Alessandro Vitale is known for millions on Instagram as Spicymoustache, a man with many tattoos with a charming Italian accent who offers tips on how to garden into urban spaces.
Vitale first came out viral in 2021 when he discovered that he could live outside his garden – and not spend a dollar at a grocery store – for eight months during the pandemia.
Now, he has a new cooking book, “Low Waste Kitchen: Radical Recipes for Sustainable Living”, which offers surprisingly easy recipes for rebuilding what would usually end up in the trash can.
The star on Instagram said he first took the idea of trying to live more stable than his London’s teens garden.
“It was like a 40 -square -meter garden and we started thinking, you know, all efforts and water and time … all the resources that were entering the garden,” he told the post.
While the gardener in his small plot, Vitale realized that he was throwing the stems and the leaves and reminding his grandparents’ reverence for fresh produce.
“For my grandparents, the use of every piece of fruits and their vegetables was not just a trend, but a way of life,” he wrote in his cooking book. “
“It was such a shame to spend the leaves, the stem and everything we could harvest from the garden,” he shared. “So we tried to think about ways we can use every piece of fruit, vegetables we were harvesting in the garden.”
Some of the recipes include red cabbage soup, carrot cupcakes and eggplant parmigiana.
Vitale also dedicated a chapter to ginger, which is easy to grow inside.
Ginger shot is simply ginger, but can be pulsated with an orange and carrot and is a “immune system booster” that is “perfect for the cold season and the flu”.
A ginger bug – home soda – use ginger, sugar and water and is “exploding with probiotics”.
In addition to food recipes, his book also includes guides on how to make your own skin skin and lip balm.
According to Vitale, the bladder of a set of mint lip balm receives only a few mints (which you can grow in a window of the window), olive oil, wax bought (available online or in farmers’ markets) and a few drops of vitamin E.
Lavender skin salts can be made with only three ingredients: fresh lavender, sunflower oil and 3 tablespoons of bees.
He also said the chefs of the house can turn vegetable pieces into a nutrient -rich powder, which can be sprayed on food or used in vegetable soups to improve fragrances.
Vitale, who now has over 5 million followers on Instagram, said his popularity is not just thanks to “radical” recipes – he knows that his golden tattoos help.
“To be honest, as I think this is great in terms of connecting with a younger audience,” he said, stressing that gardening is usually associated with something that is “requires time and boring, but you know you can make it fun.”
He advised gardeners for the first time to “start with something easy and manageable” and explained that many plants can grow on a balcony or window.
“I would say leafy greens like lettuce are a light kind,” he said. “And plants. Plants are one of the easiest. Like you can grow it in your window and produce so much.
“You imitate nature in every space, and nature cares about it.”
Vitale also pointed out the benefits of mental health coming from the tendency of a garden and cooking.
“One of the main reasons why I started the garden in London … because I really needed some time of rest, how to break away from the routine and chaos of the city,” he shared. “And connecting with the world of gardening, with the natural world helps a lot, you know, how to maintain a positive mood.”
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