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My health: Simone Lahbib, actress and cookbook contributor
Published on 7 Sep 2009
My husband’s father died of lung cancer at the beginning of the year and we have another member of the family who is living with cancer.
When people you know become sick, it makes you more aware of health issues.
We’re fairly healthy in what we eat – lots of fish, chicken, rice and veg – but we still like our treats. I’ve chosen a chocolate dessert for my contribution to the Caledonian Kitchen recipe book. That came to me when I went through a baking period: I made a lemon meringue pie from scratch and it was perfection. That got me doing lots of baking and experimenting, and it wasn’t until I realised my waistline was expanding that I pulled back. My dad was head chef at Gleneagles and he’s always encouraged us to have a love of food.
Having a nearly four-year-old little girl, I’m very active with her most days. I was active as a child myself: I went to ballet school before I went to drama school, so my body doesn’t like being inactive. My husband does a lot of cycling – he recently went from London to Paris – and he plays football.
I still hope to have a second child so I try not to drink much. You can get into the habit of having a glass of wine with every meal and it adds up.
I’m mostly quite laid-back, but there are kinds of stress I realise I quite enjoy. I did a play-reading recently and I hadn’t been on the stage in six years. I felt the adrenalin going through my body and I really enjoyed it. When you’re doing the mum thing, there’s not a lot of adrenalin.
Since my daughter came into our lives, I haven’t had a full unbroken night’s sleep. She starts off in her own bed and then comes into our bed at about 2am. It’s something you learn to live with.
The Caledonian Kitchen is a recipe book produced in aid of the muscular dystrophy charity Action Duchenne, which is available for £12 at branches of Beanscene and online from www.actionduchenne.org
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