Includes 175 Super-Slimming Recipes! The Secret is in the Substitutions!
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. Complete with serving-size suggestions and “Skinny Secret” shortcuts to trim calories in little ways, here you’ll get expertly crafted recipes that include offerings for every meal of the day, such as:
- Flat-Belly Eggs Benedict (with turkey ham instead of deli ham) — save 411 calories!
- Gouda Burger (with lean ground turkey and portobello mushrooms) — save 271 calories!
- Smitten for Molten Chocolate Cake (with less cream and fewer eggs) — save 260 calories!
Get all the flavor — minus the guilt! The Substitute Yourself Skinny Cookbook: Cut the Calories, Keep the Flavor with Hundreds of Simple Substitutions!
Chef Susan Irby has worked with multiple Master Chefs including George McNeill, Todd English, and Ming Tsai. Known as the Bikini Chef, specializing in “figure-flattering flavors,” Chef Susan is host of The Bikini Lifestyle with Susan Irby The Bikini Chef on KFWB News Talk 980 in Los Angeles and author of The $7 a Meal Quick & Easy Cookbook, The $7 a Meal Healthy Cookbook, and Cooking with Susan. She has cooked for several celebrities including Patrick Swayze, David Spade, Kate Sagal, and Bill Handel, and appeared on The Patti Gribow Show and KLAC Los Angeles and numerous other media outlets. She lives in Orange County, CA.
Congratulations Rhonda Struthers!
Posted by: Deborah Curran on April 26, 2010 at 9:07 am
wow – a great way to eat our favorite foods but yet reducing the caloric intake! Thank you for making this available. love the thought of figure-flattering flavors
Posted by: Kiley Smith on April 26, 2010 at 9:14 am
Wow! I would love to try this cookbook! I love cooking healthy and good tasting food for my family and I think this cookbook would definitely help!
Posted by: Vivian Deliz on April 27, 2010 at 8:43 am
I need to be able to learn how to substitute foods. I love food but all those scrumptious recipes have stuff that I should not eat. Thanks for the giveaway.
Posted by: Jenn S. on April 27, 2010 at 8:56 am
Would love to receive this book, would probably share it with my mom.
Posted by: joni taylor on April 27, 2010 at 8:59 am
this is amazing. I am cooking all the time and would love to know of ways to reduce the junk but keep the flavoriing
Posted by: shannon Baas on April 27, 2010 at 10:11 am
I love any cookbooks or any books about food.
Posted by: debp on April 27, 2010 at 11:06 am
I would like this cookbook. I love to cook and I have to lose weight. I could always use some new ideas.
debp
twoofakind12@yahoo.com
Posted by: Vickie Riddle on April 27, 2010 at 4:21 pm
I would love this cookbook, sounds like it will have great flavorful recipes, and help me on my diet.
Posted by: Toby K on April 27, 2010 at 5:24 pm
This sounds great. Would love to see this cookbook. Thanks
Posted by: Caity on April 27, 2010 at 6:58 pm
This would be great to win to help me take off some of the lbs I’ve recently gained.
Posted by: Houstonblogger on April 27, 2010 at 7:02 pm
I love cookbooks. I cannot cook to save my life and any help I can get that would also be healthy is much desired.
Posted by: Michelle Kelgard on April 27, 2010 at 8:23 pm
I would love to win this book, my husband is on a strict diet and I am always trying to find food subsitutions.
Posted by: Kristen on April 27, 2010 at 10:21 pm
I don’t cook much, but recently i did, and it came out great! I’m now interested in cooking, so this would be a nice win!
Posted by: EMMA L HORTON on April 28, 2010 at 5:20 am
I WOULD CERTAINLY LIKE TO HAVE THIS BOOK
Posted by: Lori Hart on April 28, 2010 at 10:22 am
I could sure use this for my husband and I
Posted by: Deborah Wellenstein on April 28, 2010 at 12:45 pm
I would love this book-thank you!
Posted by: Rhonda Struthers on April 28, 2010 at 4:35 pm
I am very interested in seeing the switch ups. I need to loose some weight and would love to see the substitutions
rhondastruthers atyahoo dot ca
Posted by: Christine on April 28, 2010 at 4:57 pm
would like this cookbook, for myself
Posted by: angie on April 28, 2010 at 5:20 pm
I could use all of the help I can get. Food that taste good and low in calories would be great.
Posted by: christopher h on April 28, 2010 at 6:24 pm
this sounds like a terrific idea – i’d love to try it
Posted by: Mellissa C on April 29, 2010 at 7:00 am
I would love this book. I would like to cook healthier easier.
Posted by: Francine on April 29, 2010 at 5:39 pm
Can’t wait to see what the “skinny secrets” are!
Posted by: Joy F on April 29, 2010 at 9:44 pm
I would love to try these receipes. Whenever I’m on a diet the food has no flavor and I always quit. Hoping this would help.
Posted by: Emma S on April 29, 2010 at 9:45 pm
My niece would love this book.
Posted by: Cassy on April 30, 2010 at 6:58 am
I would love this cookbook, sounds like it will have great flavorful recipes im always looking for new ideas
Posted by: Jason on April 30, 2010 at 9:53 am
My sister would love this book. Thanks for the chance
jason(at)allworldautomotive(dot)com
Posted by: Tarah on April 30, 2010 at 12:28 pm
Awesome, I would love to use this cookbook!
Posted by: Melissa B. on April 30, 2010 at 1:33 pm
My mother would like this for mother’s day.
Posted by: Charlene on April 30, 2010 at 2:14 pm
This would be great to own, thanks for offering it
Posted by: shawna on April 30, 2010 at 3:39 pm
I would love to win this cookbook!
Posted by: Addrianne on April 30, 2010 at 4:22 pm
This cookbook looks great! I’m always trying to make substitutions on my own so I would love some guidance!
Thank you.
Posted by: Danielle on April 30, 2010 at 7:03 pm
i have been trying to eat better but dont know where to start. I would love to receive this book!
Posted by: Ambre W. on April 30, 2010 at 8:51 pm
I could really use this book!
Posted by: Shannon S. on April 30, 2010 at 9:53 pm
I love cooking and trying new recipes….I’ve been looking for a new cookbook to help us be healthier and loose our extra pounds we’ve been slowly putting on over the years now. This looks like a great book! Thanks at the chance!
Posted by: Gianna on April 30, 2010 at 11:26 pm
For my MIL.
Posted by: Christine Sarkauskas on May 1, 2010 at 1:20 am
I would like to have this because my boyfriend and I are both trying to eat healthier but are finding it hard to cut the flavor. This would be perfect for us
Posted by: Vanessa R on May 1, 2010 at 2:20 am
I love to cook, so healthy substitutes are always welcome
Posted by: Rebecca on May 1, 2010 at 4:33 am
I love trying new recipes and would love to have this
Posted by: Tami on May 1, 2010 at 4:41 am
I’m trying to lose weight. I’m also trying to make more meals at home. I’d love to win this book and use it for the benefit of my body! Thanks.
Posted by: Ashley on May 1, 2010 at 8:49 am
I love cooking and new recipes even more, so I am entering for myself
Thanks!
Posted by: kathy pease on May 1, 2010 at 10:27 am
i would love to read this and make some great recipes and i need to get skinny..lol
Posted by: Izzie on May 1, 2010 at 10:44 am
Cooking my way thin? I like the sound of THAT.
Posted by: Rachel on May 1, 2010 at 11:34 am
I always need good healthy recipes for my family
Posted by: karen on May 1, 2010 at 11:44 am
I would love to receive this book. Thanks.
Posted by: Paloma Acosta on May 1, 2010 at 12:13 pm
I would like to recieve this book because I am currently trying to diet and finding it really hard to stick to bland foods
Posted by: Ed Nemmers on May 1, 2010 at 1:22 pm
I would like to read this book!
Posted by: susan smoaks on May 1, 2010 at 2:07 pm
oh yes i totally need this, i need to be skinny!
Posted by: Shannon Stefanick on May 1, 2010 at 2:11 pm
I would definitely love this book! Goodness knows I can use the tips!
Posted by: Maja Meza on May 1, 2010 at 3:22 pm
i would love to have it!
Posted by: Renee G on May 1, 2010 at 5:42 pm
I love cookbooks and would love to have this one.
rsgrandinetti@yahoo(DOT)com
Posted by: D. Elmore on May 1, 2010 at 6:34 pm
I love sneaky ways to cut calories for my family.
Posted by: Marcy Strahan on May 1, 2010 at 6:55 pm
I would love to receive this book! I need all the healthy ideas I can get!
I think Substitute Yourseld Skinny Cookbook would be a wonderful help in my kitchen!
Posted by: Karen P on May 1, 2010 at 7:26 pm
This would be great for myself because it will teach me how to make changes in my diet
Posted by: Jill 1derLund on May 1, 2010 at 7:27 pm
I could use this and my children too.
Posted by: Sand on May 1, 2010 at 7:34 pm
I would love this to find out more about substitutions that I can make to lighten up my life.
Posted by: Chrysa on May 1, 2010 at 7:40 pm
I would love this. My husband is trying to lose weight (30 pounds so far this year!) and this would help me cook better meals for us!
Posted by: theodore esteghamat on May 1, 2010 at 8:13 pm
I need this cookbook so I can lose some weight.
Posted by: Patricia Elliott on May 1, 2010 at 8:39 pm
The recipies look really intersting
Posted by: Sarah on May 1, 2010 at 8:41 pm
I would love to receive this, really need to drop some weight!
Posted by: Tracy P on May 2, 2010 at 12:01 pm
Wow what a great informative book. I would love to win!