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 - Hungrey GirlI really enjoy reading this cookbook and the I have tried some of the recipes. I think everyone would enjoy this book who enjoys eating. Rating: - My Personal Inspirational Guilt-Free Eating GuideHungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World This is probably the greatest paperback I have ever owned. As a little old GreatGramma, who is inclined to be "pleasingly plump", I need an inspirational guide. And, this is definitely it--being diabetic and controlling it with diet, rather than medication, there is so much in this book that helps me. Before, I felt deprived of all the "goodies" and such that I could not have any longer, but this book has a way of making eating fun again. Plus, I am losing weight, a Double Bonus. Rating: - Great Everyday Recipes!This is a great cookbook for those trying to improve their food choices. Most recipes are single serving, but you just double or triple the ingredients to make more. This cookbook also has a lot of recipes with just a few ingredients. Very healthy choices and they taste GOOD! My recommendation, "buy it and use it"! Rating: - Love the book!This is a very informative book that give you info on what is healthy and what is not. I will enjoy it for years to come. Rating:  - Hungry Girl: How to Cook with Non-Dairy CreamerI browsed through the pink-tinged pages looking at the recipes, fighting my way through the over-enthusiastic use of exclamation marks and cute-and-confusing titles like "pizzalicious chop chop" (page 44) and "amazing ate-layer dip" (page 158). Intending to be "sassy" and "fun", the writing comes across as though it were the product of a calorie-obsessed teen-aged girl rather than an adult woman... The author, Lisa Lillien, is "a self-appointed `foodoligist' (sic)" and founder of the website HungryGirl.com- a popular website with more than 100,000 subscribers. According to her website, she rightly states that she is neither a dietitian nor a food professional, but "an average female, struggling with the same food issues most females struggle with every day." Losing and gaining the same 10-15 pounds several times over, and trying "every diet under the sun," she has a self-admitted food obsession- counting calories and finding low-fat, low-carbohydrate substitutes for a wide variety of foods. The book, which is a natural extension of her popular website, is sadly rife with rather unnatural foods. For example, her "2-good twice-baked potato" (page 124, from"Manly Meals" Chapter 6) calls for fat-free American cheese and fat-free liquid non-dairy creamer. Is substituting the fats found in natural dairy products with things like corn syrup solids and Polysorbate 60 (both found in non-dairy creamer) such an excellent idea, however many calories might be saved? Polysorbate 60, as I have learned from a rather amusing article posted at Wired magazine, is: ...made by polymerizing ethylene oxide (a precursor to antifreeze) with a sugar alcohol derivative. The result can be a detergent, an emulsifier, or, in the case of polysorbate 60, a major ingredient in some sexual lubricants. Perhaps the dish should be re-christened "2-good twice-lubed potato." (And hint to the recipe testers- you might want to sprinkle the potato with paprika and parsley after removing it from the oven...) To read the full review, visit michaelprocopio.wordpress.com In association with Amazon.com | |