Hungry Girl: Recipes and Survival Strategies for Guilt-Free Eating in the Real World

Directions
To make sauce, combine mayo, Dijonnaise, butter, and yogurt. Set aside.
Crack egg gently into a small cup or dish, and set that aside as well.
Fill a medium pot with 2 inches of water, and bring water to a boil. Once boiling, lower temperature until a steady and consistent (but very low) boil is reached.
Gently pour the egg into the pot, and allow it to cook for 3 to 5 minutes (3 for a runnier egg, 5 for a very firm one), or until egg white is mostly opaque. Carefully remove egg by sliding a spatula underneath it and placing it on a plate. Use a paper towel to soak up any excess water.
Heat ham and muffin (toast muffin, if desired).
Heat sauce in the microwave for about 20 seconds and give it a stir (add more water if you prefer a thinner sauce). Top muffin with ham and egg, then cover with sauce.
MAKES 1 SERVING

For a pic of this recipe, see the photo insert. Yay!

Breakfast Shockers!

Steer clear of these b-fast blunders. .

Denny's Fabulous French Toast Platter (1,261 calories, 79g fat) Nothing fabulous about this French flub!

Burger King DOUBLE CROISSAN'WICH w/Double Sausage (680 calories, 51g fat) Croissant + Sausage = Calorie Catastrophe

McDonald's Deluxe Breakfast w/syrup and margarine (1,330 calories, 64g fat) 1,330 calories for breakfast? How embarrassing!

Hardee's Loaded Breakfast Burrito (780 calories, 51g fat) It's loaded alright — with FAT!

chapter two

chop 'til ya drop

chopped salads
hack your salads. all the cool kids are doing it.
Why is there a whole chapter devoted to chopped salads, you ask? Because chopped salads are so much more fun and exciting than regular salads. They're way easier to eat, too (there are no unwieldy lettuce pieces to awkwardly shove in your mouth). That being said, if you're too lazy to hack your ingredients, or just not into chopped salads for some reason, feel free to make any of the salads in this chapter without chopping 'em up. They'll still taste great. As for dressing, the majority of the salads here are listed without it. Use your dressing of choice with any of the recipes, but please be sure to read labels carefully, because even low-fat and fat-free dressings can contain lots of calories. And remember, any time a recipe calls for an ingredient cooked in advance, use nonstick spray or nothing at all. Happy chopping!

rockin' amp; choppin' taco salad
PER SERVING (1 salad): 286 calories, 3.5g fat, 920mg sodium, 42g carbs, 12g fiber, 7g sugars, 24g protein

The big difference between this taco salad and so many high-calorie alternatives is that this one lacks that ridiculously fatty tortilla shell. Good riddance to that! By the way, this salad tastes great with salsa!