Fridge raider: Nadia Essex shares her food secrets

Presenter Nadia Essex, 41, on her eating habits

Nadia Essex

by Neeru Sharma |
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How much do you spend?

About £100 a week. I mix it up between Waitrose, farmers’ shops and the butchers, I like to support local because the quality of food is so much better. I find supermarket fruit goes off in 48 hours. I also order a Riverford veg box for seasonable produce.

Describe your daily diet…

I have fresh lemon and ginger with hot tea first thing, I feel like it boosts my immune system. My toddler, Ezekiel, brings home every single cold and sick bug under the sun, but now I’m able to fight off illness a lot more. Mid-morning, I’ll have a smoothie with flaxseeds, chia seeds, frozen berries, banana and kefir, followed by a Cheerful Buddha Lion’s Mane coffee, it has MCT oil and Ashwagandha in it. I’ll usually have a second coffee, something like a vanilla latte.

Nadia Essex's fridge
Nadia Essex's fridge ©Weronika Goles

Lunch lately has been soups, either carrot and coriander, or a good old tomato soup with a cheese toastie. For dinner I make chicken or steak using lots of spices like jerk seasoning. On the side I’ll do roast potatoes in rosemary and garlic, and veg. Or I’ll make a beef stew in the slow cooker served with mashed potato.

What do you snack on?

I love a packet of crisps, a handful of nuts, or sourdough crackers with chilli jam on top.

Anything you refuse to eat?

I can’t stand the texture or smell of tinned tuna. I’ll happily eat tuna steak, even oysters and cockles or any fish on the planet.

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What do you cook to impress?

I’m an ’80s baby so it’s got to be a prawn cocktail for starter. My main would be Megan McKenna’s version of short rib ragu, which she posted on social media – it was one of the nicest things I’ve eaten in my life. Pudding is tiramisu, or apple pie and ice cream. When I have people over, I want to be full!

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