Our Favorite Recipes

Five on Friday: May’s Top 5 Recipes

Each Friday, we share five things that are getting buzz around the Cooking Light offices—from what we’re reading around the Web, to what’s hot on Instagram, or even our latest favorite ingredient. This week, I want to share five top Cooking Light recipes that are getting attention on Pinterest and at MyRecipes.com this month. We want to know: What’s the best recipe you […]

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Make Mom a Delicious Mother’s Day Brunch

Sunday is Mother’s Day, and a beautiful plate of delicious food is never a bad way to start mom’s special day. I’ve pulled together a few of our staff’s favorite breakfast and brunch recipes. We also have an entire gallery of great breakfast and brunch recipes, too. Do your prep work Saturday night so you can rise and shine early Sunday […]

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April’s Top 10 Recipes

Here are 10 of the most popular Cooking Light recipes on our sister site MyRecipes.com, and our top-pinned recipes on Pinterest for the month of April. Did you try any new recipes this month?

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The Best Recipe in the May Issue

Our highest-rated recipe from the May issue was our Chocolate Tacos with Ice Cream and Peanuts (page 96 of the paper edition). Sidney Fry, Assistant Editor, Nutrition had this to say: “Move over, ice cream man. There’s a bigger, better, more chocolaty treat in town!” Have you tried this treat? Let us know what you think of it in the comments.

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Top 10 Recipes of March

Spring—and spring produce—is finally here this month, and your recipe favorites are proof. Here are 10 of the most popular Cooking Light recipes on our sister site MyRecipes.com, and our top-pinned recipes on Pinterest for the month of March.

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Happy Pi(e) Day!

Foodies and math geeks everywhere, rejoice! It’s National Pi Day. (Get it? March 14 or 3.14, the ratio of a circle’s circumference to its diameter. Wikipedia has a great visual for understanding where pi gets its number.) Or it’s National Pie Day for those of us who prefer our circles filled with warm apples and  flaky crusts. In honor of this number-filled […]

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Staff Raves from the April Issue

Each month, we bring you our highest-rated recipes from each issue. Here, our favorites from the April 2013 issue. Radishes in Browned Butter and Lemon p. 56 “I’ve been enjoying this recipe since it was developed for our garden project last spring (advantage of working in magazine-land: content comes early). As someone who grew up thinking of radishes as chilled, […]

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February’s Most Popular Recipes

With spring just around the corner, we’re slowly starting to move away from the casseroles of January and on to veggie-packed dishes and seafood. Of course, a top-rated, Valentine’s-worthy chocolate treat also climbed its way to the top. Here are February’s 10 most popular Cooking Light recipes on our sister site, Myrecipes.com, and our top-pinned recipes on Pinterest.

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National Sweet Potato Day

Today is National Cook A Sweet Potato Day. Glue, paint, alcohol and ink are a few things George Washington Carver made with sweet potatoes. We suggest eating them instead. Sweet potatoes are high in vitamins A, B, and C. The skins are stuffed full of fiber too! Did you know that you can control how sweet your potato tastes, simply […]

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Throw A Tasty Oscars Party

This Sunday, the famous and the not-so-famous alike will join ’round the tube to watch the 85th Academy Awards. Whether you’re celebrating Hollywood’s Biggest Night by walking the Red Carpet, throwing a gala of epic proportions for your closest friends, or huddling on the sofa with a warm slice of Mississippi Mud Pie, you’ll need a menu that’s befitting the occasion. We’ve […]

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