Eat, Shrink & Be Merry! Great-Tasting Food That Won't Go from Your Lips to Your Hips! [Paperback]

Janet Podleski (Author), Greta Podleski (Author), Ted Martin (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2005

August 1, 2005 | Trade Paperback Sisters Janet and Greta Podleski, authors of the blockbuster bestsellers Looneyspoons and Crazy Plates (1.3 million copies sold!), are back with their tastiest, meatiest, juiciest book ever: Eat, Shrink & Be Merry! Loaded with scrumptious, easy-to-prepare recipes, tons of useful healthy-eating tips, stunning food photography, and an endless supply of silly jokes and cartoons, Eat, Shrink & Be Merry! will tempt your taste buds while tickling your funny bone. Wanna make your mouth water and your hips happy? Try family-pleasing recipes like Lord of the Wings, Darth Tater, and Salmon Cowell! Eat Lip-smackin', three-cheese lasagna! Mouthwatering, juicy beef burgers! Tanatalizing Thai chicken pizza! Sinfully delicious double-chocolate cheesecake! Who says healthy eating has to be tasteless, unappealing, and boring? No weigh! With Eat, Shrink & Be Merry!, you'll enjoy 150 delectable, super-satisfying recipes for all of your favorite foods - without all the fat! Shrink Forget the fads to lose the flab! Our common-sense strategies and bite sized chunks of valuable, up-to-date nutritional advice will debunk the myths, clear up misconceptions, and get you on the right track to a healthier lifestyle. With Eat, Shrink & Be Merry!, you'll learn how to eat instead of diet! Be Merry Laugh your way to good health with over 200 zany cartoons, loads of super-corny jokes and puns, heaps of interesting and entertaining food lore, and oodles of food tips and trivia. With Eat, Shrink & Be Merry!, you'll fight fat and have fun doing it.

Product Details

• Paperback: 207 pages
• Publisher: Granet Publishing (October 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0968063136
• ISBN-13: 978-0968063132
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.3 x 0.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (27 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #93,303 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

45 of 46 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Fun Cookbook, June 7, 2007

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Dina Hoffman "Avid reader, teacher and homema... (North Carolina) - See all my reviews
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Oh my goodness, I think the last reviewer is a little too serious. I love this cookbook! The pop trivia is interesting and some of the cartoons have actually made me laugh. I love humor and laughing is healthy medicine. I was initially attracted to the bright colors throughout this book, I have since tried a few of the recipes and am quite happy with them. The Lasagna on page 137 is sooo yummy. The Indian Butter Chicken on page 82 was a smash hit with company last weekend. Each recipe has a goofy fun name with straight forward translation written right beside it. Life is too short to be so rigid. I say give this book a try.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Loved this cookbook!, March 10, 2008

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Kenya Johnson (ATLANTA, GA) - See all my reviews

Loved this cookbook! I've been looking for a "healthy cookbook" for a long time and this is the first one that has recipes that actually taste great. A friend of mine mentioned the book saying she had cooked from it every week and managed to shed a few pounds. I've been a fan of Janet and Greta's other cookbooks Looneyspoons and CrazyPlates for a while so I decided to give Eat, Shrink and Be Merry a try. I didn't think anything could top their other books, but Eat, Shrink and Be Merry is even BETTER! Last week I cooked The Ladle in Red recipe for my family and they absolutely loved it. The hubby even mentioned that he'd like to try a few other recipes. He's looking to lose the beer-gut and hopefully these recipes can help him out. If you really want to eat more healthfully and have fun doing it, give this book a try.

13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delicious Food!, January 29, 2008

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Dave Chilton "Dave" (Kitchener, ON) - See all my reviews

I love cooking from this book! The recipes are all easy to make and I like that the ingredients can be found in any grocery store. The cooking and nutritional tips in the margins have really helped me learn more about healthy eating. I made the Wise Guy Pizza Pie for friends the other night and everyone absolutely loved it - no one knew that the pizza was actually good for them, lol! I definitely recommend this book to anyone who loves delicious food and wants to lose weight.