101 Worry - Free Hcg Diet Recipes Plus Hints & Tips From Experts

This is a must have it's full of great recipes and helps you learn about things to eat and spices to use!! Helps you get your weight loss goals reached it may be a short book but it's definitely full of must have information!!!!

This book helped me so much. I've done three rounds of the HCG diet in the last year and have lost 40 lbs and have stayed within my 2 lbs. each time. I used the sublingual drops. The first time I did the HCG diet I didn't have this recipe book. My food was so boring and I spent all my time cutting, dicing, cooking, weighing, etc. I got so tired of chicken and I didn't really know how to make apple cider vinegar into something that actually tasted good.I bought this book before I did my 2nd round of HCG. It made my 2nd (and 3rd) round so much easier. The two most helpful recipes for me were the Chicken Bouillon Base and the Garlic Italian Roast. Both of these allowed me to cook a large amount of meat ahead of time and then freeze portions for warming up. That saved so much time, I must say how thankful I am.The Chicken Bouillon Base used six 3.5 oz portions of chicken...so you're cooking six chicken meals in advance. I froze them in individual baggies and warmed up in the microwave when needed. The Bouillon is saved in 2-cup portions and frozen so that it can be used as a base for soup (all using the HCG allowed foods). With the saved chicken broth, I was able to make the French Onion Soup recipe, which adheres to the protocol. They have a tomato soup recipe that is really good! I used the saved broth to make a serving of chicken soup with my 3.5 portions of chicken and celery. I added cilantro to the broth. You can get creative with the broth. They also recommend saving off 4 tablespoons of broth in individual servings so that it can be used to saute vegetables (since oils are not allowed on the diet).The Garlic Italian Roast is my absolute favorite. I've only made it with eye of the round roasts, since those are the leanest roasts I've seen. I didn't even think about cooking a roast on my 1st HCG round, because the food is supposed to be weighed raw, and how would I know what the cooked weight is unless I cut the roast up beforehand. Well, these authors included it in the instructions. So, you cook the roast, you slice it, and 3 oz. cooked is your portion. I would buy a 3-lb roast and would put 3 oz. cooked portions in baggies and freeze. Then just heat up on the stove (with a little water or broth) or in the microwave from frozen. They also list the leanest cuts of meat you should buy, since the goal is to have no oils or fats. The leaner the better.There are many helpful things in the book. You can take their recipes and improvise if you want a little more spice, etc. My 2nd and 3rd rounds were so much easier because I could make these things in advance and freeze them. And the recipes tasted good to me. I'm not a fan of stevia in large quantities, but they have some salad dressing and marinades that call for it. I thought it would taste bad, but somehow, their recipes that involve stevia are just the right amount.When I first received the book, I had my doubts: it was thin and the photography leaves a lot to be desired. The book cover could use a facelift, for sure. And the black and white photos inside the book are hard to make out. Not a superior print job. But my advice to you is just ignore those small annoyances, because what's important is the text, the recipes. I wish it had more recipes, but I'm just happy that there is something with this many, because it can get pretty lonely and boring on the HCG diet with the limited choices for food. This helps break the monotony and offers up some tasty ideas, as well as cooking large amounts in advance that can be put into the freezer in portion sizes.Also, the authors stick to the original protocol, so there is no mixing of vegetables, no mixing of fruits, no fruits or veggies that are not allowed. So, you're getting the strict stuff, which is what you should be getting. These authors have done the diet, so they know. Blogs and other forums might have some HCG recipes, but I have found that many of them are using vegetables not allowed, or mixing them. You won't find that here. These are good recipes that strictly adhere to the original protocol. Many thanks.

I have read through the whole book, it gives very good sounding drinks, snacks and entrees that adhere to the strict guidelines set by Dr. Simeon's research. However, there is only one little page that tells you what exactly you can eat. I was actually hoping to get a little bit more insight on what the actual diet consists of. I purchased this item as an adjunct to the HCG drops that I ordered separately, with the drops that I ordered it included a booklet titled "Pounds and Inches" that gives the details of the diet. What I was hoping for is a combination of both recipes and details about the diet in one book so I don't have to flip back and forth between two books. This book "101 worry-free Hcg diet recipes" has an entire page dedicated to "being intentional"(including being cautious of lotions you use) and an additional entire page dedicated to "stevia". In fact, almost all the recipes provided include stevia in one form or another, which is great if you like stevia. Unfortunately I have tried stevia as a sweetener on multiple occasions and have found the taste utterly repulsive, so I will probably find no use for any of the drinks, marinades, or entrees that include stevia in this book.My original plan for the VLC portion of this diet was just to simply eat the allotted amount of chicken and white seafood only with the allotted amount of approved vegetables and drink the required amount of plain water which is probably what I will end up sticking to. I realize that sounds really boring, but I asked myself, how many years have I eaten things that I shouldn't have eaten, indulged in things I should have indulged in? Now I have stumbled upon this diet through word of mouth (actually I know of 2 people personally, one who has completed two rounds and has lost over 50 pounds and another who just recently started and already lost nearly 10 pounds in the first week) and I have this opportunity to lose up to 2 lbs a day for a maximum of 45 days if I adhere to strict 500 calorie guidelines and boring food... I think I can sacrifice a mere 45 days of the same old chicken, white fish, shrimp and crab. So in summary, I probably just wasted my money on this book because I'm probably just going to be marinading my approved white meat in lemon juice, salt and pepper for the next 23 days, then repeating it for a second round.I honestly don't know if this helps anyone, but I personally don't find it difficult to follow the "pounds and inches" guide so I will just stick with that as my little go-to book for the time I'm on the diet.

This book will really help someone who does not cook often and is not used to creating meals on their own, with the limited ingredients allowed on the diet. While I am glad I bought the book and have found many good recipes, their are several more that I have developed on my own and wonder why the authors did not come up with these as well. Most of the pictures in the book are very dark and you cannot tell what the dish should look like, so they refer you to a color picture on the back of the book. The book would look more professional if they had left out the inside pictures. I almost gave this book only 3 stars because it is priced a bit too high for the size (9"x6") and print quality of the pictures in the book. Still, the recipes are imaginitive and will help someone who is struggling with the limited variations of food on the diet, so I give it 4 stars.A tip for HCG dieters out there if you need a little extra something sweet. The one lemon allowed per day makes not only lemonade, but a great sorbet. Just use a blender or magic bullet and add a little water, ice and stevia and blend smooth. Very filling and does not count against your 2 fruits limit.

This recipe book offers variety while on the 500 cal phase of HCG. Honestly, the phase goes so quickly the best way is find something you like and can have😁....and stick to it.

It really wasn’t what I expected. Looking for a cookbook with great recipes for phase 2 of the HCG program rather than what it is.