Life-Changing Food Hacks From Kim Kardashian, Meghan Markle and More Stars

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Life-Changing Food Hacks From Kim Kardashian, Meghan Markle and More Stars

Food hacks straight from the stars? Consider Us intrigued! Believe it or not, celebrities can be a great source of food-related wisdom, whether it involves adding secret ingredients to baked goods, meal prep hacks or more. For example, though Kim Kardashian has a private chef that cooks for her and her family, that didn't stop the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star from discovering a revolutionary M&M-eating trick, which she shared with her social media followers via her Instagram Stories in November 2019. The KKW Beauty founder divulged the hack while sitting in a car with her sisters Kourtney Kardashian and Khloé Kardashian. “Fun fact about me is I take M&Ms and I heat them up in the microwave for 20 seconds so that inside they’re hot and the chocolate is melty,” she explained at the time, while holding a plateful of blue and white morsels. After eating one of the treats, Kim was so impressed with the result that she encouraged health-conscious Kourtney to sample a candy herself. “Oh my gosh, Kourtney. Try one,” she implored. Despite the Poosh founder’s declaration that M&Ms are “all food coloring” and that these specific ones were “disgustingly microwaved,” she gave in and decided to taste one. [jwplayer nYaAmZse-l3ahXupL] Though Kourtney is no fan of sweets or processed food, even she had to admit that Kim was onto something with her microwave method. “Wow, so good,” the nutritiously minded star said after munching on an M&M. “It was worth it.” “It was worth it,” Kim repeated as Kourtney went back for seconds. ”I’ll have another,” she said with a chuckle. In a follow-up Instagram Story, Kim revealed a little bit more about what made her M&Ms so special. “They’re hot and deliciously melty … You have no idea how good melted M&Ms are from the inside.” Kim later touted the clever hack again, several days later, and called it her "secret of life." [ami-related id="1548695" url="https://www.usmagazine.com/food/pictures/celebs-trying-foods-for-the-first-time-kylie-jenner-tom-brady-more/" title="Celebs Trying Ordinary Foods for the First Time" target="" showsubt="false" thumb="false" imgsrc="https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Kylie-Jenner-Tom-Brady-food-first-time.jpg"] For a hardworking mom like Kristen Bell, the best kind of food hack is one that gets your kids to willingly eat their vegetables. The Good Place alum found a trick that worked for her daughters, Delta and Lincoln, in April 2018, and happily shared it with her followers via her Instagram Stories. "Can I tell you a major secret to get people to eat broccoli?” Bell asked while standing in her kitchen at the time. “Steam your broccoli, right? That’s pretty normal. Add salt, a little bit of crushed pretzels and a little bit of Parmesan cheese." The Veronica Mars alum added: "Game over, everyone will eat it. It’s delicious." Scroll down to see more impressive celebrity food hacks!

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Life-Changing Food Hacks From Kim Kardashian, Meghan Markle and More Stars

Food hacks straight from the stars? Consider Us intrigued! Believe it or not, celebrities can be a great source of food-related wisdom, whether it involves adding secret ingredients to baked goods, meal prep hacks or more. For example, though Kim Kardashian has a private chef that cooks for her and her family, that didn't stop the Keeping Up With the Kardashians star from discovering a revolutionary M&M-eating trick, which she shared with her social media followers via her Instagram Stories in November 2019. The KKW Beauty founder divulged the hack while sitting in a car with her sisters Kourtney Kardashian and Khloé Kardashian. “Fun fact about me is I take M&Ms and I heat them up in the microwave for 20 seconds so that inside they’re hot and the chocolate is melty,” she explained at the time, while holding a plateful of blue and white morsels. After eating one of the treats, Kim was so impressed with the result that she encouraged health-conscious Kourtney to sample a candy herself. “Oh my gosh, Kourtney. Try one,” she implored. Despite the Poosh founder’s declaration that M&Ms are “all food coloring” and that these specific ones were “disgustingly microwaved,” she gave in and decided to taste one. [jwplayer nYaAmZse-l3ahXupL] Though Kourtney is no fan of sweets or processed food, even she had to admit that Kim was onto something with her microwave method. “Wow, so good,” the nutritiously minded star said after munching on an M&M. “It was worth it.” “It was worth it,” Kim repeated as Kourtney went back for seconds. ”I’ll have another,” she said with a chuckle. In a follow-up Instagram Story, Kim revealed a little bit more about what made her M&Ms so special. “They’re hot and deliciously melty … You have no idea how good melted M&Ms are from the inside.” Kim later touted the clever hack again, several days later, and called it her "secret of life." [ami-related id="1548695" url="https://www.usmagazine.com/food/pictures/celebs-trying-foods-for-the-first-time-kylie-jenner-tom-brady-more/" title="Celebs Trying Ordinary Foods for the First Time" target="" showsubt="false" thumb="false" imgsrc="https://www.usmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Kylie-Jenner-Tom-Brady-food-first-time.jpg"] For a hardworking mom like Kristen Bell, the best kind of food hack is one that gets your kids to willingly eat their vegetables. The Good Place alum found a trick that worked for her daughters, Delta and Lincoln, in April 2018, and happily shared it with her followers via her Instagram Stories. "Can I tell you a major secret to get people to eat broccoli?” Bell asked while standing in her kitchen at the time. “Steam your broccoli, right? That’s pretty normal. Add salt, a little bit of crushed pretzels and a little bit of Parmesan cheese." The Veronica Mars alum added: "Game over, everyone will eat it. It’s delicious." Scroll down to see more impressive celebrity food hacks!

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John Legend

Though the Grammy winner's wife is an accomplished cookbook author, Legend is also privy to some food hacks of his own. For example, according to a June 2020 post on Chrissy Teigen's Cravings website, the "All of Me" crooner makes a delicious breakfast quesadilla complete with a flavorful "avocado spread" that's sort of like guacamole, but not. The delectable side is made with avocado, minced garlic and salt, which pairs perfectly with the "eggy, buttery, cheesy" main course.

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Hailey Bieber

When baking chocolate chip cookies, the model puts a dab of butter on each treat before putting them in the oven. She revealed this trick in May 2020 via her Facebook Watch original series, The Biebers on Watch, which she cohosts with her husband, Justin Bieber. "One thing that I like to do with cookies … is I like to put butter on the top so that the butter bakes into it,” she explained at the time, jokingly telling other bakers not to criticize her technique.

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Kylie Jenner

As it turns out, clever food hacks run in the family. Kardashian's younger sister shared her revolutionary way of preparing french toast via her Instagram Stories in May 2020. After dipping the bread in a tasty egg and cinnamon mixture, the Kylie Cosmetics founder coats it in Frosted Flakes and cooks it on the stove. The result is a sweet and crunchy version of the breakfast staple that's hard to pass up. 

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Lizzo

The "Good As Hell" singer prepared a copycat version of McDonald's McChicken sandwich via her TikTok in April 2020, only the meal was entirely plant-based. To recreate the dish, the Grammy winner baked crispy vegan nuggets and sweet potato fries in the oven while toasting some bread. She then showed a clip of Red Hot seasoning blend and some garlic powder, which she likely sprinkled on the nuggets before putting them into the oven to warm.

Next, Lizzo lathered one side of her toasted bun with vegan mayo. Then, when the food was done, she assembled the sandwich with two nuggets to cover the bread and iceberg lettuce. "Vegan spicy McChicken idgaf that sh-t was hittin hoooooo," she gushed at the time.

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Jimmy Kimmel

In an effort to incorporate some satiating fiber into his kids' diets, the late night talkshow host makes his youngest two children, Jane and Billy pasta with blended cannellini beans. Kimmel shared the recipe for the dish, which the youngsters call "Pasta Tina," in an Instagram post from April 2020. The hearty legumes are combined with garlic and olive oil so the kiddos "won't know" they're eating something healthy, and then the sauce is used to coat the pasta.

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Kim Kardashian

The KKW Beauty founder knows what tastes good, which means she's got more than one awesome food hack up her sleeve. In addition to her game-changing melted M&Ms trick, Kardashian also has a worthwhile tip for chicken nuggets. Instead of dipping the nuggets in a traditional condiment like honey mustard or barbecue sauce, the Selfish author opts for dunking them in plain honey. She revealed this hack via a McDonald's ad in January 2020, which was packed with celebrities' fast-food orders. "Chicken nuggets dipped in honey is the ONLY way to eat them!" the California native later declared on Twitter.

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Martha Stewart

The lifestyle maven has many food hacks (who can forget those cappuccino eggs?) but one of her most useful tidbits of wisdom involves garlic. Instead of spending time peeling each garlic clove, the Martha Bakes author peels the spice in less than 10 seconds using two bowls. To pull off Stewart's trick, which she shared on the Today Show in April 2019, take two medium-sized metal bowls of the same size, throw in several whole garlic bulbs and then place one bowl on top of the other. Next, just shake the bowls. The garlic peels itself by bouncing around in the dishes and from the friction that's created with the skins rubbing off, and against, each other.

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Chrissy Teigen

The Cravings author is no stranger to tasty food combinations (her spicy miso pasta is proof positive of that) and her fast food-related wisdom is just as crucial. In fact, in February 2019 she shared a truly inspired food hack with Taco Bell via Twitter. "@tacobell you guys should deliver your taco meat separate from the shell so I can build it myself, thus preventing soggy tacos," she tweeted at the time. "I like to spread out the duration in which I eat them, sometimes I can take hours. thank u." The chain heard Teigen's request and now offers an at-home taco bar.

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Meghan Markle

The Suits alum is a talented cook and baker, who apparently likes to include an unexpected ingredient in her banana bread: ginger. During a royal visit to a farm in Australia in October 2018, the California native brought the family who owned the farm homemade banana bread as a gift. Several reporters were on hand, and one who had the chance to taste Markle's creation, which is also made with chocolate chips, tweeted that it was "rather nice." The reporter also noted that the bread "went down well."

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Kristen Bell

Like most parents of young children, the actress is constantly in search of what ways to get her daughters to eat more vegetables. She seemingly cracked the code in May 2018 when she shared a genius recipe for broccoli. Instead of just steaming the veggie, the Forgetting Sarah Marshal star prepares it with crushed up pretzels and Parmesan cheese. Bell shared this "major secret" via her Instagram Stories in April 2018 and said it's a hit with her kiddos.

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Jennifer Aniston

The Friends alum shared her own useful pasta hack in January 2016. While spaghetti carbonara is downright delicious, the meal, which is typically prepared with heavy cream, isn't exactly healthy. To cut some calories from the dish without sacrificing any flavor, the Morning Show star has her own unique way of whipping it up that was inspired by her now ex-husband Justin Theroux. "Justin and I both love to tinker in the kitchen. We make a pasta carbonara that’s so easy," she told Yahoo Food at the time. "We have eggs from our chickens, and then we make it ‘skinny style’ where we use turkey bacon instead of real bacon eggs, and Parmesan. No oil, butter or creams. And we use pasta water to make it juicier."