Avocados are high in Vitamin C, Vitamin K , Potassium, are good for your heart, and have 4g of plant-based protein. We add them to stir-fry bowls, bean bowls, soups, hummus, and just about anything we can.
Strawberry Banana Oatbars w/ Strawberry Reduction (no added sugar) Recipe
These oatbars are bursting with Vitamin C, Potassium (from the bananas and the strawberries), and a feast of other macro and micronutrients between the strawberries, bananas, oats, chia seeds, and almonds. They are great for heart health, packed with protein (12g in a slice), and full of minerals and vitamins.
Best part? There are absolutely no added or lurking sugars.
Quick-Pickled Watermelon Radish Recipe
Radishes come from the same nutritious brassica family as broccoli, cabbage, and kale. They are: full of vitamin C and minerals, are good for your heart, contain sulforaphane ("a natural compound with anticancer and chemoprotective properties. This substance may induce breast cancer cell death even at relatively low concentrations”), and they are even anti-fungal!
Cranberry Dark Chocolate Chip Oatbars Recipe
Cranberry Dark Chocolate Chip Oatbars: packed with protein and flavonoids that’ll fill you up and fight inflammation.
Black Rice Recipe: Delicious, Nutritious Protein Powerhouse
We are steadily working through perpetual pillars of the Cappello household, and this one is a treasure loved by all.
What the heck is anthocyanin? It is a purple flavonoid (part of your food rainbow) found in the hull of this rice, and it helps to prevent neuronal diseases, cardiovascular diseases, cancer, diabetes, and inflammation!
Curried Peanut Sauce Recipe
We put it on stir-fry bowls, over salads, on a platter with vegetables, eat it with apples, sometimes Q even goes after it with a spoon!
It tastes good on just about everything. Enjoy! :-)
Zero-Waste Peanut Butter Recipe
If you are allergic to peanuts, my heart goes out to you!
For the rest of you, peanuts are super nutritious and a staple in House Cappello.
Peanuts are an excellent source of protein, are packed with iron (and other minerals), and vitamin E! We eat them whole in many of our snacks, but there’s also always a jar of peanut butter kicking around.
Why we switched to plant-based whole-foods, how it made us healthier, and how it can save the planet.
“People never change!” is a phrase I hear far too often and it sets my brain to flame. Each of us have in us the capacity to grow and become better than our past selves. The only thing stopping you from doing so is yourself.
My diet from birth through 2005 was your typical American nonsense: refined carbohydrates, dairy, and meat. Salsa, ketchup, spaghetti sauce, any-form-of-potato, and the carrots from my mom’s pot roast were there extent of my vegetable consumption, anything green was balked at.
The Environmental Glory of Community Supported Agriculture (CSA)
If you’re looking for a way to lower your carbon footprint, support local businesses, and better your life, a CSA is a great way to start.
Quick-Pickled Red Cabbage Recipe
As a perpetual over-thinker, I volleyed hard on what would be the first recipe I would post. There’s a cornucopia of roasted root vegetables, vegetarian sausages, all sorts of soups, a decadent dairy-free chocolate custard, and a slew of staples all in the hopper, but the omnipresent favorite/healthiest/zero-waste side would be this simple Quick-Pickled Red Cabbage. It accompanies almost every meal and our fridge is rarely without it.
It's Time For Us To Make Some Changes
I’ve spent the last two years unraveling a lifetime of convenience. I operate a family of three with as little carbon-footprint as possible, I changed my entire relationship to food (former meat lover, turned vegetarian), and I am every day learning new ways to cut out even more waste. The time has come for me to soapbox a little of what we’re doing in the hope that you might try it too.