Alessandro Vitale is known by millions on Instagram as Spicymoustache, a very tattooed man with a lovely Italian accent that offers advice on how gardening in urban spaces.
Vital first went viral in 2021 when he revealed that he could live from his own garden, and not spend a dollar on a grocery store, for eight months of the pandemic.
Now, it has a new kitchen book, “low waste kitchen: radical recipes for sustainable life”, which sacrifices surprisingly easy recipes to reuse what would always end in the garbage can.
The Instagram star said he first had the idea of trying to live more sustainable since his young London garden.
“It was like a 40 -square -meter garden and we started thinking, you know, all the effort, water and time … all the resources that went to the garden,” the position passed.
While gardening in his small plot, Vital realized that he was throwing stems and leaves and remembered the reverence of his grandparents for fresh products.
“For my grandparents, using each part of its fruits and vegetables was just a trend but a way of life,” he wrote in his cookbook. “
“It was a shame to waste the leaves, the voice and anything we could harvest from the garden,” he shared. “So we try to think about ways that we could use each part of the fruit, the vegetables we were reaping in the garden.”
Some of the recipes include red cabbage soup, carrot cupcakes and Parmigian eggplant.
Vital also dedicated a chapter to ginger, which is easy to grow indoors.
Ginger Shot is only ginger, but you can press with an orange and a carrot and it is a “reinforcement of the immune system” that is “perfect for the cold and flu season.”
An insect of ginger, homemade sodas, uses ginger, sugar and water and is “full of probiotics.”
In addition to food recipes, your book also includes guides on how to make your own leather ointment and lip balm.
According to a vital lip balm, developing a lot or mint only requires some mint (which can grow in a potter), olive oil, beeswax (available online or in farmers’ markets) and a few drops of vitamin E oil.
The lavender skin ointment can be done with only three ingredients: fresh lavender, sunflower oil and 3 tablespoons of bee wax.
Hello, he also said that homemade chefs can convert the remains of vegetables into a nutrient rich dust, which can be sprayed in food or used in vegetable soups to improve flavors.
Vitale, who now has 5 million followers on Instagram, said her popularity is not only thanks to “radical” recipes: he knows his ingenious help of tattoo.
“To be honest, as I think this is great in terms of connecting with a younger audience,” he said, and pointed out that gardening is generally connected to something that takes a long time and boring, but you can make it fun. “
He advised the first -time gardeners to “begin with something easy and administrative” and explained that many plants can be grown on a balcony or window window.
“I would say that green leafy vegetables are easy children,” he said. “And herbs. Herbs are one of the easy ones. As if you can literally cultivate it in your window window and produce a lot.
“You imitate nature in any space, and nature takes care of it.”
Vitale also pointed out the benefits for mental health that come from a garden and kitchen.
“One of the main reasons why I started the garden in London … because I really needed some free time, such as separating from the routine and chaos of the city,” he shared. “And connect with the world of gardening, with the natural world helps a lot, you know, how to maintain a positive mental state.”
