Chef Daniel
All Recipes and Posts by Daniel
Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken, Beef & Pork
Slow cookers are a convenient way to prepare soups, stews, and entrees. They allow you to prepare foods without watching over a stove, worry about grill or smoker temperatures or about burning a meal. Slow Cooker BBQ Chicken, Beef, Or Pork recipe can be use to prepare country style pork ...
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Baked Custard
This Baked Custard recipe is so simple a child can make it. You only need basic 4 ingredients. Note: Never let small children handle the boiling water for the bath. I make this easy recipe using an 8-cup measuring cup. The custard goes directly from my “mixing bowl” to ramekins ...
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Hearty Guacamole
Hearty Guacamole is a simple recipe of diced tomato, onion, cilantro, lime juice, and seasoning you can be served as a dip for tortilla or pita chips, with your favorite Mexican foods, or as a condiment for broiled or pan fried fish. Although high in calories do to the avocados ...
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Hearty Italian Soup
Hearty Italian Soup is a tomato based soup providing about 370 calories and 10 grams of fiber per 18 oz. (515 g) serving. Using low sodium canned tomatoes and beans and limiting the amount of added salt makes a soup with about 440 mg of sodium per serving. That’s a ...
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Chicken Quesadilla
Southwestern, Mexican Quesadillas can be made in minutes from a few simple ingredients for a simple snack, cut into wedges and served as an appetizer, or a substitute for grilled cheese sandwiches. This recipe uses 8-inch (20 cm) flour tortillas to reduce calories and sodium. Unlike very low sodium corn ...
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Apple or Peach Crisp
Apple and Peach Crisps are a popular American and British dessert that’s a simpler, healthier alternate to apple and peach pie. Cook’s Tip For individual crisps, divide filling between 9 6-oz. ramekins or custard cups, distribute topping and bake. Nutrition information Nutrition information is for a peach crisp. Add about ...
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Risotto with Green Peas
Risotto originated in northern Italy and is now popular throughout Italy. Made using short grain arborio rice, it has a creamy texture unlike any other rice recipe without the need for cream or any other sauce. Risotto is rarely offered on the menu of most Italian-American restaurants. Unlike pasta that ...
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Cooking Quinoa
Quinoa is a marketed as a gluten-free whole grain. Actually, quinoa is a seed grown in south America. Quinoa is easy to prepare. The cooking method is similar to cooking rice. Quinoa is added to boiling water and then simmered until the water or broth is absorbed. High fiber and ...
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Turkey Meatloaf
Turkey meatloaf has 25 percent less fat, 60 percent less saturated fat, and less calories than traditional beef and pork meatloaf. Turkey meatloaf is delicious for lunch, dinner and sandwiches or added to soups like lentil and split pea. Both meals pictured have about 500 calories. Less than many retauarant ...
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Honey Mustard Vinaigrette
Honey Mustard Vinaigrette is a simple recipe that is great for lettuce, quinoa and pasta salads. Most of the calories are from fat, but this dressing is low in saturated fat and you need less vinaigrette to coat the same amount of salad ingredients compared to creamy dressings like Ranch ...
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