By Hannah Powling
Actress, businesswoman and mother; Kate Hudson has it all figured out. She exudes healthiness; she has glowing skin, a great body and doesn’t take herself too seriously when it comes to eating well. Frankly, we all want what she’s having!
Her first feel-good book has just hit the shelves, by the name of “Pretty Happy: Healthy Ways To Love Your Body” to give us lot some great advice on how we can incorporate new approaches into our lifestyles, and love our bodies, too.
Being equipped to stay healthy during the ups and downs of life is what inspired her to spread her experiences and advice to us all on paper. Hudson has also revealed her eating plan and shares with us in her book, of what she would consume in an average week.
We all love a little bit of insight into someone else’s diet right? Especially one of someone who lives such a healthy lifestyle. It’s intriguing to know how others manage eating well, and keeping a balance within their lives. It turns out that Kate certainly doesn’t go hungry; she has three meals with two snacks in between. And we like it!
So what is it that Kate Hudson eats in an ‘ideal’ week?
MONDAY
Breakfast: Oatmeal with raisins and chopped walnuts
Snack: A banana
Lunch: Chopped salad with iceberg lettuce, Cos and other greens, olives, celery, radish and cucumber (with a chopped egg white or small portion of grilled chicken if I want to add protein)
Snack: Carrots and celery (with hummus if need extra protein)
Dinner: Lentil Tacos
‘If I’ve eaten meat at lunch, I skip it at dinner’
TUESDAY
Breakfast: Oatmeal with raisins and chopped walnuts
Snack: Green Power Smoothie
Lunch: Leftover lentil tacos and green side salad
Snack: Half an avocado
Dinner: Butternut squash soup (made with almond milk), sweet potato and chopped salad on the side
WEDNESDAY
Breakfast: Egg burrito
Snack: A banana
Lunch: Grilled salmon over quinoa
Snack: Handful of almonds or a rice cake with almond butter on top
Dinner: Gluten-free pasta with vegetables (courgettes, yellow squash, onions, peppers)
THURSDAY
Breakfast: 2 soft-boiled eggs, half grapefruit
Snack: Handful almonds
Lunch: Quinoa with avocado salad, topped with some tuna; olive oil and lemon dressing
Snack: Banana, hot tea
Dinner: Stir-fry; vegetables galore on top of brown rice
FRIDAY
Breakfast: 2 slice wholegrain toast with almond butter
Snack: Watermelon chunks
Lunch: Leftover stir-fry stuffed into a wholewheat pitta
Snack: Celery sticks with hummus
Dinner: Gluten-free pizza night with the kids
SATURDAY
Breakfast: Gluten-free pancakes with the kids
Snack: Homemade trail mix (almonds, cashews, dried unsweetened cranberries)
Lunch: Green smoothie
Snack: Half avocado with a side of quinoa (to hold me until dinner)
Dinner: Out with friends
‘If I’m going out that evening I try to keep it light during the day’
SUNDAY
Breakfast: Half avocado, half grapefruit, 2 boiled eggs
Snack: Handful of almonds
Lunch: Grilled chicken with Greek salad (with fresh feta cheese; squeezed lemon as dressing on the side)
Snack: Hummus with celery sticks
Dinner: Steamed fish in greaseproof paper, tenderstem broccoli, and peas
(Extracted from Kate Hudson’s ‘Pretty Happy’ book)
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