The Complete Cooking Light Cookbook

by Cooking Light, Cathy A. Wesler

For cooks interested in a one-stop guide to making healthy but delicious foods, this new title is it! Over 500 pages are filled with the same breakthrough healthy food-preparation techniques that have made Cooking Light the #1 food magazine in America. More than 1000 tasty recipes are included, from light appetizers to marvelous desserts. Readers are guided through each recipe by step-by-step instructions illustrated with close-up, full-color photos. Healthy cooking has never been easier!

Genres: Cookbooks, Cooking, Food, Nonfiction, Reference, Foodie

528 pages, Hardcover

First published June 1, 2000

About the author

Cooking Light is an American food and lifestyle magazine founded in 1987. Each month, the magazine includes approximately 100 original recipes as well as editorial content covering food trends, fitness tips, and other culinary and health-related news.

Reviews

[Susan Carter · Rating 5 out of 5]

Cooking Light does it again! Fabulous recipes.

[Julie · Rating 2 out of 5]

Not terrible, but The Best of Cooking Light is better.

[megan · Rating 3 out of 5]

The recipes in this book are really quite good--although having received Cooking Light in this format and also through magazines, I have to say that I like magazines much better. Its almost overwhelming trying to read through this book and come up with recipe ideas for dinner--but I have definitely found a few that I made staples of (a la, cheesy stuffed baked potatoes and 2 bean chili!) I also like pictures. There aren't many pictures. Lord I'm primitive.

[Elise · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everything I have ever made in Cooking Light has been very good. My husband can't stand "light" recipes, and he never complains about these recipes. I don't usually make any of the the light desserts, because I rather have the "real thing" if I am going to eat dessert!
I don't have this specific book. Mine is a 2003 book. They come out every year with a compilment of the years recipes. The 2007 one is out now. I

[Laura · Rating 4 out of 5]

The bananna pudding is sweet and rich, and usurps chocolate's place in my heart. All of the recipes I've tried, including the oven-fried chicken fingers, are easy and delicious and surprisingly light. I do wish it had more pictures, simply so I can get an idea of how the presentation should look.

[Kate · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my favorite cookbooks!

[Ana · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good recipes for desserts

[Lynda · Rating 4 out of 5]

I can always find something good in this book no matter what I am in the mood for. For me that is a winner.

[Kim · Rating 5 out of 5]

Everything I've made is delicious. LOVE it!

[Jamie · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great cookbook!

[Martha Smith · Rating 2 out of 5]

The title is deceptive. After, reading the ingredients in the recipes it is clear that this is not a healthy book. Alas, it follows the Standard American Diet.

[Vonnie Jeffers · Rating 5 out of 5]

I LOVE this cookbook!

[Leigh Linden · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is the best Cooking Light cookbook. I use it as a reference for a lot of standard items such as banana bread, turkey burgers, etc.

[Barb Bailey · Rating 4 out of 5]

My daughter gave me this book from a library sale. Like it alot and have tried several of the recipes.

[LaTonya · Rating 3 out of 5]

Good book and great recipes.

[Debra Elderkin · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my fav of hundreds of cookbooks in my collection. I refer to it often as I love to cook light!

[Heather · Rating 5 out of 5]

One of my all time favorite cookbooks, I will never get rid of this one!

[Stephanie Cox · Rating 4 out of 5]

Wonderful book