Nadia Lim, MasterChef 2011 Winner
This evening I had
the great pleasure of meeting Nadia Lim, MasterChef 2011 winner, and author of
4 cook books!
I won a ticket
with a Richmond
Mall promotion, and was all ready dressed {in my new Jacqui
e dress} and ready to go by 11am {the event started at 6.45pm!!!}!!!
I went with my very
good friend Tracy, and a couple of her workmates, and we had such a great evening ...
On arrival there
was a glass of wine each, and 2 platters per table.
We had a goodie
bag at each place setting, which had 2 magazines “New Zealand Taste” and “WildTomato”
inside, along with a number of sampler products from local shops around
Richmond, including a glue stick {from Paper Plus} and a coffee card from
Muffin Break ...
Anna from Paper
Plus was the MC for the evening, or “Oprah” as Nadia called her, and Nadia was
an amazing speaker, and I went home buzzing with excitement.
As I had
{another} meeting with my Dietician Tonia earlier this week, allot of the lingo
that Nadia used I was familiar with, as I have been asked by Tonia to start the "FODMAP Diet" {"Fermentable Oligo-Di-Monosaccharides and Polyols", FODMAPs are carbohydrates (sugars) that are
found in foods}.
Nadia talked about how at the age
if 12, she decided that she would be a food author, and marry her idol “The
Naked Chef” Jamie Oliver!
Years later the first part of Nadia’s
dream came true, the later part, well unfortunately Jamie married his
sweetheart Jools!
We could have listened for hours
as Nadia spoke about meeting her mother-in-law for the first time, and her faux
pax made on live TV when recounting that first meeting, along with many other antidotes.
There was a question and answer
session that must have lasted at least 30 minutes, and Nadia handled each question
with ease, and I loved that she repeated what the question was {as she had a microphone}
before relaying her very informative answer.
All too soon, the evening was drawing
to a close, but not before we had the opportunity to purchase Nadia’s
cook books at a discounted price, and also get a signed autograph from Nadia and a selfie!
I purchased her
latest book “Nadia Lims’ Fresh Start Cook Book” over 100 delicious everyday recipes
for lasting good health and weight loss.
My favourite recipes
thus far, as I thumb through the book are “Grilled Cinnamon Bananas With
Maple Caramelised Pecans + Yoghurt”, “Salted Caramel Fudge”, “Strawberry, Basil
+ Lime Sorbet” and ohhhhh yum “Chocolate Berry Fudge Brownies”!
As you can tell,
I have a sweet tooth {not good when you are meant to be on a low sugar diet!},
but Nadia’s most recent book also has recipes for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner,
Vegetarian, Meat, Chicken, Fish + Seafood, Desserts + Treats, Healthy Snacks, and
Essentials.
With a background
studying nutrition and dietetics for five years at Otago
University, Nadia is more than qualified to offer advice on nutrition, and share her love of food.
If you get the chance, take a look at Nadia’s
website www.nadialim.com or better yet,
pop into your local bookshop or library and pick up a copy of one of Nadia’s
books: “Nadia’s Kitchen”, “Nadia Lim’s Good Food Cook Book”, “Easy Week Night
Meals” {included in the book is her famous “Thyme Stuffed Chicken With Roast Pumpkin and Mushroom Sauce" recipe} + her latest book “Nadia Lims’ Fresh Start Cook Book”.
WOWsiers, what a
night!
Nadia’s
Cook Books may be purchased through her website www.nadialim.com or through any good book
seller.
