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

Ingredients
1 cup frozen blueberries, slightly thawed
Вѕ cup frozen mango chunks, slightly thawed
ВЅ packet (one 5-calorie serving) sugar-free powdered orange drink mix

Directions
Combine drink mix with 8 ounces of cold water. Stir well.
Place fruit and drink mixture into a blender, and puree until thoroughly mixed. If blending slows, stop blender, stir mixture, and blend again. Pour into a tall glass and enjoy!

MAKES 1 SERVING
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ginormous cereal bowl-anza
PER SERVING (1 bowl): 286 calories, 3g fat, 253mg sodium, 60g carbs, 10g fiber, 12g sugars, 12g protein

Cereal is typically one of my «danger foods» because the recommended serving sizes are laughable, so I end up eating WAY too much of the stuff. And huge bowls of cereal = too many calories. This recipe allows you to eat a seriously gigantic bowl for a reasonable amount of calories. I LOVE, LOVE this breakfast!

Ingredients
1 cup light vanilla soymilk
1 cup puffed wheat cereal
1 cup puffed rice cereal
ВЅ cup puffed corn cereal (like Kix)
Вј cup Fiber One bran cereal (original)
Вј cup blueberries

Directions
Place all ingredients in a bowl and cover with soymilk. Tada!
MAKES 1 SERVING
HG Heads Up!
The average cereal serving size is a cup or less. The average cereal bowl holds way more than that. Fill up that bowl, and there's a good chance you'll be sucking down two to three servings—and two to three times the fat and calories.
eggs bene-chick
PER SERVING (entire recipe): 183 calories, 8g fat, 627mg sodium, 16g carbs, 3g fiber, 3g sugars, 13g protein

For years I avoided Eggs Benedict because it's LOADED with fat and calories. This recipe was created out of sheer necessity (or should I say desperation?).

Ingredients
ВЅ light English muffin
1 large egg
1 slice extra-lean ham
1 tablespoon fat-free mayonnaise
1 teaspoon Hellmann's/Best Foods Dijonnaise
1 teaspoon light whipped butter or light buttery spread, softened 1 teaspoon lemon yogurt (or plain yogurt with a squirt of lemon juice)

Directions
To make sauce, combine mayo, Dijonnaise, butter, and yogurt. Set aside.
Crack egg gently into a small cup or dish, and set that aside as well.
Fill a medium pot with 2 inches of water, and bring water to a boil. Once boiling, lower temperature until a steady and consistent (but very low) boil is reached.
Gently pour the egg into the pot, and allow it to cook for 3 to 5 minutes (3 for a runnier egg, 5 for a very firm one), or until egg white is mostly opaque. Carefully remove egg by sliding a spatula underneath it and placing it on a plate. Use a paper towel to soak up any excess water.
Heat ham and muffin (toast muffin, if desired).
Heat sauce in the microwave for about 20 seconds and give it a stir (add more water if you prefer a thinner sauce). Top muffin with ham and egg, then cover with sauce.
MAKES 1 SERVING

Breakfast Shockers!

Steer clear of these b-fast blunders. .

Denny's Fabulous French Toast Platter(1,261 calories, 79g fat) Nothing fabulous about this French flub!

Burger King DOUBLE CROISSAN'WICH w/Double Sausage(680 calories, 51g fat) Croissant + Sausage = Calorie Catastrophe

McDonald's Deluxe Breakfast w/syrup and margarine(1,330 calories, 64g fat) 1,330 calories for breakfast? How embarrassing!

Hardee's Loaded Breakfast Burrito(780 calories, 51g fat) It's loaded alright — with FAT!

chapter two

chop 'til ya drop

chopped salads
hack your salads. all the cool kids are doing it.
Why is there a whole chapter devoted to chopped salads, you ask? Because chopped salads are so much more fun and exciting than regular salads. They're way easier to eat, too (there are no unwieldy lettuce pieces to awkwardly shove in your mouth). That being said, if you're too lazy to hack your ingredients, or just not into chopped salads for some reason, feel free to make any of the salads in this chapter without chopping 'em up. They'll still taste great. As for dressing, the majority of the salads here are listed without it. Use your dressing of choice with any of the recipes, but please be sure to read labels carefully, because even low-fat and fat-free dressings can contain lots of calories. And remember, any time a recipe calls for an ingredient cooked in advance, use nonstick spray or nothing at all. Happy chopping!

rockin' amp; choppin' taco salad
PER SERVING (1 salad): 286 calories, 3.5g fat, 920mg sodium, 42g carbs, 12g fiber, 7g sugars, 24g protein

The big difference between this taco salad and so many high-calorie alternatives is that this one lacks that ridiculously fatty tortilla shell. Good riddance to that! By the way, this salad tastes great with salsa!