Hungry Girl 1-2-3: The Easiest, Most Delicious, Guilt-Free Recipes on the Planet [Paperback]

Lisa Lillien (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: March 30, 2010

With more than 200 recipes and two-ingredient “couples” to choose from, you’ll never be hungry again! Get ready to chew on:

• Crazy Pineapple Salmon Teriyaki (347 calories)
• Mom-Style Creamy Chicken ’n Veggies (307 calories)
• Queen-of-the-Castle Sliders (254 calories)
• Caramel Swirl Cream Puffs (121 calories)
• Corndog Millionaire Muffins (160 calories)
• Chili Cheese Dog Nachos (218 calories)
• Turkey & Veggie Meatloaf Minis (142 calories)
• Planet Hungrywood Sweet & Cap’n Crunchy Chicken (234 calories)
• Shrimp & Grits . . . for Hungry Chicks! (380 calories)
• Cannoli-Stuffed French Toast Nuggets (228 calories)

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Book Review
Are you hungry? The number-one New York Times bestselling phenomenon is back--with even more yum-a-licious guilt-free recipes. This time, the easiest ones on the planet!

 

Hungry Girl's recipes aren't just delicious, they're SUPER-SIMPLE, too. Hungry Girl 1-2-3 will help you make the world's most delicious guilt-free appetizers, meals, snacks, desserts, etc., with practically no effort whatsoever! There are loads of crock-pot recipes, microwavable meals, HG's famous "foil packs," and more. Some are such a cinch, you won't even have to turn on the oven or stove! Really.

Try Your Hand at These Easy Recipes from Hungry Girl 1-2-3

Chunky Veggie Pumpkin Chili Our friend canned pumpkin is at it again, adding fun, fiber, and flavor to this incredible chili. The taste is mellow but can easily be spiced up with extra cayenne or some hot sauce. Ingredients (Makes 11 Servings) One 28-ounce can crushed tomatoes One 15-ounce can pure pumpkin 2 teaspoons chopped garlic ½ tablespoon cayenne pepper, or more to taste 1 teaspoon chili powder 1 teaspoon pumpkin pie spice ¼ teaspoon salt, or more to taste ½ teaspoon ground cumin One 14.5-ounce can diced tomatoes One 15-ounce can chili beans (pinto beans in chili sauce), not drained One 15-ounce can black beans, drained and rinsed ½ cup canned diced green chiles 2 cups chopped portabella mushrooms 1½ cups chopped zucchini 1½ cups chopped onion Directions Add crushed tomatoes, pumpkin, garlic, and all the seasonings to the crock pot. Mix well. Add diced tomatoes, both types of beans, diced green chiles, and all the veggies. Stir thoroughly. Cover and cook on high for 3 to 4 hours or on low for 7 to 8 hours. Holy Moly Cannoli Cones These might actually be the cutest food items in the entire book. But let’s put adorableness aside for a moment . . . they TASTE AWESOME!!! Try serving these at parties and your events will immediately become 37 percent more enjoyable. Ingredients (Makes 6 Servings) 1 cup plus 2 tablespoons fat-free ricotta cheese 2/3 cup Cool Whip Free, thawed 2½ tablespoons Splenda No Calorie Sweetener (granulated) 1 tablespoon sugar-free fat-free vanilla instant pudding mix 1 tablespoon powdered sugar 2 tablespoons mini semi-sweet chocolate chips, divided 6 sugar cones (like the kind by Keebler) Directions Place all ingredients except chocolate chips and sugar cones in a medium bowl. Using a handheld electric mixer set to high speed, mix until fully combined and fluffy. Fold in half of the chocolate chips. Transfer mixture to a large plastic bag, squeezing it down toward one bottom corner of the bag. Snip that corner off with scissors, so that you have a makeshift piping bag. Gently squeeze the ricotta mixture into the cones, evenly distributing it among them. Sprinkle the remaining chocolate chips evenly on top of the filling in each cone.

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About the Author

Lisa Lillien is not a nutritionist, she’s just hungry. She’s the founder of www.hungry-girl.com, the daily email service providing approximately one million fans with guilt-free recipes, food and product reviews, dieting news, shockers and more. She also writes weekly columns for WeightWatchers.com and Yahoo!, and regularly contributes to Redbook magazine. She has appeared on TV shows like Rachael Ray and Extra, and now has her own show on the Cooking Channel. Her Hungry Girl cookbooks are New York Times bestsellers. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

Product Details

• Paperback: 352 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 1 edition (March 30, 2010)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312556187
• ISBN-13: 978-0312556181
• Product Dimensions: 9.2 x 7.5 x 0.9 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.7 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (397 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,466 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #17 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Quick & Easy
  • #90 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Special Diet

More About the Author

She's not a nutritionist, she's just hungry! Lisa Lillien is a number-one New York Times bestselling author and the creator of the Hungry Girl brand. She is the founder of hungry-girl.com, the worldwide phenomenon daily email service that entertains and informs hungry people everywhere!

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59 of 60 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best of Show, May 12, 2010

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This review is from: Hungry Girl 1-2-3: The Easiest, Most Delicious, Guilt-Free Recipes on the Planet (Paperback)

I have purchased all three of Ms. Lillien cook books. The first two are great however focus mostly on sweets. I am a 52 year old woman who is deficient in the "I must have chocolate now" chromosome so most of those chapters went untried. 1-2-3 is the best of the bunch. This book provides healthy meals. The recipes are very basic; if you can read you can cook. So far I have made the College breakfast burritto, So Fancy Fish Pack (foil section) and Jammed with Cheese Stuffed French Toast all excellent. Tonight is Chop Chop Beef Stir Fry. There has been some criticism of her use of some ingredients. This book's recipes are more "whole foods" than some of the others. If artificial sweetener, non fat cheese, egg beaters etc. are so offensive to some then substiute and make allowances for the calories. To me the whole point of Ms. Lillien's approach to cooking is just that; start cooking. Don't rely on take out, fast food or sticking some cardboard box in the microwave. It's cooking, not nuclear physics.

Normally the cute recipe names and preamble "Rat(atouille) Pack - 'too bad Frank, Dino and Sammy aren't around to try this'" would annoy me, but it is, I believe, Ms. Lillien's genuine personality. Moreover I am impressed that a young woman would even know who the hell F,D&S were.

Keep up the good work. This old broad is a fan.

65 of 69 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best way to eat good!, March 30, 2010

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This review is from: Hungry Girl 1-2-3: The Easiest, Most Delicious, Guilt-Free Recipes on the Planet (Paperback)

My wife and I have been changing how we eat since August of 2009. Together since then we have lost over 117 pounds! Hungry Girl has been helping us to eat healthier but not miss any of the taste! LOVE HUNGRY GIRL! We try recipes almost daily. Easy step by step instructions with all the nutrition info we need to manage in weight watchers! You gotta get these cookbooks! ALL of them!

51 of 58 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Forget the bookmarks--mark the whole book!, March 30, 2010

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Abigail Demeter - See all my reviews

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This review is from: Hungry Girl 1-2-3: The Easiest, Most Delicious, Guilt-Free Recipes on the Planet (Paperback)

I purchased this book a month ago on Amazon and have been anxiously awaiting its debut. Since it came in the mail today I have not been able to put it down. I want to make everything in it! I started marking pages with strips of paper I ripped off the packing slip but quickly ran out of paper. Then I moved on to bending corners... pretty soon I realized there was few pages left unmarked so I gave up! I think I could make any of these recipes for my husband and he wouldn't even realize I made a low fat and healthy version of his favorite food. That is the true test--if a non-dieter can enjoy and even ask for dishes made from a guilt-free recipe book! I have used my 200 under 200 recipe book at least 5 times a week since I got it for Christmas and can't wait to begin trying all these tasty new dishes. We are hooked on Hungry Girl!