Beautiful Krisitina is featured on Faces of Beauty today!
It’s been a while now hasn’t it? I love doing giveaways for you guys, but usually hold off on some of the offers I get until I find one that I would be happy to represent on the blog.
This is just one of those offers!
I talk all the time about butter and sugar and how much I love bread and cheesy pizza…but truth be told Nate and I actually eat healthfully about 95% of the time and are always on the lookout for great healthy and flavorful recipes. So when I was recently contacted about Rocco DiSpirito’s newest book, Now Eat This!, I was pretty excited to find a lot of classically calorie-heavy dishes could be made in a lighter version. I know the one that sounded the best to me was deep-dish pizza for just over 200 calories – y’all know this girl loves her pizza!
So what’s the giveaway you ask?
Heather’s Dish readers have been offered 2 signed copies of Now Eat This! so that you can enjoy the lighter version of recipes that you love. You can also follow Rocco DiSpirito on Twitter to get healthy tips and recipes from the man himself.
To win a signed copy of Now Eat This! just leave a comment on this post detailing your favorite indulgent dish that you’d love to see a lighter version of. I’ll pick the two winners randomly on Friday of this week, announcing the winners Friday (November 19) evening. Contest is open to US residents only.
Good luck guys!
any pasta with creamy sauce
Oh Rocco you handsome fox!! Trying to tap into the healthy eating market…even though your last big gig was spokesperson for million ingredient, super high sodium frozen Bertolli entrees.
Ha. He’s cute enough I would be willing to check this book out 😉 especially if he provides a light version of pasta Carbonara!!
I would like to see a lighter version of Pasta Carbonara
My favorite indulgent dish is definitely pizza, but i would like to see a lighter version of chocolate chip cookies
you can never have too many light mac and cheese recipes!
A lighter pound cake, but then I wonder if it would be nearly as good. I sure as heavens am willing to test it out, though 🙂
deep dish pizza with piles of cheese and veggies!
Cinnamon rolls! Every time I go to the mall the scent of Cinnabon drives me crazy!
How about a healthier version of linguine carbonara? Is that even possible?
I would love to see Mac and Cheese made over! Yum!!
definately want to see the deep dish pizza!
I love love love mac and cheese! It’s been my favorite since I was a kid, but I always feel guilty eating it now!
I would love to learn to make Spaghetti Carbonara in a more healthy way. My family refers to eat as “heart attack on a plate”, but love it and ask for it regularly!
My favorite dish that needs a Rocco makeover is Boston Cream Pie!
Icecream!
but I don’t have an icecream machine, so uhm.. MEXICAN FOOD. mmmmm~ tamales?
Lasagna and mac-n-cheese top my list.
I would love to see Tuna casserole in a lighter version. My mother makes it once every two weeks & the cheese is sooo good but I need to cut down! Lighter version please!
Deep dish pizza is a really good one. How about loaded french fries??? Is it even possible?
One of my favorite meals I would like to see made lighter would be old fashioned spaghetti and meatballs with lots ‘o sauce. My favorite dessert that I can only have once in awhile…Pecan Pie…if that could be made lighter I would enjoy it twice as much during the year! Thanks to Rocco for his fabulous ideas!
Sweet potato cassarole
As Augusta’s First Biggest Loser 3 yrs ago, dropping 107 lbs in 9 months with diet an exercise alone, I miss certain dishes…this cookbook is a life saver!
As we enter this holiday season, lighter and healthier choices of Christmas cookies. Thank you to Rocco for this fabulous cookbook.
Mmm, I’d probably have to go with chocolate chip cookies! So yummy!
I love to cook and my family loves to eat what I cook – thanks to Rocco we now have some healthy alternatives. Thank you!!!
General Tso’s Chicken! Most definitely.
I would love any recipe for mexican food, that’s my weakness!
I would love to see a lighter version of mac and cheese yet still taste like it’s full of flavor without the calories.
I think cheesecake is the fattyest dish that I can’t stop having “one more teeeeeny slice” until I’ve eaten half the cake. (What?! Who said that? Half the cake, that’s disgusting…)
fried chicken & mac ‘n cheese!
I would love a skinny downed version of Moussaka
Pecan Pie. 🙂 Or what about a better for you blue cheese salad dressing? Only required ingredient: real blue cheese.
Anything Italian or Mexican……..
* Lasagna * oh and by the way I Love your recipe for Fajitas ! =o )
My favorite dish that I love, love, love, and that I would just love to see a lighter version of – has to be….L A S A G N A….Mmmm. I love Lasagna, but I know with all that Cheese it’s lots of fat and calories! Please make this over to be healthy 🙂 Plus I would just love to win a cookbook from the Chef I adore…Rocco DiSpirito!
I would love a lighter version of home made ice cream….love it but its not too healthy!!
love a lighter cheesecake!
lighter version of cheesecake!
I would have to agree with most of the other posts so far, anything with cheese!! Mac & cheese, pizza, etc. I am a cheeseaholic and need recipes that taste great and are better for my waistline. Would love to win this book!!!!
I would love to have a lighter lasagna recipe that still tastes good!
Baked macaroni and cheese casserole with bread crumbs!
I would love a lighter version recipe of Pasta Carbonara…yum.
I love indulgent breakfasts: belgian waffles, stuffed french toast, etc. I’ve seen various renditions all over the blogosphere but they just don’t taste nearly as good. I’m sure Rocco could fix that!! 🙂
Chicken pot pie. Love it!!! Want to find a healthy version I love!!
I’m with alot of the folks above when I say mac n’ cheese!!! 🙂
I would have to say some type of italian food like lasagna or anything pasta for that matter….
I am thinking…good old fashioned pound cake, I want to keep the texture and taste, but really would like to loose some of those calories!
Great Giveaway! Have a happy week!
Any kind of decadent chocolate dessert. Some fudgey-wonderbowl in the healthified realm would be fantastic!
I would love to win this! I would like to see mac ‘n cheese!!
My family makes old fashioned apple dumplings with lots of sugar, butter and the like. I’d love a healthy version since they are great for breakfast.
Oeh please enter me!!
A dish that I adore and would love to know a lighter version of is a chocolate fondant 🙂
xoxo Roz
Mac n cheese please! I’m always looking to lighten it up but still taste good enough for my husband to eat.
Nachos are my huge weakness, but I can hear my arteries clogging!
Most would not agree but I wish mayo was healthy. I know there are light versions but they don’t taste as good. If it was good for you I swear I’d put it on EVERYTHING! haha 🙂
It’s all about the pizza! I love Rocco and his healthier versions of great dishes. Thank-you for the chance to win 🙂
Any kind of cupcake! Oh and I love Rocco!
Spinach artichoke dip! I love it so much but obviously all the cream cheese is not so healthy
I would love to have a lighter version of chicken enchiladas! I want a healthier version of anything Mexican!
A light version of buffalo wings would be awesome. I already put hot sauce on just about everything and I adore buffalo wings! I just don’t eat them that often because of how many calories are in them.
What a great prize! So many things I’d like to see a bit healthier…one of them being a big, tasty, warm muffin. Those things are just loaded with calories now, but they taste so good with your morning cup of coffee! (And cinnamon rolls…of course!)
enchiladas!!
Mashed Potatoes!
I love pasta, the Italian side of me would eat it all the time. I would love to see what Rocco has for pasta recipes. I just love his ideas!
Pretty much all comfort foods..especially mac & cheese as seen on the cover. It can be hard to swap out ingredients and still get the same great taste. Awesome giveaway! 🙂
My favorite indulgent dish, made simple? hmmmm, where do I start? I guess I would have to say that deep dish pizza….It’s SUPER hard to find one that is healthy! And a girl’s gotta get her pizza every now and then! Am I right? Can I hear an amen? 🙂
Lasagna!
I would love to see a healthy pizza – that is yummy as well. I also have a sweet tooth and am always looking for healthy options to satisfy it!
Any kind of cake or baked good! 😀
Cupcakes! I would love a great recipe for cupcakes with frosting that are lower calorie (and still don’t taste like dry muffins). Mmm, like a red velvet cupcake with fudgey chocolate frosting…
Fettuchini alfredo! One of my favorite dishes ever, but I hardly ever eat it 🙁
Fettuccine Alfredo! I haven’t had it in forever, but a lightened version would be fantastic ;]
Scones, most recipes call for a lot of butter so I would love to see something a little healthier.
Mac N’ Cheese and Pizza!!
I’d also LOVE a lower-calorie version of Mac & Cheese. I’ve only made homemade mac and cheese once, because it’s so hard to find a healthy version!
Would love a low cal recipe for Fettucine Alfredo that tastes yummy!
a lighter version of lasagna… i just feel like i can never make it tasty with out loads of cheese and sauce…
I’d love to see a healthier version of brownies that are moist & delicious! My fiance LOVES brownies but I prefer to make healthier desserts!
I’m going to go with mac ‘n cheese or Chicago Deep-Dish pizzzza. But sometimes, you just gotta splurge.
Ooooh Rocco DiSpirito is delish! 😉 But seriously, I’d love to win this dish and also find a lighter version of pasta carbonara!
Chicken Fettucini
Pizza of any sort love pizza!!!!
I would love to see the pizza recipe and anything with cheese, like mac and cheese!
Deep Dish Pizza 🙂
My husband loves fettuccine alfredo so I would definitely like to see a lighter version. 🙂 Looks like you and Nate have a wonderful vacation. I loved reading about your adventures and the pictures are amazing.
Definitely baked mac and cheese! My aunt’s version is the best, but I probably only eat it once or twice a year. And that needs to change.
I guess brownies! I tried black bean brownies and hated them.
great giveaway
hmm… favorite indulgent dish. It’s a toss between Mexican (burritos and such) and alfredo pasta!
mac-n-cheese. I’ve tried a couple of “lighter” versions but I need something that tastes naughty.
I’ve always wanted one of these books! They look so interesting and it’s amazing how different foods can compare. Is it even possible to do a lighter version of a calzone? 🙂
I’ll join the mac ‘n’ cheese crowd!
I would love to see a recipe for a lighter version of fettucini chicken alfredo! I absolutely love cream sauce, but do not love what it does to my waist line!
This book looks FANTASTIC…Comfort food that is under 350 calories is a dream come true!! Since I LOVE desserts…a “lighter” version of Tiramasu that tastes good would be heaven!!
Fettuccine alfredo for sure!
Any lighter version of pizza (that does not taste like a lighter version) is at the top of my list!
I’m a Louisiana girl, so I’d love to see a lighter version of my favorite dish, crawfish etouffee! I also love to discover decent light recipes for things like brownies and cookies!
Baked macaroni + Chocolate Chip Cookies. And that’s already on the book cover! Yasss.
I would love to see a lightened up version of Chicken Pot Pie! Momma loves her some chicken pot pie! 🙂
I’d like to see a lightened up version of waffles… but with the good stuff like syrup or whip cream!
Mac and cheese sounds really good too. I would like something for sweet and sour chicken and fried rice too!
I would love to see a lightened up bacon cheeseburger recipe. LOL.
i would have to agree with those who have said mac & cheese!
mac and cheese for sure!! well, and deep dish pizza….well, and prob everything else in the book! lol
Cheesecake!
mac and cheese!!
It would have to be BBQ Chicken Pizza!!
Beef stroganoff! I love the stuff, but it is rich and calorie dense.
Any kind of pie! Thanksgiving is coming up!
I really love any baked goods of any kind… but I’d definitely take a lighter mac and cheese 🙂
Hello Heather!
I would love to see a lighter version of ice cream (any flavor!) without having to use an ice cream maker.
Mmmm!
Thanks so much!
Grace & Peace,
Andrea Wernz
Pecan pie… Little Miss Amy knew it was bad for you, but this was the first year she actually checked out the nutrition stats in the store on it… holy crap!
I love mac & cheese. Always looking for ways to make lighter and taste great.
I’d love a lightened down flourless chocolate cake.
i’d love to get this book! i think any kind of cheesy pasta dish:-)
Macaroni and cheese! (And judging from the cover, the lower-cal version is in there.)
I would love a more waist-friendly version of fettuccine alfredo… and hopefully not one of these taste-less versions! On another note, your Hawaiian vaca looked like a wonderful time. So jealous!