Foodgram: Cooking Light Magazine

CookingLight, the Instagram album for Cooking Light magazine, is a tasty, heavyweight champ in the categories of shaving fat, calories and meal prep time. Not a lick of cottage cheese, canned peaches and iceberg lettuce in sight on this healthy-eating site worth following to stay light on your plate and feet. The nation’s largest epicurean brand shows off gourmet wonders along the lines of flattened chicken with almond and paprika vinaigrette, tomato ravioli and mini BBQ meat loaves with smashed blue cheese potatoes. More, with less. 

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Be your own seasonally driven chef, aided and abetted by Garnish & Gather. Pick a chef-created recipe from their weekly repertoire, and G & G gathers the ingredients, includes the 30-minutes-‘til-done recipe with cooking techniques and packages all for pick up at one of many designated Atlanta pick-up points or throw in some extra dough for home delivery. Garner a glimpse of their photos, and you’ll say, “Sign me up!”

What's New on Pinterest

Look out cupcakes, you're about to be upstaged by The Perfect Pie. Pumpkin chocolate chip cookie pie, purple sweet potato pie, apple bacon pie, and even a skinny pumpkin pie. Round and fab or a rectangular slab, double crust or topless, cold, hot or a main dish in a pot, there's a slice or two waiting for you on our Pinterest board!  

What's New on Pinterest

It's Getting Chili out there, reminding us that it's time to fall back into hearty food mode and pull out the stockpots and Crock-Pots. Chili generates its own kind of aromatherapy as spices simmer in slow cooker Mexican chicken chili, Tuscan-style chili, smoky pumpkin beer chili, bread bowl chili and even kid-approved chili for your little human "beans." This could be our chili-est recipe board yet!

What’s New on Pinterest: Cooking with Coffee

 

For days when one cup of joe in the morning doesn’t cut it, check out our Cooking with Coffee Pinterest board to incorporate coffee into your favorite recipes or spice up your daily cup with something unexpected. Try an iced coffee smoothie on a warm-weather day or spike your mug with tequila for a Mexican-inspired taste. From weekday mocha oatmeal to Sunday brunch Nutella rolls with a coffee glaze, we’ve got you covered in the caffeine department.  

 

What's New on Pinterest? Taters on the Table

Calling all tater connoisseurs, spuds are your buds for an easy transition from summer cookouts to fall comfort foods. Cooking is supposed to be fun and relaxing, so let our One Potato, Two Potato board help make it just that. It tastes a whole lot better than trying the rock/paper/scissors method of deciding what to serve. Potato recipes are endlessly delicious. Pack up loaded baked potato salad for tailgating, pulled pork baked potatoes for fast feeding, egg-stuffed baked potatoes for brunch or bacon-loaded baked potato soup that fills in for lunch or dinner. Enjoy!

PS. Don't forget to snap a shot of your creation and pin it for the rest of us foodies to indulge in.

Stop and Smell What Ray's Restaurants are Cooking Up this Father's Day

Ray's Restaurants are preparing more than just a gift for dad this year, they’re ready to give him a flavorful experience. For the father that needs a day to relax and enjoy good conversation with the family, Ray's on the River is preparing a special brunch from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Be the first ones there or sleep ‘till noon, either way the food will be deliciously fresh all day. If celebrating two days of dad is more his style, come into Ray's on the Creek on Saturday, June 15 for a Big Green Egg cooking class. Beer, food and cooking tips make for a day he’ll never forget! 

Casting Call for Atlanta's Most Creative Home Cooks and Food Entrepreneurs on October 14

If you have the next best food product America's been waiting for here's an Atlanta casting call especially for you! The creators of "Undercover Boss" and "Project Runway" are now casting culinary innovators for a new reality competition series culminating in a potentially life-changing prize package. This could be your big chance to put your product on a global supermarket shelf. The open call will be held on Sunday, October 14 from 10 a.m.-2 p.m. at the W Atlanta Midtown. Before attending the call, you must send an email that includes your name, phone number, occupation, short description of your dish or culinary product, a recent photo of yourself, and a photo of your creation or product. If you are unable to make the call date, the website has instructions for submitting a home video. Is this your recipe for success? You'll never know unless you go for it!

It's Follow Friday; Meet our Tweep of the Week @SBKitchens

Squash Blossom Kitchens is a boutique catering company that specializes in small- to mid-sized dinner parties. Childhood friends Christine Roberts and Katy Purwin shelved their corporate careers to pursue their first love:  food. The duo is a regular on 11 Alive cooking segments, and have developed winning recipes for Jake's Ice Cream and Maggiano's. Follow their tweets (@SBKitchens) to stay on the detox track for 2012. Learn more about them on their Squash Blossomings blog.