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Hi, we’re Alex and Sonja Overhiser — cookbook authors, busy parents, and a real-life couple who cooks together. In 2010, we started this food blog to share easy, seasonal recipes from our home kitchen. Each recipe is written by the two of us, tasted by our family, and photographed by Alex!
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Over 15 years of creating easy, healthy, and delicious recipes on the Internet
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New cookbook · Chronicle Books
Mediterranean Every Night
100+ Nourishing Recipes for Real Life
Our third cookbook brings the vibrant flavors, wholesome ingredients, and feel-good approach of the Mediterranean diet into everyday cooking: flexible recipes, mix-and-match bowls, meal-prep ideas, and a photograph of every single dish.
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Our way of eating
The Mediterranean diet, every night
Vegetables, olive oil, whole grains, beans, seafood, and a little of what you love. It’s how we’ve cooked all along: here’s where to start.
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Beyond the recipe
Healthy living, made doable
Food is just one piece of the puzzle: there are so many other factors that help you live a happy, healthy life. Sonja went back to school to learn how healthy habits actually stick, studying the pillars of lifestyle medicine, Blue Zones, longevity, and more. Here are some of her favorite resources:
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