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Caprese Pasta Salad
Caprese Pasta Salad

Caprese Pasta Salad Planted Performance (Plant Based Athlete, Vegetarian Cookbook, Vegan Cookbook): Easy Plant-Based Recipes, Meal Plans, and Nutrition for All Athletes by Natalie Rizzo MS RD. Food photography © 2023 by Natalie Rizzo, MS, RD.

Planted Performance (Plant Based Athlete, Vegetarian Cookbook, Vegan Cookbook): Easy Plant-Based Recipes, Meal Plans, and Nutrition for All Athletes by Natalie Rizzo MS RD

Transform your health and improve your endurance as a plant-based athlete with recipes and advice from marathon runner and nutritionist Natalie Rizzo, MS, RD.

Planted Performance lays the sports nutrition groundwork of plant-based nutrition for everyday endurance athletes looking to fuel their activity and aid recovery. Meal plans to cover every day in a training plan (including rest and recovery days), 68 simple and tasty recipes, and meal prep tips ensure plant-based athletes have the energy they need to bring them past the finish line.

Nutrition for everyday athletes is more than just the overall consumption of the right nutrients—it’s about when and how to get what’s needed to fuel their bodies—and the growing number of plant-based athletes need answers and advice about the proper amount of nutrients. Am I getting enough protein? How much iron and B12 are in meatless foods? Here to guide is Natalie Rizzo, a New York City-based media dietitian and owner of Greenletes, a compilation of vegetarian and vegan recipes and practical sports nutrition articles, to all this and more.

Planted Performance is a cookbook not just for vegetarian or vegan athletes, but also for meat eaters looking to integrate more plant-based dishes in their diets. Packed with nutritional guidance, you’ll quickly become a stronger, better athlete before, during, and after race day.

68 WELL-BALANCED RECIPES: With nutrient-rich recipes, there’s no need to count calories or track macros (more…)

Italian Hot Dogs
Italian Hot Dogs

Italian Hot Dogs excerpted from Food & Other Things I Love: More than 100 Italian American Recipes from My Family to Yours by Caroline Manzo. Photographs copyright © 2024 by Lauren Volo.

Food & Other Things I Love: More than 100 Italian American Recipes from My Family to Yours by Caroline Manzo

From her star turn on the hit series The Real Housewives of New Jersey to her family spin-off Manzo’d with Children, Caroline Manzo has long been a fan favourite. Here, for the very first time, Caroline shares her kitchen secrets in an abundant cookbook filled with over 100 recipes, including:

  • Ready-in-a-snap breakfasts like Baking Dish Frittata and Crab Cake Benedict

  • Lazy summertime lunches like her tried-and-true Down the Shore Smothered Corn Cobs

  • Warm and cozy meal staples like Roasted Red Peppers and Italian Wedding Soup

  • Late-night munchies such as Homemade Truffle Popcorn and Adult Root Beer Floats

  • Italian American classics done Caroline’s way, like her famous Taylor Ham (not to be confused with pork roll) & Cheese Sandwich, Slow-Braised Braciole, Deep Dark Chocolate Pudding Cake, and, of course, Sunday Gravy

Along the way, Caroline shares entertaining behind-the-scenes stories and helpful tips and tricks to making your kitchen, and home, a place for getting the most from what’s on hand, embracing the messy side of life, and celebrating all things big and small. (more…)