Thursday, June 2, 2011

Cooking Light Magazine

So in our household we have a favorite resource for recipes, Cooking Light Magazine.  We are subscribers and eagerly await our monthly delivery of the magazine.  I typically go directly to the recipe index and look for what I think sounds good or interesting.  My wife, she reads it cover to cover, reading all the articles and going in order on the recipes.  We have found quite a few good things over the years that we always return to.  I will share some of these in future blogs, but they are a basic marinara that makes a large amount that we divide up and use for various recipes.  A baked Ziti (uses the marinara), a Gnocchi Casserole(can't believe it isn't a thousand calories) are a couple of our other go to items.

We got hooked on the magazine 5 or so years ago.  My mother-in-law got us a subscription, of course she forgot to tell us she got us this subscription.  We thought it was one of those free samples to get us to subscribe.  Well we thought the magazine was great so we subscribed.  We got a bit confused when next month we received two copies of the magazine.  After a couple of months of this we finally found out that our second subscription was from our mother-in-law. 

I highly recommend this magazine.  Good tasting recipes, for the most part healthier and a ton of new recipes each month.  Each year they also come out with a yearly almanac of sorts that has all the recipes for the year.

34 comments:

  1. Hi! I found you on the blog hop and I am your newest follower! I would love to have you follow back!
    Camille @
    SixSistersStuff.blogspot.com

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  2. Hi! The Gnocchi Casserole sounds delish!
    I'm a new follower from the hop. Nice to meet you! Hope you can hop by and visit my blog too!

    Have a great weekend!
    nancy
    http://stylendecordeals.blogspot.com/

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  3. I am a new follower from "Hop Along Friday!" I'd love it if you came by to return the follow! Thanks!

    ~Holly
    Twins Plus One, Three Times the Fun

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  4. I am in love with cooking magazines. I love having new recipes to try every month, and the pictures in them are always mouth watering! Just wanted to say thanks for linking up to the Storytellers Blog Hop this weekend. Hope you are having a good one!

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  5. I love anything with the word LIGHT in it!! I am a new follower

    Michele aka MikiHope
    www.mikishope.com

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  6. Thanks for the recommendation. Not sure if I can get the magazine here in Belgium, but I will definitely be on the lookout for it. Found you through the blog hop and am now following you on GFC. I hope you can follow back also; I'd appreciate it so much ;-) Have a yummy weekend!

    ~Avalon, http://avalon-lion.blogspot.com

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  7. I will check out the magazine. I always see it but have never bought it. I am always looking for good and healthy recipes. Visiting from the Sunday bloghop. http://www.momsaskywhy.com

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  8. I'm a new follower from Say Hi Sunday. I'm saying Hi on Saturday. :-) Thanks for the review of Cooking Light. I'll have to look for it.

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  9. Hiii! Found you through the blog hop and I'm your newest follower! I'll have to read Cooking Light, I'm starting a weight loss challenge this week ;) have a great day! xoxo!
    http://www.shelbylately.com

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  10. Dropped in to Say Hi, I am your newest GFC follower and hope you will hop over to my blog at kittycrochettwo.blogspot.com when you get a chance. Have a fantastic week.

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  11. Sounds great. I'm following from Super Stalker Sunday

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  12. Love cooking magazines!! Love your blog! Following you from the Say Hi Sunday!! Would appreciate a follow back! :)

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  13. I ADORE that magazine...I found a lady selling like 3 or 4 years of back issues at a garage sale and bought them all up for a few bucks...HEAVEN!

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  14. You know I'd give the magazine a call and see is they wouldn't just add a year to your subscription. I had that happen to me once and the company did just that.
    I'm never read this magazine as I'm not harmonious with my stove but my daughter likes to cook so I'll suggest it to her.
    I'm following you now on GFC
    www.blessedelements.com/goinggreen

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  15. Hi there :) New follower from the Super Stalker Sunday Hop :) Would love if you follow back :)
    www.onesmileymonkey.com

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  16. Thanks so much for stopping by and linking up to our Super Stalker Sunday hop! I'm now following you on GFC! I'd love for you to stop by my blog and follow if you aren't already! :) Have a great weekend! Hope to see you again next week for the hop!

    April @ Mama on a Green Mission
    http://greenmissionmama.blogspot.com

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  17. We like cooking Light too but we're not subscribing right now. We also like Vegetarian Times. My sister-in-law gets the Cooking Light book each year which is a compilation of all the recipes published each month.

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  18. Opps...following from Super Stalker Sunday!

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  19. Hi I'm a new follower from the uk
    Please come visit me anytime
    Www.jollyjilly.blogspot.com

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  20. I used to get Cooking Light but I don't anymore. I always want to cook more and try different recipes but I always fall back on the things I know well that are easy.

    I'm stopping by from this week's Super Stalker Sunday hop! Thanks for participating! I hope you'll join us again next week and I hope you'll stop by and visit me if you haven't already!
    Mariah, Formula Mom

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  21. Nice to meet you New Follower from Planet Weidknecht's Sunday Hop Please follow me back at http://simplefamilystories.blogspot.com/ http://cbbabblings.blogspot.com/ http://arvillaswritingupdate.blogspot.com/ and check out my website http://www.easysaleshop.com great deals!

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  22. New follower from the Super Stalker Sunday Hop! Would love if you would take the time to visit our blog! ~Jeniffer
    www.sistersncloth.com

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  23. I love Cooking Light magazine!! The recipes are so tasty...the ones I've cooked anyway!

    Just stopping by from the Super Stalker Sunday Hop! Thanks for linking up!

    Hope to see you again next weekend,
    Kortney
    Kortney's Krazy Life

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  24. oops, forgot to say I am a new follower from the hop as well! :)

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  25. I'm a new follower from the hop. Enjoyed looking through your posts. We are new to this blogging thing too and started around the same time you did. My husband is the foodie in the family. The rest of us are picky. Well at least me and my older daughter. Come visit my older daughter and I at our blog http://saysmesaysmom.blogspot.com

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  26. Hi New follower from the hop! Hope you can hop by Girl Tech Divas and follow back!

    www.girltechdivas.com

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  27. hi, new follower from super stalker sunday hop. would love for you to visit my blog and follow back if you like.

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  28. HI! Following you via the Super Stalker Sunday blog hop! New rss feed reader and GFC follower! looking forward to reading more of your foodie adventures!
    Barb
    FL MOM'S BLOG
    http://flmoms-winterbabe98.blogspot.com/

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  29. Following you from Super Stalker Sunday Blog Hop

    Please follow me back if you get the chance Taz's Journey

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  30. Thanks for the recommendation, I'm a new follower from Planet Weidknecht blog hop.

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  31. I cancelled my subscription because I was using other cookbooks at the time and not using it. Now, I'm bored with my other cookbooks and having been sharing with my mom to do our menus! Love Cooking Light!

    Stopping by from the Planet Wedknecht hop.

    www.faithfamilyfrugality.com

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  32. Hi Mike! Love Cooking Light Magazine and also subscribe. Over from Say Hi Sunday and am your newest follower! Have a Happy 4th!

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  33. I have not read their magazine but I do read what they have online. I am getting more and more away from the paper magazines and reading from the internet. Saves paper and postage. I am a new follower from the Sunday Blog Hop thru GFC and would love a follow back when you get a free chance. Thanks so very much and have a great week!

    Mary@http://www.mmbearcupoftea.com

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