Alternatives to gorgeous, creamy risotto...

My longtime friend and fellow calorie-conscious foodie, Z, over at The Rockin' Foodie blog just created a brilliant post about Radiohead and risotto. She melts them together along the themes of commitment and dedication, with generous knobs of butter and gorgonzola.

Risotto is one of my all-time favorite comfort foods.

However...another thing takes commitment and dedication, too. Keeping the weight off in a hyper-caloric world!

Seduced by the irresistible creaminess and complex umami flavors of this dish, I am yet wary of risotto's ultra-high calorie quotient. After all, we're not Italian peasants laboring in the fields all day burning off tons of calories which we need to quickly replace.

No, we're ladies of luxury with cals to spare. And bikinis to fit into, it's almost June for God's sake. I am inspired to create a low-calorie alternative to their gorgeous mushroom-gorgonzola risotto that is as tasty and comforting but costs you only...wait for it...40% of the calories.

Why 40%?

Because if you subtract 40% of the calories of a typical diet (2,000 calories) you get 1200 calories, which is the recommended number for weight loss of a pound a week for moderately-exercising, healthy adult women.

I am inspired!

To be continued.....

The challenger: Mushroom-Gorgonzola Risotto