Food Quotes by Nadiya Hussain

13 Food quotes by Nadiya Hussain

Nadiya Hussain’s 13 short pieces weave together personal warmth and cultural flavor, making each line feel like a friendly kitchen chat.

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My mum was slightly disgruntled with cooking and being in the kitchen.

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Sometimes when I'm making a potato salad I don't boil my own potatoes, I take them straight out of a can.

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There's nothing wrong with using frozen and canned food. There's nothing in this series I'm ashamed of. It's the way I cook.

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Nut butters are so versatile, especially peanut, and whenever I run out, I just make my own. It's cheaper and easier.

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Pot Noodles are my true love because I don't have to cook them. I have a ritual: take one pot noodle, add…

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Growing up in Luton, we'd always eat on a cloth, placed on the floor of the living room, with no TV allowed.…

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It's taken me three years to learn that just because I work in the food industry, it doesn't mean that I have…

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The only reason we had an oven at home was because it came attached to the cooker. Mum would keep her frying…

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How my parents are in the kitchen is a good indicator of their parenting style. Mum cooks for sustenance, wants to get…

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I take everything out of the fridge and see what we can make. We talk about what we could possibly create, and…

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Cod and clementine is one of the things my grandmother cooked for my mum when she was a child. Never one for…

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Everything is tested in my little kitchen. The recipes are mine and that's really important to me. When I do a cookery…

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My own kids are absolutely allowed to help me cook it. They of course have the added bonus of knowing how to…

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