Natural Awakenings Magazine May 2021 Greater Pittsburgh Edition

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To order, visit EverestEats.com

Everest Eats

Plant-Based Cuisine Delivered

by Martin Miron

Katy and Jose Rosa

Everest Eats is a family owned local Pittsburgh meal delivery service delivering flavorful fully prepared plant-based meals with no artificial food dyes, sugars, harmful preservatives or toxins. Their motto is, “We are changing the world, one bite at a time.”

Owner Katy Rosa says, “The original idea of starting Everest Eats began after adopting a plant-based lifestyle almost six years ago.” She completed a bachelor’s degree in environmental science and realized the unsustainable destruction caused to the planet by industrial agriculture and industrial fishing. After tastings at many different places offering vegan food, she used her background in nutrition and cooking with environmental science, to created a menu of environmentally focused, flavorful and nourishing cuisine. After considering a food truck, she and husband Jose Rosa decided on the delivery model. Losing their jobs in the oil and gas industry with two kids provided the final impetus to cash in their retirement funds and launch the business.

Jose, Everest, Katy and Denali!

Seitan Gyro Salad

Katy Rosa

The menu at Everest Eats comprises 100 percent plant-based cuisine. “At times we offer whole food plant based, as well, and always have gluten-free options, although we are not a certified gluten-free kitchen.” says Katy.

“I am the one who sources the food,” says Jose. Our belief about food is that the more you mess with it, the less you get out of it. Leave it fresh, leave it pure, and let it work its magic. We don’t believe in counting calories, but rather counting chemicals. Your body is either thriving, or surviving. Give it the nourishment it needs to grow and thrive.” They are working with nearby farms to keep things local in order to stimulate the local economy and encourage area growers to create a sustainable, synergistic environment.

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“Everest Eats offers pretty much everything the normal carnivorous being would be used to eating but we just simply give it a plant-based twist: burgers, ribs, reubens, pizzas, wraps, tacos, salads, soups, noodles, bowls, etc. There is no shortage of creativity and flavor in our meals,” says Jose.

Their delivery area is a 25-mile radius from Canonsburg, and they plan on expanding the number of pickup spots throughout the city to increase accessibility and ensure sustainability of

Katy Rosa the business model.

Jose explains, “We provide education on how to source your food, how to improve your mood via nutrition, nutritional facts on certain foods and how they positively interact with your body. We teach what to avoid, as well. Our goal is to bring together the local community to create a self-sustaining organism and

Seitan Gyro Salad stimulate the local community by providing a platform for many local small businesses to offer their plant-based products via our delivery channels.”

In October, they gave 99 free meals to breast cancer patients to help them through recovery and spread awareness about the benefits of a plant-based lifestyle and its effects on cancer. They plan to create an app that gives easy access to local, fresh, plant-based foods and products to the community and expand their operation.

To order, visit EverestEats.com. See ad, page 4.

(L to R) Jose, Everest, Katy and Denali