Family Circle Eat What You Love & Lose: Quick and Easy Diet Recipes from Our Test Kitchen (Paperback)

~ (Author), Susan Mcquillan (Author) "IT'S A DELICIOUSLY DIRTY JOB, but somebody has to do it: triple-testingand triple-tastingthe upwards of twenty-five recipes that appear in each issue of Family Circle..." (more)
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When the test-kitchen crew at Family Circle decided to lose weight, they needed a plan that let them keep their jobs--eight hours a day testing and tasting recipes--and continue to enjoy food. "It's all about the calories," nutritionist Susan McQuillan told them. She designed the "Eat What You Love & Lose" plan: a sensible, healthy way to limit portions and average 1 to 2 pounds of weight loss a week.

The key: eat about 1500 calories a day through moderate--rather than supersize--portions, and substitute lower-calorie foods that satisfy the same taste requirement as high-calorie food cravings. If you're eating less, each food has to be tasty, so the 225 recipes are designed to be flavorful and satisfying: Orange Chicken and Peanut Salad, Pasta with Spicy Red-Pepper Cream Sauce, Shrimp-Gazpacho Soup, Fish Burgers with Caper Mayonnaise, and Caribbean Chicken Curry, for example. A selection of 100- to 200-calorie sweets include Berry Shortcake, One-Crust Fresh Peach Pie, Choco-Mocha Angel Food Cake, and Cinnamon Coffee Custard. All recipes include nutrient values.

Eat What You Love and Lose gets back to sensible dieting--the kind that helps you lose weight steadily and keep it off because you have no need to return to your earlier way of eating. --Joan Price --This text refers to the Hardcover edition.

Product Description

What happens when six dedicated foodies who are paid to eat need to lose weight? After years of cooking and tasting as many as ten different dishes a day, the staff of the test kitchen joined that majority of Americans who want to lose anywhere from 10 to 30 pounds. So the test-kitchen team went on a 15-week diet and the results were amazing: Every single team member met or exceeded her or his weight-loss goal. Now, on the Eat What You Love & Lose plan, you'll benefit from their experience and wisdom with a sensible 14-day program and more than 250 fast and fabulous recipes that get the best flavor out of every calorie.

Because the plan is so flexible, it's easy to follow. And because the recipes are so delicious, you'll never feel deprived. All of the main dishes weigh in with fewer than 350 calories -- most with substantially less -- and all of the desserts contain fewer than 200 calories. Enjoy these and many other tasty dishes and watch the pounds melt away!

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Product Details

• Paperback: 272 pages
• Publisher: Harper Paperbacks (December 14, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0060597224
• ISBN-13: 978-0060597221
• Product Dimensions: 8.8 x 7 x 0.8 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (9 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #271,744 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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16 of 16 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Recipies you can live with!, June 22, 2003

By	"spikenhamr" (Wichita Falls, TX) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Family Circle Eat What You Love & Lose: Quick and Easy Diet Recipes from Our Test Kitchen (Hardcover)

I have had this book for 3 weeks now. I absolutely love this book! The diet plan and the story line for the 6 people who lost weight on this plan were great. But the one thing you will treasure this book for are those recipies! I have been using a similar eating plan on my own (3 meals and 2 snacks that equal about 1500 calories) but I was really struggling with great tasing dinners that didnt bump me over my calories allowed for dinner. I must admit that I primarily have used the dinner recipies, however I did enjoy every breakfast, lunch, and desert recipie I made as well. There are excellent versions of "comfort" foods, as well as new twists and alternative ways to prepare your standard 350 calorie meal or snacks. The ingredients are things that you can find in your local market as well. I havent eaten the same meal twice yet, although many are sure to be repeated.

The best compliment I can give to this book is that it is teaching me new recipies that I WANT to eat. I feel like Im not on a diet - but on to a new way of preparing and enjoying what I eat. I really recommend this book to any one interested in loosing weight. I have already lost 8 pounds and I feel like its really gone for good this time. This book is definitely for people who love to cook and want to learn how to do it in a way that is healthy and satisfying. It helped me to break out of my old cooking habits that were keeping my dinners way too fattening and my portion sizes way too big. You can use the diet plan in the book as a guide and tailor it to your life, what you like, and what works for you.

The only drawback was that alot of the recipies were for 6 servings so I did have to do a little math to scale it to my family. hehe But that wasnt a big price to pay when the result was a healthy and great tasting dinner that kept me on my target calories.

12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best diet recipes I've found in 5 years of dieting/maintenan, July 18, 2003

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This review is from: Family Circle Eat What You Love & Lose: Quick and Easy Diet Recipes from Our Test Kitchen (Hardcover)

I lost 50 pounds over a 2-year period 3 years ago, and have been struggling to maintain the weight lossever since. My biggest problem is that I don't really enjoy cooking, but I've learned that cooking your own meals is the best/only way to ensure that you're eating properly. This book came to my rescue. The recipes have all been unfailingly tasty, satisfying, and reasonably easy to make. Even my boyfriend, who normally doesn't like low fat foods, has been happily eating the meals I've made from this book. And this program has been keeping my weight on target. Agree with the previous reviewer that the 6-serving recipes are a little much (I'm a single person living alone), but I just divide the recipes if I can, or freeze the extras for later. Highly recommended!

11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Recipes!, October 25, 2004

By	Jocelyn Carlson "bibliophile" (Columbus, OH USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This review is from: Family Circle Eat What You Love & Lose : Quick and Easy Diet Recipes from Our Test Kitchen (Family Circle) (Hardcover)

I am the very definition of a foodie. I'm also health conscious.

WOW! I've had this book for a few months, and I got it used figuring if I didn't like it, no big deal. This week so far I've made the chicken pot pie, sugar cookies, and pumpkin spice muffins. They all have come out wonderfully and you cannot tell they are low-cal!! Tonight I'm making the mustard dill pork chops with pumpnickel stuffing and tomorrow onion & pepper braciole! I bet you didn't think you could eat that stuff and have it come in at under 400 calories!!!

I'm not even a reader of family circle, but this book is probably one of my most used cookbooks :)