Hungry Girl to the Max!: The Ultimate Guilt-Free Cookbook [Paperback]

Lisa Lillien (Author)

Book Description

Release date: October 16, 2012

Go to the max with the most massive and complete Hungry Girl cookbook ever---650 recipes from the guru of guilt-free eating! 

Consider this your HUNGRY GIRL BIBLE. In Hungry Girl to the Max!, Lisa Lillien has created a book that is a must-have for anyone who craves insanely delicious food without the high-calorie price tag! HG classics like large-and-in-charge egg mugs, oversized oatmeal bowls, crock-pot recipes, comfort foods, foil-pack dishes, and fast-food swaps are all here. You’ll also find single-serving recipes, dishes with five ingredients or less, meatless meals, and more. Including:

*Chili Cheese Egg Mug (195 calories)

*Cinna-Raisin Oatmeal (301 calories) 

*Over the Rainbow Pancakes (267 calories) 

*Onion Rings Parm (176 calories) 

*Garlic-Bread White Pizza (289 calories) 

*Southwestern Meatloaf (232 calories) 

*Cheesed-Up Taco Turkey Burgers (219 calories) 

*Veggie-Loaded Cashew Chicken (318 calories) 

*Gooey-Good Fuji Apple Pie (159 calories) 

*Chocolate PB Pretzel Cupcakes (135 calories) 

. . . and SO much more!

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

She’s not a nutritionist; she’s just hungry! 

Lisa Lillien, aka Hungry Girl, is the author of six New York Times bestselling books and the creator of the Hungry Girl brand. She is the founder of Hungry-Girl.com, the free daily email service that entertains and informs hungry people everywhere. More than 1 million fans eagerly await Hungry Girl’s recipes, food finds, and tips & tricks each weekday. Her television show, Hungry Girl, airs on both Food Network and Cooking Channel. To sign up for the free daily emails, visit Hungry-Girl.com.

Product Details

• Paperback: 560 pages
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin; 1 edition (October 16, 2012)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0312676786
• Product Dimensions: 10.7 x 8.4 x 1.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.3 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (491 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #647 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #11 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Diets & Weight Loss > Low Fat
  • #46 in Books > Health, Fitness & Dieting > Diets & Weight Loss > Weight Loss
  • #54 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Special Diet

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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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Most Helpful Customer Reviews

124 of 128 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars Hungry Girl to the rescue! October 16, 2012

By AradiaRue

Format:Kindle Edition|Amazon Verified Purchase

I own all of the Hungry Girl cookbooks, and I was actually happy to see that this "Bible" has come out, I decided to purchase this book in Kindle format since it is filled with a lot of old favorites from the other books, (and some great new things that I can't wait to try ), making it much easier to take along to the grocery store. I am however a little disappointed on the way the index is set up, It would be nice to have links that would take me to all the recipes that I am looking for, for instance, I want to find recipes for Salmon, well if I look up salmon in the index, well yeah the word is there, but it is not linked to any of the salmon recipes, so I would still have to look in the table of contents to find any recipe with the word salmon in it, this takes up way to much time. I love the Picture section, if there is something that looks good, then just click on the picture and it takes you to the recipe, just wish there were pictures to all the recipes, but yeah that is asking to much, can you imagine 650 pictures! LOL, the book would be HUGE. Anyway I gave this book all 5 stars because it is Hungry Girl and she has Awesome Recipes! But I give the Kindle Format only 4 stars because of the index problem. If you don't have any of Hungry girl books yet, then this would be a GREAT one to start with, but if you already have some of her books, then this would be a Great one to have on the Kindle, no point in repeating it on hard copy. It has everything you need, the best of the best!

41 of 41 people found the following review helpful

5.0 out of 5 stars This book is HUGE and full of great ideas October 19, 2012

By CC

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

I wasn't expecting this book to be as huge as it is ... it's full size pages (about 8.5x11) and over an inch thick. It's FULL of great recipes ... single serving omelets made in mugs, great sounding oatmeal, yummy parfaits, crock pot specialties, pastas, and tons more. Each recipe is labeled with a number of symbols to indicate how long it will take to make, if it's vegetarian, if there is a photo of the item somewhere in the book, etc.

Highly recommend this book!

85 of 98 people found the following review helpful

1.0 out of 5 stars The Same Five Recipes and the Same Five Ingredients Repeated 100 times November 26, 2012

By funnykitty

Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase

I wanted to like this book, I really did. I was looking for some great "comfort food" diet recipes and I thought the price/recipe ratio was a great deal. I was excited as a Weight Watchers member for some more variety and compatible recipes.

It's basically the same recipes, same ingredients, re-hashed over and over again with little to slight variation to make up a bulk of the book.

She likes to use substitutions, but she uses them for the bulk of the book such as, spaghetti squash for spaghetti, cauliflower for potatoes, pita and tortillas instead of pizza dough. This is fine, but if you don't care for these substitutions or if you just don't want them all the time, you're out of luck as they are used a majority of the time.

She calls for the same brand-name ingredients excessively. Making really for little variation in her recipes. And really, to the extent that she calls for these brands and praises them, it LOOKS like a book of exuberant endorsement deals.

Hungry Girl's official position is that they do not accept compensation for editorial "placement." Make of that what you will, but I haven't been the only one with suspicions (any layman would be) because of the amount to which she calls for the same brands.

Either way, if you use the book often you're going to be VERY sick of Fiber One cereal and Laughing Cow cheese, for example.

If you are looking for some great WW friendly recipes I've become a big fan of the Skinnytaste blog.

Bottom line, I WANTED to like this book but with the bulk of it being repetitious, filler recipes, it just isn't worth it. I'm returning my copy.