Skinny Bitch in the Kitch: Kick-Ass Recipes for Hungry Girls Who Want to Stop Cooking Crap (and Start Looking Hot!)
2Skinny Bitch in the Kitch: Kick-Ass Recipes for Hungry Girls Who Want to Stop Cooking Crap (and Start Looking Hot!)
Quit your bitching-they’ve heard you already! You read Skinny Bitch and it totally rocked your world. Now you want to know, What can I cook that’s good for me, but doesn’t taste like crap?” Well, lucky for you, the Bitches are on the case. Self-proclaimed pigs, Rory and Kim understand all too well: Life without lasagna isn’t a life worth living; chocolate cake is vital to our survival; and no one can live without mac n cheese-no one. So can you keep to your SB standards and eat lik
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R. damsen “Word Bird Nerd”
Disappointing and not innovative,
I loved “Skinny Bitch.” It was well researched and entertaining to read, and the information in it helped me revise my eating habits. Am I completely vegan? No. Have I eliminated most processed and refined crap from my diet and replaced it with “whole” foods? Yes. I also lost 22 pounds in 3 months, and didn’t miss the crap.
I was excited for the cookbook to come out with the hopes that it would contain new, innovative recipes integrating the Skinny Bitch philosophy of health and eating. Instead, it is modified retreads of old recipes. “Chicken” recipes, caeser salad, quesadillas — I really didn’t need a cookbook to teach me how to make these recipes vegan. There is actually a recipe that calls for putting a veggie burger on a bun with lettuce and tomato. Not really innovative. . . basically the recipes are the same old stuff with modified ingredients. Reubens, onion rings, garlic fries, Denver “bitchlette” (omelet), if you don’t know how to substitute, buy this book!
I was also surprised that no nutritional information is available for each recipe. I was also surprised at the use of regular russet potatoes in recipes. The book seems heavy on the starch recipes, and does not have innovations on how to incorporate more good veggies and fruits into the diet of people who would consume these recipes.
I have edited this review! My original review had a lot of negative comments about the use of coconut oil in the recipes, and concerns about saturated fat. Several folks sent comments directing me to more recent research/information on coconut oil, and it is not as bad as I thought! Thanks for the info. . .
Still don’t like the cookbook, though!
Disappointing, if I had previewed it (instead of preordering it) I would never have purchased it!
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|L. L. Sulva
waste of money,
I just got this book. I preordered it without seeing it first since I had already read “Skinny Bitches”. Big mistake. Had I seen the recipes I wouldn’t have purchased it. Most people could have figured out these “recipes” without this book. How to make a reuben-used vegan deli meat, want to make a hamburger-use a vegan burger, vegan cheese and vegan bun. I would say that about 85-90% of the recipes consist of a typical meat dish with a vegan meat replacement product. I was hoping for some more alternative recipes. In their book they talk a good talk about eating natural and healthy and here the recipes are mostly proccessed food (vegan cheeses, vegan meat products). I like a good veggie burger or fake chicken breast but not all the time. There are a few recipes with tofu, TVP and seitan,and a couple of lentil recipes. There were maybe two or three recipes that I would try. Spend your money on a real cookbook.
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