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Cooking Light magazine sort of gets it
I don't know if anyone else here buys (or used to buy) Cooking Light, but I
really liked it before going low-carb. Then I started to wonder -- it takes a mostly low-fat approach -- but I suspected most of the recipes could be adapted. In the new issue, the editors address low-carb in a short article at the front of the magazine. The bad news: They refer to it as "high protein" occasionally. That may be true in some cases, but I don't think it's true for all low-carb approaches. The good news: After rather defensively stating that readers can develop low-carb menus from Cooking Light, they go on to discuss low-carb eating. They acknowledge that the WOE encourages eating vegetables and whole grains, and they praise the approach for discouraging high-carb junk foods. They also put in a good word for the South Beach diet. One good thing about all their recipes is that they give nutritional analyses at the end of each one, which is quite helpful. I was glad to see a mostly sane statement from them, because it's one of my favorite magazines. Daria 166/147/140 sugar-free since 2/1/04 low-carb since 2/17/04 |
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Cooking Light magazine sort of gets it
DG511 wrote:
I don't know if anyone else here buys (or used to buy) Cooking Light, but I really liked it before going low-carb. Then I started to wonder -- it takes a mostly low-fat approach -- but I suspected most of the recipes could be adapted. In the new issue, the editors address low-carb in a short article at the front of the magazine. The bad news: They refer to it as "high protein" occasionally. That may be true in some cases, but I don't think it's true for all low-carb approaches. The good news: After rather defensively stating that readers can develop low-carb menus from Cooking Light, they go on to discuss low-carb eating. They acknowledge that the WOE encourages eating vegetables and whole grains, and they praise the approach for discouraging high-carb junk foods. They also put in a good word for the South Beach diet. One good thing about all their recipes is that they give nutritional analyses at the end of each one, which is quite helpful. I was glad to see a mostly sane statement from them, because it's one of my favorite magazines. Daria 166/147/140 sugar-free since 2/1/04 low-carb since 2/17/04 I don't suppose they took my suggestion and started breaking out the carb counts when they are just serving the entree on top of rice, potatoes, pasta, etc.? -- Jean B. |
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Cooking Light magazine sort of gets it
DG511 wrote:
"Jean B." writes: I don't suppose they took my suggestion and started breaking out the carb counts when they are just serving the entree on top of rice, potatoes, pasta, etc.? Not that I could tell -- they're still giving the nutrition count for entire recipes rather than major components. I wish they would take your suggestion, though. OTOH, one of my friends used to work in a test kitchen, and from what she told me, it appears the lead time for getting recipes ready for publication is much longer than that for a simple article. So perhaps they'll start breaking out the components in an upcoming issue. I hope so! I know it isn't their philosophy, but, as I told them, it would make their magazine a lot more usable for many people--and they wouldn't even have to change their recipes. -- Jean B. |
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Cooking Light magazine sort of gets it
On 3/27/2004 8:46 PM, Jean B. wrote:
DG511 wrote: I don't know if anyone else here buys (or used to buy) Cooking Light, but I really liked it before going low-carb. Then I started to wonder -- it takes a mostly low-fat approach -- but I suspected most of the recipes could be adapted. In the new issue, the editors address low-carb in a short article at the front of the magazine. The bad news: They refer to it as "high protein" occasionally. That may be true in some cases, but I don't think it's true for all low-carb approaches. The good news: After rather defensively stating that readers can develop low-carb menus from Cooking Light, they go on to discuss low-carb eating. They acknowledge that the WOE encourages eating vegetables and whole grains, and they praise the approach for discouraging high-carb junk foods. They also put in a good word for the South Beach diet. One good thing about all their recipes is that they give nutritional analyses at the end of each one, which is quite helpful. I was glad to see a mostly sane statement from them, because it's one of my favorite magazines. Daria 166/147/140 sugar-free since 2/1/04 low-carb since 2/17/04 I don't suppose they took my suggestion and started breaking out the carb counts when they are just serving the entree on top of rice, potatoes, pasta, etc.? Why can't you do that yourself? You know how many carbs/calories are in 1 cup or rice, for example? What is so hard about it? Alternatively, you could get some recipe software like Mastercook and do your own modified version. -- jmk in NC |
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jmk wrote:
On 3/27/2004 8:46 PM, Jean B. wrote: DG511 wrote: I don't know if anyone else here buys (or used to buy) Cooking Light, but I really liked it before going low-carb. Then I started to wonder -- it takes a mostly low-fat approach -- but I suspected most of the recipes could be adapted. In the new issue, the editors address low-carb in a short article at the front of the magazine. The bad news: They refer to it as "high protein" occasionally. That may be true in some cases, but I don't think it's true for all low-carb approaches. The good news: After rather defensively stating that readers can develop low-carb menus from Cooking Light, they go on to discuss low-carb eating. They acknowledge that the WOE encourages eating vegetables and whole grains, and they praise the approach for discouraging high-carb junk foods. They also put in a good word for the South Beach diet. One good thing about all their recipes is that they give nutritional analyses at the end of each one, which is quite helpful. I was glad to see a mostly sane statement from them, because it's one of my favorite magazines. Daria 166/147/140 sugar-free since 2/1/04 low-carb since 2/17/04 I don't suppose they took my suggestion and started breaking out the carb counts when they are just serving the entree on top of rice, potatoes, pasta, etc.? Why can't you do that yourself? You know how many carbs/calories are in 1 cup or rice, for example? What is so hard about it? Alternatively, you could get some recipe software like Mastercook and do your own modified version. -- jmk in NC Good idea! That should be doable--esp. since I can even divide up the carbs per uncooked portion and not try to figure out what the cooked amount equals. -- Jean B. |
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On 4/1/2004 1:23 PM, Jean B. wrote:
jmk wrote: On 3/27/2004 8:46 PM, Jean B. wrote: DG511 wrote: I don't know if anyone else here buys (or used to buy) Cooking Light, but I really liked it before going low-carb. Then I started to wonder -- it takes a mostly low-fat approach -- but I suspected most of the recipes could be adapted. In the new issue, the editors address low-carb in a short article at the front of the magazine. The bad news: They refer to it as "high protein" occasionally. That may be true in some cases, but I don't think it's true for all low-carb approaches. The good news: After rather defensively stating that readers can develop low-carb menus from Cooking Light, they go on to discuss low-carb eating. They acknowledge that the WOE encourages eating vegetables and whole grains, and they praise the approach for discouraging high-carb junk foods. They also put in a good word for the South Beach diet. One good thing about all their recipes is that they give nutritional analyses at the end of each one, which is quite helpful. I was glad to see a mostly sane statement from them, because it's one of my favorite magazines. Daria 166/147/140 sugar-free since 2/1/04 low-carb since 2/17/04 I don't suppose they took my suggestion and started breaking out the carb counts when they are just serving the entree on top of rice, potatoes, pasta, etc.? Why can't you do that yourself? You know how many carbs/calories are in 1 cup or rice, for example? What is so hard about it? Alternatively, you could get some recipe software like Mastercook and do your own modified version. -- jmk in NC Good idea! That should be doable--esp. since I can even divide up the carbs per uncooked portion and not try to figure out what the cooked amount equals. I use Living Cookbook (http://www.livingcookbook.com/) to modify my recipes. I really like it and since I subscribe to Cooking Light, I can get the recipes from their website in electronic form and use the "capture" feature of the recipe software to get it in there pretty quickly. I know that a lot of folks like MasterCook (I saw it at Best Buy for like $10). I have also heard good things about Now You're Cooking. I downloaded both Living Cookbook and Now You're Cooking (both offer free trials) and tried them out. I liked Living Cookbook better but YMMV ;-) Good luck! -- jmk in NC |
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