Healthy Living
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| First Light |
This section of lively, brief items introduces the magazine and reports on the interrelated worlds of food, fitness, and healthy living. First Light is a 12-page digest of people, products, beauty, health, entertainment, and news relevant to the Cooking Light audience. |
| BeautyWise |
Every issue, BeautyWise offers a smart, healthy approach to looking your best. Topics range from skin and hair care to makeup trends and other beauty products for the active woman. |
| Better Health |
Here's the latest medical research and news, presented in an easy-to-read, easy-to-use format. Better Health enables readers to pursue wellness with information they can act on. |
| Eating Smart |
Eating intelligently is easy and understandable with this every-issue department that explores nutrition research and food trends. We cut through the hype to give readers guidance on the best ways to eat well for optimum health. |
| Enlightened Traveler |
An insider's guide to "traveling light" in the United States and the world, this column offers tips on experiencing a place the way locals do. We emphasize the best healthy options, such as restaurants that feature light cuisine, walks, healthy hotels, special events, and more. |
| Good Moves |
Each month, master trainer Gin Miller offers workouts that feature walking, running, weight training, and stretching, along with other innovative ways to make exercise fun. |
Food Editorial
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| Cooking Class |
Our year-long "All About" Cooking Class series presents comprehensive cooking lessons for some of the world's most loved yet perplexing foods, such as chocolate, shellfish, stone fruits, and mushrooms. |
| Lighten Up |
Cooking Light's signature column, Lighten Up rescues and updates a featured reader's beloved family recipe. We rework the recipe to reduce its calories, fat, and sodium, explain how we did it, show a before-and-after comparison of the nutritional profile, and then ask the reader's opinion of our revision. |
| Reader Recipes |
In this popular column, readers share their best personal recipes and the stories behind them. |
| Dinner Tonight |
For the time-pressed and stressed, we offer a new column: Dinner Tonight. Featuring menus that can be put together in a flash, Dinner Tonight guides readers to easy, nutritious meals that make the most of their precious prime time. |
| Inspired Vegetarian |
Whether they're vegetarians or simply looking for ways to make vegetables, grains, and soy foods a bigger part of their diet, more Americans than ever are exploring the world of meatless cooking. Inspired Vegetarian provides them plenty of food for thought and lots of great veggie recipes. |
| Superfast |
In response to needs voiced by our readers, this column features supergood food, superfast. Starting with fresh, natural, wholesome ingredients, these recipes are inspired, yet simple. Ingredients are kept to a minimum, and prep times are less than 20 minutes. |
| Wine Tasting |
In each issue, Cooking Light wine expert Karen MacNeil pairs selected recipes with wines that complement the flavor of the dish. Wine Tasting also provides readers with insight into various types of wines and where to find them, with an emphasis on wines that are readily available and affordable. |