Easy & Low-Calorie Restaurant Copycat Recipes: New Hungry Girl Magazine

Dec 19 2025
Now available online and on shelves at newsstands, bookstores, grocery stores... It’s the new issue of Hungry Girl magazine!



60+ Better-for-You Recipe Swaps!

Hungry Girl Magazine: Healthy & Easy Copycat Recipes

Take a sneak peek at all the sections and the types of recipes we made over! Plus, we’re sharing suggestions for which recipes to make first, along with top tips on making copycats like these…
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We know a thing or two about making copycats for sweet coffee drinks, and we threw in a few breakfast recipes, too!

Start With This: Creamy Caramel Macchiato (116 calories), in the style of Starbucks! So delicious you may cry.

Top Tip: When it comes to dairy-free milks, oat milk (especially Planet Oat) froths up best! Pair unsweetened vanilla oat milk with an electric milk frother for serious coffeeshop flair.



Better-for-you fast-food makeovers have been Hungry Girl staples from the beginning, and these are next level…

Start With This: Crispy Chicken Sandwich (380 calories) + Sweet & Creamy Mustard Sauce (56 calories), aka the swaps for Chick-fil-A’s famous sandwich and sauce.

HG Top Tip: An air-fryer is an absolute game-changer for making healthy versions of deep-fried favorites at home. These days, you can get one for around $60!



These decadent bar-and-grill-style finger foods are just as delicious but way less caloric than the originals!

Start With This: Onion Blossom (275 calories), a la the famous Outback Steakhouse app. If you miss the ‘90s, this should take the edge off.

HG Top Tip: Powdered cheddar is a must-have for making smart cheese sauces with ease. Score!



The sticky sauces, the crispy fried meats, the too-oily stir-frys… Our makeovers keep the good parts while scaling back the sugar & oil.

Start With This: Orange Chicken (292 calories), a swap with 14.5g less fat than P.F. Chang’s version.

HG Top Tip: A tablespoon of cornstarch has only 30 calories, but it goes a long way when it comes to thickening sauces into a restaurant-style consistency!



Just because a food is topped with cheese & sour cream doesn’t mean it has to be bad for you…

Start With This: Beef Taquitos (119 calories each), a lower-fat version of the classic. Ready in under 30 minutes, and so satisfying!

HG Top Tip: With the right sauces, spices, and toppings, you can make just about anything taste like delicious Mexican food. Stock up now—stay ready, and you won’t need to get ready.



Think of the heavy, cheesy dishes on an Italian menu… Yup, we have swaps for them!

Start With This: Toscana Soup (205 calories)—our cover of Olive Garden’s Zuppa Toscana AND the recipe photo on the magazine cover. You’ll make it on repeat, especially during these cold winter months.

HG Top Tip: It’s easy to swap out standard carb-y noodles for veggies. Use a simple veggie peeler to make pasta-like strands of summer squash, no special equipment required.



We had to round out the bunch with something sweet! From desserts to snacks and beyond…

Start With This: Churro Minis (170 calories), the swap for Jack-in-the-Box’s Mini Churros. Your mind will be blown over how good these turn out!

HG Top Tip: Two-ingredient dough is key to several of these recipes—Greek yogurt and self-rising flour really are a magical combo that you can turn into anything!



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Chew on this:

It’s December 19th, National Oatmeal Muffin Day. These 91-calorie Banana Berry Oatmeal Muffins might become your new obsession!

Tell your friends about this collection of easy & low-calorie restaurant copycat recipes… or just get them the new Hungry Girl magazine!

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