{"id":14249,"date":"2009-11-18T11:05:27","date_gmt":"2009-11-18T16:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/?p=14249"},"modified":"2009-12-01T12:48:52","modified_gmt":"2009-12-01T17:48:52","slug":"hungry-girls-healthy-holiday-tips","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/11\/hungry-girls-healthy-holiday-tips\/","title":{"rendered":"Hungry Girl’s Healthy Holiday Tips"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"hungry<\/a>Who doesn\u2019t love the Hungry Girl? With bestselling books like Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World<\/a><\/em> and Hungry Girl: 200 Under 200<\/a><\/em>, Lisa Lillien is\u00a0one of\u00a0the most creative and fun foodies who knows how\u00a0to have her cake, low-fat of course, and eat it, too.<\/p>\n

Just in time for the holidays, DietsInReview.com had a chance to talk with Lisa as she shared with us some of her tips for making\u00a0the\u00a0season fun, festive and healthy. She also gave us the scoop on her soon-to-be-released, Chew the Right Thing<\/a>, a perfect guilt-free gift for the holidays.<\/p>\n

Listen now to the audio of my conversation with Lisa, or continue reading the transcipt below.<\/p>\n

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1. The holidays are upon us. What do you recommend for how we can walk the tightrope of eating our favorite holiday foods but not gain weight?<\/strong><\/p>\n

During the\u00a0holidays, we don\u2019t want to hear that we can\u2019t indulge or that certain foods are off-limits. You have to find a happy medium, and indulge in things you really love and\u00a0swap out those high calorie foods for healthy alternatives.<\/p>\n

I\u2019m a big believer in planning what you are going to eat before you go to an event.\u00a0 If you know you\u2019re going to a big party, have a snack ahead of time so you\u2019re not starving and eat everything once you get there. Pay attention to the food that is there before you start eating. That way, you can make a healthy decision.<\/p>\n

Plus, it is important to drink a lot of water throughout the day. It fills you up and keeps you hydrated.\"lisa<\/a><\/p>\n

2. What are some of your favorite pre-party snacks?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Whether\u00a0I’m at\u00a0home or the office, I always keep things around to help curb cravings. During the holidays, I love candy canes; They are low calorie, they taste festive, and peppermint has been shown help to reduce cravings.\u00a0I also love fat-free yogurt, particularly, Fiber One Yoplait yogurt<\/a>, which has only 50 calories plus five grams of fiber and three grams of protein. You get a lot of bang for that snack. And it is Hungry Girl-approved. Portion control snacks, like 100-calorie<\/a> packs of almonds, are also a favorite go-to healthy snack of mine.<\/p>\n

3. Not all holiday food is bad. Many ingredients used are made with healthy, low-cal foods like pumpkin, butternut squash and lean turkey breast. Can you give a few tips for how to use these naturally, low-cal ingredients in our favorite holiday dishes and still keep them somewhat low calorie?<\/strong><\/p>\n

Many of the foods in holiday dishes are healthy. You can do things like use chicken stock in place butter to\u00a0keep dishes moist.\u00a0I do this in a stuffing I make called\u00a0Save-the-Day Stuffing, which\u00a0is made\u00a0with light bread and\u00a0apples.\u00a0I have\u00a0the recipe for it\u00a0in my first cookbook. I make my Too Good To-Deny Pumpkin Pie with Fiber One\u00a0breakfast\u00a0cereal for the crust and pure pumpkin, not pumpkin pie mix, for the filling.<\/p>\n

Green bean casserole is another great example.\u00a0You don\u2019t have to use\u00a0high fat,\u00a0crispy-fried onions as a\u00a0topping. I use\u00a0garlic and onion-flavored\u00a0soy crisps as a topping\u00a0and 98 percent fat-free cream of celery soup rather than the full-fat versions. It keeps calories and fat grams down but it tastes just as good.<\/p>\n

It’s about dissecting the recipe and replacing\u00a0some of the ingredients\u00a0with smarter ingredients.<\/p>\n

4. Your latest creation, Chew the Right Thing, releases on December 8, 2026. This isn\u2019t a book but rather, it is a set of 50 recipe cards. Can you tell us a bit more about these cards and how to use them?<\/strong><\/p>\n

I\u2019m so excited about this. Chew the Right Thing is so cute and it’s\u00a0a great holiday gift. Each of the 50 recipe swaps\u00a0are Hungry Girl favorites like Lord of the Onion Rings and De-Pudged Pigs in a Blanket.\u00a0Instead of a cookbook, they are\u00a0 colorful and fun recipe cards\u00a0that are easy to keep around the kitchen or on the counter. Plus, you can purchase the recipe cards for ten dollars or less, which makes it a fantastic\u00a0and inexpensive holiday gift.<\/p>\n

5. What is one of your favorite Hungry Girl holiday recipes?<\/strong><\/p>\n

That is a tough question. I love I Can\u2019t Believe It\u2019s Not Sweet Potato Pie, Too Good To Deny Pumpkin Pie,\u00a0and Pumpkin-licious Nog. I\u2019m not usually a fan of eggnog but I love this recipe. It’s amazing.\u00a0Sorry, I guess I listed a few more than just one.<\/p>\n

Thanks Lisa!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Who doesn\u2019t love the Hungry Girl? With bestselling books like Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World and Hungry Girl: 200 Under 200, Lisa Lillien is\u00a0one of\u00a0the most creative and fun foodies who knows … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3695],"tags":[3,340,1440,14,1444,29,353],"class_list":["post-14249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-diet-and-nutrition","tag-diet-tips","tag-holidays","tag-hungry-girl","tag-interviews","tag-lisa-lillien","tag-nutrition","tag-thanksgiving"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14249"}],"version-history":[{"count":18,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14267,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14249\/revisions\/14267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dietsinreview.com\/diet_column\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}