Cooking Light

I subscribed to this magazine at the end of Gavin's school year last spring. Normally, I see a few good recipes I want to try, but none of these stay around the Cagle house for long. Until now. If you have not bought your own copy of the October 2010 Cooking Light, I highly suggest you do so. Since I cannot find the pictures of some of the delicious recipes we have tried, I will tell you about them.

The mushroom patty melt on whole grain bread, use some reduced fat provolone, lean ground sirloin...and this is one tasty dish. This recipe also called for dark beer...hmm. So I called Charlie while on the beer aisle at Wal-Mart and asked about which dark beer to get. Charlie doesn't speak dark beer either, so I ended up guessing with Yuengling (sp) Dark and Tan (if that doesn't mean dark beer, then I am clueless). We have also tried the potato soup recipe, which was great when Charlie came in soaking wet from the Panther game on Sunday evening. It was super fast and included reduced sodium chicken broth, 1% milk, red potatoes, etc. Best potato soup EVER! Last night, I splurged and made peanut butter banana bread with peanut butter glaze. Charlie had 2.5 pieces...I could only eat half of mine bc it was rich. I liked this recipe bc I used plain greek yogurt instead of oil, eggbeaters for eggs, and brown sugar splenda for the brown sugar.

The magazine also gives tips on what to pair with pear. Here lately, we began using fruit in our salads, such as strawberries and pears. I tossed the mixed greens with a tish of red wine vinegar and olive oil and then start adding the salad contents. Last nights was carrots, pear, goat cheese, and walnuts.

This is the best magazine to transition into the fall season. Go buy yours today.