A great magazine if you love to cook

I actually just discovered Cooking Light a year ago. I wish that I'd discovered it much earlier. This magazine is perfect if you love to cook and entertain, but you'd like to do it on a healthier note. I have made a lot of their recipes and my husband has never noticed that they fall under the category of healthy. Cooking Light also has great tips on the preparation of food in general. I also subscribe to Bon Appetit but I find myself cooking more recipes from Cooking Light. One great feature is that the magazine includes the nutritional information for the recipes. My only complaint would be that the recipes serve a lot of people. It's great if you're entertaining but for the everyday meal for two, I find I have to cut the recipe down quite a bit. Since I've been subscribing to Cooking Light, I've managed to lose 70 pounds as well as learn how to cook a lot healthier.

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Cooking Light magazine is probably the single best cooking 'zine on the market. The recipes are flavorful and sometimes challenging, but not so difficult as to discourage a "regular cook." The food is lower in fat and calories -- and if you think that all of the recipes are just chicken dishes, think again. Beef, pork, seafood (even shrimp and salmon), as well as chicken show up in the recipes. The excellent vegetarian column also provides a lot of good options for quick, weekday meals.

My husband and I cook almost exclusively from Cooking Light, and we both eagerly look forward to its arrival. The only problem I can see with it is that each issue will get pretty dog-eared after a while. A small price to pay for gourmet, low-fat cuisine!

Fun, Informative for Food and Health

While I no longer subscribe, I find myself borrowing friends' copies, because this is just a great magazine.
Not only are there informative articles about health, workout poses, product reviews, and the like, but the recipes really are great. I love the fact that they take a cherished family recipe (you know the kind, with 10,000 calories) and morph it into something far healthier yet still tasty. Also, these magazines stay relevant. I mine my old ones often for ideas to make my family's meals healthier. It's consistently a worthy read, with fine photos, and even better recipes.