Review: Light and Tasty Annual Recipes 2002

Taste of Home's Light & Tasty Annual Recipes 2002

2002 Reiman Publications Hard Back ISBN:0898213266

These annuals have all the recipes from the previous years issues of the Light and Tasty Magazines. All nutritional information is included. There are also lots of color photos all through this one. I do enjoy many of Taste of Home's family of magazines and these are my favorites so I'm delighted when I find one of the annuals. I think Mom found this one for me at a yard sale.

Instead of being divided into months like the Cooking Light Annuals this book is divided into categories that are included in each issue of the magazine. As with the Cooking Light annuals it's nice to have a year's worth of magazine recipes in one place instead of stacks of magazines laying around.

Since I wanted to make a sweet treat for Valentine's Day but not blow my progress on Weight Watchers I choose to make Marbled Chocolate Cheesecake Bars from this book. I was delighted when I figured out the points before beginning the recipe. It came to 2 points per serving. After I baked them and cut them into the suggesting serving size of 48 bars, I became a bit disappointed since there was only a bite in each one, two if you take really dainty bites. They were still good and I put aside 4 points so I could have 2 instead of one on Valentines day. They were best of course hot from the oven. I took some to work two days in a row to share so I wouldn't be tempted to have more than I should.

If you'd like to see a copy of these delicious little bars go to:
http://recipes.lightandtasty.com/eRMS/recp.aspx?recid=14222

I think the bars look bigger in the picture than mine turned out but they sure were good.

Comments: 11

Charlotte K. Feb 17, 2008, 9:05am EST

Yumm..they sure do look good..I may try this recipe..thanks for sharing it with us :)

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Victoria H. Feb 17, 2008, 9:11am EST

Might have to make those. I have all the ingredients, and they sure look good! We LOVE Light & Tasty. My grandma got us a subscription years ago after my husband had a heart attack. She renewed it every year until she died, and we continued to get it ourselves afterwards. Not only do we love the recipes but getting it always reminds me of my grandma. I love it that they put all the recipes in the big hardback cookbook like this one you are reviewing. I was keeping all our magazines and was thrilled to be able to have a hardback book instead and pass the magazines on to someone else. My sister actually subscribes now too, after using those passed on magazines. Something we do is highlight a recipe when we fix it and say what we thought of it or if something went wrong or whatever. Makes it easy to see what recipes are worth trying again and were easy to fix. It's also fun to try to fix all the recipes in a magazine. Great review, Joan!

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☀ Aunt Shanny Feb 17, 2008, 9:52am EST

I have gotten a few issues of their light and tasty magazines. I was not impressed at all!

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Marianne M. Feb 17, 2008, 11:17am EST

Thanks so much, Joan. I just bookmarked the Lite & Tasty site. Always enjoy your reviews, too.

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Joan O. Feb 17, 2008, 11:51am EST

Thanks Charlotte. If you try them hope you enjoy them.

Victoria, I love your comment and how you and your sister highlight recipes you try and share the mags. My sister sent me a sub. to Rachael Ray's magazine for my birhtday last year. I got a free year of Food and Wine from some unused frequent flyer miles and I share those mags with her. We also share Gourmet and Bon Appetit on occasion and have shared some of the TOH mags. I need to give her some more of the ones I have annuals for. Thanks for the reminder and the great comment.

Shannon, sorry you weren't impressed with the magazine. I've tried quiet a few recipes that I've enjoyed from there but I guess they aren't for everyone. In fact if all our tastes were exactly alike what a boring world it would be.

Marianne. Thanks for your nice comment too. I hope you enjoy the site.

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Risa G. Feb 17, 2008, 11:00pm EST

Joan, good review. I am not big on any Taste of Home product but I am interested in nutritional breakdown, which I wish most recipes would include. These cheesecake bars sound good. I hate when you make something and they say to cut it into many pieces and you realize that they are tiny pieces with little in them. I always double the size of the pieces. I know it is more carbs and fat but I can't eat a bite and think of it as a treat.

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