This Is Why You Won’t Find Any Diet Recipes in Chrissy Teigen’s Next Cookbook
Chrissy Teigen is one busy lady — between her Lip Sync Battle show on Spike TV (hosting killer stints like Zoe Saldana’s killer “Stressed Out” is hard work, okay?), being a doting mom to baby Luna and promoting her first cookbook (released last year), frankly, we’re not sure HOW she does it all.
But she’s already gearing up for round two, as she revealed when she took a poll on Twitter recently regarding recipes for her next cookbook.
The model and entrepreneur asked fans to vote on several food categories they’d like to see more of, including easy meals (those with fewer ingredients), holidays/special occasion meals, those you can make in a pinch (less than an hour) and “lightER,” or, as Chrissy puts it simply, “not diet.”
Brainstorming next cookbook! What do you guys want? Let me know if something not on the poll!
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) July 22, 2016
Why not diet you ask? Twitter user @aindik had the same question, which Chrissy answered with the help of her Twitter fans.
I dunno. I've always had an issue with the word diet. I like "eating light" or clean eating…I dunno why! https://t.co/PWXyVFVt9l
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) July 22, 2016
@fintrainer came to her aide and suggested that perhaps it was the quick fix aspect of it all that she took issue with.
@chrissyteigen diet makes it seem short term and about deprivation, while the others are about long term lifestyle choices
— fintrainer (@fintrainer) July 22, 2016
yes! and the hearty, heavy, decadent things are because we deserve to enjoy life and all it's pleasures sometimes. https://t.co/X5P7B4akY7
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) July 22, 2016
Another pointed out that “diet” was rather harsh, taking all the joy out of eating.
@chrissyteigen diet sounds so strict. Like you can't have any fun with it
— C-Jah (@maylady84) July 22, 2016
yes! i love the idea of delicious, fulfilling flavor-packed proteins and good carbs with color and zest and love https://t.co/rPvXm3cqMb
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) July 22, 2016
In short? Chrissy prefers to be body positive, focusing more on the balance of a healthy lifestyle than the restrictive aspects associated with terms such as “diet,” and we couldn’t be more on board!
While some took issue with her use of the term “clean,” Chrissy went on to explain that to her, “clean” meant “not Velveeta — something without 1,000 ingredients with words she could pronounce.”
Though to be clear, she’ll totally get down on a bowl of shells and cheese as well.
also, everyone who has read Cravings knows I love velveeta. Balance, balance, balance.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) July 22, 2016
We, for one, are ever so slightly more concerned with the voting errors she experienced.
so many people are telling me they accidentally voted wrong on my twitter poll that i am genuinely worried for november.
— christine teigen (@chrissyteigen) July 22, 2016
Us too, Chrissy. Us too.
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(Photos via Frazer Harrison + Rachel Murray/Getty)
