"hungry girl" news and stories

• They sell seashells by the seashore -- the shore in Sheepshead Bay, that is.
• Looking for clams? We've got your back.
• Meanwhile, the seafood industry in the gulf is reeling from the oil spill.
• Hungry Girl is on tour -- and she's saying what she really thinks about diet foods.
• At Má Pêche, the newest member of the Momofuku family, you can get "a punishing meal, deeply satisfying and utterly over the top." But you can't get dessert.

Tofu noodles, a slimy, putty-pale item that might ordinarily be relegated to the back of the ethnic food shelf in American grocery stores, are experiencing a surge in popularity. Why? The 40-calories-a-bag noodles have been endorsed by Hungry Girl, a website dedicated to the kind of food substitutions that recall the bad old days of Slim-Fast, Snackwells, and other highly altered dietetic food stuffs. Her endorsement has made the once-obscure noodles a hot ticket item in stores like Whole Foods and Gristede's.

Hungry Girl suggests eating Tofu Shirataki noodles with low-fat cheese as a sort of (very) faux fettuccine Alfredo. I dunno - anything labeled "lite" or "low-fat" reminds me too much of my mid-90s girlhood of eating neon-colored sugar-free yogurt for breakfast and tofu bologna slices for lunch.

I don't honestly think that the KFC Famous Bowl looks appetizing. It is a bowl containing layers of mashed potatoes, gravy, corn, fried chicken pieces and shredded cheese. The idea is that, unlike most fast food meals, it actually has the same components as a real homestyle dinner. Why you would want to have all those things mushed together is clearly a matter of personal taste, but it is safe to say that you are much better off combining your own homemade ingredients than buying KFC's concoction, even if the fast food chain is eliminating trans fats from their recipes. Homemade will taste better and will probably be less fattening. A regular Famous Bowl has 720 calories and 34 grams of fat. The nutritional content of a homemade one will depend on your personal recipes for each of the components, but if you want to go really low-fat, you can always try Hungry Girl's KFC-Ya Later Bowl. At 285 calories and 6.5g of fat, her madeover bowl has less than half the salt and almost half the carbs of the original.

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There are a lot of foods that, usually because of their serving size, end up being "calorie free" according to the nutritional label on their package. Cooking sprays, which are oil in a pressurized can, are a good example of this because if you use a 1/3 second spray, you'll get no calories, but more sprays will start to add up. You can keep these foods calorie free by sticking religiously to the serving size. There are some other calorie-free "foods" that are made with, essentially, flavorings and water. So, some edible things are calorie free, but just because you can eat them doesn't mean you'll want to. Should you give them a try? The answer depends on what you're planning to eat. Hungry Girl bravely taste-tested four fat-free, calorie-free foods, including the bizarre sounding David Burke's Flavor Sprays, and found most of them to be lacking in more than calories. To find out which one(s) made her list of things worth trying, you'll have to read the reviews.

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A few weeks ago, we heard that the Vegetarian Times reviewed some veggie burgers and picked a chicken-style burger as their favorite, despite the fact that most people wanting a burger don't think of chicken as the standard to meat. When it comes to standards, Gardenburgers are it for veggie burgers because they were the first well known brand of non-meat burger. Recently, the company has been in some financial trouble, but they are making a comeback and trying to promote their line, which has been revamped and is, hopefully, better than before.

Hungry Girl did a great job reviewing their patties, tasting and evaluating every one they offer, with the exception of "The Classic." Her top pick was the Black Bean Chipotle Burger, which sounds delicious based on the name alone, followed by The Original and the Garden Vegan Burgers. The unfortunately crumbly Flame Grilled Burger got the lowest marks, so it sounds like you'll want to avoid them. Check out the whole guide if you're looking for a good Gardenburger.

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