Favorite Celebrity Foods
Friday, April 18, 2008 8:43 PM,
Taylor Paige
Oprah Winfrey is a celebrity that has taken us through the ups and downs
of diet and nutrition since the beginning of her public career. Despite
her issues with dieting, Oprah happily shares her delight with us for good
food and frequently features food items on the Oprah's Favorite Things
portion of her television program. She is not afraid to fully indulge
herself in savoring the aroma and flavor of divinely yummy treats that add
flair to her regular daily fare. Personalized food companies such as
Celebrity
Foods offer home cooked meals that suit Oprah's menu choices perfectly.
Luckily for us, Oprah keeps a diary that lets us know just what her regular
menu includes. Her normal foods are not exotic, but they are far from
boring. Although she maintains around 1,700 calories daily, it is a
well-balanced diet that provides about:
o 20% protein
o 30% fats (rich in healthy fats)
o 50% carbohydrates (from whole grains, fruits and vegetables)
o 34g fiber
o 1,100mg calcium (from plenty of yogurt and calcium-enriched soymilk)
She eats mainly fresh, homemade foods and that means there is not a lot of
sodium in her diet. For breakfast she likes to eat yogurt, berries and
fruit, nuts, oatmeal or good quality sprouted or whole grain bread. For a
snack she may choose to have more yogurt or Wasa crispbread with peanut
butter and apricot jam. For lunch she likes to have a sandwich prepared
from scrumptious organic sprouted bread with smoked turkey, cheese slices
and fresh greens or herbs, such as basil. She prefers light mayo or olive
oil and keeps away from butter. Fruit is good for an afternoon snack, but
she does enjoy chocolate on occasion. Oprah's diet does not totally
exclude sugar, but she does keep it to a minimum and
Celebrity
Foods specializes in low-sugar treats. For dinner, grilled chicken
breast or fish with fresh veggies and rice, with homemade fruit sorbet for
dessert satisfies her appetite.
When Oprah and her guests determine to go "decadent" they go for the gold.
Oprah went with Colin Cowie to his favorite place for dessert in New York
City - Serendipity 3, for the restaurant's exclusive Frrrozen Hot
Chocolate. The recipe has been around for more than 50 years and
tantalized the taste buds of the likes of Jackie Kennedy and Marilyn
Monroe.
During an interview on Oprah, Jessica Simpson and Nick Lachey confessed that
they drool over the waffle specials at Roscoe's House of Chicken n Waffles
in L.A. Says Jessica, "You always can get good fried chicken, good soul
food-Southern food. Food that puts your hips on you!
Celebrity
Foods can whip up a southern style dinner with organic ingredients
that makes every southerner dream of their mama's kitchen. On the other
hand Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen are in complete agreement with each other
that one of their biggest food passions is for tacos. They say the best
tacos north of the Mexican border are served at Henry's Tacos in the San
Fernando Valley. Mary-Kate brags that "They have the most incredible hard
shell tacos I've ever had."
The gorgeous, soulful singer, Alicia Keys says one of her favorite eateries on
the planet is Warmdaddy's in Philadelphia. Along with the pleasure of
great live blues is the mouthwatering soul food, especially the catfish.
Celebrity
Foods knows how to satisfy everyone's need for comfort food. Comedian,
Chris Rock on a more serious note claims that his favorite sandwich in the
entire nation is the incredible Shrimp and Bacon Sandwich, made with a
scrumptious secret sauce by the Cheesecake Factory.
Oprah, herself has a favorite sandwich that is so good, she actually prevented
the creator of the recipe from closing the quirky café where it is served.
The curried chicken sandwich on homemade white pepper-jack bread is a
feature on the menu at the Art Café & Bakery in San Luis Obispo,
California. Oprah was first bowled over by the melt-in-your-mouth flavors
when it was offered to her by the president of Harpo Productions, Tim
Bennett. Margaux Sky, the owner of the café, was about to turn it over to
a new owner because the volume of business was becoming more than she
could handle. Luckily for Margaux, (and Oprah's taste buds) the queen of
television talk shows helped her re-organize the business to make it
manageable and it has since continued to flourish.