Ep. 44: Chef Del Sroufe - Cooking Up a Storm with Chef Del
PLANTSTRONG Podcast
Rip Esselstyn
4.8 • 2.4K Ratings
🗓️ 4 June 2020
⏱️ 70 minutes
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Summary
We were overwhelmed with the positive response of last week’s episode with Chef Ken Rubin, so we decided to keep that momentum going this week with Chef Del Sroufe. If his name isn’t familiar, his work will be. He authored, “Forks Over Knives: the Cookbook,” “The China Study Quick and Easy Cookbook,” and “Better than Vegan,” the story of his struggle with weight loss and gain, and how he managed to lose over 200 pounds on a low fat, plant-based diet.
Not only does he share some of his favorite practical cooking tips for common staples in your home - beans, potatoes, veggie stock, and even low-fat recipes for delicious cheese substitute sand guacamole (that you won’t want to miss), BUT - he also talks openly about his own struggles with health and weight.
Like many of us, Del has fallen victim to overstress, overeating, and finding comfort in the wrong foods. Sound familiar? He’s in the middle of his own personal reset just like many of you, so let’s do it together with love and empathy. His transparency may just be what you need to help you right now.
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| 0:00.0 | This week we made a very difficult announcement that our ninth annual in-person |
| 0:09.8 | camp plant stock event in Black Mountain has been canceled for this summer. It's |
| 0:17.0 | beyond sad for us to think about missing the event this year but I want you all |
| 0:25.2 | to know that the Plant Strong events team we are working so hard right now to |
| 0:32.5 | bring everyone the opportunity to join from home this year and we're going to |
| 0:38.0 | offer you a sneak peek just for our podcast listeners. We're going to be |
| 0:43.3 | broadcasting live from August 14th to the 16th right from the Esselston family |
| 0:50.4 | farm that's right where it all began back in 2011 we can't wait to give you |
| 0:58.3 | all a front row seat to this all-access weekend extravaganza stay tuned we have a |
| 1:06.5 | bunch to share with you and I'm looking forward to sharing a weekend of great |
| 1:13.6 | food great rock and roll stars and lots of fellowship with each and every one of |
| 1:22.8 | you I'll be announcing all the details very soon. Welcome to the Plant Strong |
| 1:29.5 | podcast I want to start out by letting you know how pumped up I was at the |
| 1:35.1 | response of last week's episode with Chef Ken Rubin thank you thank you thank |
| 1:41.1 | you for sharing photos and the delicious results of buying new ingredients |
| 1:46.8 | cooking together as a family and making some of the recipes that Ken Ken and I |
| 1:53.9 | talked about on the podcast it was gratifying to know how many of you are |
| 2:00.0 | jumping in and taking action in the kitchen and firing up the stove top I want |
| 2:08.8 | this channel to continue to be a beacon of light in your life for respect and love |
| 2:15.1 | not just for yourself but for each other and we've decided to keep that |
| 2:20.6 | momentum going this week with another chef his name is chef Dell SROF if his |
| 2:29.0 | name isn't familiar his work will absolutely be he's authored forks over |
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