501: Sonja Overhiser on Eating More Plants.
Learning how to cook with vegetables.
In This Podcast:
Shortly after getting married, Sonja Overhiser and her husband, Alex, did a 180 from fast and frozen food to eating a home-cooked, mostly whole food plant-based diet. She shares what motivated them to learn to cook as well as her efforts to teach others through an award-winning food blog, cookbook, and popular newsletter. There are so many social, mental, and physical benefits to plant-forward diets and she gives examples of how the shift in cooking has changed their life. Don’t Miss an Episode!! Click HERE to sign up for regular podcast updates
Our Guest:
Sonja is the writer behind the award-winning food blog A Couple Cooks and author of the book Pretty Simple Cooking, named a best vegetarian cookbook by Epicurious and Food & Wine. Along with her husband Alex, the couple has a worldwide following for their vegetarian and plant-based recipes. She’s also author of a recipe series with Washington Post Food called Voraciously: Plant Powered on how to cook more plant-forward meals. Featured everywhere from the TODAY Show to Bon Appetit, Sonja is a national advocate for healthy and sustainable eating to improve our health, communities, and planet.
Listen in and learn about:
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- Why she and her husband learned to cook
- The book that shifted her focus on the purpose of food and healthy eating
- A day in the life of a food blogger
- The best way to learn to cook and the social aspect of cooking
- Plant forward diets and why they are important
- The mental and physical changes that happen from eating food made from scratch
- Voraciously: Plant Powered Washington Post Food email newsletter
- Indy Women n Food and how that organization supports the local community
As well as:
Her failure – All the learnings in the 4 years from cookbook conception to publishing.
Her success – Anytime someone eats using their recipes!
Her drive – A passion for connecting with people through food.
Her advice – Stay in the game when things get hard or unclear.
Books written by Sonja*:
Sonja’s Book recommendations*:
“Food Rules” by Michael Pollan
How to reach Sonja:
Website: www.acouplecooks.com
Facebook: @acouplecooks
Twitter: @acouplecooks
Instagram: @acouplecooks
*Disclosure:
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