The Substitute Yourself Skinny Cookbook

Book excerpt: Diet cookbooks should be about dropping weight, not depriving yourself. By swapping this for that, you can turn your favorite foods into low-calorie creations--proving once and for all that you can have your chocolate molten cake, and eat it too! In this calorie-slashing collection, Bikini Chef-to-the-stars Susan Irby offers 175 inventive recipes for switching up ingredients that keep calories to a minimum. Here, you'll get expertly crafted recipes that include offerings for every meal of the day, such as: Flat-Belly Eggs Benedict (with turkey bacon or lean prosciutto instead of bacon or ham)--save 465 calories! Smoked Gouda Burger (with turkey bacon and a whole-wheat bun)--save 716 calories! Monterey Chicken Pasta (with sugar-free BBQ sauce and reduced fat cheese)--save 345 calories! Molten Chocolate Cake (with less cream and more strawberries)--save 262 calories! Complete with "Thin Tip" shortcuts to trim calories in little ways throughout the day and serving size suggestions, you get all the flavor--minus the muffin top!