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

by Lisa Lillien

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

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Nonfiction, Food, Health, Diets, Ebooks

352 pages, Paperback

First published March 1, 2010

About the author

The creator of HungryGirl.com shares her best tips, recipes, and advice to live a healthy and full life!"

Lisa Lillien is not a nutritionist, she's just hungry. She's the founder of Hungry Girl, the website and 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 Rachel 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.

http://us.macmillan.com/author/lisali...

Reviews

[Donna Craig · Rating 3 out of 5]

This cookbook contains a lot of interesting recipes with the nutritional profile on each. It would have been excellent if each recipe came with a full-color picture. Instead, the center of the book has an insert with pics of several recipes. That just didn’t work for me. Otherwise, it would have been terrific.

[Maylihn · Rating 2 out of 5]

As much as I wanted to like this book, I wasn't too impressed. I decided not to try any recipes because most of the ingredients are "low fat", "substitute of eggs". It seemed to me like every recipe in this book is made using processed food. I am adamant on using real food in more reasonable quantities. Making sweets out of substitutes is, in my opinion, just a band-aid solutioN. Sure, I'll lose the weight but that will be by ingesting artificial products and engineered products. I much prefer slow, healthy and natural food.

[Ginny · Rating 4 out of 5]

I first heard about Hungry Girl in a weight loss workshop through the local hospital. I found this book by accident in the library and it's pretty interesting. Lots of good, lo-cal ideas, and wow, a cookbook that actually has recipes for one-person meals! I like to "test run" new cookbooks at the library first and this one did not disappoint.

[Sue · Rating 5 out of 5]

HG 1-2-3 is one of the easiest cooking cookbooks around. Simply delicious recipes that are low in calories, high in fiber, and Weight Watcher friendly. This is a great companion to other HG cookbooks and HG newsletter recipes. Add this to your cookbook collection and you won't regret it. It will become one of the most used and well-worn cookbooks in your collection. You are going to love the pizza-fied chicken, stuffed chick cordon bleu (my favorite), bacon ranch broccoli slaw, and greek chicken salad.

[Autumn · Rating 5 out of 5]

She never fails to impress and make you hungry!

[Diane Peterson · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great practical ideas for a healthier lifestyle. Be aware that HG is not especially careful about carbs, saturated fat, or sodium. Her focus is making healthier eating accessible.

[Kat Petersdorf · Rating 2 out of 5]

I checked this book out from the library, and I was glad that I didn't purchase it.

It wasn't the worst cookbook in the world - don't get me wrong. I just wasn't what I was looking for. The recipes themselves where not bad ideas - I like easy meals for one that are semi-homemade. The types where what bothered me. The author name bombed brands so much she had to add a starting disclaimed on the copyright page saying she wasn't paid to drop that many brand names. She claimed it was just because the recipe only worked if you used those brands - yeah....that isn't how the world works brands aren't that important.

Again, her ideas where just fine - as an outline to a recipe, but they didn't really rock my palette. I mean, it was all diet recipes. I didn't think that was what I was getting into. I knew healthy was coming, and some light on the calories - but I was shocked. She used so many store bought items high in sodium and fake sugars - so yeah, you don't get calories from the fake sugar, but that isn't healthy. I felt so miss lead - it isn't guilt free is you feel upset to your tummy from too many chemicals.

The design of the book just wasn't for me either. It was mostly in purple (which happens to be my favorite color) but the type was so light against the white paper that I had a hard time reading it without my glasses. Sad, I shouldn't have to fight that hard when just doing the opening skim (during the hard read I could understand glasses.)

The pictures where dull, mostly just "cartoons" that looked like clip art. I felt like the listed artist in the credits page just used free images from his own computer. I was disappointed. The pictures didn't line up with recipes, she had to list on pages with a picture of the item where to see the picture. The publisher really failed on hiring a designer for this book.

I don't think I will read it again, and if I read another by Lisa Lillien it would be solely to update her contents, credit's page, and first sentence to shelfari. I wouldn't even read past those pages :(

I wouldn't suggest it to a friend either - I don't like to spread the use of fake.

[Kelli Stephenson · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was actually a great cookbook!! I loved the 4 ingredient section, the tin foil section, and the desert section (the canoli's are super easy!!!) I also liked that you can go to the website to see a picture of each recipe (I need pictures to decide if I want to make it) and get the WW points for each recipe. In the book, they have all of the nutritional information, but I am to lazy to calculate the points on my own!

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

This recipe book has a lot of good ideas/recipes. It reminded me of some things I used to cook and haven't had for awhile. This book would be a good book to have when you are wondering what to have for dinner. It would be smart to look through the book before going shopping, so you could have all the ingredients.

[Amanda · Rating 2 out of 5]

I tend to be on the pickier side of life, so there wasn't many recipes in here that I was interested in. There was a nice sized section on crock-pot recipes and a couple of those piqued my interest. A lot of the recipes made 1-2 servings and for this hungry-girl-mother-of-3, that just isn't enough.

[Andrea · Rating 3 out of 5]

This was cute for a cookbook. I would have liked it better if the color photos were on the same page as the recipes. I don't think I'll be making much from this since a lot of the dishes that I lke I've already remade healthy on my own. I do think it is great for people who are trying to eat healthy and want to get more creative. I'm a fan of hungry girl and I think she is great!

[Amber · Rating 4 out of 5]

I tagged seven recipes from this book that I am intrested in. Many of the recipes are for things that need to be prepared the night you are eating them. I like to cook ahaead to save precious evening time for homework, Glee, and American Idol. I will definately be scanning these before I return this book to the library. Thanks Hungry Girl.

[Angi614c · Rating 5 out of 5]

I own every single one of her books and they are worth it!! Although on amazon I never paid full price!!! She knows how to cut calories and fat!!! If ur trying to stay away from FF OR RF or processed things THIS IS NOT THE BOOK 4 u GO BUY eating clean or eating raw cuz this is more realistic for today's busy hungry woman!!!

[Kristi · Rating 5 out of 5]

Another one of my favorite cookbooks. Love how you can make great tasting low fat and low calorie recipes. As a busy mom love quick and easy like the apricot chicken and strawberry smoothies! I consider this a must have cook book for people who want to eat healthier but without a lot of preperation or time.

[Trish Malta · Rating 4 out of 5]

I like this cookbook. For those of us who are cooking-challenged, it gives good ideas for real meals. (I even recognized 90% of the ingredients!) I like the helpful cooking hints, and also the ideas for substituting fatty foods with reasonable alternatives. The shopping suggestions are also good. Very helpful!

[Crystal · Rating 4 out of 5]

this wasnt her greatest book of recipes. but i did find about 12 recipes id like to try.. but then i found the bonus section! omg the best ideas ever!! easily found about 10/20 combinations i wouldnt have thought of but i am dying to try!

like the chocolate pudding and some softened peanut butter mixed in. that sounds amazing!

[Rachel · Rating 4 out of 5]

Another great cookbook from Hungry Girl Lisa Lillien. Am definitely more impressed with the recipes in this cookbook than in her last one "Hungry Girl: 200 under 200". Can't wait to try out some new recipes!

[Amy · Rating 3 out of 5]

A little bit of everything for everyone. However, there are very few pictures and the pictures that are there are in a couple of very small clumps towards the end of the book.

I did get a couple of neat recipes -- one for fish and another for banana boats -- both cooked in foil in the oven.

[Courtney · Rating 5 out of 5]

LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this cookbook!!! Easy recipes and they all have the calories and weight watchers points noted too. Its nice to have recipes that are made from ingredients we all buy instead of going to the store with a list for a new recipe looking for things we don't usually buy.

[Andrea · Rating 2 out of 5]

I didn't actually try any recipes from this cookbook ( I took it out of the library) but I have a hard time using a cookbook that calls for altered foods....egg substitutes, tofu noodles, fat-free mayo, etc. I would prefer using the real thing, and using moderation.

[Michelle Kampmeier · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have this one on my nook, too. I've looked through the recipes and they're pretty reasonable. Most sound delicious. Again, I'm picky so I add and subtract ingredients to make it more for my tastes. Not too bad!

[Cherish · Rating 5 out of 5]

I stumbled across this book while looking for cookbooks to help me lose weight. This book was fantastic! I love the single serving recipes and it gave me great ideas for lunches. I've already tried a few, and they were delicious!! I will definitely read more of her books for more ideas!!

[Christine (AR)]

3/30/2010

[Gina]

Borrow again from the library.

[Lady Knight · Rating 5 out of 5]

Fantastic simple recipes, with as few calories as you can get without it tasting terrible. A must for anyone counting how many calories, fats, carbs, whatever, they consume.

[Mckinley · Rating 1 out of 5]

I don't like these because ingredients are fat free this and fake that; use artificial sweeteners, etc.

[Heather · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great cookbook - the slow cooker chapter especially. Really loved the slow-cookin' mexican chicken and ez 1-2-3 turkey chili. Yum!

[Lisa · Rating 4 out of 5]

I'm just hungry.

[Amanda · Rating 3 out of 5]

Lots of great recipes and food ideas. I love that they are soo simple (lots of microwave in a mug meals)! She also has lots of vegetarian items and even includes great options for desserts.

[Donnajo · Rating 2 out of 5]

not my usual book to read. but it was on the nook. no recipes I would ever use.