[party in my plants] 105: Pretty Simple Cooking with a Pretty Cute Couple ‘o Cooks! with Sonja and Alex Overhiser

In exactly 1 month from when this episode airs, I’ll be waking up as a married lady for the first morning ever! So I figured right now’s the perfect time to share my chat with a couple who is couple goals to the MAX. Sonja and Alex Overhiser, known on the interwebs as A Couple Cooks, are a writer and photographer duo behind the award-nominated food blog, A Couple Cooks, and the co-authors of the inspiring (to me as a soon to be also author) cookbook, Pretty Simple Cooking, which was named one of the “best vegetarian cookbooks” by Epicurious. And which lives on the SPECIAL FAVORITE COOKBOOKS section of my cookbook library, I’d like to add. Their plant-forward approach to eating and their joy-filled approach to cooking, mixed with their humble approach to love is what makes this couple pretty simply awesome. It was tricky tricky business scheduling this interview with BOTH Sonja and Alex but I just couldn’t settle one half of the couple cooks and I’m so thrilled I get to share both of them with you today! I’m also thrilled I got to pick their brain about kitchen tools to register for before it was too late. Mmhm, listen up!   Get excited to hear: - What inspired A Couple Cooks to actually cook and the first meal they EVER made - The journey from never cooking to running a successful food blog and writing a cook book - How to embrace failure in the kitchen and life lessons learned from cooking - The trick to making food and cooking part of your life without missing out on life - The appetizers they always put out when people come over - How their day-job skills translated to the kitchen - How they learned to share their passion and work together peacefully - How to not want to use your knives on your loved ones when cooking together - Whether Alex or Sonja is the better baker and what they make everyday - What they eat when they don't want to deal with the process of making French toast - What to do if meal prep is totally not your thing - How not to be afraid of going to the grocery store - The simple thing that will make you love your veggies, even Brussels sprouts - What they wish they would have registered for to stock their kitchen as newlyweds - The importance of not rushing through cooking and eating - What they think they're bad at making - And lots more!   Links related to this episode: The full show notes with all the deets from this episode! Where to buy Four Sigmatic Shroom Products and save 15% with code: “PARTYINMYPLANTS Get my FREE #EATMOREPLANTS course! Where you can go to submit a question for the show! Where I’d much appreciate you leaving a review for the show in iTunes!! How to work 1-on-1 with me! <