Hungry Girl 300 Under 300: 300 Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner Dishes Under 300 Calories

I took the time to read quite a few of the reviews prior to submitting my own. I read the simple "I love HG and Lisa" reviews and the reviews that I had to use the scroll bar for. Only a couple reveiws are actually REVIEWING the book (aka recipes) after actually using the book as designed, so many were not helpful at all. How can somebody write a review of a cookbook without actually reviewing a majority of the recipes included in that book? We would never consider a review of a novel if somebody just talked about the picture on the front cover, or the first paragraph of page 146, or the excerpt on the back cover would we? If you use that philosphy then most of the reviews here don't do the book justice. Let's dive in together and really review this book like we should - cooking the recipes that the Hungry Girl staff has taken the time to test and create. After cooking a majority of the recipes then it's time to evaluate and provide others with a good overview. Having only had the book a week, I've only managed to use 12 of the recipes (I say "only" as I smile with satisfaction!) and will base my personal review on those while assuming the other recipes are just as wonderful.If you're looking for a gourmet cookbook that will impress all your Country Club friends, you need to keep searching. If you're looking for a cookbook that is has extremely EASY to follow recipes and will impress every single person in your family, this is the one! If you're looking for quick meals without a two page grocery list, this book will never leave your countertop. If you're an extreme health nut looking for strict organic, non-processed food recipes, wrong book. If you're using any form of Weight Watchers to maintain or lose weight, BUY THIS BOOK!!As I've cooked the 12 recipes, I have found that I can substitute ingredients I don't have, I can add flavors and ingredients that sound good, I can omit the salts and sugars if need be and I can replace the packaged or processed items for some homemade items. Each recipe provides a canvas of color that we can add to and subtract from depending on our tastes and dietary needs. They are simple, easy to create and all very tasty.Nevermind the whole "not healthy" reviews - if you bought this book because it has low calorie recipes then that's what you wanted. And for that - the Hungry Girl series can not be beat. My cookbook shelves are sagging with "Light this..." and "Gourmet Light that..." while my HG books are sitting prominently on my counter waiting for me to turn on the oven or blender or just the kitchen light!

I found out about Hungrygirl.com several years ago through an ad on XM radio. I heard it over and over, but never really paid attention until one day I thought I would give it a shot and check out her website. The website isn't the most user friendly website, but it has come a long ways. I signed up for the daily e-mails and began printing her recipes and placing them in a binder. At first, being a newlywed, my husband did not want to try any of them. But after time he started to give in. So we started with the chicken cordon blue, he loved it. Then we tried a greek pizza, he loved it. Then we tried the monkey bread, he loved it! So slowly but surely we started to eat at least twice a week from Hungry Girl. Last year for my birthday, I got all of her cookbooks and just recently added on this one to my bookshelf. We now eat hungry Girl recipes 5-6 times a week for dinner. My husband loves them, I love them, our waist line loves them and they are quick and easy to make. Since we are both in our doctoral programs, this is important, we do not have 2 hours to cook a healthy dinner every night. Now truth be told, I will switch up some of the ingredients to fit our taste, but we still ensure its healthy. I think Lisa has done a great job of taking foods that we all crave and make them healthier and lower in fat but you do not lose the great taste. The key to her success is that the food is healthy, you will lose weight, but it tastes great! Your not eating cardboard or eating such small portions you starve. They are healthy portions that have flavor.This book is cool because it now lists the prep time, cook time and all of the items you will need to prepare the meal. It can't get much easier than this. I would recommend this book to anyone! Well done hungry Girl, well done!

This is my first Hungry Girl book. I had heard about the Hungry Girl brand while reading through Seventeen magazine, but had never looked into it. One night I was just looking through stuff on the internet and happened upon the Hungry Girl website. I was very pleased with what I found. I loved all the recipes and swap out recipes for restaurant favorites. It happened to be the day before the book came out and I looked through all the pictures on the website and decided that I wanted to get the book the next day when it came out.One thing I was really disappointed in was that there was not pictures in the book for every dish. I realized that, for the picture to be colored and not black and white, it would cost a lot of money to put that book together and the fact that is was only around $12 on Amazon was fantastic. It also did not specify anywhere that all the pictures on the website would not be in the book, at least on the Amazon page it didn't. Also, the fact that the Weight Watchers PointsPlus values were missing was also sad. I actually went through each picture on the website and wrote down in the book what all the PointsPlus values were. Once again, I was disappointed that I didn't see a disclaimer anywhere saying that they weren't in the book as well. All that being said, I'm kind of glad I didn't know beforehand because I think it would have really deterred me from getting this book. I am glad I got the book, though. I've cooked out of it every day since I got it. I see where, having the WW PointsPlus values online is a good idea, because you can change it online very easily if something changes. I went back and looked through the other cookbooks that, I'm sure, came out before Weight Watchers switched over to the new system and they are all recalculated using the PointsPlus values. So, thank you. Now I want to go through and buy all the other books too.The recipes, at least the ones I've had so far, are fantastic. The Egg Mugs are awesome. I have never eaten eggs before. I've tried and I never like the taste and they always just made me sick to my stomach. I've had the egg mugs for the past three mornings now, and I've been making them for my parents! It really is a nice, easy way to try new things. There are so many recipes that there is something for everyone. I'm hoping to try everything at least once. :) My own sort of Julie & Julia.So, even though I only rated it 4 stars, it's more like a 4.5, the only problems being the presentation of the pictures and Weight Watchers values. For anyone starting out, like me, this is a great book. I think this is the first time anybody in this house has purchased a cookbook and actually cooked from it. So, Brava! Hungry Girl, keep doing what you're doing.

The rating said this book was in good condition. It arrived very quickly and was in near perfect condition! Very happy with this purchase and vendor!

Non beaucoup de produits de substitution, des produits qu'on as même pas je les donner à une organisation de charité

WOW Amazing I can't believe the quantity and the quality of the foods from this book and its really true all are under 300 calories and very very tasty. You really do get a big platter and being on a calorie diet myself of 800 per day it wasn't easy to begin with, untill Lisa Lillen's book came along, now I bless Lisa with every dish I copy from it, although I must admit not all dishes were to my liking according to their recipe but I will give them a try since they looked good in the pictures lool.As for the seller, I must say how grateful I am for their prompt delivery and the price is excellent too and well worth every penny.

The main purpose of me buying this book is because "Hungry Girl" is famous for having Weight Watcher Points handy on each receipe and with great dissapointment I had to find out that none of the receipes have the weight watcher Points listed. The Book has tons of great receipes in it, but since I was looking for the Points Value I can only give it 3 Stars.

great book to browse and get heaalthy ideas