Most of us simply arent willing to sacrifice culinary excellence for meals that are good for us. Its no wonder, then, that Cooking Light is Americas leading epicurean magazine and the most trusted authority on healthy cooking. And this newest hardcover beauty is the most comprehensive collection of 1,000 top-rated, double-tested, healthy, yet rich and tasty recipes ever combined in one cookbook.

Cooking Light presents a host of recipes to add some life to all occasions.

In 288 pages, Cooking Light Pick Fresh Cookbook will share the secrets to buying, growing, and cooking your favorite fresh fruits, vegetables, and herbs. Bursting with beautiful color photographs, this book is an invaluable resource for home cooks, novice gardeners, and food lovers alike. Cooking Light Pick Fresh Cookbook includes: Cooking Light Pick Fresh Cookbook features: Fruits, Veggies, Herbs: Dedicated chapters guide you through choosing, storing, growing and preparing flavorful recipes using the freshest ingredients Expert Tips: Teaches you how to grow your own produce virtually anywhere Season-to-Season Garden Plans: Provides the basics on starting your garden, plus easy-to-follow instructions for maintaining and caring for your garden 200 Full-Color Photos and 150 Delicious Recipes For Food Lovers: Utilize the fresh taste of the seasons' best produce in your dishes from delicious appetizers and sides, to supremely fresh salads and main dishes, and delectable desserts Complete Nutritional Analysis: Each recipe includes a list of the key nutrients, vitamins and minerals FoodCorps' Guide to Connecting Kids with Fresh Produce: Cooking Light's media partner FoodCorps shares the three pillars for teaching gardening to children and shares inspiring stories from FoodCorps service members Garden Editor and Pick Fresh Cookbook Spokesperson, Mary Beth Burner Shaddix leads the Cooking Light garden, bringing basket-bursting harvests of fruits, vegetables and herbs to the pages of Cooking Light magazine and Pick Fresh Cookbook. After 10 years working in the marketing and research department at Cooking Light, Mary Beth traded in her business suits for rubber boots to get back to her roots-literally. Digging in spade first, she began learning the breadth of gardening at a local retail nursery and eventually working and being certified with Master Gardeners. Little did she know, the manager who curiously eyed her resume at the nursery would soon be her husband. They now grow together at their wholesale nursery and farm, Maple Valley Nursery, near Birmingham, Alabama. She is also the founder/owner of A New Leaf Consulting and manages social media at Bonnie Plants, Inc., a grower specializing in herbs and vegetables

Following on the heels of First Foods comes Cooking Light's first cookbook that gives moms fun, great-tasting, and healthy recipes they know their kids will love. Parents want their kids to be healthy, and this book, geared toward kids ages 3-12, shows them how. Cooking Light provides the facts about kids' nutrition-what kids need and what they don't need. But it's not just about "kid" foods and "adult" foods-it is about foods suitable for the entire family. More than 100 kid-tested recipes show parents (and kids) they don't have to become short-order cooks when mealtime rolls around. In this easy-to-use, spiral-bound book, parents will learn how to get their kids involved in healthy cooking-teaching those skills that will prepare them for a lifetime of healthy habits and healthful, delicious meals. Cooking Light The Ultimate Kid-Approved Cookbook is brimming with these fun features to enhance time spent in the kitchen: "Kitchen Classroom" and "Nutrition Notes" teach moms and kids about nutrition and interesting food facts. "Meals Made Easy" provides information about easy pairing of dishes to complete a meal. "Young Chefs Can" and "Older Chefs Can" boxes with each recipe list the tasks kids of all ages can help with, allowing the entire family to be involved in getting dinner on the table. Quotes from the Kids Tasting Panel throughout the book tell why they liked a particular dish, their serving suggestions, and ideas for extras.

The more than 800 recipes found in this book showcase the latest trends in healthy cooking, highlight the ingredients and flavors of world cuisines, and provide readers with an array of menus for every occasion. Full-color photos throughout.

2015 James Beard Foundation Book Award Winner for Focus on Health Discover the delicious science behind healthy cooking! Too often, home cooks with good intentions sacrifice flavor and texture in an attempt to make their favorite recipes healthier. Mad Delicious shows readers how to maximize flavor and texture through 120 new recipes, witty and funny narrative, insight on the nature of ingredients, and a fresh, innovative perspective on the science of cooking with illustrated explanations. The results are mad delicious! Mad Delicious takes the kitchen science genre to the next level: It's not just about chemistry and molecules. Schroeder teaches home cooks about the nature of ingredients, how to maximize texture and flavor with clever cooking techniques (try steaming beef-then soaking it in wine sauce for the most tender steak ever!), smooth moves in the kitchen for better work flow, and how all the sciences-geography, meteorology, chemistry, physics, botany, biology, even human sociology and anthropology-can help home cooks master the science of light cooking. Every recipe is a fun adventure in the kitchen resulting in mad delicious eats: Learn how to cook pasta like risotto for a silky sauce and enjoy Toasted Penne with Chicken Sausage. Other recipes include Lower East Side Brisket, Fish Sticks!, Cocoa-Crusted New York Strip, Georgia Peanut Fried Chicken, Red Sauce Joint Hero Sandwiches, Spicy Crab Fried Rice, Tandoori Chicken, and Bourbon Steamed Peaches.

As founder of the popular website OneFamilyOneMeal.com, Amanda Haas has helped thousands of parents put healthful and delicious meals on the table Now, she's teamed up with Cooking Light to create a one-of-a-kind cookbook that offers 150 delicious recipes, encouraging tips, and kid-friendly techniques for healthy meal preparation. From her Skirt Steak with Chimichurri Sauce to Pesto Pasta with Chicken and Tomatoes, Haas has included recipes that everyone in the family will eat and love! Cooking Light Real Family Food captures the spontaneity, intimacy, and fun of home cooking and inspires families to return to the kitchen table.

**As seen on ABC's The Chew!** Cooking Light Lighten Up, America! is a celebration and discovery of regional American cooking, and the permission to eat the foods you love-it's the soul of American cooking made light. This collection of America's favorite fare offers healthy versions of classics new and old, memory-making recipes from all walks of life and regions, and returns the most beloved American dishes to the table. Lighten Up, America! follows Allison Fishman Task as she embarks on a cross-country road trip in search of the country's favorite classic dishes. Allison shows the reader how to take these regional recipes and make them lighter and healthier with a few simple substitutions and smart cooking techniques. From caramel-pecan sticky buns to reuben sandwiches to fried green tomatoes, this book teaches how to turn what might have been once-in-awhile favorites into everyday classics. Highlights Include: Classic American Dishes Made Lighter: Readers will rediscover regional American cooking and eat the food they love through more than 150 delicious recipes from coast to coast. All with complete nutrition analysis. Regional Culinary Traditions: Join Allison as she tells delightful and tantalizing stories behind some of our most beloved regional dishes. Each story gives insight into regional flavor and color while celebrating iconic fare like Memphis barbecue, New Orleans gumbo, and Iowa pork tenderloin sandwiches. Insider's View of Festivals and Food Fairs: Allison also visits food fairs and festivals, so you'll get a behind- the-scenes look at some of the more unusual foods this great country has to offer such as wild boar nachos, bear meatloaf, and dandelion soup. Food Born In America: Allison will share inspiring stories about the many American entrepreneurs and home cooks who conceived and popularized recipes and ingredients. Take the Philly cheesesteak, cobb salad, and stove top stuffing-just to name a few-all crafted through the ingenuity of American food lovers.

It is an exciting time to be in the kitchen with so many incredible, flavorful ingredients from around the globe in our local supermakets. We can thank globalization for stimulating our taste buds--and for making it easier to eat healthy. David Joachim, Author

Cooking Light Global Kitchen brings a world of flavor, texture, and enticing aromas to your everyday meals. In this book, the sometimes intimidating topic of preparing your favorite ethnic-inspired dishes is made easy, approachable, and, most importantly, doable for home cooks of any skill level, by using ethnic ingredients easy-to-find in your local grocery store!

New York Times Bestselling author David Joachim, shares fascinating stories behind the world's most loved dishes as well as tips and techniques from 15 notable chefs and experts such as Rick Bayless, Marc Vetri, Michael Solomonov, Lidia Bastianich, Marcus Samuelsson, Jose Garces, Mark Bittman, and many more.

We'll show you how to create Mexican chile rellenos, homemade
pasta in the Italian tradition, Thai sticky rice, Egyptian koshari, and
many other dishes without venturing further than the supermarket.
You'll get a taste of the world without ever leaving home.

• More than 150 recipes from around the world provide adventurous eaters with plenty of options to keep their palates pleased
• Features melting pot recipes blending the flavors of multiple cuisines, appealing to America's love of fusion dishes
• All the recipes are prepared with easy-to-find ingredients, making each deliciously doable
• Full-color images of each recipe brings each dish to life
• A complete nutrition analysis shows readers they can makeonce-in-awhile favorites into everyday options
• Ingredients: Detailed information about the easy-to-find ingredients that are the basis of many of these international favorites, where to find them (mostly at the regular grocery store these days), and how to know you're picking the best.
  
  

Mix & match your way to healthy eating! Choose 3 meals plus 2 snacks to equal 1,500 calories or less. It's easy! With more than 150 delicious recipes, there are endless combinations to create a day of balanced meals and snacks. No matter what you choose, the total will always be 1,500 calories or less-the amount the average woman needs to lose weight. You'll also find nutrition and exercise tips, advice for eating out, and ideas for enjoying a healthy lifestyle.