Padma Lakshmis unabashed love of food is clear in everything she eats in a day. While the Love, Loss, and What We Ate author does have a couple of staples in her diet, such as tea and apples with peanut butter, her eating regimen varies depending on whether or not shes filming Top Chef.
When shes working on the Bravo show, for example, Lakshmi, 49, tries not to eat too much food. I want to give the contestants the full audience of my appetite, especially in the first half of the season, she told Harpers Bazaar in a video interview posted on June 18. I have to, sometimes, try 19 different dishes in that quickfire alone.
The India native added: I usually try and take one or two bites. I try and chew slowly so I dont have to take a third bite and I get the full mouth-feel experience of whatever theyre giving me.
To clean out whatever food shes eaten while working, Lakshmi whips up a funky drink made with green tea with honey, unsweetened cranberry juice, a vitamin C packet and a heaping scoop of fiber powder. However, if she doesnt drink her custom beverage quickly enough, it morphs into a sludge.
Its important to drink that fast, she reiterated. Its not very pleasant this is not a treat this is medicine for my body because Ive had to eat whatever funky food Ive had to eat. When youre eating that much food, your system expects more food.
Since the Easy Exotic author eats more food than she normally would while filming, she keeps her meals as simple as possible once her workday ends. When Im home, I dont want to eat any of that fancy, over-seasoned, goopy food, she said. For dinner, I just eat a simple bowl of steamed basmati rice with dal or yellow lentils.
Though Lakshmi admitted shes not much of a dessert person, she does enjoy some flavorful dark chocolate from time to time. Theres this chocolate that has cloves, cayenne and crystalized ginger, she said. My only real sweet treat on a regular basis will be half a bar of chocolate.
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