Cooking Light The Essential Dinner Tonight Cookbook: Over 350 delicious, easy, and healthy meals [Hardcover]

Editors of Cooking Light Magazine (Author)

Book Description

Series: Cooking Light | Publication Date: September 8, 2009

Whether you're looking for dinner tonight or planning ahead for a special occasion, Cooking Light The Essential Dinner Tonight Cookbook has just what you need. You'll find great ideas and delicious, reliable recipes for healthy dinner solutions in this menu-packed volume from the most respected cooking authority in America.

Weeknight Meals
With over 350 delicious, easy, and healthy meals at your fingertips, choosing what's for dinner tonight has never been easier. Selections such as Tomato-Basil Soup, Steak and Blue Cheese Pizza, and Biscuit-Topped Chicken Potpie are sure to tempt your taste buds.

Complete Menus and Game Plans
Great-tasting, healthy recipes are not all that this hefty cookbook boasts. There is also a complete menu for each recipe offering superb "serve with" suggestions, along with a detailed and thorough game plan for getting it all on the table quickly and efficiently.

Photos of Every Recipe
And check out those photos! Each meal comes to life on these pages with big, bold images highlighting delicious food at its absolute finest.

Editorial Reviews

About the Author

Cooking Light, America's leading epicurean magazine and authority on healthy cooking, is dedicated to helping its more than 12 million readers eat smart, be fit, and live well. With a staff of registered dietitians and culinary professionals-and over 20 years of experience-Cooking Light is unrivaled in identifying emerging food trends and providing superior flavorful and healthful recipes.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 416 pages
• Publisher: Oxmoor House; 1 edition (September 8, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0848733029
• ISBN-13: 978-0848733025
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 1.2 x 11.1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.6 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (35 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #8,631 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #33 in Books > Cookbooks, Food & Wine > Special Diet > Low Fat

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

27 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars More great ideas from a tried-and-true source!, January 13, 2010

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Anne (Mission Hills, KS USA) - See all my reviews

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Like many other Amazon cookbook aficionados, I like to buy cookbooks but I don't always cook from them. This Cooking Light book is an exception because it highlights only entrees, which is what I usually look for. There are photos for each recipe and sidebars giving quick recipes for side dishes to accompany the main course. Wonderful, ethnic ideas, lots of Mexican and Asian, and many good old American dishes like chicken pot pie! I will definitely use this book a lot. Excellent, fresh recipes.

29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Cookbook!, September 1, 2009

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Rebecca "Rebecca" (Sacramento, CA) - See all my reviews

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Another wonderful addition to my Cooking Light cookbook collection! If you are a subscriber to the magazine, or purchase the annual cookbook, then these recipes are all repeats. However, the book is well put together on high quality paper, and offers lots of full-color glossy photos. It also offers menu suggestions, which I appreciate. I love the fact that the recipes offered here are all quick and easy, and many utilize the same ingredients which makes grocery shopping a snap. Anything negative to say? Nope.

16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Best Cookbook of the Year, October 6, 2009

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M. Dorsch (Wisconsin) - See all my reviews
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I purchased this cookbook for the office and I liked it so much I bought a personal copy, too. I go through tons of cookbooks and this one is perfect. Great recipes, relatively easy to make, wide variety, beautiful pics and design. Very, very nice. Anyone who enjoys cooking would like to receive this.