Hungry Girl Recipe Books - Which to get?

HeatherShrinking

I'm sitting here staring at Amazon trying to figure out which Hungry Girl Recipe Book to buy. Anyone have any of these? Which ones are good?

Claudia007

I have the 200 under 200 book. It has tons of stuff from appitizers to desserts. She's also coming out with a 300 under 300. Or it could already be out?

themommie

I love hungry girl. I have been thinking of getting one of her books also. I have heard the 200 under 200 is good

strandedeyes

I'm sitting here staring at Amazon trying to figure out which Hungry Girl Recipe Book to buy. Anyone have any of these? Which ones are good?

I have all of her books so far and I really love the original the best when it comes to cooking for a larger group of people. So it really depends who you are cooking for. The 200 under 200 is great if you are cooking for yourself. I would stay away from the 1 2 3. I really enjoy it, but something about nuking a lot of my meals didn't sit well with me. I am curious what will be in the 300 under 300 (its due out in March or April).

So in ranking order...

1. Original
2. 200 Under 200
3. 1-2-3

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velix

while i liked the concept of the Hungry Girl books (I bought one a while back), I noticed two things. 1) all recipes are single servings (making it a bit more work to quadruple everything for a family of 4 - and I am a bit lazy in the math department) and 2) I noticed a LOT (if not most/all) recipes use prepackaged ingredients - not 'from scratch' ... this is great for people on the go - but I was / am trying to move away from using predominantly processed foods...

If you are cooking for more than one person, and like to cook - I would suggest the Eat, Shrink and Be Merry / Looney Spoons / Crazy Plates series. I have yet to make a bad recipe out of the, there are lots of 'snacks, entrées. salads and soups (and vegetarian stuff) - not just main meals' (with pretty good calorie counts)

HeatherShrinking

Thanks everyone!