Cooking Light Recipe Makeovers


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Your favorite recipes with half the calories, fat, salt, and sugar. With just a few simple substitutions, the nutrition and cooking experts at Cooking Light have figured out how to make the most decadent recipes more healthful without sacrificing flavor. Just as the HGTV stars take some of the worst houses in the neighborhood and turn them into dream homes, we take some of the worst recipes, in terms of fat and calories, and turn them into dream dishes that help you achieve a healthy lifestyle. Before-and-after nutrient values are included with every recipe.




Amazing Recipe Makeovers


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Cooking Light's best recipes for healthier versions of your favorite foods! In Amazing Recipe Makeovers, the experts at Cooking Light start with deliciously decadent dishes, then reduce the calories, sodium, fat, or sugar by half. Discover 200 tested-and-perfected recipes, including: Radically Revamped Comfort Foods - Biscuit-Topped Chicken Potpie, All-American Meatloaf, breakfast and dinner casseroles, plus a standout Macaroni and Cheese recipe with three cheeses for flavor, fat-free Greek yogurt for creaminess, and panko for some crunch. Takeout Favorites - easy homemade Pad Thai, pan-seared Chimichangas, and freezer-friendly Pork and Shitake Pot Stickers to keep on hand for busy nights. Classics Takeover - one-pot Pasta Alla Carbonara, better-for-you Spinach-Bacon Quiche, French Onion Soup with a fraction of the sodium, and a fresh mozzarella-topped Eggplant Parmesan with less than 350 calories and 9g of saturated fat per serving. Less-Loaded Party Starters - baked chips, diet-smart dips including Grilled Vegetable Guacamole, and low-calorie cocktails for a crowd. Succulent Side Dishes - seasonal flavors such as Lemony Roasted Cauliflower with Breadcrumbs alongside family favorites like Twice-Baked Potatoes and Stovetop Creamed Spinach (only 25 calories per serving!). Dreamy Desserts - Gluten-Free Tiramisu, fresh Blueberry Cobbler, and irresistible 250-calorie Chocolate Molten Lava Cakes. You'll also find complete nutritional information for each recipe, full-color photographs, and Cooking Light's time-tested tips and tricks for slimming down every meal, so you can enjoy the food you love to eat - and feel good doing so!




Gluten-Free Makeovers


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When Beth Hillson was diagnosed with celiac disease more than thirty years ago, she had nowhere to turn to for recipes or support. She embarked on a lifelong journey to help provide delicious and healthy food to others who cannot have wheat—as many as 1 in 133 Americans, according to recent estimates. In Gluten-Free Makeovers, Hillson makes over some of the most popular recipes—from celeb chef favorites to classic comfort foods, from pot pies to pizza, fig bars to croissants—so wheat-free home cooks can have their cake and eat it too. With chapters dedicated to the gluten-free kitchen, preparation basics, a resource guide on ingredient sources, and supplemental info on gluten-free living, Gluten-Free Makeovers offers inspiring meals for both seasoned and novice chefs alike.




COOKING LIGHT Best-Ever Recipe Makeovers


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COOKING LIGHT Best-Ever Recipe Makeovers Transform favorite foods into healthy recipes that taste and look spectacular For more than 30 years, Cooking Light has been your go-to resource for to delicious, healthful recipes. This useful special edition, packed with 116 recipes and mouth-watering photos, helps you transform favorites such as Chicken Enchiladas, Philly Cheesesteaks, and Chocolate Turtle Brownie Sundaes into dishes that are lower in sodium, saturated fat, and in calories, yet still delicious. Clever tweaks build healthier recipes that deliver big flavor and the same feeling of satisfaction and indulgence. What's your guilty pleasure? Takeout treats? Hearty main courses? Rich desserts? They're all here, in light yet delightful versions-116 recipes with full step-by-step instructions, glowing photos, and full nutritional information. Get ready to indulge sensibly with Cooking Light Best-Ever Recipe Makeovers!




The Best Light Recipe


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"The Best Light Recipe" offers more than 300 full-flavored lower-fat and reduced calorie recipes that still taste great and are guaranteed foolproof by the test cooks and editors of "Cook's Illustrated" magazine.




Comfort Food Makeovers


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With this new collection of nearly 200 recipes, America's Test Kitchen has slashed the fat and calories (fat by half and calories by a third) of all of your feel-good favorites, thanks to exhaustive testing and fat trimming techniques that work--and we don't mean just cutting portion sizes in half. We even looked at over-the-top restaurant and fast-food dishes like crab Rangoon, meaty lasagna, and cinnamon rolls and revamped those so they no longer have to be once-in-a-while treats.




Light and Healthy 2012


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"Here in America's Test Kitchen, we put flavor first, which usually means that we don't worry too much about fat or calories. But with this new annual series, we've taken on the challenge of lightening up some of our favorite recipes from the previous year--dishes like our Mexican lasagna and Morning Glory muffins ..."--Jacket.




Taste of Home Light & Easy Weeknight Cooking


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It’s true! You can still savor all of the comfort foods you love while eating right—even when your scheduled is slammed. It’s simple with Light & Easy Weeknight Cooking. Inside, you’ll discover 300+ delicious recipes that come together in a pinch while paring down calories, fat, sodium, sugar and carbohydrates. Sound too good to be true? Take a look inside and you’ll find lighter takes on 30-minute entrees, 5-ingredient recipes, slow-cooker greats, Instant Potâ and air-fryer dishes, and so many others. If you’re looking to serve wholesome meals, maintain a healthy lifestyle and enjoy sensational foods any night of the week, let Light & Easy Weeknight Cooking be your inspiration. With these 307 effortless recipes, you’ll quickly see just how simple and delicious eating right can be! CHAPTERS Snacks & Munchies Sides, Salads & Breads Soups & Sandwiches 30-Minute Classics Sheet-Pan Suppers Easy Weeknight Bowls Meal-In-One Wonders Half-Homemade Staples Meatless Mondays Make-Ahead Greats Light & Easy Desserts Workweek Odds & Ends RECIPES 10-Minute Zesty Salsa Jiffy Ground Pork Skillet Simple Grilled Steak Fajitas Weeknight Chicken Chop Suey Makeover Macaroni & Cheese One-Pan Sweet Chili Shrimp & Veggies So Easy Snack Mix Pressure-Cooker Cranberry-Stuffed Apples No-Guilt Brownies Contest-Winning Greek Pasta Bake Grilled Garden Veggie Pizza Air-Fryer Sweet Potato Fries Pizza Meat Loaf Cups Healthy Peanut Butter Cookies Easy Beef Stroganoff Chicken Veggie Packets Makeover Cheddar Biscuits Slow-Cooker Veggie Lasagna Pressure-Cooker Garlic Chicken & Broccoli Snappy Tuna Melts Easy Almond Joy Chia Pudding Air-Fryer Spinach Feta Turnovers Quick Italian Veggie Skillet No-Bake Peanut Butter Oatmeal Bars Tacos on a Stick Slow-Cooker Chicken Taco Salad Tuscan Fish Packets Weeknight Pasta Squiggles One-Pot Sausage & Basil Pasta Quinoa Unstuffed Peppers Sheet-Pan Pineapple Chicken Fajitas




Hungry Girl Happy Hour


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Amazingly delicious guilt-free recipes for any fun-filled cocktail party! Margaritas and cosmos and mudslides, oh my! Blended drinks, mixed drinks, fruity drinks . . . any and every cocktail you desire is here in Hungry Girl Happy Hour, and they've all got HG's guilt-free guarantee! Also included are recipes for Hungry Girl's delicious, decadent, party-pleasing finger foods and appetizers. Indulge in: Cocoa-nut Banana Rum-ble Frenzy (188 calories) Hungry, Hungry Hurricane (132 calories) Blendy Bananas Foster (227 calories) Red Hot Cinnamon Shots (98 calories) Spiked Strawberry Shake (204 calories) Black Forest Jell-O Shot Desserts (49 calories) Plus: Buff Chick Hot Wing Dip (68 calories) De-Pudged Pigs in a Blanket (134 calories) Bacon-Bundled BBQ Shrimp (116 calories) . . . And much more!




Comfort Food Makeovers


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Mashed potatoes and gravy, macaroni and cheese, chocolate chip cookies, ice cream, soup...these are the comfort foods we crave—but many of us are afraid to eat them because of their high fat and calorie content. Now, thanks to Elaine Magee, we can eat our favorite comfort foods in a healthful way! Comfort Food Makeovers provides 116 easy, mouthwatering recipes for your favorite comfort foods that are full of flavor and texture yet healthy enough to eat anytime. Magee, the author of Fry Light, Fry Right! truly knows how to cook the healthy way, and she is on a mission to teach the world how to use ingredients and techniques to lighten a recipe without losing the flavor: incorporate reduced-fat ingredients, boost the fiber, and always cut down on serving sizes. She keeps us tempted with main dishes such as American Meatloaf and Butter-Baked Chicken, savory side dishes such as Potatoes with Leeks and Gruyere, and decadent desserts such as One-Bowl Brownies and Triple Chocolate Decadence Cookies. The delicious recipes in Comfort Food Makeovers will make you think twice before eating the full-fat, full-calorie versions of your favorite comfort foods ever again!