Nigella Lawson's daily diet: what the glamorous cook eats for breakfast, lunch and dinner

The TV cook eats the food she loves

Nigella Lawson is back on our screens with her show , showing us how to make simple-yet-delicious recipes.

We're sure if we lived with Nigella we'd be the size of a house – just how could you resist all those mouth-watering meals and indulgent puddings?

This got us wondering what Nigella eats at home… does the star cook follow a healthy diet and what's on the menu on a typical day?

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What does Nigella Lawson eat for breakfast?

Rather helpfully, Nigella has told her fans exactly what she eats for breakfast on her website. The mum-of-two says on busy days she suggests: "…a big jar of Andy’s Fairfield Granola or make a batch of Breakfast Bars at the weekend and then you will have a perfect breakfast on the go."

Weekends are different though. "For me, the weekend cries out for American Breakfast Pancakes – and if you want to make your life even easier, try my Home Made Instant Pancake Mix – or French toast (either Orange French Toast or Doughnut French Toast, you choose)."

The cook is also a fan of eggs, in particular her Corsican Omelette or Mexican Scrambled Eggs.

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Nigella recently shared another nutritious breakfast recipe of hers on her Instagram: "Real feast of a breakfast today (well, I have been up since 5am!)," posted Nigella. "Leftover lentils cooked with red peppers reheated with some spinach thrown into the pan and topped with a poached egg and my fermented hot sauce."

What does Nigella Lawson eat for lunch?

Nigella's lunch choices are varied and sound utterly delicious. Previously speaking on , the celebrity cook revealed: "I love kale and I’m an avocado obsessive," so we imagine these vegetables feature heavily in her lunches.

Nigella includes vitamin-rich kale and avocado in her diet

In 2015, Nigella shared some of her favourite dishes with The Guardian. She said: "The food I’m cooking now is simply the food I want to eat. It doesn’t have a theme, but then life doesn’t have a theme."

Among her top picks were a warm salad of spiced roast cauliflower, chickpeas, parsley and pomegranates; a salmon, avocado, watercress and pumpkin salad; and pasta snails with garlic butter.

What does Nigella Lawson eat for dinner?

In a past interview with Good Housekeeping, Nigella revealed two of her favourite suppers. "I love traditional food, and I'm never going to complain about having a pie! Roast chicken is my favourite food," she said.

And in an Interview with Media Shotz, she shared another dish which has been a firm favourite in 2020: noodles with lamb shank and aromatic broth. "This dish is something I’ve been making for a while, but it became very important to me in lockdown," revealed Nigella. "It is so soothing and yet a real feast at the same time."

You really can't beat a cheese board

Rather surprisingly, Nigella is a huge fan of one simple supper. "The best meal in the world is bread and cheese," she explained in an interview on . While on a past Twitter post she listed lasagne and a fish finger sandwich amongst her top seven dishes.

As for dessert – and Nigella is the dessert queen – pavlovas are huge in her house! The star recently shared the recipe for her Cappuccino Pavlova with fans – and it looked divine.

Nigella wrote: "Midweek treat: #RecipeOfTheDay is my Cappuccino Pavlova or Cap Pav as it’s known in my house. The sweetness of the meringue with the bitterness of the coffee is quite something!" 

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