
                         Roanoke Times
                 Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: WEDNESDAY, January 5, 1994                   TAG: 9401080007
SECTION: EXTRA                    PAGE: 3   EDITION: METRO 
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IT'S TIME TO LIGHTEN UP

As the holiday season winds down, we breathe a sigh of relief and hope that our buttons don't pop off from the extra pounds picked up during the past few months. We resolve to shed the unwanted weight early in this new year.

Experts agree the best way to do so is slowly - dropping about one or two pounds per week - and healthfully - eating a variety of foods, emphasizing vegetables, fruits and grains while reducing sugars and fats. The following slimmed-down versions of some favorite dishes aid long-term success by allowing what feels like an occasional binge, but really isn't.

The veal recipe, which sautes a pound of cutlets in just one tablespoon of oil, is one of eight in a booklet from the National Live Stock & Meat Board Test Kitchens. To order "Contemporary Veal Classics," send your name, address and 50 cents to Dept. TK-CVC, 444 N. Michigan Ave., Chicago, Ill. 606ll.

The "fried" chicken and flounder dishes are among an excellent compilation of more than 200 menu makeovers in Eating Well magazine's "Recipe Rescue Cookbook" (Camden House Publishing).

Vegetables are diet naturals; what we add to them boosts their fat and calories. The oven-browned mixture and potato offerings from Prevention magazine's "Lose Weight Naturally Cookbook" (Rodale Press) keep the vegetables close to their natural state.

Grapefruit, long a staple of post-holiday diets, will be at its best and most affordable from now through May. The American Institute for Cancer Research mixes it with greens and moves it from the breakfast to the dinner table. Finally, the dessert recipe from Specialty Bakers uses ladyfingers to let you have your pie and eat it, too.

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