We define everyday favorites as the recipes we use again and again, the ones that are most memorable, and, most important, that taste great! Now you can enjoy over 500 of our best-loved recipes right at your fingertips with The Best of Cooking Light Everyday Favorites. Anytime a Cooking Light book makes its way into your cookbook collection, we consider it an invitation to be your trusted assistant in the kitchen. Our goal is to help you make the most of the time you spend there, whether you're preparing dishes for a casual gathering with friends or cooking everyday favorites for your family. In The Best of Cooking Light Everyday Favorites you'll find: -Over 500 must-have recipes that will fit nicely into your weekly recipe repertoire. -Over 250 photographs showcasing rich, delicious food at its finest and helping speed your selection for dinner tonight. -Complete nutritional analysis for each recipe. -An extensive 8-page recipe index listing every recipe by major ingredient and food category, making it easy to locate recipes that call for the ingredients that you have on hand. Kitchen and Home Tested The Cooking Light test kitchens and editorial staff—qualified food and nutrition experts—have professionally rated and hand-selected each recipe for The Best of Cooking Light Everyday Favorites based on their expertise, food knowledge, and at-home success. You can be assured that every recipe in this collection is exceptional. Great Tasting and Healthy The simplicity and healthfulness of these recipes may initially grab your attention, but it's the great taste that will keep you coming back for more.
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Launched in 1987, Cooking Light is America's favorite food magazine. Every month, more than 11 million readers turn to it for the freshest ideas in food and fitness to help them eat smart, be fit, and live well.
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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful
By F. Mendez
Format:Paperback
I'm not a person that you will find very often in the kitchen, but when I am, I really enjoy it. I have several books from the Cooking Light series, and this is, for me, the best so far. The recipes are easy to follow and the pictures make you want to cook every single recipe in the book. Great choice for a person not so used to being in the kitchen as well as for the more advanced cook. And the best thing of all is that all recipes are healthy ones so you don't have to chose between taste and health.
8 of 8 people found the following review helpful
By MaggieApril
Format:Paperback
I've been a fan of Cooking Light for years, and Everyday Favorites is a great collection of recipes with gorgeous photographs on almost every other page. The only thing it doesn't have that I would have liked to see is a chapter devoted entirely to pasta recipes. They include nutritional facts for all of their recipes.
There are easily two dozen recipes I will eventually try including some really tasty looking ones in the Soups, Salads, and Poultry chapters.
There are easily two dozen recipes I will eventually try including some really tasty looking ones in the Soups, Salads, and Poultry chapters.
11 of 13 people found the following review helpful
By C. Lance
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I realize different foods appeal to different people, but after searching through this book, I only found 2 recipies that sounded appealing. I have several Cooking Light books, and in my opinion, "The Best of Cooking Light" is the best by leaps and bounds. The Best of Cooking Light is the cookbook that has a picture on the front of a square cake lined with strawberries. Looks like Amazon is either no longer selling it, or they are out of stock. I highly recommend that book if you can get your hands on one. Absolutely superb recipes, you won't be dissapointed.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By Helochick77
Format:Paperback
Every recipe I have made from this book has turned out wonderfully. It's my "go to" cookbook when I have a smattering of stuff in my pantry and don't quite know what to make. This cookbook has always come through for me! It has a wonderful assortment of recipes from all parts of the world.
My absolute favorite recipe is the Rosemary and Pepper-crusted Pork Tenderloin. The fennel seeds add an amazing amount of flavor and I cook this frequently. The Baked Chiles Rellenos are also good.
I also like that the ingredients for the recipes are easily located in a normal grocery store. There are tons of photos to help get you motivated about the recipes. Out of 500 recipes there will definitely be more than a few that will tempt your palate. I highly recommend!
My absolute favorite recipe is the Rosemary and Pepper-crusted Pork Tenderloin. The fennel seeds add an amazing amount of flavor and I cook this frequently. The Baked Chiles Rellenos are also good.
I also like that the ingredients for the recipes are easily located in a normal grocery store. There are tons of photos to help get you motivated about the recipes. Out of 500 recipes there will definitely be more than a few that will tempt your palate. I highly recommend!
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
By B. Hamburg
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
There are a few reasons I bought this book. One, while I'm generally pretty active (don't own a car, live in a hilly neighborhood, etc), I love food so much that I have a hard time with portion control. Two, I have a difficult time estimating how many calories I'm consuming in a serving and this can sneak up on a person. Three, I recently stumbled upon the Cooking Light website and appreciated their quick, basic recipes with provided nutritional information.
As wedding season approaches and invitations start rolling in, I decided it was time to reevaluate my portion sizes and make healthier food choices. I knew I needed help. I also didn't want to pay for a subscription to the magazine and receive some recipes along with a ton of ads and articles. This book seemed to fit the bill.
For the past few weeks my meal plans have been from this book. I usually choose three things to make: something like the flaxseed-honey sweet potato bread or fruit salad to accompany non-fat Greek yogurt in the morning and two main courses that can be divided up and taken to my 12-hour work shifts.
Favorites so far have been the slow cooker meatloaf; the cashew-curry chicken salad; and the fruit salad with cayenne, mint, lemon, and honey. Most of the casseroles are pretty basic but at the same time tasty and it's nice to be able to eat that kind of comfort food on a cold, rainy day while keeping the calories around 300 per serving (leaving room for a big side salad). I've only encountered a couple of ho-hum recipes but none of them were so bad that I couldn't tweak them with more spices (if all else fails, use Tapatio!). But seriously, make the meatloaf. It was amazing!
End result? I've lost about ten pounds without feeling like I have been missing out on anything.... Read more ›
As wedding season approaches and invitations start rolling in, I decided it was time to reevaluate my portion sizes and make healthier food choices. I knew I needed help. I also didn't want to pay for a subscription to the magazine and receive some recipes along with a ton of ads and articles. This book seemed to fit the bill.
For the past few weeks my meal plans have been from this book. I usually choose three things to make: something like the flaxseed-honey sweet potato bread or fruit salad to accompany non-fat Greek yogurt in the morning and two main courses that can be divided up and taken to my 12-hour work shifts.
Favorites so far have been the slow cooker meatloaf; the cashew-curry chicken salad; and the fruit salad with cayenne, mint, lemon, and honey. Most of the casseroles are pretty basic but at the same time tasty and it's nice to be able to eat that kind of comfort food on a cold, rainy day while keeping the calories around 300 per serving (leaving room for a big side salad). I've only encountered a couple of ho-hum recipes but none of them were so bad that I couldn't tweak them with more spices (if all else fails, use Tapatio!). But seriously, make the meatloaf. It was amazing!
End result? I've lost about ten pounds without feeling like I have been missing out on anything.... Read more ›
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book has great recipes. However, the book itself is not that great. It is a softcover and fairly thick. When you open it to a page that you want, it won't lay flat. If you make it lay flat, then you get cracks in the binding. I'm afraid that it will eventually break in half someday. But the recipes in the book are awesome!
4 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Ladybug
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
I had this cookbook already and my daughter - in - law was looking through it and said she wanted one so I bought this one for her birthday.
Several good and easy recipes it in - one of my favorites - and I have several cookbooks.
Several good and easy recipes it in - one of my favorites - and I have several cookbooks.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback|Amazon Verified Purchase
This book has very colorful pictures with easy to read recipes. I personally buy cookbooks for the recipes within them, but moreso for the illustrations.... and this book surpasses my expectations for both!!! Please note, a book with this many wonderful recipes maybe better with spiral binding. With this being said, I recommend!
Happy shopping!!!
Happy shopping!!!
Most Recent Customer Reviews
5.0 out of 5 stars
Yummy Cooking
As a lover of cookbooks, this one turned out to be a very good one. Cannot wait to make some of the recipes.
Published 1 month ago by Ines Apel
5.0 out of 5 stars
My go-to book!
I've had this cookbook for few years and I just wanted to say EVERY recipe I have tried has been amazing (and looked like the pictures! Read more
Published 20 months ago by S_banana
5.0 out of 5 stars
The Best of Cooking Light (everyday favorites)
Loved this cookbook. It was excellent in content and condition. Very well pleased. Will continue to buy Cooking Light cookbooks thru Amazon.
Published 20 months ago by LaDean
5.0 out of 5 stars
Plenty of Great Recipes
This book has been a wonderful addition to my husband and I. So far we have tried 7 new recipes from the book and they have all been successful! Read more
Published 21 months ago by Joyce
4.0 out of 5 stars
a good boook
An overall good book for keeping things on the lighter side and easy. have lots of good
things to make that come out pretty tasty. Read more
things to make that come out pretty tasty. Read more
Published 22 months ago by MRPickles
5.0 out of 5 stars
Good mix of different dishes, mouth watering photographs
The Best of Cooking Light
A friend recommended I subscribe to the magazine Cooking Light, and I thought I'd check out this collection of recipes to see if it would suit... Read more
A friend recommended I subscribe to the magazine Cooking Light, and I thought I'd check out this collection of recipes to see if it would suit... Read more
Published on May 4, 2011 by Charlie
5.0 out of 5 stars
Yummy, healthy recipes
Even though I have a degree in culinary arts, I struggle to be creative when trying to cook healthy. Read more
Published on February 7, 2011 by Emmy
4.0 out of 5 stars
Great cookbook but get it in hardback!!
I love this cookbook but you must get it in hardback. I have the softcover and it's falling apart after a year of "normal" use.
Published on February 1, 2011 by E.A.M's mom
5.0 out of 5 stars
A wonderful cookbook
A lot of times when I buy cookbooks the recipes don't come out as well as I would hope. Something's usually off, whether it be the flavor or the presentation. Read more
Published on May 17, 2010 by S. Hash
4.0 out of 5 stars
My "Go To" Cookbook!
I bought this book when it was first released to find a few recipes to cook for my hubby (he isn't one who likes to eat healthy foods... Read more
Published on March 29, 2010 by Monrda1
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