Ep. 192: Max LaManna - You CAN Cook This! How This Social Media Sensation Turns Wasted Food into Mouth Watering Meals
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 13 April 2023
⏱️ 96 minutes
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Summary
Every so often, a new brocstar bursts onto the scene and just blows our PLANTSTRONG socks off with their passion, personality, and unique approach to plant-based eating. Today’s guest, Max LaManna, is one of those people.
He has over a million followers on social media and, for one year, Max asked his audience which foods they threw away the most.
Using the tens of thousands of responses, he narrowed down a list of thirty of the most commonly wasted ingredients and those were the inspiration for his new book, You Can Cook This!
We’re talking about peppers, potatoes, onions, beets, grains, carrots, leafy greens, and bananas - all of the things we love most here at PLANTSTRONG.
Max and Rip dig into some of these fun recipes today and talk about how to prepare and store your food to maximize its freshness and extend its shelf life. No more throwing away those perfectly good banana peels or potatoes, let’s put them to use!
Max inspired all of us at PLANTSTRONG and we know he will inspire and transform the way you cook, eat, and save your food.
Episode Highlights
8:20 Growing up in the food industry and thinking his parents were “foodies”
10:35 How he went from zero followers to over a million talking about zero-waste
16:10 Wait. We waste HOW much food each year here in the US?
17:00 How his audience inspired his latest book, You Can Cook This!
19:00 Max shares his story of going vegan twice
26:15 Tips for food storage and avoiding waste for all types of food
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Don’t fill up the fridge too full!
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You can put tomatoes in the fridge to extend their shelf life
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Why do you never want to store potatoes and onions together?
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The trick for using and cleaning bell peppers
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Freezing asparagus, leafy greens, and other veggies are a-ok.
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Take a look at what other veggies are in the freezer section at the grocery
44:45 A Deep Dive into the Recipes of You Can Cook This!
1:25:00 Rapid Fire Questions with Rip
Episode Resources
Max LaManna's Website with Recipes and Links to all of his Social Channels and Resources
Follow Max on Instagram @maxlamanna
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | My wife said that she found a really good recipe for chili. She told me that it only calls for |
| 0:06.1 | 239 beans. I asked her why such a precise number of beans. And she said because of it had just |
| 0:14.8 | one more. It would be too farty. Today I am excited to introduce our ever-expanding line of |
| 0:22.4 | ready-to-eat chilies and stews. As someone who is passionate about the power of whole food |
| 0:28.4 | plant-based nutrition, I understand how important it is to have convenient and nutritious meal options |
| 0:34.8 | that align with our values. That's why I have worked super hard with my team to develop a line of |
| 0:42.0 | hearty and delicious chilies and stews that are made from whole plant-based ingredients and are |
| 0:47.5 | ready to eat in just minutes. Our chilies and stews are packed with wholesome ingredients like |
| 0:53.5 | beans but not 239 vegetables and grains and are free from added oils, refined sugars, |
| 1:01.6 | excessive sodium and processed ingredients. They're absolutely perfect for those |
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| 1:12.6 | something warm and comforting. Whether you're a student looking for a quick and easy lunch or a |
| 1:18.1 | busy parent in need of a healthy and convenient dinner option or anything in between |
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| 1:44.4 | Learn more at planstrongfoods.com. |
| 1:49.3 | There's a beginning section of my cookbook that says everyone's welcome to the table. |
| 1:53.5 | There's no discrimination, no judgment. I've been there before where I've had people say, |
| 1:58.3 | hey man, why aren't you eating plants? Why can't you be vegan? Those sort of things. I've been there |
| 2:03.8 | and I've said those things too and it doesn't make me feel good and I think if you're somebody |
| 2:10.5 | who's eating plants and striving on that plant-based diet and loving it and living life like you are |
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