--- title: A New Way to Eat This Year from Cooking Light description: Try a day on the new Cooking Light Diet canonical: https://time.com/4162032/new-year-diet-cooking-light/ author: Alexandra Sifferlin article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-01-06T19:10:48.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-22T13:39:10.483Z article:section: Health og:title: A New Way to Eat This Year from Cooking Light og:description: Try a day on the new Cooking Light Diet og:url: https://time.com/4162032/new-year-diet-cooking-light/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07443367086ed64b/69887216cd1bba5aa96fe34f/50-healthiest-foods-asparagus1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: healthiest foods, health food, diet, nutrition, time.com stock, asparagus og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: A New Way to Eat This Year from Cooking Light twitter:description: Try a day on the new Cooking Light Diet twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07443367086ed64b/69887216cd1bba5aa96fe34f/50-healthiest-foods-asparagus1.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # A New Way to Eat, from Cooking Light by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Jan 6, 2016 7:10 PM UTC  Danny Kim for TIME by [Alexandra Sifferlin](https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/) ## Alexandra Sifferlin Jan 6, 2016 7:10 PM UTC Many people want to feel healthier after the holidays and recent research suggests the best place to do that is in your own kitchen; one new study found that [people like healthy food more when they make it themselves](http://time.com/4162095/people-like-food-more-when-they-make-it-themselves/). You don’t have to go gourmet to get there, according to[_Cooking Light_](http://www.cookinglight.com/)(which is owned by TIME’s parent company). The [Cooking Light Diet](https://www.cookinglightdiet.com/?utm%5Fsource=un%5Fsite%5FROS%5FTime%5F20151210%5FSAVE20) is a new meal plan designed to get your diet back on track with weekly menus. For people hoping to shed some pounds, the diet offers recipes based on food preferences and factors like how much you love leftovers. Here’s what a day on the diet looks like: **Breakfast** [Open-faced fried egg BLT sandwich](http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/fried-egg-blt-sandwiches) (204 calories) Medium orange (62 calories) Coffee with 1 tablespoon half-and-half (22 calories) **MORE**: [10 Super-Healthy Breakfasts From Cooking Light](http://time.com/4162074/10-super-healthy-breakfasts-from-cooking-light/) **Lunch** [Tuna and white bean salad](http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/tuna-white-bean-salad) (270 calories) 9 multigrain pita chips (140 calories) **Dinner** [Pasta with spinach and tomatoes](http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/one-pot-pasta-spinach-tomatoes) (333 calories) 6 ounces red wine (144 calories) **MORE:** [7 Psychology Tricks To Make Your Resolutions Stick](http://time.com/3640789/new-years-resolutions/) **Snack** [Banana and milk chocolate s’mores](http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/quick-banana-chocolate-smores) (140 calories) **Grand total:** 1,315 calories for the day ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4162032/new-year-diet-cooking-light/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4162032/new-year-diet-cooking-light/"},"headline":"A New Way to Eat, from Cooking Light","datePublished":"2016-01-06T19:10:48.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:39:10.483Z","description":"Try a day on the new Cooking Light Diet","url":"https://time.com/4162032/new-year-diet-cooking-light/","keywords":["Diet & Nutrition","diet","Nutrition","Weight loss"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07443367086ed64b/69887216cd1bba5aa96fe34f/50-healthiest-foods-asparagus1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Alexandra Sifferlin","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/alexandra-sifferlin/"}],"articleSection":"Health","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt07443367086ed64b/69887216cd1bba5aa96fe34f/50-healthiest-foods-asparagus1.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"healthiest foods, health food, diet, nutrition, time.com stock, asparagus","caption":"healthiest foods, health food, diet, nutrition, time.com stock, asparagus","creditText":"Danny Kim for TIME","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/health/","name":"Health"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/dietnutrition/","name":"Diet & Nutrition"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4162032/new-year-diet-cooking-light/","name":"A New Way to Eat, from Cooking Light"}}]}] ```