Every Day with Rachael Ray. I find her annoying as a show host, but her magazine has great recipes, and many (if not the majority) fall into categories of weeknight friendly, kid friendly, or budget friendly.

Glad to hear that I am not the only one mourning the loss of Everyday Food. Spent some time at Big-box-book-store perusing other magazines and failed to find an equally accessible, grocery budget friendly magazine, that focused on recipes using fresh simple ingredients. I am infinity glad that I didn't throw out my old copies; they are still great for weeknight diner inspiration.

I miss the mag too!

I miss it too! I did not find Everyday With Rachel Ray comparable. It was a nice supplement to Everyday Food, but there's too much extraneous non-recipe related content.

I too loved the format and all of the easy & healthy recipes. They have published some of the recipes in several cookbooks. This is a good one which I have given as gifts to young couples starting out http://www.amazon.com/Everyday-Food-Great-Fast/dp/0307354164/ref=pd_sim_b_2

The newest is http://www.amazon.com/Everyday-Food-Quickest-Easiest-Calories/dp/0307718093/ref=pd_sim_b_2

While not solely a food magazine, I found that Real Simple has some great, easy to prepare recipes. Also, their recipe search feature on their website is very nice. I find a lot of healthy, but delicious and simple recipes on their site.

I haven't found a replacement yet either. I just religiously follow the Everyday Food blog and the Sarah Carey videos (which I love!).

I started getting the Food Network magazine when they started publishing a little while back and I really like it-- they have a mix of easy and complicated recipes and always a good section with healthier weeknight meals and sides.

I have a digital subscription to Martha Stewart Living magazine, and in the March issue, the last 35 pages or so is an edition of Everyday Food. According to the text, EF "will accompany subscriber copies of Martha Stewart Living several times a year." So, it's not completely gone, although you will have to be tethered to MSL to get the recipes.

I haven't opened up the shrink wrap yet -- but my new Martha has an Everyday Food included in the package -- must be as denizenOf20450 reports!

Count me in as one of those mourning the loss of this little gem. I could always count on the magazine to get me through a few meals a month as the recipes were always consistent and approachable. I get the MSL magazine and I noticed the small EF insert but it just isn't the same.

But yes, I do second the suggestion of Real Simple even though the recipes are a small part of the magazines content. Similar to the EF cookbooks, Real Simple has one as well that I haven't tried but yet if its anything like the recipes in their book, imagine its worth picking up a copy.

I have about two years worth of back issues - I thought I'd just re-read one each month and hope that different things strike me than the first time I went through! I loved the format and the mix of recipes. *sigh*

I agree - Everyday Food was a great magazine and I'm actually really surprised it got canceled since there's really nothing else quite like it. I just received my March issue of Living also and there is a small/thin companion Everyday Food issue that came with it and it says we will receive that a few times a year. I wish I could think of something comparable to suggest!

I second Food Network Magazine for their Weeknight recipes. My favorite part is that all of the recipes are included on their website, so I can email/Pinterest the ones I really want to try!

Seconding Food Network Magazine. I've not been disappointed with any recipe I've made from it.

I have been a subscriber of Cooking Light for several years now. They have several quick meals in each issue under the 20-minute cooking and Dinner Tonight sections. They also have about 4 budget friendly recipes towards the end of each issue and meals considered kid-friendly are labeled as such. Give it a shot, I love their recipes!

I miss Everyday Food too!!! I am also a subscriber to the Food Network mag, and while I like it, it just isn't the same. I had given away all my copies before they canceled and now wish I hadn't. Will have to check out the books that RK suggested.

FYI... if you use Pinterest, there are more than 2,000 Everyday Foods pins online, http://pinterest.com/everydayfood/.

Oh no! I had no idea it was going away. I planned my week's meals around that little gem! waaaaaaaah

Yep, Food Network magazine is a good bet for what you are describing, give it a try! Especially the "weeknight meals" section will probably fit your needs well.

I second KT's suggestion of Cooking Light. It has many easy, weeknight, budget recipes as well as some more in-depth, so it's a nice mix every month.

This is my question, so thank you ALL for your responses! I did have a Real Simple subscription that just lapsed. I did enjoy their recipes too, just weren't enough of them! And MS Inc converted my Everyday Food subscription to Martha Stewart Living, so I got the pamphlet thing this month. Honestly? It's pretty SAD. And the rest of MSL doesn't do anything for me!

So, I will probably buy a month or two of Cooking Light and Food Network and see what they bring me! I've looked at Rachel Ray's magazine and it didn't do much for me, but I'll look again!

I do have about 3 or 4 years of saved Everyday Foods....need to pull them out and look again! I REALLY do miss it!

My top favorite magazines are cooking light and Eating Well. Both feature easy to do recipes and always have a budget friendly recipe section!
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I was never into MS's empire.
I tried Rachel Ray's magazine for part of a year, but her magazine never met my family's needs- sodium, fat were way too high for us.
I am not in the Food Network magazine demographic. I tried browsing it several times and I wasn't intrigued.
Real Simple is one of my favorites. "10 ideas for X" takes a common ingredient, usually in season, and creates 10 different desserts, entree's or sides from that ingredient across a two-page spread. They have another section that uses only 3 ingredients total to make an appetizer, snack, etc.. They do a quarterly/seasonal soft-bound book which might work for others.
I browse the Whole Foods website for intriguing new recipes. The website includes comments from others on prep and cooking, which are quite helpful.
Some times, I'll pick up Clean Eating. I found an amazing brisket recipe in the Nov/Dec issue.
I had subscribed to Healthy Cooking, Simple and Delicious, but those have reverted back to Taste of Home. It does have kid-appealing recipes and they have focused on meal costs.
Challenge: Cooks Illustrated has some budget techniques and well as the more challenging recipes.
Better Homes and Gardens, Good Housekeeping, Family Circle, and Woman's Day sometimes catch my eye.

Spouse and I both noticed the 180 change I did several years ago with cooking magazines. I want something that challenges me with new flavors, is healthier for us than "open and dump" processed foods, and is adjustable to our flavor preferences. The recipes should appeal to us and have a high success rate. I am more likely to get my recipes from the web than a magazine. I have noticed more publishers are actually placing the nutritional info on the same page as the recipe, instead of buried in a tiny print index in the back.

I was so happy to see this question since I really really miss EveryDay Food. I will check out the Food Network magazine and second the "clean living" magazine at whole foods. Also the whole foods website has some gems.

I am mourning the loss of EDF too, can't stand MS Living and would rather have been offered a refund than receive a stupid little EDF pamphlet. I wish there had been some forewarning of the cancellation, I probably would've started a petition or something!

I prefer Food Network Magazine over Rachael Ray, my other subscriptions are to Cook's Illustrated and Cook's Country. I'd say Cook's Country is closer to EDF, but agree there's really nothing like it.

One thing I always suggest is visiting your local library. I've checked out thousands of cookbooks and magazines. I get ideas of what cookbooks I want to purchase, and feel relief when I thought I'd love a cookbook, but don't like anything in it, and it saved me money on a bad purchase.

Looking through cookbooks is the way I relax at night in the same way I look through food magazines, so check some out from the library for free, hopefully you'll find a new magazine you like and let us know what it is.

It's not a magazine, but I love the Dinner Rush feature at Epicurious. Weekly meal planners with tips, a sort of ok shopping list feature, and occasional beverage pairings.

I'm so disappointed! The Everyday Food that now comes with Living doesn't even compare. So sad. Sarah's daily video emails are great

Everyday, I mourn the demise of Everyday Food. Fortunately, Sarah's videos still get sent out, and they are brilliant (she's fantastic).

I intend to get the cookbooks for the issues I missed while we were in Europe, but I will miss the handy little format...

I've pulled some things over the years from Real Simple (for example, the same 5 ingredients, made into 10 different meals to simplify shopping).

As well, I'm going to try out Donna Hay's books -- the one on cooking from the pantry shelf, and the quick cooking one. Not marketed as a fast, family-friendly everyday sort of bunch of recipes, but I think David Rocco's 2 cookbooks -- Dolce Vita and the follow-up book -- fit the bill. The recipes I've made of his have all been keepers.

What a loss though... I'm so tired of dumb magazine publishing decisions -- Everyday Food, Gourmet, Domino, Metropolitan Home.

Agreed :) Instead of buying, you can likely find these and other magazine cookbooks at the local library. I've taken out a few Real Simple cookbooks from the library recently. A lot of the recipies in the Real Simple cookbooks are also published on the Real Simple web site. You can print out the recipies you want to try.

Also check your local FreeCycle group. Sometimes cookbooks are offered or you can post a want ad for cookbooks/cooking magazines and hope someone has some that they no longer need.

I've tried all the food magazines, too, just like others have mentioned. The one I still use, and save faithfully, (I have one issue on cooking turkey that I still use 10+ years later!) is Cuisine. Simple recipes or all the way to complex, good pics of the techniques, and some really useful everyday cooking.

Not a magazine, but the Dinner: A Love Story blog features exactly the kind of thing you're describing: http://www.dinneralovestory.com/

Just joining the bandwagon, I miss it too. Haven't found a replacement.

If you were in it for the meal plans, you could try signing up for The Fresh 20 (www.thefresh20.com). It's not a magazine technically but the meal plans with weekly shopping list are fantastic, budget friendly, and seasonal.

I'll offer another vote for Cooking Light. I consider myself an accomplished cook, and I rarely use recipes, but Cooking Light inspires me with different ideas. The recipes are achievable but interesting. If you haven't, check out their website. All of the recipes are online, but I also like the articles.

I see a lot of people don't like Rachel Ray's mag, but I think in terms of the recipes (I could do without all the other junk) it is definitely comparable to Everyday Food. There are lots of quick, easy recipes with lots of info about customizing and varying. There are more of the many-ingredient/complex recipes than you found in Everyday Food, but still plenty of the straightforward stuff to keep me using it regularly.

Beyond that, as others mentioned Real Simple and Cooking Light sometimes fit the bill, but not quite in my mind. I hate it when my favorite magazines stop being published!

I really miss that magazine. I haven't found anything that compares or anything that is as easy to store in my kitchen to refer back to.

Everyday Food by Martha Stewart is now a free digital magazine for the iPad.
The March 2013 issue is now available.

I am finding the newer free digital magazines are pretty good.
Like the iPod that closed many of the brick and mortar music stores. The iPad is closing the book stores and can probably kiss the printed media magazines goodbye also.

I second using back issues! Lots of times at thrift stores or on Craigslist you can find random quantities of back issues that people have stored up.

In the Bay Area, Urban Ore in Berkeley might be a place to look - otherwise your local Goodwill might have some old issues.

I know I'm a little late to the party, but...

Cooking Club of America has an EXCELLENT magazine.
You get the magazine and access to their site (as well as access to product testing and other things) for your subscription cost.
The magazine breaks things down into color-coded recipes (for fast weeknight meals, healthy meals, meals for 2, etc)

I'm actually a Life Member (subscription for life plus some other nice benefits such as a decent set of stainless steel pots and pans and some other items).

I receive Food Network magazine, but only skim through it. I much prefer the Cooking Club magazine to it.