THE SKINNYTASTE COOKBOOK

• Skinny-fy your meals with the author and creator of one of the most internationally popular healthy food websites/blog and discover nutritious, mouth-watering family-oriented recipes incorporating ethnic flavors from around the world.

This book will give the reader a blueprint for shedding/maintaining weight and simultaneously will make it easier for her to feed the entire family with meals that the whole family will love, kids included, resulting in mom making only one dinner per night! Skinnytaste will include 150 recipes, 125 of them original, and the remaining 25 “fan favorites” from Gina's blog. Gina Homolka is America's most trusted home cook when it comes to easy, flavorful recipes that are miraculously low-calorie and made from all-natural, easy-to-find ingredients. It only takes one look to see why people go crazy for Gina's food: cheesy, creamy Fettuccini Alfredo with Chicken and Broccoli with only 420 calories per serving, breakfast dishes like Make-Ahead Western Omelet "Muffins" that truly fill you up until lunchtime, and sweets such as Double Chocolate Chip Walnut Cookies that are low in sugar and butter-free but still totally indulgent. Each recipe will be accompanied by a nutrition breakdown and will also be labeled to indicate whether it is quick, made in a slow-cooker, freezer-friendly, gluten free, and/or vegetarian to help readers identify which recipes will fit their specific needs. The book will include 75 color photographs, some of which will be step-by-step pictorial instructions similar to the ones that accompany Gina's recipes on Skinnytaste.com. Along with the recipes, Gina provides suggestions for 1600 calorie menus (the amount the average woman needs to eat to lose weight) using the recipes from the book. Also included are tips for a “Skinny Kitchen Makeover” in which Gina lists her must-have list of pantry, fridge, and freezer basics, along with a section called “Find Your Inner Skinny Chef” which will provide 15 easy ways readers can modify (and skinny-fy) their own family recipe favorites. Gina Homolka is a self-taught chef who has singlehandedly turned Skinnytaste.com into an internet sensation. Skinnytaste.com was recently awarded the 2012 Fitness Magazine Best Healthy Eating Blog, and Skinnytaste recipes have been featured on sites such as Glamour.com, Gourmet Live, The Kitchn, Finecooking.com, More Magazine, and Country Living. The blog was also the winner of the SHAPE Magazine Best Healthy Eating Blog 2011 and The Homies: Best Home Cooking Blog for 2011. Heather K. Jones R.D. is a registered dietitian, health journalist, and the author of several nutrition books.