Hungry Girl: 200 Under 200: 200 Recipes Under 200 Calories Author: Visit Amazon's Lisa Lillien Page | Language: English | ISBN:
0312556179 | Format: EPUB
Hungry Girl: 200 Under 200: 200 Recipes Under 200 Calories Description
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“One of the best and most practical cookbooks out there is Hungry Girl: 200 Under 200.”
—The Sun Chronicle
“These aren't the typical bland and boring diet-food ingredients.”
—New York Daily News
About the Author
She's not a nutritionist, she's just hungry. LISA LILLIEN is the founder of hungry-girl.com. Over half a million loyal fans receive her daily emails containing guilt-free recipes, food and product reviews, dieting news, shockers and more. She lives in Los Angeles, California.
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- Series: Hungry Girl
- Paperback: 352 pages
- Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 1 edition (April 14, 2009)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0312556179
- ISBN-13: 978-0312556174
- Product Dimensions: 9 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
- Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
I had the first book and, although I don't make many of the recipes, thought it was worth buying book 2. Most of the people who give her books bad reviews complain about the processed foods and lack of nutrition. She never claims that it is a nutrition book, she clearly states that she is just making the best food she can for the fewest calories. If you want to add nutrition, add a side of baby spinach with a splash of apple cider vinegar, like a side salad, with only 10 cals, or something along those lines, and you're fine. Take this book for what it is, an idea book, with a few "recipes". Change the fat free cheese for regular, just use half as much, use light milk instead of soy (it only a few calories differece, anyway) Just figure out what is worth spending the few extra calories on, and modify, for pete's sake. Use common sense if you don't want to use all the "fake" stuff.
There are a few great recipes that my whole family loves. There is a "hot pocket" style sandwich using low carb wraps and of course, laughing cow cheese, and its warmed in a pan with PAM. I've used this style with lean hamburger (my substitution)and pickles; pizza sauce with the turkey pepperoni she reccommends; and eggs with spinach, with a sprinkle of real cheese. This may not be the healthiest lunch around, but its a heck of a lot better than fast food, or frozen kids entrees, and just as quick to make, and, even with my "non- fake" substitions, around 200 calories. I make a lot of the cupcakes as-is from the book, and my kids love those, too. There is a "mousse" with FF cool whip and peanut butter that has enough PB to satisfy my craving for it, with less than half the fat and calories.
So, I find this to be like many of the other cookbooks I own.
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