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strongEat Spaghetti and Still Fit Into Your Skinny Jeans/strongpTo many of us, "diet" is a four-letter word. And rightfully so. Starving yourself thin or keeping track of each bite like pennies in your checkbook is no way to live. So what's a girl with skinny jean dreams supposed to dopTeresa Giudice has the answer. In fact, she was born with it. The first-generation Italian-American mom of four and svelte star of emThe Real Housewives of New Jersey/em credits her knockout figure to her Old World upbringing. And now, in her fun, encouraging, and budget-friendly cookbook, she skewers the myth that looking fabulous has to be a chore.pIn Skinny Italian, she reveals how to: substitute tedious meal plans with simple, flavorful recipeschoose fresh, flavorful ingredients instead of counting caloriesslow down and enjoy a faster metabolismreplace starvation with celebration by adopting an Italian attitude to cooking, eating, and entertaininglove food, love eating, and still love your body afterwardpTeresa shows how anyone can master the cornerstones of Italian cuisine. Learn how to make six different tomato sauces from scratch, how to choose and use the right olive oil, and how to prepare over sixty Giudice family recipes straight from Salerno. From Gorgeous Garlic Shrimp to Beautiful Biscotti, you'll want to make these sumptuous recipes again and again. Discover how easy and economical wholesome, homemade cooking can be.pemSkinny Italian/em is not a diet book. It's an "eat it and enjoy it" book. Join Teresa and discover how gorgeous can be a sumptuous side effect to living emla bella vita/em.