Chef Daniel
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One-Pan Chicken Divan With Rice
Chicken Divan is a French-American creation first served in the early 20th century. Like many French dishes, healthy chicken and broccoli was paired with a not so healthy high saturated fat Mornay sauce made with cheese and egg yokes. You may wonder why the French can eat rich sauces and ...
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Lentil and Spinach Soup
Lentils are a popular legume in Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. They are high in fiber and protein and low in fat. Lentils are used for soups, salads, and entrees. Lentil and spinach soup combines healthy lentils with the leafy green spinach, but any leaf green will do or you ...
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Simple Bite Size Napoleons
Napoleons are a crispy, light French pastry made with layers of puff pastry, a cream filling, and topped with a white glaze decorated with streaks of dark chocolate. This deliciously light pastry can be made at home using prepared puff pastry available from most supermarkets (usually found in with other frozen doughs ...
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Quinoa And Garbanzo Tabbouleh
Quinoa and Garbanzo Tabbouleh is a Middle Eastern inspired vegetarian salad or side dish that goes well with foods ranging from stuffed bell peppers to BBQ (barbecue). A 1-cup (about 160 g) serving has 200 calories, 1 gram of saturated fat, no cholesterol, 195 mg of sodium, 4 grams of ...
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Slow Cooker Pesto Minestrone Soup
Slow Cooker Pesto Minestrone Soup is packed with vegetables, and has about 125 calories and 7 grams of fiber per 1-cup (240 ml) serving. Recommended Slow Cooker Sizes This recipe makes about 5 qts. (18 cups, 5.7 liters) of soup. While a 6 qt. slow cooker is ideal, you can ...
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Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
An advertisement slogan for a popular candy states, “Chocolate and peanut butter are two great tastes that taste great together.” You can buy peanut butter chocolate chip cookies made with artificial flavors, high fructose corn syrup, and partially hydrogenated oil, or make these simple Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies with ...
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Lemon Spice Cookies
Lemon Spice Cookies are a rolled, thinly sliced cookie recipe you can make days or even weeks in advance and bake fresh when ready to serve. Dough is wrapped in wax paper and plastic wrap or aluminum foil and refrigerated at least 12 hours to stiffen the dough for slicing. Lemon ...
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30-Minute Baked Beans
Canned baked beans can have 500 mg of sodium in a miserly 1/2 cup serving, contain caramel color, and come in BPA lined cans. Traditional, homemade baked beans using dry beans are delicious, but take hours to prepare and bake. 30-Minute Baked Beans uses canned beans (buy organic to avoid ...
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Hearty Vegetarian Split Pea Soup
Splits peas are a good source of fiber and protein. A one cup serving has about 105 calories and 7 grams each of fiber and protein. Most split pea soup recipes are made with pork or ham adding protein and sodium. Vegetarian Split Pea Soup is a meat-free hearty blend ...
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One-Pan 30 Minute Ground Beef or Poultry Lasagna
In about the time it takes to make ground beef lasagna from a box, you can make this easy, delicious One-Pan, 30 Minute Ground Beef or Poultry Lasagna recipe without additives like: Monosodium glutamate (MSG) Natural flavor (whatever that is) Partially hydrogenated soybean oil Artificial colors (yellow 5 & 6) Cook’s Tip: ...
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