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Alex & SonjaHi! We’re Alex & Sonja Overhiser, authors of the acclaimed cookbooks A Couple Cooks and Pretty Simple Cooking—and a real life couple who cooks together. We founded the A Couple Cooks website in 2010 to share seasonal recipes and the joy of home cooking. Now, we’ve got over 3,000 well-tested recipes, including Mediterranean diet, vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, smoothies, cocktails, and more!
Learn how to fill up on fruits and vegetables for better health. We will discuss the benefits of eating more fruits and vegetables. Every time you include this amazing food group in your diet you immediately improve your health. Fruits and vegetables are high in nutrients yet low in calories which is a great combo. They’re bursting with an assortment of vitamins and minerals, phytochemicals and they are high in fiber which means you can eat plenty without worries of weight gain.Fruits and vegetables are sources of many essential nutrients: Including potassium, dietary fiber, vitamin C, and folate. A diet rich…
The more Aditi Subramaniam scrolled, the worse she felt. Whether she encountered a job promotion announcement on LinkedIn or a post about a lavish vacation on Instagram, years of browsing the pristine, embellished lives of social media users caused her to criticize her life. After numerous failed attempts at ghosting her profiles, her negative feelings came to a climax, leading to a realization that caused her to leave for good.“I noticed that being on social media made me feel largely dissatisfied with my own life,” said Subramaniam, a neuroscientist from the Greater Seattle area. “I found myself constantly comparing my…
Alex & SonjaHi! We’re Alex & Sonja Overhiser, authors of the acclaimed cookbooks A Couple Cooks and Pretty Simple Cooking—and a real life couple who cooks together. We founded the A Couple Cooks website in 2010 to share seasonal recipes and the joy of home cooking. Now, we’ve got over 3,000 well-tested recipes, including Mediterranean diet, vegan, vegetarian, pescatarian, smoothies, cocktails, and more!
961 In many hundreds of yoga poses accessible to us, a few of them are extra special. Ushtrasana or camel pose is certainly one of them. Why? You ask. Because it is one of the few yoga poses that work the thoracic spine in a way that nothing else does. Our modern-day lifestyle of being at a desk, or on our smartphones or on a computer all day makes us hunch forward. Rounding our thoracic spine impacts us in more ways than we understand. And more than ever before it is necessary to practice yoga poses like ushtrasana or camel…
On one hand, the science behind weight loss couldn’t be simpler: calories in, calories out — eat less and move more. On the other hand, it’s as complex as the human body itself. Weight gain, and what happens to your body when you lose weight, is affected by a constellation of factors: Diet Genetics Energy expenditure Hormones Environment Stress Your body’s natural defenses One of those defenses is known as the “set point,” a theorized baseline that’s understood to affect weight loss and maintenance. Learn more about set point theory, how much faith to invest in it, and what —…
819 Short on time during the busy holiday season? Want to do yoga at home but do not know how or what to do? Check out our 3 quick yoga sequences to keep your yoga going during the holiday season. Sun Salutation Mash Up Roll out your mat and get moving. It will take under 10 minutes. And it’s easy if you already have mastered it in class. Surya Namaskar (sun salutations) is an easy way to get the whole body moving, warmed up, toned and strengthened. This rhythmic movement is combined with the breath. Thereby, giving you a…
We made it to Friday, so I think we deserve a fresh, delicious, beautiful cocktail to close out the week. Don’t you think? I’ve had so much fun testing out new cocktail recipes over the past couple of years, and my favorites, by far, are margaritas. This easy grapefruit margarita recipe is made with just 5 simple ingredients. We’re skipping the grapefruit juice concentrate and using freshly squeezed grapefruit juice (so good this time of year), then we’re topping our glasses with a tajín rim and dried grapefruit slices because you know we’re fancy like that. In case you missed…
Ginger tea is one of those drinks people either swear by or question. Some say it’s great for digestion and inflammation, but what about your kidneys? Is it helpful, or could it do more harm than good? Is Ginger Tea Good For Your Kidneys? For most people, ginger tea is safe for the kidneys—and it might even be beneficial. Ginger contains anti-inflammatory and antioxidant compounds that help protect kidney function. Some studies suggest that ginger extracts can reduce oxidative stress, improve kidney function in diabetes, and protect against damage caused by toxins. While these studies focused on ginger extract rather…
These recipe excerpts are from Cathy Katin-Grazzini’s new book, Love the Foods That Love the Planet. Reprinted with permission from Health Communications, Inc. Photography by Giordano Katin-Grazzini. Here’s a delicious way to salvage the tough, woody ends of asparagus spears. They make an exquisitely flavored velvety soup that whips up in minutes. We garnish it with chopped chives, a pinch of chili threads, and some homemade whole-grain croûtons. Asparagus Recoup Soup makes an elegant, delectable first course that smiles on the planet, is nourishing and comforting, and costs very little in time, effort, or ingredients. Using the ends of asparagus…