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Real talk: sometimes Wednesday night rolls around, the week has been long, and frozen pizza seems like the only option for dinner. We’ve all been there. Well, I’m here to make these nights (and any night) easy, fun, and delicious with healthy one pan meals that you’re going to love. These recipes are my tried-and-true dinner favorites — one’s that I make almost every week for Tony and the kids. We like to mix it up between vegetarian meals and ones with meat, and these are perfect for adapting to most dietary needs. You’ll find flavorful curries, quick stir-fries, and…

The yoga deep squat pose is a great way to stretch and strengthen the lower body. With yogi or yoga squat pose benefits ranging from an increased range of motion to improved digestion, it is an excellent squat pose to incorporate into your daily yoga practice.Whether you are looking to relieve low back pain, stretch tight hip flexors, or get a deep stretch in the inner thighs, the yoga squat pose is a great way to improve your overall well-being. So next time you attend a yoga class or chat with a yoga teacher, try the yoga squat pose and experience…

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…