Lisa Lillien - Hungry Girl - Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World

Place tortilla in a baking pan sprayed lightly with nonstick spray and bake in the oven for 5 to 6 minutes on each side, until slightly crispy.

Combine tomato sauce and garlic powder. Season sauce to taste with the optional ingredients, if desired. Remove tortilla from oven and spread on tomato sauce.

Next, sprinkle crumbles, cheese, and grated topping evenly over sauce. Return pizza to the oven for about 5 minutes or until cheese has melted and crumbles are hot.

If you like, top pizza with optional ingredients. Use a pizza cutter or a sharp knife to cut into slices.

MAKES 1 SERVING

HG Tip:
Counting sodium? Save around 400mg by using no-salt-added tomato sauce.

t-rific turkey reuben
PER SERVING (1 sandwich): 282 calories, 7g fat, 1,448mg sodium, 35g carbs, 3.5g fiber, 6g sugars, 23g protein

Ingredients
2 slices rye bread (reduced-calorie, if available)
2 ounces (about 4 slices) Oscar Mayer 98 % fat free oven roasted turkey breast Вј cup well-drained sauerkraut
1 slice reduced-fat Swiss cheese (4 grams of fat or fewer)
4 teaspoons fat-free Thousand Island dressing
20 sprays I Can't Believe It's Not Butter! Spray

MAKES 1 SERVING

HG Tip
: Watching your salt intake? Cook up your own turkey breast and save about 500mg of sodium. Packaged deli meats are super-high in the stuff!

kickin' chicken pot pie
PER SERVING (Вјth of pie): 235 calories, 6g fat, 723mg sodium, 26g carbs, 3.5g fiber, 6g sugars, 18g protein

This chicken pot pie is a surprisingly authentic swap for the real thing. The reduced-fat crescent topping is the best part. Yum!

Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.

Cook chicken pieces for several minutes in a pan spritzed with nonstick spray, until chicken is light brown (cooked but still tender). Set aside.

Heat frozen veggies in the microwave according to package instructions.

Mix chicken, vegetables, and soup together, and then place in a 9-inch round baking dish sprayed with nonstick spray. Place dish in the oven and bake for about 30 minutes or until mixture is hot and bubbly, stirring halfway through.

While dish is cooking, unroll 3 crescent rolls. Use your hands to combine pieces into one large ball of dough. With a rolling pin, roll dough out (super-thin) into a circle just large enough to fit inside the dish (a little less than 9 inches wide).

Add dough to the top of the mixture and cook for an additional 15 to 20 minutes, until top is golden brown.

MAKES 4 SERVINGS

Dig hearty meat-packed pies? Check out the Squash-tastic Shepherd's Pie on page 278 in the butternut squash section of the «Fun With. .» chapter!

Would You Rather. .

It doesn't get any manlier than inhaling an entire chicken pot pie. But if you decide to eat the real deal (instead of HG's slimmed-down swap), it can easily cost you 850 calories and 50 plus grams of fat! To burn that off, you'd have to:

Spend 2 whole hours shoveling your way out of a snowstorm
or

Manually mow the lawn for more than 2 hours straight
or

Rake leaves vigorously for about 3 hours!
Times based on estimates for a 150-pound woman.
sloppy janes
PER SERVING (1 sandwich): 271 calories, 3g fat, 835mg sodium, 32g carbs, 3g fiber, 8g sugars, 31g protein

Heads Up! These Sloppy Janes are a little sweet because, well, that's the way I like ' em! If you don't like yours sweet, feel free to leave out the Splenda.

Ingredients
1 pound raw extra-lean ground turkey
5 small hamburger buns (light, if available)
ВЅ cup chopped onions
ВЅ cup chopped red bell peppers
1 cup canned tomato sauce
Вѕ cup canned no-salt-added tomato sauce
2 tablespoons tomato paste
1ВЅ tablespoons Splenda No Calorie Sweetener (granulated)
1 tablespoon red wine vinegar
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1 teaspoon steak seasoning blend, dry
Dash of salt