As busy working women, Anna and Kristina like the concept of the latest cookbook they are testing, "The Skinnygirl Dish", as it purports to simplify cooking for the non-cook. In addition, the recipes are lower calorie versions of many ...See moreAs busy working women, Anna and Kristina like the concept of the latest cookbook they are testing, "The Skinnygirl Dish", as it purports to simplify cooking for the non-cook. In addition, the recipes are lower calorie versions of many standards. In reading through the cookbook however, they feel that author Bethenny Frankel, one of The Real Housewives of New York City takes the simplicity to too far an extreme where cooking is deemed to be a non-enjoyable experience, and food itself is solely sustenance. Their executive chef taster, Manouschka Guerrier, one of the Private Chefs of Beverly Hills, concurs and believes that if Anna and Kristina follow the recipes to a T, the food will be awful. Regardless, Anna and Kristina attempt to make seven recipes in only three hours: mojitos, artichoke & spinach dip, sweet tomato soup, dungeness crab tian with avocado & mango, wasabi tuna sliders with pickled ginger & cucumber relish, lower fat pasta carbonara, and 1-2-3 cookies. Despite the ease of the recipes, Anna and Kristina are pressed for time to complete the meal preparation before Chef Manouschka's arrival. Will the food be as bad as all three are expecting, especially the carbonara made with soy milk? In addition, Anna and Kristina taste test different types of milk substitutes as the recipes in the book are milk free, and they test different types of muddlers needed to make the mojitos. Written by
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