Traditionally, today Jan. 2 is D-Day, the day that holiday revelers begin dieting to shed those extra pounds put on between Thanksgiving and New Years Day. The McClatchy News Services offers several food columnists who specialize in healthy recipes: one is by home economists who use healthy ingredients; the other is by a dieter who tries to make lighter versions of favorite fattening foods. Although both columns are often published in the Sunday Gazette-Mail, here are a couple of unpublished recipes that might make the new diet regimen a little more appealing.

Kathy's Fettuccine Alfredo