Hungry Girl, By Lisa Lillien
Reviewed by Publishers
Weekly
Though she freely admits she's
neither a nutritionist nor a doctor, more than 400,000
subscribers rely on author Lillien's "Hungry Girl"
e-newsletter for healthy eating tips. In this congenial
compilation, most of which is new to the book, she gives
dieters a breakfast-to-dinner approach to eating lighter
with scores of easy to prepare dishes. Lillien's recipes
enlist low-cal substitutes for traditional ingredients;
diet lemon-lime soda and sugar-free powdered lemonade
drink mix, for example, go into her Magical Low Calorie
Margarita. In some cases, such as her Rockin' Restaurant
Spinach Dip, Cheesy Chicken Quesadilla and Dan Good
Chili, she approximates high-calorie dishes without
sacrificing too much in terms of flavor or texture.
Unfortunately, those are the exceptions-the Ice Creamless
Banana Split and Cheery Chocolate Cheesecake Nuggets
(which calls for diet hot cocoa mix, Splenda, fat free
cream cheese and sugar free chocolate syrup) taste more
like punishment than dessert. Salads are well represented,
though few are served with any kind of dressing, and
meat dishes can run sky high in sodium. Tips for smart
eating at the office, holiday parties, trips and the
movies are appreciated, but the book would have benefited
from the input of a licensed nutritionist or dietician.
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