 2016 by Annie Chesson 10 Comments

Mmmm flavas. So many flavas. Perfectly seasoned, juicy chicken; tangy, rich, creamy tomato sauce; salty, bright capers. So much yumminess. You know what's awesome?? Baking chicken. You would really think that someone who is as obsessed with cooking as I am would have discovered this awesome technique earlier in life, but NO. I have baked whole chickens before, but never just chicken breasts. ...

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Filed Under: All Recipes, Dinner, Gluten Free, Lunch Tagged With: baked chicken, capers, Chicken, Dinner, Gluten Free, tomato cream sauce, tomato sauce

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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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