With a smart plan, easy tracking worksheets, a free foods chart, and a smart snack list, this easy to live with approach to dieting is certain to appeal to readers who are looking for some realistic suggestions for losing weight. Follow the tips for balancing diets, consult the portion control chart, learn how to lighten up favorite recipes, and get hints for avoiding the pitfalls of eating out. Then look at some ideas for exercising.

And then there are the recipes . . . try a garden frittata or a fruit-filled puff pancake for breakfast; have some zippy corn chowder or a seafood salad pita for lunch; enjoy a beef-vegetable stir fry or slow-cooked sweet ‘n’ sour pork for dinner.

Easy-to-follow recipes and common sense make this one of the best cookbooks for readers hoping to lose some weight.

Highly recommended. ( )

tuna artichoke melts, p.135, yummy.