Energize the Menu

Planners keen on providing a healthy serving of wellness in their food-and-beverage program will find a creative and tasty menu of options from banquet chef Jeff Capurso at the Westin Hilton Head Island Resort & Spa. Capurso's new wellness-oriented menu aims to nourish the body, stimulate the taste buds and boost attendees' energy. Below are some of the available items.

Snacks to Energize and Motivate

• Pistachio energy bites
• Avocado toasts on oat-nut bread (above)
• Pineapple, beet and lemon shooters
• Almond-milk overnight oats with cinnamon, dried apples and coconut flakes
• Orange, grapefruit and hibiscus slushies
• Blueberry super shots
• Grapefruit, ginger and mint shooters
• Almond-butter chocolate tartlets
• Parmesan pine nut honey crisps
• Soybean hummus topped with flax, chia, and pumpkin and sesame seeds on grilled whole wheat pita

Plant-Based Menu Highlights

• Artichoke and chickpea "crab" cakes with citrus tarragon remoulade on a brioche bun
• Ceviche of compressed watermelon, avocado and crispy leeks
• Jackfruit "pulled pork" with house peach BBQ, jalapeño slaw and a buttermilk biscuit
• Pan-seared yassa tofu with West African peanut stew and acha (a cereal grain also called "fonio")
• Orecchiette Bolognese with lentils, pine nuts, oyster mushrooms, San Marzano tomatoes and cinnamon basil cream
• Forbidden rice stir fry with purple cabbage, soy curls, Just egg ("eggs" made of plants), snow peas and ginger tamari glaze