Quick, Easy and Largely Processed
Hungry Girl's book isn't for everyone, yet in many ways it's for all of us. It might not cut it if you want to shun processed foods and eat as naturally as possible. But for many women -- and this book, along with other, similar "non-diet" diet books, is aimed more at women -- Hungry Girl fulfills a great need: to have meals and snacks that are slimmed-down versions of the real thing.Hungry Girl relies heavily on processed ingredients such as fat-free whipped topping, fat-free sour cream, fat-free cheese, liquid egg substitute, fat-free powdered creamer, and artificial sweeteners. Whether that's good or bad depends on your point of view. These may be low calorie or low fat, but not necessarily healthful.
Yet Hungry Girl also has some more natural ingredient substitutions such as butternut squash in fries, and pumpkin in baking. Plus, Hungry Girl is big on fiber.
Hungry Girl makes no secret of some of her favorite brands of foods. House Foods' Shirataki Noodles, whose packages bear her caricature, Splenda, and Fiber One are among her favorites. This at least takes the guesswork out of what to buy.
165 Hungry Girl Real World Recipes
So if youre looking to make over some high-fat favorites, see if Hungry Girl's Ooey Gooey Chili Cheese Nachos, Lord of the Onion Rings or Fettuccine Hungry Girlfredo hit the spot.Feeling a chocolate urge coming on, I decided to make Hungry Girl's Dreamy Chocolate Peanut Butter Fudge, which calls for only three ingredients: fudge brownie mix, canned pumpkin and a little reduced-fat peanut butter. This particular recipe had drawn some negative reviews on Amazon because of its flavor and density. Contrary to those reviews, we loved the recipe. There was no overriding pumpkin flavor that some had mentioned (be sure to use pure pumpkin rather than pumpkin pie mix), and if you confine yourself to a square or two, you shouldn't feel weighed down.
Published by St. Martin's Griffin
ISBN 0-312-37742-8





