Fridge raider
Actress Kym Marsh, 39, on what’s in her fridge
Where do you shop? I used to do big shops but I ended up throwing loads of stuff out, so I shop every couple of days and spend £40. I go to Tesco the most, although Morrisons do good meat! What’s your typical daily diet? I’ll have smoked salmon or lean bacon and scrambled eggs for breakfast, fish with salad for lunch and chicken with stuffed peppers for dinner. I snack on nuts, fruit or cooked meats like ham. I have a little bit of dark chocolate at night because it helps me sleep. When you get used to dark chocolate it tastes like heaven. Is there anything you refuse to eat? I hate liver steaks, although I don’t mind it in pâté. What’s the strangest thing you’ve eaten? I ate alligator in South Africa – it tasted like fishy steak. We also went to a restaurant there where their speciality was steak covered in chocolate. It sounds bizarre but weirdly really worked! What would you cook to impress? A full-on roast dinner, then for dessert a chocolate cake or a sticky toffee pudding. What’s your guilty pleasure? My favourite food is Italian, but I try not to go too mad on treat days. What’s your food hangover cure? Your body craves carbohydrates, but protein will make you feel better, so you should go for eggs with no toast. Having said that, I have a Mcdonald’s! What’s your takeaway order? If I’m being healthy I have an Indian, so chicken tikka or a chana masala, but no rice. On a treat day I’d have Chinese, so egg fried rice and crispy chilli chicken or a Thai green curry.
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