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We've been on a kick since January to eat lighter meals with lots of veggies. Now, I'm looking for light meals that are summer-friendly. Anyone have a good cookbook they tend to grab in the summer?
Summertime is the best and easiest time to eat lighter and veggie-er 'cause of the lower prices and higher selection of fresh fruits and veggies! I have some good reciepes at home, and will post them later tonight!
I just picked up a new cookbook for DJ last night - Cooking Rocks! by Rachel Ray: 30 Minute Meals for Kids. (For ages 4 - 16.) I was surprised at how light some of the recipes are and how easy they are to throw together.
Lots of great salad and veggie side dish ideas. I get bored with salads after a few days having leftover tossed salad with lunch. There are some nice light recipes for breakfast that include lots of fruit, too.
Another one that I rely on heavily in the summer is my Fix-It and Forget-It Lightly! cookbook. All light crockpot recipes that I can throw in the crock before we head over to the pool. Some are strictly protein/entree that I can turn into a healthy meal with some whole wheat rolls, and a salad or a side of grilled veggies.
We grill everything. My favorite is yellow squash, zucchini, and grape tomatoes, tossed with olive oil and seasoned with a little Adobo. We have a grill wok just for veggies because we grill veggies so often. I also love to wilt spinch over the grill to have with grilled salmon or shrimp with a little lemon butter pasta.
Its not a cookbook, but I really like picking up the Cooking Light magazine during the spring and summer months. They have had some really good recipes in the past. I subscribed to the magazine this year so I will try to remember to post any really good things that they have. I believe they may even have a website.
I can second the Cooking Light. DH clips recipes from it all the time. They've all been good and added to the family cookbook. The two I can think of off the top of my head are Parmesean Chicken and Rice and Spaghetti Carbonara. Yummy!
Yeah for "Cooking Light" we love it! "Taste of Home" magazine/cookbooks tend to have some good recipes too!
We grill almost everyday in the summer too. Meat, fish, veggies...doesn't matter! I even have a recipe somewhere for grilled salad greens. I thought EWWWW! at first, but we tried and they were great with grilled shrimp over top with a nice light balsamic dressing and some feta cheese.
I'll try to find it and send to you.
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If you go to Kraft Foods - Great Recipes and Food Ideas and join their website you can receive their free cooking magazine, Food and Family. In the spring and summer they do some great light recipes. I have been receiving the magazine for a few years now and still love them!
I have several Weight Watchers cookbooks that have some really great recipes. One I've used a lot is called "Homestyle Favorites." It's available on Amazon.com.
I just got back from the library with a Cooking Light one and a Martha Stewart one. The Cooking Light one had a font that I found hard to read (eye problems) and I couldn't warm up to it. The Martha Stewart one was too frou-frou and fancy.
You can click on all the different magazines web sites at the top left. Click on "Healthy Cooking". It used to be "Light and Tasty" and they just changed the name. You can get all kinds of recipes on all the sites and even get free issues of each magzine. I live for these all to arrtive!!
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We grill out as much as possible in the summer and the Weber cookbook comes in very handy. 
There are some nice light recipes for breakfast that include lots of fruit, too.
Yummy!
Danielle Harmon
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