{"id":54029,"date":"2019-09-06T19:11:00","date_gmt":"2019-09-06T23:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.acouplecooks.com\/?page_id=54029"},"modified":"2021-12-28T23:34:48","modified_gmt":"2021-12-29T04:34:48","slug":"start-here","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.acouplecooks.com\/start-here\/","title":{"rendered":"Start Here"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" data-pin-nopin=\"nopin\" data-pin-url=\"https:\/\/www.acouplecooks.com\/start-here\/?tp_image_id=121014\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acouplecooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/A-Couple-Cooks-Bio-Shots-2020-020-1200x800.jpg\" alt=\"A Couple Cooks\" class=\"wp-image-121014\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.acouplecooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/A-Couple-Cooks-Bio-Shots-2020-020-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.acouplecooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/A-Couple-Cooks-Bio-Shots-2020-020-784x523.jpg 784w, https:\/\/www.acouplecooks.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/A-Couple-Cooks-Bio-Shots-2020-020-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>We\u2019re Sonja &amp; Alex, the very real husband &amp; wife writer and photographer behind this website! A Couple Cooks has thousands of recipes and resources for your home kitchen. We help millions of people per month get dinner on the table! We admit, browsing recipes is a little overwhelming (even to us!). So here&#8217;s a list of our most popular types of recipes and resources:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><strong>Social Media and Newsletter<\/strong><ul><li><a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/acouplecooks\/\" target=\"_blank\">Instagram<\/a> Follow our hijinks: recipes and behind the scenes with our cute mini-chef!<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acouplecooks.com\/subscribe\/\">Email Newsletter<\/a> Subscribe to get our *new* recipes in your inbox weekly.\u00a0<\/li><li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/193375798111474\/\">Facebook Group<\/a> Get weekly recipes, ask questions, and meet people who want to eat healthier.<\/li><\/ul><\/li><li><strong>Cookbook<\/strong><ul><li><a href=\"https:\/\/rstyle.me\/n\/detu4jcfipp\">Pretty Simple Cooking Cookbook<\/a> We wrote a book! 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