Family Circle: Eat What You Love and Lose: Quick and Easy Diet Recipes from Our Test Kitchen »

Peggy Katalinich, food director of Family Circle, began covering food and nutrition issues in 1974, first as the food editor of the Minneapolis Star and later as food editor of Long Island’s Newsday. In 1994, she was appointed food editor of Family Circle, the world’s largest-selling women’s magazine with a circulation of 4.6 million, overseeing the staff that creates and triple-tests hundreds of recipes each year in the magazine’s kitchens. She has edited three cookbooks for Family Circle: All-time Favorite Recipes, Quick & Easy Recipes, and Best-Ever Cakes & Cookies. Her column, “Cooking Know-How,” advises cooks on contemporary topics from meals in minutes to vegetarianism and suggests the best from new products, gadgets, and food. She also wrote Foods of Long Island (Abrams), a collection of regional recipes that was named “Best Regional Cookbook” in 1986 by the IACP. In 1997, she was named food editor of year by the James Beard Foundation.

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!