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Korean seaweed soup is one of the easiest soups to make. It’s also known as the “birthday soup” because it’s traditionally served to a woman who had just given birth. Made using brown seaweed, it provides many nutrients and health benefits for nursing mothers. Because of this association with childbirth, Koreans eat this soup first thing in the morning on their birthdays. But because it’s so comforting and delicious, Koreans also enjoy it throughout the year. Making this soup in the Instant Pot creates deeper flavors in the soup and a softer texture to the seaweed. Ingredients: 1½ grams (0.05...

Slow down and enjoy the remaining days of summer going to the beach. It doesn't matter where you are as long as you're taking that much-needed break and short vacation. As for me, I think  summer of 2022 has been one of the busiest in the last five years. I'm so glad I was able to travel again after being stuck at home during the height of the pandemic. Now, with lesser restrictions and just following health and safety protocols, you can surely go out and enjoy the sun, sand and the beach! You might want to check out summer...

We love salads for what they offer nutritionally: multiple servings of vegetables, along with all the vitamins and fiber that come with such healthy choices. But salads have a reputation for being boring, and given the unassuming side salads we grew up with, we get it. We also happen to love salads for being pleasurable meals unto themselves. Great salads are harmonious in nature: myriad flavors, textures, and temperatures working together for appealing results. Even in a world full of pizza and tacos, a terrific, high protein salad can easily rival those options for some of our favorite meals. Read...

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Leanne Kilroy knows a good thing when she sees it. She fell hard for her future spouse, Eric Fulwiler, as a high school freshman in Newton, Massachusetts. “It is nuts to me that my husband was the 14-year-old with braces and a buzzcut that would pass me notes in math class!” she shares. “It especially weirds me out because we broke up for 13 years and I loved him so much the whole time—it seemed impossible that we would ever be together again.” Yet here they are today, happily married, living in a Victorian townhouse in London with three girls,...