Everday Food Magazine Review

I have to admit that I have come to the conclusion that I have an unhealthy obsession with magazines that started about 11 years ago when I started weight training. I absolutely cannot walk out of a store without a magazine. From cooking to living healthy to diet & fitness, I have to buy magazines. I also subscribe to five different magazines at any one time. So everyone who knows me knows that the best gift to ever give me is a magazine subscription. Last year my mom got me a subscription to a magazine called Everyday Food. It’s a mag put out by Martha Stewart. Now, Martha isn’t necessarily known for “clean” cooking, so I wasn’t too sure about using this magazine…until I actually looked through it!

I love, love, love this magazine! Why do I love this magazine? Here is why (in no particular order):

1. It’s compact size – it’s like a mini book.
2. The beautiful photographs – as with any food magazine, the food photos are so gorgeous.
3. The recipes! When Martha named this magazine, she couldn’t have picked a better name. These recipes really do revolve around “everyday” food.
4. Helpful cooking and baking how-tos and nutritional information.

To expand on number 3: You know how you’ll pick up a food magazine and think, “Wow, these recipes look like something I would eat,” but then you get home and really get a good look at it and you wondered what you could have possibly been thinking? I hate when that happens. I don’t eat things called “foie gras on pain perou” or “blackened seabass on macro greens.” From watching Top Chef, I’m sure those are some tasty dishes, but it’s just not the types of meals that I eat.

A couple of recipes from back issues of Everyday Food that I have tried and really enjoyed:

• Sweet and Sour Cabbage Wedges
• Lemon Roasted Chicken
• Crispy Ginger-Lime Chicken
• Sauteed Corn, Spinach and Green Beans

Usually when I do a review, I like to purposely find a negative about the magazine, book or product to share with readers, but I can find absolutely nothing bad to say about Everyday Food. I personally can’t complain about the subscription price because mine was free, but it’s $18.00 for a full-year when purchased through Amazon. That breaks down to about $1.80 per issue, which is about half of the newsstand price of $3.50. In my opinion, it’s well worth it for all of the recipes and tidbits of kitchen knowledge I have gained.  I will say that not all of the recipes in Everyday Food are clean, but I find those types of recipes can easily be “cleaned up.”

Read the customer reviews at Amazon:  Everyday Food