Lisa Lillien - Hungry Girl Clean & Hungry: Easy All-Natural Recipes for Healthy Eating in the Real World

The author and publisher have provided this e-book to you for your personal use only. You may not make this e-book publicly available in any way. Copyright infringement is against the law. If you believe the copy of this e-book you are reading infringes on the authors copyright, please notify the publisher at: us.macmillanusa.com/piracy. Welcome to Hungry Girl Clean & Hungry, the first-ever all-natural cookbook from Hungry Girl! Heres what you can expect from the 141 recipes on the following pages Only all-natural ingredients (like fruits and veggies) and ingredients that are available in all-natural varieties (like cheese and butter) Little to no added sugar Low in calories and starchy carbs High in protein and fiber Theyre also GREAT for weight loss and weight maintenance. And you wont believe how easy they are to shop for and simple to make! Hope youre hungry Enjoy! Lisa :) Who and what is Hungry Girl? Im Lisa Lillien, a.k.a. Hungry Girl! And Im not a nutritionist Im just hungry.

I dont have any health-related or medical degrees, but I consider myself a foodologist, because Im obsessed with foodhow incredible it is, and how much of it I can eat and still fit into my pants. And since Ive always wanted to share my guilt-free food knowledge with the world, I created Hungry Girl. Back in 2004, I launched Hungry Girl as a free daily email subscription service. Today, millions of Hungry Girl fans access HG contentas subscribers to the emails (sign up at hungry-girl.com), on social media, in magazines, on television, and more. No matter where it lives, Hungry Girl content consistently delivers guilt-free recipes, food finds, and tips & tricks All of it geared toward helping people eat better, lose weight, and maintain their weight in a fun, real-world way. To date, I have authored ten Hungry Girl books, all New York Times Best Sellers.

And I could not be more proud of the fact that Ive helped millions of people lose hundreds of thousands of pounds. It truly is the best and most satisfying feeling ever. What is clean eating? While theres no official definition, clean eating generally focuses on a diet of whole, natural, or real foods: fresh fruits and vegetables, whole grains, natural protein, etc. What wont you find in the clean approach to eating? Refined sugar, heavily processed food, and anything artificial. There are most certainly different degrees of clean eating and to be honest, some approaches are intimidating. Is clean eating good for weight loss/management? Not necessarily. (But it certainly can be!) Its a misconception that simply eating clean can keep you at a healthy body weightno matter how many calories youre actually consuming. (But it certainly can be!) Its a misconception that simply eating clean can keep you at a healthy body weightno matter how many calories youre actually consuming.

At the end of the day, CALORIES COUNT. And its easy to take in too many calories on a diet of all-natural and/or clean foods. Thats why people who want to make smarter food choices need to look at the whole story and see the big picture. While were better off choosing healthier ingredients, in order to lose or maintain weight, we need to be mindful of the number of calories we consume. (Thats where my calorie-slashed recipes come in ) What does Clean & Hungry mean? Clean & Hungry combines the best of Hungry Girl with the best of clean eating. Like all Hungry Girl creations, Clean & Hungry recipes are guilt-free with huge portions but now Im highlighting CLEAN ingredients and eliminating artificial and heavily processed foods.

Its a delicious, satisfying, real-world approach to eating clean and loving it. I say real world because my approach to healthier eating has always been realistic, achievable, and enjoyable, as opposed to restrictive, extreme, or intimidating. The HG philosophy is all about balance. Its okay to have a brownie every now and thenjust try to make (or even find!) a better-for-you version. I even feel that its okay to eat so-called junk foodsI just try to stick with ones made from smarter ingredients. How is this book different from earlier Hungry Girl books? When I launched Hungry Girl a dozen years ago, the idea of low-calorie food that tasted decadent was a revelation. How is this book different from earlier Hungry Girl books? When I launched Hungry Girl a dozen years ago, the idea of low-calorie food that tasted decadent was a revelation.

Diet food didnt really taste good, and no one believed you could lose weight and keep it off eating pizza and chocolate cake. But I knew it was possible, because I had been doing it myself for years. Early Hungry Girl content gave people what they wanted at the timea lot of low-fat and fat-free ingredients, low-calorie packaged foods, and reduced-calorie finds that were often heavily processed. But as the diet environment shifted and I personally started eating cleaner, the brand evolved and moved in a healthier direction. That doesnt mean I never eat those foods or that I dont enjoy my recipes from years past; I just do so in moderation, and less and less as time goes on. Hungry Girl was always meant to be a bridge between the average fast-food-filled, junk-food-packed diet and the idealistic way of eating perfectly healthy at all times.

Recent Hungry Girl cookbooks and online content have mostly featured natural foods. But now is the perfect time to take things a step further. So, for the first time ever, Ive developed an entire book of delicious, satisfying, low-calorie recipes that are completely natural. Where can I find the Weight Watchers SmartPoints values for the recipes in this book? Here at HG, were fans of Weight Watchers, and we know many of you are too! So were providing the Weight Watchers SmartPoints value for all the values!
The SmartPoints values for these recipes were calculated by Hungry Girl and are not an endorsement or approval of the recipe or developer by Weight Watchers International, Inc., the owner of the SmartPoints registered trademark.