tasty + nutritious = black hole?

why do all the "heath-wise" options always have to be the grossest sounding ones?
well, i guess meat cooked in it's own fat & juices doesn't sound too appetizing but which would you rather? that or ground-beef-style soy crumbles...? it sounds like it'll taste like cardboard with dirt mixed in and have the texture of old styrofoam!

also, why when i heard of the website called hungry-girl.com did i think of enormous fat girls sitting around stuffing their faces like the game hungry hungry hippos? like fat girls who just aren't satisfied by "normal" portion sizes... am i a bad person? is it just me or does anyone else out there NEVER want to be referred to as a "hungry girl"?

i actually saw an add for the site's cook book that is coming out and thought it might be interesting (aside from the cringe factor over the name) so i went to the site to further investigate. little did i know that i'd be smacked in the face with skin-prickling-ly icky "calorie-saving cooking swaps" like this:

1. nonstick cooking spray instead of oil for stovetop cooking (but what exactly is nonstick cooking spray made of? i don't think i want to know.)

2. canned pumpkin instead of eggs and oil for baking (but what if not everything i bake is designed to be pumpkin-flavoured? you're not supposed to be able to taste it, blah, blah, blah, bullshit!)

3. light vanilla soymilk instead of milk or cream (i'm down with this actually.)

4. fat-free liquid egg substitute instead of eggs (me and eggs don't have the most agreeable history but the alternative just sounds so... processed. but i'm willing to give this a go.)

5. no-sugar-added applesauce instead of butter (when it comes to baking, things just don't come out right when you don't use the proper ingredients... also, see my comment about the pumpkin.)

6. ground-beef-style soy crumbles instead of ground beef (fuck it. give me the beef-induced heart attack - it'd be less painful than eating a "soy crumble.")

7. splenda no calorie sweetener instead of sugar (but think of the harmful effects of aspartame!)

8. butternot (typo, but i'm keeping it - seems apt) squash instead of potatoes (there's a reason we have potatoes in the first place - we already tried the squash and it was icky.)

gawd... i need to go to the gym...