Hungry Girl Supermarket Survival: Aisle by Aisle, HG-Style! Paperback – Bargain Price, October 11, 2011

If you were looking for the usual grocery pocket guide with endless lists of brand name foods with calorie/carb/protien/fat counts - this is not it. This is a totally different type of guide.HG goes aisle by aisle, food by food and explains in a paragraph or more why she recommends a particular brand or type of food. Let's start with the first section which is all about Dairy products. She explains the difference between reduced fat, low fat and no fat cheeses, milk and yogurts and offers the top HG recommendations for which ones to buy. She also covers pudding desserts and dessert toppings in this section.The grocery aisle sections are as follows:DairyCerealMeat and SeafoodMeat SubstitutesProduceCanned FoodsPackaged SnacksBreadFrozen Meals and Meal StartersIce Cream and Frozen DessertsSauces, Salad Dressing and Shelf Stable CondimentsBeveragesBaking Products, Pantry Staples, Spices and moreIn the back of the book there are a few more sections that are typical HG recommendations:HG Top Ate Items worth ordering onlineHG EssentialsComplete HG Supermarket ListThankfully the book has an index so you can easily find any food item you want to read about. If you have followed her newsletters religiously and watched her show - especially the section when she is walking the grocery store, then you have seen it all before.I recommend this book for die hard HG recipe lovers who like all their HG tips and tricks neatly packed into one book.

I love Lisa Lillien's ability to create and copy fattening recipes, and I've found that some of these diet versions are quite good. In Hungry Girl Supermarket Survival, she shares the benefit of her vast shopping experience by telling you which brands got it right, and which ones are all hype. It's kind of like going shopping with a know it all friend. If you have ever wondered which low fat cheese has the best melt, or which diet dinner will fill you up, look no further. Some items will frustrate, as they are hard to find outside of California markets, but she does also suggest ways to order some items via internet. This info was worth the price of the book.

Unfortunately the phrases "whole grain", reduced fat, 50% less fat (less than what, the size that is twice as large?), low carb (it never had any anyway)and sugar-free are often misunderstood (and misused) in the supermarket aisles. Lisa has made it possible to painlessly navigate the supermarket jungle and eat healthier. By just using this handy pocket guide  Hungry Girl Supermarket Survival: Aisle by Aisle, HG-Style! to make smart choices, you can take your existing recipes and make them better for you. The family won't even notice (if they aren't shopping with you). Another 10 star performance from the Hungry Girl team!!!!!!!!

The book gives a simplified shopping guide to buying healthy foods without all the fuss. This is a great start for those who are looking for healthier alternatives for cooking without all the stress and technical garb that go way beyond what we really want to know. The book is not adapted to every supermarket so please consider this because you local supermarket or geographical area may not contain the same items as mention in this book, so you may have to do some additional research for your area.

I got this book from the library and I've gone from front back and I knew this is what I wanted. I am new to Hungry Girl and after receiving this book I may get a few more of her books. I usually test them out at the library before I spend the money to order with Amazon so I know what I'm purchasing.I highly recommend this book it is absolutely just what is needed when you are picking out items in the grocery store. I have made many of the recipes from the other Hungry Girl books and they are so easy and tasteful. I also highly recommend. "Hungry Girl to the Max" and "Three Under Three".You MUST buy this book you will never have to guess what you need to purchase taking the guess work out of healthy eating.

This is a great guide for the shopper who doesn't have the time to read every single label and weigh out the nutritional information. This book is small enough to take in your purse or set in the shelf of a cart to refer to and great for planning your grocery list as well. I don't know about you ladies but I cannot trust my husband to go grocery shopping for me because there are certain brands I like and some that I really don't. This helps you to figure out which brands are best for not packing on pounds. It even gives suggestions for some things to do with ingredients that I normally wouldn't buy at the grocery store but sound yummy! The description also helps to inform you on some of what is in the foods so that you can customize it to whatever diet you're following. Love HG and cannot decide which of their books is my favorite but I definitely wouldn't give up any of them!

I did not care for this… I thought it was going to be something totally different and helpful

She gives lots of examples for lower calorie snacks and meals.

This is an okay book if you love to buy cheap calorie items with all kinds of ingredients in it like the weight watchers food or saccharin etc., I have found a few good recipes in it though that is full of goodness and my tip is if you can swap those nasty items with alternative man made ingredients in it do so. Stay with the home cooked fresh foods that still have the roots to them and creams that are pro biotic yogurts and pure sugar not the white grains or that fake powder stuff that's so unhealthy. Right back to the book. Be prepared to have to go hunting for some of the things she has written in her recipes, because where I live (east London) they are not that easy to find, for example "Two Chicks liquid eggs" (its just eggs without the yolk!), is not sold anywhere other than Sainsbury's and they don't always have it in stock. And yes you can have a really good meal about four times a day and still only have eaten 800 calories or less! So as a referrence guide it is very useful but I personally wouldn't recommend to use as a dieter's bible.

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