Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World

Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World
by Lisa Lillien

Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World
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Author: Lisa Lillien
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2008-04-29
ISBN: 0312377428
Number of pages: 336
Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Book Reviews of Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World

Book Review: I love this book!
Summary: 5 Stars

This book including the history of how Hungry Girl came to write could easily have been written by myself. Even her recipes are very similar to the concoctions I have come up with in an effort to stay slim in Los Angeles amongst the beautiful people. Hungry girl gave me some new and refreshing ideas to add to my own and I am grateful for that and give this book five stars. I love to eat, and I seem to need that satiated and full feeling in order to be satisfied. I strongly disagree with some of the reviews that say the recipes do not taste good. Perhaps you follow them too literally? I don't know but I have been cooking for years and I just adjust things that don't seem right to me. I just finished a large plate of chili cheese fries and it was absolutely satisfying and healthy too. I was planning to make her macaroni and cheese later. Her recipe calls for a family sized bag of cauliflower in cheese sauce combined with whole wheat penne. My store did not have any of the cheese sauced cauliflower but I love the idea of using the cauliflower to "stretch" the pasta (a trick I often use by whipping a large head cauliflower in my food processor along with a large baked potato....taste great just like mashed potato with less calories, starch and carbs) so I will cut up a fresh cauliflower and will probably make a vegan cheese sauce using nutritional yeast to mix in but will also make use of her cube of light laughing cow cheese to add some more authentic cheesy taste. I just love her ideas, they have really helped me to add variety! I also love how many of her recipes are designed for one, that is so helpful to me. After you look at her book, it's so easy to use the principles of volumizing the meal with vegetables and low calorie choices to make your own recipes. For those who speak of the use of high sodium and/or unhealthy foods I think that Hungry Girl only includes these for occasional use and for the sake of convenience when you are pressed for time, something I can appreciate. Most things are cooked from scratch using healthy items. I don't actually know how many of the recipes I have followed without making any changes at all, but it's the inspirations that have proven most valuable to me. The use of fiber one cereal to "fry" is great. I make chicken fingers like this all the time. I mean sure, it's not the same as a bucket of KFC, but come on people you have to make some sacrifice, and frankly I think she makes the sacrifices a lot easier to swallow. I also like to "fry" eggplant slices in the oven using this method for a delicious eggplant parmesan. I use nutritional yeast for the cheese when I make this. Anyway, I think the folks giving the book a negative review are unable to use the recipes to their advantage and to form their own ideas. A little common sense, cooking skills and imagination make this book a reference to return to time and time again.

Summary of Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World

Do you want to eat burgers, chocolate cake, frozen margaritas, fudge, and French fries?and still fit into your pants?  Is life not worth living without brownies and onion rings?  Do you want a surefire way to tame your cravings? From breakfast ideas and chopped salads to guilt-free junk food and cocktails, Hungry Girl recipes taste great but are low in fat and calories.  Check it out!

? Eggs Bene-Chick: 183 calories
? Bring on the Breakfast Pizza: 127 calories
? Ooey Gooey Chili Cheese Nachos: 216 calories
? Big Bopper Burger Stopper: 202 calories
? Dreamy Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge: 65 calories
? Lord of the Onion Rings: 153 calories
? Rockin? Tuna Melt: 212 calories
? 7-Layer Burrito Blitz: 277 calories
? I Can?t Believe It?s Not Sweet Potato Pie: 113 calories
? Cookie-rific Ice Cream Freeze:  160 calories
? With easy instructions, simple steps, and hilariously fun facts and figures, Hungry Girl recipes are as fun to read as they are to make!

And when you?re not in your kitchen, check out HG?s 10 mini survival guides, plus tips ?n tricks that?ll help you make smarter food choices anywhere, anytime!


Hit the Kitchen with Hungry Girl

Just because you're watching your waistline doesn't mean you need to go hungry. Recipes from Hungry Girl--like the Fiber-Fried Chicken Strips featured below--feed your every craving without piling on the calories. What's more, Lisa Lillien's lighthearted love for food and fun shines through in every recipe, making it easy to follow her healthy example and even come up with your own simple calorie-saving shortcuts.


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