Cooking Light

Live life deliciously with Cooking Light magazine—vibrantly designed as a digital edition, with all of the recipes and gorgeous photos of the magazine. Each issue is packed with seasonal, delicious and nutritious recipes, quick ways to plan everyday menus and helpful tips on how to live a healthier lifestyle. For annual or monthly subscriptions (on all platforms except iOS), your subscription will automatically renew and be charged to your provided payment method at the end of the term unless you choose to cancel. You may cancel at any time during your subscription in your account settings. If your provided payment method cannot be charged, we may terminate your subscription.

EDITOR’S LETTER

WHAT HEALTHY MEANS NOW

BENEFITS OF FAMILY MEALS • Though appropriate and adequate nutrition is a significant contributor to health, other factors, such as cooking and eating with your loved ones, can positively impact your overall well-being.

THE FACTS ABOUT FAD DIETS • No matter what era they date from or how different they sound from one another, most fad diets claim to be the best and fastest approach to losing weight. While the latest diet trend might work for a quick fix, these diets will also largely fail in the long term because they will not teach you healthy, sustainable eating patterns. Here are some of the shortcomings of many fad diets and why they don’t really work.

COUNT ON CABBAGE • Always available, ever affordable, and incredibly versatile, cabbage is a clutch ingredient for cool-weather cooking. Learn how to choose and make the most of it, and you’re sure to fall head over heels for one or more of these humble heads.

5 SNEAKY SOURCES OF SUGAR • Experts recommend you aim to cap your intake at five percent of your daily calories from added sugars. For someone eating a 2,000-calorie-a-day diet, that’s about 100 calories, or 25 grams, or five teaspoons of added sugar. Added sugar lurks in the majority of processed foods, so one of the first steps to cutting down on the added sugar in your diet is to find out where it’s hiding. Sugar doesn’t just lurk in foods that taste sweet, but also in products that don’t seem sweet at all. Here are five unexpected places added sugar could be lurking.

BREAKFAST BENEFITS • Your morning meal is the most important meal of the day when you include high-fiber whole grains, vitamin-packed fresh fruits and veggies, calcium-rich dairy products, and high-protein foods like eggs.

NOURISHING SOUPS • Chicken noodle soup is not the only feel-better soup around. You can improve your health with a bowl of any of these nutrient-packed soups.

SALAD DAYS • Stave off heart disease and improve brain health with these protein-packed, veggie-full salad meals.

PLANT-BASED REMEDIES • Replace meat with high-quality proteins such as beans, nuts, soy, grains, and dairy, and reap the benefits of better health.

FISH SCHOOL • Strong evidence shows that the fats, vitamins, minerals, and protein in seafood all provide significant health benefits.

GOOD-FOR-YOU DESSERTS • Sweet treats are not off limits in a healthy diet when they contain little or no refined sugars and are made with nutrient-packed ingredients.

RECIPE INDEX • Cooking Light HEALING FOODS