Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World » (Illustrate)

She’s not a nutritionist, she’s just hungry. LISA LILLIEN is the founder of www.hungrygirl.com. Over half a million loyal fans receive her daily emails containing guilt-free recipes, food and product reviews, dieting news, shockers and more. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

The ultimate food companion for anyone who really wants a Whopper but still wants to fit into their jeans. This book contains practical strategies for dealing with restaurants, travel, cocktail parties, junk food and cravings in addition to providing fun

Judith Sutton - Library Journal

Lillien started her web site, www.hungry-girl.com, in 2003, and she now has close to 400,000 subscribers to her free daily e-newsletter. She doesn't have a food background but describes herself as a "foodologist," someone who is "obsessed with foods that taste great but don't pack on the pounds." Like the newsletter, the book includes recipes, food and nutrition factoids, and "Hungry Girl Hints" and other strategies. The recipes rely heavily on low-fat, low-calorie products and other convenience foods-'Kickin' Chicken Pot Pie, for example, is made with frozen mixed vegetables, fat-free cream of celery soup, reduced-fat biscuit dough, and chicken (that's it). Whether they taste great is debatable, but many of the soups, salads, and main courses are very high in sodium. Nevertheless, Hungry Girl has many fans, and there is sure to be demand.