you how to prepare skinny alternatives to your favorite foods.
HARRY EASTWOOD, ALLISON FISHMAN and CANDICE KUMAI star in the show and Harry is also the author of the popular book Cook Yourself Thin and Lose a Dress Size.
Their motto is Lose the Bulge...but Still Indulge!
Read the Reuters Release and check out the cookbook below.
Do you want to have your cake and eat it,
too? Cook Yourself Thin, an all-new series that will teach you the skills and give you the confidence to give your favorite indulgent
meals a healthy makeover by cutting the calories and doubling the flavor!
Culinary experts Harry Eastwood, Allison Fishman and Candice Kumai show guests
how to lose their unwanted inches by replacing extreme dieting with clever
cooking. The twenty-episode, half-hour series premieres with back-to-back
episodes onMonday, May 4 at 5:00 and 5:30 pm (ET/PT). For the remainder of the
week, Cook Yourself Thin will air new episodes Monday through Friday at 5:00
and 5:30 pm (ET/PT). Starting Monday, May 11, new episodes will air Monday
through Friday at 5:00 pm (ET/PT).
To coincide with the premiere of the series, Voice released the Cook
Yourself Thin cookbook on April 28, 2009. The cookbook includes all of
the recipes featured on the show as well as a calorie guide, a list of the big
(and surprising) calorie offenders, skinny alternatives to your favorite
meals, a food personality quiz and more.
ABOUT COOK YOURSELF THIN
Based on the successful, British series and popular cookbook, Cook Yourself
Thin encourages women to lose weight by changing their eating habits. Each
half-hour episode follows one guest as she learns simple ways to transform her
favorite high calorie meals into delicious, healthier fare. Hosts Eastwood,
Fishman and Kumai use their sharp culinary know-how to tailor a specific menu
for each participant. In the premiere episode, show participant Rachel trades
in her typical lunch of traditional lasagna (858 calories per serving) and
dinner of ribeye steak and mashed potatoes (1,040 calories per serving) for a
spinach and mushroom veggie lasagna (343 calories per serving) and steak with
cauliflower mashed potatoes (389 calories per serving).
The meals are prepared step-by-step, comparing the calorie count of the
original recipe to those of the Cook Yourself Thin version. The guest is then
sent home with the ingredients, tools and tips necessary to make healthy
changes in the kitchen. After six weeks of living the Cook Yourself Thin
lifestyle, the hosts visit each participant at home to check on her progress.
Visitors to myLifetime.com will be able to view full episodes of the series
the day after they premiere on Lifetime Television. Additionally, site
visitors will have access to recipes featured on the show and step-by-step
cooking instructions. For each episode, there will be five exclusive
webisodes featuring behind-the-scenes information about show participants -
including an inside look at the contents of their refrigerators and a video
blog recorded by one of the hosts offering cooking tips and additional
strategies for Cook Yourself Thin.
Fans of the series can also log on to the Cook Yourself Thin
subscription-based online club at cookyourselfthin.tv for exclusive access to
features, tips and tools that will help users drop their unwanted pounds.
ABOUT THE CAST
Food writer and cookbook author Harry Eastwood is an expert baker. She prides
herself on being able to cut the calorie count of delicious desserts by
substituting healthy alternatives for the high fat ingredients typically found
in baked goods. Eastwood starred in the British version of the series and
co-authored the cookbook Cook Yourself Thin: The Delicious Way to Drop a Dress
Size.
Chef Allison Fishman honed her culinary skills while working for Martha
Stewart and Food Network as a recipe developer and food stylist.
Additionally, Fishman served as co-host of TLC's Home Made Simple. She
currently writes a weekly food column for www.thestreet.com and her recipes
and writings have been featured in national magazines and newspapers across
the nation.
Candice Kumai, a contestant on season one of Bravo's Top Chef, was
professionally trained at the prestigious Le Cordon Bleu. Kumai is currently
a special events chef at the Ritz-Carlton hotel in Laguna Beach, CA and runs
her own catering company, Stiletto Chef LA. She has been featured as a
cooking expert on KNBC's Your LA and participates in high profile cooking
demonstrations across the country.
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