Hungry Girl Book Signing!

As a loyal follower of the daily emails from Hungry Girl, I was stoked when I learned she would be coming to Boca to promote her new book 300 under 300!

So I headed straight down to the Barnes & Noble on a lovely Saturday afternoon to meet the perky genius herself! It was a very intimate setting:

And everyone got to ask a question, I went FIRST!

Heather : Whose cooking show do you watch?

Hungry Girl: Diners, Drive-ins & Dives...it's like food porn!

I LOVE HER!

Then she was kind enough to stay and sign every.single.book. Such a doll!



Speaking of the book...it's HUGE!

530 pages of recipes so delicious I think there is some drool on my copy already.
Can't wait to dig in and tell you all about it....stay tuned!
In the meantime, everyone should sign up to get her daily emails full of tips, tricks and inspiration.

xoxo,
THE OTHER HG

Shrimp & Grits, Y'all!

Totally craving Shrimp & Grits all week, but couldn't fathom making Paula Deen's version full of butter and fat y'all, so I turned to my gal in charge of calorie slashing....Hungry Girl. She hooked me up with her Shrimp & Grits for Hungry Chicks.  Now before you go and judge, thinking HG took out all of the flavor along with the fat, you are totally wrong! This was so rich and creamy and full of flavor, and it took only 10 minutes to make, I didn't miss any fat at all!

To make me even more happy, the potion size was fit for a, well, Hungry Girl!
Sorry Paula...

Panini Power!

Combine getting a new panini press with the New Year and eating healthy and what do you get? A healthy panini! Where did I turn for inspiration? Why, Hungry Girl of course! I subscribe to her daily emails full if tips, recipes and news. I happen to get one last month with a recipe that I immediately printed out. It was a makeover on the Panera Bread Frontega Chicken Panini, which I eat OFTEN. Well, I was SHOCKED to found out that my favorite lunchtime delight has 860 calories! Yikes!!! Lucky for me Hungry Girl came to my rescue and made her version of it. The HG Mega-Delicious Chicken Chipotle Panini. Now do you get why I printed it out immediately??!! This past week I made up a batch of the chicken and the chipotle mayo and easily assembled one for lunch not once but FOUR times! It not only tastes exactly like the real (fattening) thing, but it is filling too!

Looks like way more than 256 calories, doesn't it? Tastes like it too!

PS You should not only subscribe to the HG emails, but check our her new show on Cooking Channel as well. Both are chock full of tips and tricks for those looking to slim down! But then again, this hungry girl adores anyone with the initials HG! ;)