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Jun
29
You can still enter our active giveaways.
UPDATE: We have a winner! Congratulations to Sandy! Her comment was randomly drawn to win the book. Thank you to everyone for participating!
I have to admit, Marisa Churchill’s Sweet and Skinny cookbook might just make me change my mind about “light” desserts. Desserts are one area I’ve never skimped. But Churchill’s well-constructed philosophy–one that doesn’t rely solely on lesser substitutes, but rather a thoughtful re-examination of ingredients–is pretty convincing. Churchill (who has competed on Top Chef and the Food Network Challenge) promises to keep cakes moist, brownies fudgy, custards creamy and pie crusts flaky with “tricks that bend the basic rules and ratios of baking and pastry-making so you can cut the fat and calories and still get it right.”
The book covers the foundations of baking; classic recipes such as PB and J Cookies, Whoopie Pies, Red Velvet Cupcakes and Lemon Bars; quick desserts, such as Spiced Chocolate Mousse and Blackberry Napoleon; treats such as Papaya-Mint Popsicles and Pecan Sticky-Bun Coffee Cake; “dinner party showstoppers” such as Butterscotch Pudding and Individual S’mores Tarts; and holiday favorites, including Tiramisu Layer Cake and Pumpkin Pie. And one of you can win a copy!!
The Giveaway!!!
the prize: Sweet and Skinny cookbook
to enter: leave a comment to this post before midnight, Sunday July 10, EST
details: The book will be mailed directly from the publisher, so US addresses only please. Winner will be randomly drawn. Winner has 48 hours to respond after being notified before another winner is drawn.
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220 Comments so far
I don’t know if there is anything better than healthy sweet treats!
Delightful
Lite and easy sounds great. I need something healthy to feed to my husband. I would love the book.
So excited for the chance to win.
Finding healthy treats and snacks for work consume a lot of time.
you had me at “Pecan Sticky-Bun Coffee Cake.” swoon!
I love to make & eat sweet treats!!!
well – if the front photo is any indication of the rest of the book – it looks good to me!
Looks like a great book!
I would love to try some of those recipes!
smore tarts. those sound amazing
This book is just what I’ve been looking for… sweet AND healthy!
This looks like a yummy gift!!!
This seems to be the perfect solution to keeping my sweet tooth under control, and my waistline too!
What a fun cookbook!
The photo on the cover makes my mouth water
Looks fantastic! I have such a sweet tooth and love to make sweets, but need to watch my intake – so this book is going to be purchased for sure!
I am one of those ppl that has never been too keen on changing ingredients in desserts, but maybe I should start….
Hi, enter me please! Thanks!
God bless,
Ella
I’m on a summertime weight-loss journey, so I’d love a copy of this cookbook!
I have a terrible sweet tooth, I would love to have this book!! Thanks for the chance to win!!
My biggest downfall (well, is it really a downfall when it tastes sooooo good) is my sweet tooth. This looks like a great way to balance my need for sugar every day
while still keeping my weight loss goals!
This is so perfect! I have such a sweet tooth, but I need to lose some baby weight!!
This book sounds great! Would love to win it!
Thanks!
YUM! Yes,please.
Ummm, I feel the same about light desserst, but would love to have my mind changed!!!
This looks so great!
Sweets are my weakness! Oh, how I need this book!
I would love to try these recipes! Sounds like a great idea!!
Looks like a great book, I have it on my amazon wish list. Love dessert, my hips…not so much!
You had me at ” Tiramisu Layer Cake” . And the fact that their healthy makes them all the more appealing.
A healthy goodie so I don’t have to feel so back when I have one–What Treat!!!
I’d love a healthy dessert cookbook! That’d be so much fun!
I love baking and especially healthy treats for my family and friends! They never believe me when I say that the dessert they are loving is “light.” This cookbook would be put to great use!
Looks WONDERFUL!!
Sounds like a neat book!
I love a good sweet healthy treat! The book sounds wonderful!
Oh my! You read my mind!!! I love sweets, but am trying to lose weight! I was wondering how in the world am I going to give up my sweets. This looks like an amazing cookbook!
YAY for sweets
The book looks yummy
Cheers
Catie
I love cooking healthier desserts, but usually just reduce sugar or replace butter with applesauce in regular recipes. Would be really interested to try the recipes in this book!
That book looks awesome, I may have to buy it if I am not lucky enough to win
I could use all the baking help I can get. Would love to win a copy.
Trying to keep my hubby slim for his navy pfa! Would love to win!
Sounds delish! Healthier whoopie pies?! What’s not to love?!
YES! A way to have snaks and sweets and still stick to my “healthy eating”!
I can’t wait for blackberries! The book cover has me lickin’ my chops!
This cookbooks sounds wonderful and I love the cover with the blackberries! Thanks for the giveaway!
This looks so amazing!!!! As I’m entering I’m looking to see if it’s available at the borders by my house. Just in case
Yummy
i’m all sweet tooth + ingredient consciousness. i love the sound of this cookbook
yes, please!
Well it is summer and that means bikinis so I think light and sweet sound delicious!
Sounds like a new diet trend. Sweet and Skinny!
Awesome. Thanks.
Yum! I need to know how to bake “skinny” and still have it taste great!
Looks wonderful!
The cover looks so scrumptious!
This looks like a great cookbook! Desserts are my weakness and if they can be made lighter while I still get a treat…everyone wins!
Exactly what I need!
It is like you read my mind! I have been looking all around for yummy and light recipes. This cookbook seems amazing!
Seems like a great book. I’m adding it to my amazon wish list
I would love to add this to my bookshelf. Thanks.
I would love to learn some healthier dessert recipes. Thanks!
Sweets have always been my weakness. I would love to add this cookbook to my collection.
Love a healthier twist on desserts, since I can NEVER say no
I really do need this! Thanks for the chance.
Yum! Looks like just my style!
Healthier desserts, what could be better????
yum! even the color looks delectable, and i love the idea of using healthier ingredients to yield similar results!
I have heard wonderful things about this book and would LOVE LOVE LOVE to win it!!! Fingers are crossed!!! Thanks so much for the entry!
Ooooh…I would LOVE to win! It sounds so delightful!
almostmrsanderson@gmail.com
yum! even the cover looks delectable, and i love the idea of using healthier ingredients to yield similar results!
Now that’s my kind of dessert! One that hits the spot, but not the hips.
I really enjoy desserts, but I’d like to enjoy being skinny again too! Sounds like a match made in heaven!
LOVE to cook!! LOVE the sweets!!! DON’T love OR need the calories!!!! Collect cookbooks. This would be a welcome addition to my kitchen!!
coming from an “i love butter” mindset, i’d love to test out some of these recipes to, in turn, make my pants happier with me!
Sounds Wonderful!
Healthy lemon bars? I am soooo intrigued!
Too many “diet” desserts focus on substitute ingredients and processed/fake foods. I prefer the real thing but done in a way that keeps it from being extreme. No small order! This is the most creative approach to that philosophy I’ve seen. Thanks for a great giveaway!
I love the cover pic! I just wanna make that
pick me pick me! I love desserts!
the dessert on the cover looks amazing! I need that recipe
I might need to pick up a copy of this even if I don’t win (though my unemployed pockets are hoping to be winners hahaha!)
I love dessert! Especially guilt free ones!
I saw this in People magazine. Sounds great and my doctor says to lose 20lbs! What better way to painlessly downsize and keep my blood pressure under control? lol
The cover looks delicious!
Would love to have this book to make deserts healthy for my kids.
I enjoy making sweet treats, but I never eat them (I bring them to my co-workers and they tell me the snacks are great). Maybe if they were a bit “lighter” I would partake. My not partaking in my own desserts is based on the fact that I WOULD NOT STOP EATING THEM! So lighter would be better
I would love to make some light desserts to lose the rest of my pregnancy weight
I would love to win this book..
Oh this would be awesome! Thanks!
Awesome giveaway! Thank you!
Sounds delicious.
Healthy and sweet, I like the idea. Thanks for this giveaway.
I’d love this! awesome giveaway
What a great book! Perfect for me and my little girl.
I’ve actually got this book saved on my wishlist right now! Too bad the husband thinks I’m a cookbook-aholic. (Okay, it’s true.) So, you’d help me out a lot if you’d send a free copy my way! :]
I’ve recently lost 40 pounds and am still looking for good ideas for “skinny sweets”. I’ve found a few, but I am a chocolate lover and will always be. I’d love to get these great ideas in my home, and in my (flatter, skinnier) belly!
seriously this lady is a genius…this could be a revolution. I would love this book!
Who doesn’t love sweet & healthy treats. Double win!
I’ve never been one to skip dessert! Now that I’m older, I have to think about those calories!I try, but our kids won’t let me make the brownies anymore for fear I’ll ruin them, making them low-fat!!!!! LOL Would LOVE to win this book!!!!!
This is a good idea for us who are trying to lookout for our health.
melodyj(at)gmail(dot)com
Oh wow! I could really use this! Then maybe my sweet tooth wouldn’t get me into so much trouble!
Oh I’d love to win this! Thanks for the chance!
I need only skinny sweets
I need to lose baby weight but love sweets!
book looks great!!
This cookbook sounds great!!
I would love to win this!
Oh my gosh! Sweet desserts that don’t bust the calorie budget?!?! I’d love to have a copy of that!
I’d love to try out this book!
Yum! This looks great!
Mmmm, sweet and good, well better for you. Yes please.
pick me
Sounds wonderful.
Sounds delicious! Thanks for the chance to win!
My family loves sweets!! We have a couple of healthy options. Would love more!!
help this girl get thinner again! I can’t give up the sweets!
Oh, I’d really like this! Really, really like this.
I’d love this!
Looks yummy … thanks for the chance to win.
Ooohhh, this book looks like something I must have! I love to bake but don’t always like the way it looks on my body! What a great looking book.
This looks so.great! I’d love to cook for my roommates with this!
IwantthisIwantthisIwantthisIwantthisIwantthisreallyreallybadly!
I love desserts! This book is exciting! To think that I can teach my daughter, you can have desserts and still stay healthy (eating) is wonderful! Thanks for the chance to win!
This looks great! I indulge my sweet-tooth often, so having some lighter ideas sounds great!
I love having a chance to win this. Thanks. It looks YUMMY!
This cookbook is coming at the perfect time. It’s diet time and this girl just can’t enjoy life without dessert!
YUM!! Thanks for the opportunity to win!=)
The cover had me at first sight! Can’t wait to see what fabulous recipes are inside.
I have a hard time passing up sweets. This sounds like a cookbook I would love to check out.
Would love to win!
Mmm. sounds so yummy. I have a sweet tooth. I’d love a skinnier one.
Woo hoo! I would love to win this cookbook! Thanks for the giveaway!
Sounds like the perfect cookbook for summer entertaining!
thx for the chance to win this cookbook. The cover is inviting – thx for this giveaway
Please enter me! This would be fantastic!
Enter me please. Sometimes I think I have sugar running through my veins!
So many entries on this one!! But I hope I get chosen to receive this wonderful-sounding Cookbook!!
Thanks, Donna
This sounds like a great cookbook!!! Thanks for the chance!
What a fun book! Looks yummy!
We became addicted to desserts after this past winter’s holiday season. I really don’t want to give them up, but our waistlines could use some lighter desserts. Sounds like a great book!
Sounds like a great cookbook!
This looks like an awesome book! I can’t wait to give the desserts a try!
I’d be a much thinner person if I could just pull my sweet tooth out, but it hasn’t happened yet. Maybe if I had this book I could “have my cake and eat it too!”–sorry, I just had to say it…
Sounds like a fabulous premise for a dessert cookbook!
looks lovely! perfect for summer!
Lowfat desserts that taste good? Sounds too good to be true. I guess I’ll have to test them all out and see for myself
the cover alone makes me want to eat lighter!
The cover alone makes me want the book. Those look delicious.
I need this! I have a terrible sweet tooth. That cover photo looks so yummi!
Ooo oooo oooo!!! Pick me pick me! I’m counting calories and changing my eating habits to eat healthier and desserts are my WEAKNESS! I could DEFINITELY use this!
I would love to win this book! I have a really big sweet tooth, and this might help me stick closer to my goal of eating healthy.
Would love this, thanks for the chance to win.
Yum! Enter me.
My sweet tooth would love this!
Looks yummy!
I want this!!
I have a terrible sweet tooth… and it hates the word “diet”. But a dessert reinvention might not be so bad…
I would LOVE to have this book! I teach Nutrition Education and i am constantly looking for new ideas for my participants.
This cookbook sounds wonderful!
This is would change my mind about “light” desserts as well!! I have a HUGE sweet tooth and I tendo to turn my nose to diet desserts. This book looks amazing!
I LOVE desserts, but need to start making them healthier! This book looks awesome!
I absolutely love sweet treat cookbooks. And a healthy one how awesome is that.
I’m so trying to lose weight, but my sweet tooth gets the best of me. I would love this cookbook.
sounds yummy!
Sweets are my weakness so I would LOVEEEEE to win this book!!! Thank you so much for a chance~
This is great and healthy! YUM YUM!!
oooh….this looks amazing. I would love to win this!!
As a lifelong WW (32yrs) and a 65 year old grandmother of seven, I’m always interested in new a healthy snacks for me and the grandkids.
Looks great! I have such a sweet tooth, need to find ways to temper it with some healthier options!
This seems like a great book…as a lifelong dieter and lifelong addict of sugar…this might fit nicely!
I would love to win this cookbook!
Spiced Chocolate Mousse and Papaya Mint Popsicles…I’ve found my new summer diet plan!
Looks wonderful! Always looking for new ideas!
I’m sweet but not skinny so I’d love to be informed by this book.
Sweet & Skinny sounds like something I am interesting in, especially when I read “light desserts”. I will be waiting to hear if I am selected.
Any inspiration to leave a few calories behind would be a Godsend! I’d love to win!
Love the concept — I’m tired of boring desserts!
This philosophy of choosing ingredients carefully as opposed to using fake, substitute foods is more along the lines of how I try to cook. I’d rather have something tasty that’s naturally low in fat or sodium or whatever than use artificial anything.
I’d love a chance to enter!!
Thanks
Im drooling already!!!
I am always looking for different, delicious and super tasting food.
Wow! What a fabulous prize, it’s just what I need!
Sounds yummy! I would love this!
Wow, sounds like a yummy book.
Thanks for all the giveaways.
Healthy AND sweet treats? That is my dream book!
I love deserts but like everyone, I need to watch my weight! This book sounds great!
Pecan Sticky-Bun Coffee Cake? Yes, please!
I would love to have this book.
This looks HEAVENLY! What a great giveaway!!
sweet! :] i would love to own that cookbook
Ooo, pick me! Pick me! I’m sold on the cover alone!
that cover has me sold on the book. thanks for the giveaway!
I would love to give this to my daughter in-Law who has just lost 40 pounds of baby weight. She loves to cook, especially desserts! Thanks for the opportunity to win it.
Total yum! Always love a new cookbook
The book looks yummy! Plus the recipes listed sound awesome – I could use some “skinny” lol
Yum!
Great title! Wish I’d thought of it!
Love cookbooks and desserts. The book would be great!
Sweet and healthy, love it.
Yum. Sweets without the guilt. Seconds for me, please.
If it’s SWEET it’s good to EAT! I’m in!
Would love this!!!
I have an unending sweet tooth, so light desserts sounds like the perfect compromise between my sweet tooth and my waistline.
I love sweets!
Healthy AND skinny? Love it!
I have such a sweet tooth! Would be great not to have the guilt!
I love to bake, but am constantly dieting. So I bake things to send to work with my husband.
Sweets are my favorite and I think this cookbook would allow me to try some recipes that would be nice to my waistline. Thanks for the giveaway.
I would like some new ideas to reduce the size of my sweet tooth and enjoy at the same time. I am a skeptic of anything without butter.
Definitely needs to be in my cookbook library!
FINGERS CROSSED… looks like an essential book to have!
I’d love to win! I just started a diet and exercise regimen this week and this would be a big help!
Ooooh yummers. Looks like a delicious book!
Just the picture on the cover is enough to make me want it!
Wow I would love a copy of this book!!! Sugar and skinny!!! Sounds like heaven
Wonderful site!
What a great giveaway
You had me @ red velvet!
Yummy