Welcome

Most cooks today want quick, reliable recipes their families and friends will love. That’s why we’ve created Cooking Light Fresh Food Fast, a collection of over 280 incredibly flavorful 5-ingredient, 15-minute recipes. In these pages, you’ll find the keys to getting dinner on the table in a snap, with short, fast recipes that are simultaneously nutrition-savvy and utterly delicious.

Each healthy recipe meets at least one of these two criteria: It requires five ingredients or less (excluding water, cooking spray, salt, pepper, and optional ingredients) or it can be whipped up in 15 minutes or less. And many fit the bill for both.

What’s more, we share the smartest ways to make all your cooking sing. An example: In our Test Kitchens, we rely on the difference fresh seasonings can make in thetaste of a tried-and-true dish. Take citrus such as lemon, lime, or orange: Even just a little squeeze can brighten the flavor of dressings and soups, add zip to fish andshellfish or desserts, and finish sauces and salsas to perfection.

Packed with chef-tested advice like that, Cooking Light Fresh Food Fast will guarantee that you’ll serve the most fabulous meals ever—in a flash.

With more than160 complete menus—with an appetizing photo of each—this book will convince you that it’s an everyday pleasure to eat smart, be fit, and live well.

Mary Kay Culpepper

Editor in Chief