My hubby will tell you - - one of the best days of the month is the one where my bright & shining COOKING LIGHT magazine arrives. I've been a subscriber to the magazine since 2004 and haven't missed an issue! I have some great memories from college, going over to Lindsay's house and cooking great recipes out of the newest edition (I miss that!) But nowadays, I have developed a little system to squeeze every pinch of enjoyment out of its arrival:
First, there is the "preliminary glance" - I thumb through the magazine to get an idea of what kind of recipes and features await me. I don't linger on any of the pages or really read through the recipes or articles.
I leave the magazine intact for a few weeks so that I can look through it during my down time - then afterwards comes the last step: extraction. I go through and tear out the pages that feature recipes to add to my collection. I used to just clip recipes that "looked good" but then didn't really consider whether or not I'd actually make them. Now that I'm married - I know there are some things that my hubby doesn't like or will particulary want on a Tuesday night - so I've scaled it down a bit. Then the recipes get added to my binder...and I've even created an index so it's easy to find the recipes I've been longing for!
About a year ago, the magazine went through a facelift and my new favorite section is the "Editor's Dozen" - where they feature 12 gadgets or kitchen tools and where to get them. I actually got some of my wish-list items around the holidays from these few pages.
Here are a few of my all-time favorite recipes from over the years:
Basil and three-cheese thin-crust pizza with the Pizza sauce
Sausage-stuffed chicken breasts
Italian creme cake
Yankee pot roast
Crab cakes with roasted veggies
Crisp mashed potato cakes
Pear crisp
Wow, it was hard to narrow those down! Am I the only one who is seriously in love with a cooking magazine (enough to blog about it)? :)
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