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She may be a world-class diver, but Kimiko Hirai Soldati, 30, has the same diet goal as the rest of us: She wants to look good in a swimsuit. She eats 40 percent protein, 40 percent carbs and the rest fat, spread out over five small meals a day. Eating frequently "keeps you satisfied, so you're not starving and overeating," Soldati says. She freezes peeled fruit so she can always whip up a drink.

Alicia Silverstone, who follows an organic vegan diet, sips this nutritious elixir, which personal chef and friend Lesa Carlson mixes for many of the star's private affairs. It's a tasty health potion: The mint, fresh peach juice, and honey deliver cancer-fighting antioxidants.

If you enjoy this decadent dessert (or the <epi:recipelink id="230320">Canyon Ranch Cocoa Chimichanga</epi:recipelink>) once a week, you will satisfy your cravings and stay on track with your weight loss and healthy-eating goals.

Wrapper's delight: two paper pouches, eight shrimp, 10 minutes — dinner! Take a lowfat cooking tip from French-born Alain Ducasse, whose New York City restaurant, Alain Ducasse at the Essex House, is among the world's swankiest. Ducasse has perfected a simple method of cooking in a paper pouch, which uses trapped steam — not fat — to seal in flavor. In this recipe he teams shrimp with apples and cheese for a trio of seductive tastes. Tuck the ingredients into parchment-paper hearts, pop them in the oven and prepare to fall in love.

Morning rush hour fix: For a low-cal breakfast on the run, it's hard to top Weight Watchers SmartOnes (210 calories, 5 grams fat). How did this supermarket standby beat Self's own recipe? Not everything in one lowfat egg patty comes from the henhouse. It also has cornstarch, xanthan gum, and artificial flavoring. Our homemade recipe uses 100 percent egg, which is naturally higher in fat.

Slice advice: One of America's favorite pastimes — going out for pizza — doesn't have to be a caloric catastrophe if you stick with the basic (like Pizza Hut Hand Tossed cheese) and stop at two slices. Steer clear of cheese-filled crusts; they can add 10 grams of fat per slice. We gave our homemade pie an advantage by adding broccoli, but there's no reason not to put veggies on a fast food or frozen one.

Actress Marissa Matrone shares a recipe her grandmother taught her. It's almost like ice cream!

It's the ultimate shortcut stir-fry.

Sausage and rice — really nice!

It's fast and fabulous.

The health benefits: almost 25 percent of the RDA for magnesium in 1/2 cup cooked chard; 20 percent of the RDA for vitamin A; almost 25 percent of your potassium quota.

Actress Kristin Chenoweth shares a salad-dressing recipe she got from her mother.

Tip: Trim chocolate desserts of high-fat, high-cal extras like crust.

We recommend using a good-quality California or Spanish sparkling wine for this punch. Both are widely available and less expensive than Champagne.

Jerry Traunfeld, author of The Herbfarm Cookbook (Scribner), says, "Vegetables that are very fresh and picked at the perfect time are delicious cooked very simply. Just boil or steam them and serve with a little butter and maybe a sprinkling of tarragon, chervil or basil." Or savory, or oregano, as in this recipe.

This dish, from Scott Uehlein, executive chef at the renowned Canyon Ranch Health Resort in Tucson, Arizona, is basically potatoes baked in a blend of broth and onions. It's amazing how rich they taste, and they take only 15 minutes to assemble.

If you spend evenings camped out on your sofa staring at the boob tube, take note: People who spend four hours or more in front of the TV are twice as likely to be overweight as those who watch less than an hour a day, a new study from Australia reports. Study participants' body-mass index (which measures how much of your weight is fat) increased for every hour of TV time. If you watch two hours a day, you're 57 percent more likely to be overweight than those who keep tube time to an hour or less; if you watch three or more hours, you're 91 percent more likely to be overweight. What's worse, past studies show that this pastime triggers the munchies for high-fat snacks, though researchers aren't sure why. If you must gaze at the box, channel your snack urges toward something healthful, like this creamy, low-fat dip.

La Merenda di Victor When my husband was a schoolboy in Bologna, his favorite afternoon merenda was a crusty slice of grilled bread that his grandmother would top with Parmesan cheese and olive oil. It doesn't need a recipe, just a description.

Cardamom-scented whipped cream tops a light, crisp meringue in this pretty paean to the season's fresh berries.