Key Lime Mousse Pie with just 88 calories and 6 grams of fiber.
Chicken nuggets made with crushed barbecue chips. Faux-fried
zucchini with 9 grams of fiber and only 1/2 gram of fat.
These are just a sampling of the low-fat, low-calorie and high-
fiber recipes found in Lisa Lillien's second cookbook, "Hungry Girl:
200 Under 200" (St. Martin's Griffin, $19.95).
In 2004, Lillien started Hungry Girl, a Web site dedicated to
helping dieters by providing product news and reviews, recipes and
inspiration and daily free e-mail to more than 650,000 subscribers.
Lillien makes it clear that she's not a doctor, chef or nutrition
professional.
She's just a hungry girl obsessed with food, who, like many other
yo-yo dieters, says she struggled to lose the same 15 pounds for
much of her life. Once Lillien, 43, of Encino, Calif., lost 25
pounds by changing her lifestyle, she realized she had to stick with
it.
Those changes morphed into www.hungrygirl.com, and "Hungry Girl:
Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real
World" (St. Martin's Griffin, $17.95). It spent six months on The
New York Times' best-sellers list.
Cutting the fat and calories, Lillien relies on the obvious, such
as using egg whites instead of whole eggs, sugar substitutes and
reduced-fat or fat-free products.
Fans of Hungry Girl will like the book's breezy style. If you try
Lillien's recipes, be prepared to stock your pantry with her
recommended fat-free, reduced-fat and high-fiber products.
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